Barranquilla, Colombia- Cuban pianist, arranger and orchestra director Chucho Valdés, Grammy award winner this year at Latin Jazz category, was given the title of president…
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IndigeDisc debut CDs
New York City, USA- The first two releases on the new Indigedisc label will be out the first week of April. One of the releases…
View More IndigeDisc debut CDsTower Records Opens World Music Store in New York
New York City, USA – Tower Records, the world’s largest independent music retailer opened its first store exclusively dedicated to world music. The new store…
View More Tower Records Opens World Music Store in New YorkU.S. Debut CD by Rahat Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
New York City, USA- On April 17, Rahat Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan will release his self-titled album, Rahat, in the United States, bringing qawwali music…
View More U.S. Debut CD by Rahat Nusrat Fateh Ali KhanConference on Black Music Goes to Trinidad
Chicago, USA – For the first time, the Inter-American Conference on Black Music Research will be held outside the United States. The conference will examine…
View More Conference on Black Music Goes to TrinidadPeret, King of the Rumba is Back
Barcelona, Spain – Peret, the undisputable master of the Catalan rumba (a combination of Spanish Gypsy rumba with Caribbean and rock elements) is back with…
View More Peret, King of the Rumba is BackNew Bluegrass Album by Dolly Parton
Durham, USA – Following her first ever all-bluegrass release, The Grass Is Blue, Dolly Parton is back with another acoustic album focusing on her roots…
View More New Bluegrass Album by Dolly PartonGreen Linnet Celebrates its 25th Anniversary
Danbury, USA – Green Linnet Records was created in 1976. Since then, the music label has released over 300 albums of Celtic music, world music…
View More Green Linnet Celebrates its 25th AnniversaryFamous Cuban Singer Celebrates 90th Birthday
Holguin, Cuba – Faustino Oramas Osorio, artistically known as El Guayabero, celebrated his 90th birthday last week with the same enthusiasm that he has sung…
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