Global Music Month 2020 will present its final events this week. Global Music Month 2020 brought together 19 participating world music festivals in the United…
Global Music Month 2020 Reveals Final Week
Tag: Rahim AlHaj
¡Globalquerque! Cross-Cultural Crossover on September 30
¡Globalquerque!, the annual world music festival in New Mexico, will present the ¡Globalquerque! Cross-Cultural Crossover on September 30, 2020. The event is a a special…
Global Music Month 2020 Premieres This Fall
This autumn, the Consortium of World Music Presenters will introduce the debut of Global Music Month 2020. The event is a month-long, online festival of…
Sahba Motallebi and Rahim AlHaj at Merkin Hall
Even the instruments were beautiful at The World Music Institute’s presentation of Sahba Motallebi and Rahim AlHaj in concert at Merkin Hall on February 15th.…
Sahba Motallebi and Rahim AlHaj to Perform in New York City
Two masters of Middle Eastern string music, Iranian tar master Sahba Motallebi and Iraqi ud virtuoso Rahim AlHaj are set to on Saturday, February 15,…
The World Music Institute Reveals January-June 2020 Season
New York City’s World Music Institute (WMI) has announced the artists set to perform during its January-June 2020 season. Selected by Artistic Director Brian Keigher,…
Fascinating Ud and Santur Encounters
Rahim AlHaj Trio – One Sky (Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, 2018) Ud virtuoso Rahim AlHaj presents a new set of works in trio format. His colleagues…
Rahim AlHaj Releases Video for “Running Boy”
Iraqi composer and ud maestro Rahim AlHaj has released a short film for the musical piece “Running Boy”. The composition appears in his recent album…
World Music Central Announces the Best World Music Albums of 2017
We announce the list of best world music albums of 2017. The selection was made by a panel of editors and contributors from World Music…
Music to Realize Peace
Rahim Alhaj – Letters from Iraq: Oud and String Quintet (Smithsonian Folkways Recordings SFW40577, 2017) Two ancient traditions meet on Letters from Iraq: Oud and…