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).…
Turkish Musician Kudsi Ergüner Designated UNESCO Artist for Peace
On July 10, 2016 the Director-General of UNESCO, Irina Bokova, namedd Turkish musician Kudsi Ergüner, UNESCO Artist for Peace, at a ceremony held at the…
Méra, New World Music Festival in Transylvania
Méra, the World Music Festival of Transylvania will take place July 29–31 2016 in Méra – Szarka-Farm. The Méra World Music Festival will be the…
This Is Where I Live by William Bell
William Bell’s new release This Is Where I Live on revived Stax Records keeps the same spirit, and purpose (or telos to quote the ancient…
Most Beautiful Songs of the World
Various Artists – The Most Beautiful Songs of the World (ARC Music EUCD2648, 2016) The Most Beautiful Songs of the World is a selection of…
Mamadou Kelly and Ban Kai Na Begin 2016 USA Tour
One of Mali’s greatest guitarists, Mamadou Kelly, will be touring North America in July and August with his band Ban Kai Na. A guitar prodigy…
Atmospheric Folk Music from Manchester
The Breath – Carry Your Kin (Real World Records, 2016) Carry Your Kin deliver a form of ethereal folk where we find a combination of…
Jembe Maestro from Burkina Faso
Adama Dramé : Dakan (Buda Musique CD 4790380, 2016) Master drummer Adama Dramé, from Burkina Faso, celebrates his 50-year career with Dakan. Dramé is one…
Mesmerizing Tarantella Beats from Southern Italy
Giuliano Gabriele – Madre (iWorld, 2015) Madre (Mother) is the second album by multi-instrumentalist, singer-songwriter and composer Giuliano Gabriele, one of the rising stars of…
Mirror by Lalah Hathaway
Lalah Hathaway has released a new video for her neo-soul song “Mirror.” The video burns slowly as the song does also. Its lyrics are straight…
Transfixing Welsh Folk Music
9Bach Anian (Real World, 2016) Anian is the new album by contemporary Welsh folk band 9Bach. This group to be one of the most exciting…