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: Phil Cunningham
Accordionist Phil Cunningham was born in Edinburgh, Scotland in 1960. His musical career began with accordion lessons at the age of three and violin a…
Artist Profiles: Peter Ulrich
Peter Ulrich was perhaps best known for his long-time collaboration with Dead Can Dance, the creative band of the 1980s that explored new frontiers of…
Artist Profiles: Peter Puma Hedlund
Peter Puma Hedlund is one of leading exponents of the nyckelharpa in the world today. A composer and one of the main forces in the…
Artist Profiles: Peter Gabriel
Peter Gabriel has earned a worldwide reputation for his support of world music, his groundbreaking work as a progressive rock pioneer, his innovative recordings as…
Artist Profiles: Pete Escovedo
Percussionist Pete Escovedo was born July 13, 1935 in Pittsburg California. As a young boy he would sit on the steps of nightclubs and watch…
Artist Profiles: Pete Clark
Pete Clark is regarded as one of Scotland’s greatest fiddlers. Pete now lives in Perthshire not far from the birth places of Niel Gow and…
El Amir to Perform Vivaldi’s Concerto in C major for Mandolin on Greek Bouzouki
Acclaimed world music and flamenco artist Amir John Haddad “El Amir” is set to perform Vivaldi’s Concerto in C major for Mandolin for the first…
Sauti za Busara Announces 2018 Festival Line-up
Sauti za Busara, the prestigious African music festival held in Zanzibar has announced the lineup for 2018. The festival, held in Zanzibar’s Stone Town, will…
Yasmin Levy to Perform at Berklee Performance Center
Sephardic music diva Yasmin Levy is set to perform Sunday, November 5, 2017 at Berklee Performance Center. Yasmin Levy preserves and recovers the most beautiful…
Artist Profiles: Perunika Trio
Eugenia Georgieva, Victoria Mancheva and Victoria Evstatieva met through the London Bulgaria Choir and decided to form their own trio under the name Perunika Trio.…