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Month: June 2006

Awards

Sacred Ground Wins Nammy

World Music Central News Room June 10, 2006

Boulder (Colorado), USA – The Grammy-winning Sacred Ground CD continues to gather awards adding a NAMMY to the collection at the Eighth Annual Native American…

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Arvel Bird Wins Nammy Award for Best Instrumental

World Music Central News Room June 10, 2006

Native American fiddler Arvel bird won the Nammy (the Native American Music Awards) for Best Instrumental. This is Arvel’s Nammy thank you statement: “I would…

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Conferences

First Womex 2006 Artist Showcase Announcements

World Music Central News Room June 10, 2006 womex

Berlin, Germany – The Womex judges met back in May. One of the seven judges, Martin Morales, was excused at the last moment due to…

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Womex Registrations Go Up

World Music Central News Room June 10, 2006

Berlin, Germany – The list of registered attendees for the Womex 2006 conference in Sevilla has surpassed previous years’ records. “Sevilla 2003 was our best-attended…

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2006 JVC Jazz Festival – New York presents Brazil Nights

World Music Central News Room June 10, 2006

New York (New York), USA – Move to the beat of Brazil Nights at the Jazz Standard. Brazil Nights I features Choro Ensemble: Pedro Ramos,…

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Album reviews

Scorching Seconds

Tom Orr June 9, 2006

Hossam Ramzy and Jose Luis Monton Flamenco Arabe 2 (ARC Music EUCD 2000, 2006) Perhaps later I’ll be concerned that I haven’t heard the first…

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The 27th Cambridge River Festival celebrates the Charles River

World Music Central News Room June 9, 2006

Cambridge (Massachusetts), USA – Ideally located along a serpentine swath of the Charles River, the 27th Cambridge River Festival returns on Saturday June 17th, from…

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Interviews

An interview with composer and percussionist Ravish Momin

Angel Romero June 8, 2006

JazzWorldQuest.com : What do you think about a trend to a so called global cultural hybridization , or maybe to a meltdown of musical styles…

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General News

Darko Rundek & Cargo Orkestar New CD & Bonus soccer Song Online

World Music Central News Room June 8, 2006

Berlin, Germany – Before Darko Rundek & Cargo Orkestar hit the road with their new CD (Germany/France/Austria/Serbia/Montenegro), they had a great record release concert at…

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Intersound Records to Release a World Music Album to Benefit Refugees

World Music Central News Room June 8, 2006

Nashville (Tennessee), USA – via PRNewswire – Intersound Records, in conjunction with Crazy Baby Records, has announced the August 22, 2006 release of the world…

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