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: Lunasa
Ireland’s all-star quintet Lúnasa has become one of the most sought-after bands on the international Irish music scene. The band’s inventive arrangements and bass-driven grooves…
Artist Profiles: Lucineh Hovanissian
Lucineh Hovanissian was born in Yerevan (Armenia) in 1973. She has been performing on stage since the age of 9 as a soloist singer in…
Artist Profiles: Los Utrera
Los Utrera is a group from Veracruz, Mexico that was founded in 1992 around the Son Jarocho traditions of this musical family and patriarch Esteban…
Artist Profiles: Los Pinguos
Founded in 1999 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Los Pinguos (the Penguins, in Spanish) perform a spicy mixture of Latin rhythms utilizing Spanish guitars, Peruvian cajon…
Artist Profiles: Los Muñequitos de Matanzas
Los Muñequitos de Matanzas is a distinguished Cuban rumba group. It was created in 1952 under the name of Guaguancó Matancero. Los Muñequitos de Matanzas…
Artist Profiles: Loreena McKennitt
Loreena McKennitt was born and raised in Morden, Manitoba, a town of Irish, Scottish, German, and Icelandic inhabitants in the middle of the Canadian prairies.…
Artist Profiles: Lo’Jo
Lo’Jo is a an eclectic French band that creates hybrid music based on sounds from Africa, Europe and the Middle East. When Lo’Jo first formed…
Artist Profiles: Liam Bradley
Keyboardist Liam Bradley from Tobermore, Co. Derry is known throughout the world for his music for Irish dancing. He has produced recordings and provided accompaniment…
Artist Profiles: Leyanis Lopez
Leyanis López Luque was born in Guantanamo on the 8th of October 1971. She started out at the age of seven as a member of…
The Thunderous Sound of Red Baraat
Red Baraat – Bhangra Pirates (Rhyme & Reason Records, 2017) American brass band Red Baraat is heading in an exciting new direction. Their 2017 album,…