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).…
Artist Profiles: Li Xiangting
Li Xiangting was born in 1940 in Liaoyuan, China. Li Xiangting is a world-class guqin (Chinese 7 string zither) and xiao (Chinese vertical bamboo flute)…
Artist Profiles: Lei Qiang
Lei Qiang is a master player of the erhu. Born in 1960 in Shaanxi province in the People’s Republic of China, Lei began to play…
Mesmerizing Sarod
Alam Khan – Immersion (AMMP Records, 2018) Alam Khan’s Immersion highlights the resonance and splendor of the sarod, a 25-string North Indian lute. San Francisco-based…
Brazilian Stars Deliver Iconic Songs Live
Gil, Nando and Gal – Trinca de ases (Altafonte, 2018) Three of Brazil’s best known artists, singer-songwriter and guitarist Gilberto Gil, vocalist Gal Costa and…
Artist Profiles: Jia Peng Fang
Jia Peng Fang was born April 1958 in Jiamusi, China. He is a virtuoso of the erhu (Chinese fiddle), and has played in hundreds of…
Artist Profiles: Hu Bin
Hu Bin plays erhu fiddle and gaohu (Cantonese fiddle). She is a former lead musician in Xi’an Classical Chinese Music Ensemble and a graduate of…
Heartbreaking Roma Songs
Eva Salina & Peter Stan – Sudbina (Vogiton Records, 2018) Sudbina recreates the songs of Vida Pavlovic, a Serbian Roma (Gypsy) singer who was very…
Artist Profiles: Hong Ting
Hong Ting had extensive training in performance, theory, composition and improvisation. She started playing the piano at age six and later studied the zheng under…
Artist Profiles: Guo Yue
Guo Yue is a world-renowned virtuoso of the Chinese bamboo flute. As a child Guo Yue learned how to put not just his breath but…
Artist Profiles: He-Cheng Liu
Beijing native He-Cheng Liu has been a musician for over 30 years. Liu is a pipa (lute) and gu-qin (ancient zither) virtuoso of remarkable experience.…