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).…
Influential Brazilian Percussionist Nana Vasconcelos Dies at 71
Admired Brazilian percussionist Nana Vasconcelos passed away on March 9, 2016. Juvenal de Holanda Vasconcelos, better known as Nana Vasconcelos, was born in Recife. He…
Mantra Transformations
Bosse Skoglund and Zilverzurf – Mantra Sessions (Diesel Music C-52, 2016) This cross-cultural recording couldn’t get more interesting. Two Swedish musicians, a drummer and a…
Music Guide for 2016 St. Patrick’s Day
Dark forces are gathering or rather green forces are gathering. People with gallons of green dye are waiting for that moment when they will turn…
Artist Profiles: Acho Estol
Argentine musician Acho Estol started playing the guitar at eight and the electric guitar at ten, then he took up various instruments during the teenage…
Songhoy Blues, They Will Have to Kill Us First
Auditorium at University of Sheffield Student Union 26 February 2016 Where were the blues born? Were its rough-hewn riffs formed from the mud of the…
Zelalem
Mikael Seifu – Zelalem (RVNG International, 2016) Ethiopian artist Mikael Seifu’s album Zelalem, Amharic for ‘eternity’, is his debut album. However, it doesn’t sound like…
Bio Ritmo Releases Oriza Music Video
Salsa and tropical music band Bio Ritmo has released a new music video featuring its single “Oriza.” The video was made by Nate Griffith…
Toronto to Host the 14th Annual Asian Music Series in April and May
Small World Music has announced the lineup for the 14th Annual Asian Music Series, a set of concerts that celebrates Asian and South Asian Heritage…
Resilient Ethiopian Grooves
Debo Band – Ere Gobez (FPE Records, 2016) Ere Gobez is the title of the new album by Debo Band, a large multi-ethnic American world…
British Red Cross Releases The Long Road Benefit Album
The British Red Cross has released The Long Road, a concept world music album featuring Robert Plant, Scroobius Pip, the Sierra Leone Refugee All Stars,…