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).…
Lakou Mizik Releases “Pran Ka Mwen” Music Video
Haitian roots band Lakou Mizik has a new music video featuring the track “Pran Ka Mwen” from the new album “Wa Di Yo.” The video…
Artist Profiles: Djelimady Tounkara
Djelimady Tounkara’s name has become synonymous with Mali’s legendary Rail Band. He has seen the band through a quarter century of colorful history and constant…
Special Edition of Radiodread
Easy Star All-Stars – Radiodread (2016) Innovative reggae band Easy Star All-Stars has released a 10th anniversary edition of its groundbreaking album Radiodread. Easy Star…
Vieux Farka Touré to Inaugurate Desert Blues Concert Series in New York City
Malian guitar maestro Vieux Farka Touré is set to perform Saturday, October 1, 2016 at (Le) Poisson Rouge. This concert will mark the beginning of…
Noura Mint Seymali Releases Na Sane Music Video
Mauritanian sensation Noura Mint Seymali has released a new music video titled “Na Sane”. This song appears in Noura Mint Seymali’s upcoming album “Arbina” scheduled…
Transglobal World Music Chart for September 2016
The Refugees for Refugees album has hit the number one spot for a third month. 1 Refugees for Refugees – Amerli (Muziekpublique) 2. Kayhan Kalhor,…
Artist Profiles: Abdoulaye “Djoss” Diabaté
Guitarist and singer Abdoulaye Diabaté (also known as Abdoulaye “Djoss” Diabaté and Djoss Diabaté) was born in Kela, Mali, to the Diabaté family. A clan…
Length & Time: Soledad Bravo
I will be writing a column on Length & Time in music, in each presenting an album and its strategies that pertain to addressing Length & Time. What…
Kalakuta Notes Expanded
We reviewed the first edition of Fela – Kalakuta Notes in 2009. A second expanded edition was published in 2015 by Wesleyan University Press. In…
Artist Profiles: Ali Farka Toure
Ali Farka Toure was born in 1939 in Gourmararusse (in the Timbuktu region), Mali, into the noble Sorhai family. Being of noble birth, he should…