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: Muhammad Qadri Dalal
Muhammad Qadri Dalal was born in Aleppo in 1946. He is a first-class master of the Arabic lute (ud) and is very well-known in his…
Artist Profiles: Shubhangi Sakhalkar
Mrs. Shubhangi Sakhalkar had an early early tutelage with Smt. Kunda Vaishampayan. She spent several years learning from acclaimed artists Dr. Prabha Atre and Smt.…
Artist Profiles: Mozayik
Mozayik’s sound draws upon the rich heritage of traditional Afro-Haitian rhythms, mixing them with the instrumentation, melodic and harmonic sensibilities and improvisation of jazz. Mozayik…
Artist Profiles: Mouth Music
Through perceptive experimentation and with undeniable confidence, Mouth Music combined the ancient puirt-a-beul vocal tradition of Gaelic Scotland with the powerful rhythms of Africa and…
Artist Profiles: Mollie O’Brien
Mollie O’Brien was born October 25, 1952 in Wheeling, West Virginia. In the mid-1970s she moved to Colorado, where she performed with a number of…
Artist Profiles: Mohammed Al-Qa’atabi
Mohammed Obaid Al-Qa’atabi is one of the greatest Yemeni singers who made significant contributions to Yemeni art. Al-Qa’atabi is considered by many music historians as…
Artist Profiles: Misty in Roots
Misty in Roots is an acclaimed reggae group from Southall in West London. The band was started by local musiciansPoko (Walford Tyson) and his brother…
Alluring Songs of Cossacks and Old Believers
Chitinskaya Sloboda – Songs of Russian People. Cossacks’ songs / Song of old-believers and Transbaikalien Cossacks (Sketis Music SKMR-129, 2016) Songs of Russian people. Cossacks’…
Magda’s Tiger
Banda Magda – Tigre (Verve Label Group/GroundUP Music, 2017) Banda Magda’s sound has changed on Tigre. The global music influences are less visible. Instead, Tigre…
Artist Profiles: Mike Marshall
Mike Marshall grew up in Central Florida, where he developed his career playing traditional American music. His interest in many musicals styles however eventually led…