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).…
Fernando Ferreira’s Tempo: A Reflective Passage Through Time
Fernando Ferreira – Tempo (AVM Music Editions, 2024), Fernando Ferreira’s Tempo (time) is a thought-provoking exploration of time’s influence on human experience. The album gracefully…
Morocco’s Visa For Music Showcase Deadline Extended for 2025
The application deadline for Visa For Music 2025, the leading showcase and professional market for music from Africa and the Middle East, has been extended…
Greece’s Music Village Reveals 2025 Folk Tradition Workshops
Music Village returns for its 19th edition in Agios Lavrentios, Mt. Pelion, Greece, continuing its tradition of artistic collaboration in a setting renowned for its…
Bass Instincts: Vickie Vaughn Steps Into the Spotlight With “Leavin’”
After a decade-long hiatus from solo recording, two-time IBMA Bass Player of the Year Vickie Vaughn returns with “Leavin’,” her first release under her own…
Cajasol Announces International Flamenco Symphony Composition Contest
The Cajasol Foundation, in collaboration with the International Chair of Symphonic Flamenco and the Rafael Orozco Conservatory of Music in Córdoba, have announced the First…
Tarantella Takes America: Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino’s 50th Anniversary U.S. Tour
(Headline image: Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino live in 2015 – Photo by De Pinto) Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino (CGS), Italy’s longest-running traditional music ensemble, will mark its…
Dancing Through Time: Novalima’s Deluxe Edition of La Danza
Novalima – La Danza (Deluxe Version) (Six Degrees Records, 2025) Novalima, the pioneering Afro-Peruvian collective, expands their acclaimed La Danza project with a Deluxe Edition…
You Can’t Be Too Picky
Based on the number of uplifting reggae tracks I’ve received lately, it would seem that the world is in need of such music. I believe…
Blossoming Traditions: Chuvash Folk Songs from Orenburg
Narspi Ensemble – Bird Cherry Blossom: Chuvash Songs from Orenburg Region (Antonovka Records, 2025) The Narspi Ensemble, founded in 1978, represents the musical heritage of…
Bluegrass Bug: Ashby Frank Puts the Pedal to the Mandolin
Ashby Frank reimagines “The Bug,” originally recorded by Dire Straits in 1991 and later a Top 20 country hit for Mary Chapin Carpenter in 1993,…