Puerto Rican musician José Feliciano is one of the recipients of the The Latin Recording Academy’s 2011 Lifetime Achievement Award. Seven-time GRAMMY and Latin GRAMMY…
Peru’s president elect Ollanta Humala had named Afro-Peruvian innovator Susana Baca new Minister of Culture. She replaces Juan Ossio. The Ministry of Culture was created…
Brazilian star Gal Costa is one of the recipients of the The Latin Recording Academy’s 2011 Lifetime Achievement Award. One of Brazil’s most popular singers,…
Sudanese – Italian singer songwriter Amira Kheir’s new album, View from Somewhere, is inspired by traditional Sudanese singing and instrumentation, blended with elements of Jazz…
Haitian master drummer and singer Lénord Fortuné, also known as Azor, died July 16. He was 46. Azor was given a state funeral and he…
The Latin Recording Academy announced this week that the late Joe Arroyo (who died this week), Gal Costa, José Feliciano, Alex Lora, Les Luthiers, Rubén…
Legendary Colombian singer, songwriter and composer Joe Arroyo died this morning, Tuesday, July 27th, 2011, at 7:45 a.m. at clínica La Asunción in Barranquilla (Colombia).…
Influential music industry developer Jean-François Michel passed away Saturday, July 23rd. Jean-François Michel was active in the music industry for many years. He namely founded…
Renowned Guinean guitarist and composer Kanté Manfila died in Paris on July 20, 2011 following a long illness. Kanté Manfila was born in 1946 in…
On Saturday, 29 October, 2011, it’s the Dutch offWOMEX Night at word music expo WOMEX 2011. Dutch Delta Sounds is brought by Music Center The…