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).…
A Beautiful Bagpipe tradition Recovered
Päre – Hausjärvi Beat (Zebo Records ZBR01, 2016) Päre is a Finnish band that has recovered the Finnish bagpipe tradition. On the band’s album Hausjärvi…
Artist Profiles: The Klezmatics
The original members of The Klezmatics, Alicia Svigals (violin), Dave Lindsay (bass) and Rob Chavez (clarinet) met after reading an ad in the Village Voice…
Distant Drumming Traditions Brought Together
Various Artists – Tambours Croisés Chapter 2 (Buda Musique, 2016) The Tambours Croisés project celebrates the drumming traditions of France’s overseas territories. For this second…
Artist Profiles: David Grisman
David Grisman was born March 23, 1945 in Hackensack, New Jersey. For more than 40 years, the mandolinist and has been busy creating ‘dawg’ music,…
Artist Profiles: Cristina Pato
Cristina Pato was one of the youngest bagpipers that came out of the new wave of Spanish bagpipers in the late 1990s. At the age…
Artist Profiles: Natalie MacMaster
Composer, virtuoso fiddler and skilled step dancer Natalie Ann MacMaster was born on June 13, 1972 in Troy, Nova Scotia, Canada. She was raised in…
Artist Profiles: Daniel Binelli
Argentina’s Daniel Binelli is an internationally renowned composer and master of the bandoneon, acclaimed as the foremost exponent and torchbearer of the music of Astor…
Artist Profiles: Damien Stenson
Damien Stenson grew up in County Sligo (Ireland), an area with a rich folk music tradition. He is known for his extensive repertoire and flowing…
Artist Profiles: Damian Marley
Damian Marley is the son of reggae icon Bob Marley and Jamaica’s 1977 Miss World, Cindy Breakspeare. He is the offspring of a union between…
Artist Profiles: Cedric Watson
Born in San Felipe, Texas in 1983, singer, fiddler, accordionist and songwriter Cedric Watson developed an early love for Cajun music and moved to Lafayette,…