Tombak In The Spotlight On Between Hands
Kaveh Mahmudiyan — Between Hands (Global Sonics, 2025) Kaveh Mahmudiyan’s first solo album, Between Hands presents his own compositions with the tombak (Persian goblet-shaped drum).…
Fiddling Around the World: Pettit & Gira Make Themselves at Home
Here to Stay is the latest release from Jocelyn Pettit and Ellen Gira, an 11-track collection that reflects themes of home, travel, and musical kinship.…
Creedence Goes Grassroots in New Iron Horse Tribute
CMH Records’ long-running Pickin’ On Series continues with Pickin’ On Creedence Clearwater Revival: Bluegrass Rising, featuring vocal and instrumental reinterpretations of Creedence Clearwater Revival classics…
Young at Heart: All-Star Tribute Album Strikes Gold
Various Artists – Heart of Gold: The Songs of Neil Young, Vol. 1 (Curios, 2025) A diverse lineup of artists pays tribute to Neil Young…
Balkan Beats and Sephardic Streets: Mara Aranda Maps a Forgotten Musical Legacy
Mara Aranda – Geografías de la Diáspora Vol. IV: Sefarad en el Corazón de Bulgaria (self-release, 2025) In the fourth installment of her five-part series…
Gnoss Folk Quartet Tunes Up for 2025
Glasgow-based folk quartet Gnoss, featuring Aidan Moodie, Graham Rorie, Connor Sinclair, and Craig Baxter, has unveiled a new single, “Hjop,” signaling the start of a…
Enjoy the View
Comprised of musicians from several different regions and combining jazz with traditional rhythms from Reunion Island, a band called Jozéfinn’ Austral View is right and…
Vickie Vaughn Reinvents Vince Gill’s “Liza Jane”
After debuting with an inventive reinterpretation of Bruce Robison’s “Leavin’,” IBMA Bass Player of the Year Vickie Vaughn returns with a striking remake of Vince…
Brassed Off the Map: Balkan Voodoo Orchestra Rewrites the Rules
Haris Pilton & The Balkan Voodoo Orchestra – Soon in Your Village (Asphalt Tango Records, 2025) The Balkan Voodoo Orchestra is a genre-defying ensemble led…
Heavenly Chorus: McCourys and Lewandowski Revive “She’s No Angel”
C.J. Lewandowski and Del McCoury, joined by Ronnie McCoury, have released a new version of the Osborne Brothers and Red Allen’s 1957 classic “She’s No…
Remon Nakanishi’s Hinano Iezuto Rewrites the Japanese Folk Canon
Remon Nakanishi 中西レモン – Hinano Iezuto ひなのいえづと (DOYASA! Records, 2022) Remon Nakanishi ‘s Hinano Iezuto album’s title, drawn from an archaic Japanese phrase meaning “a…