Kathy Mattea will visit UApresents in Tucson (Arizona) November 7th with her Moving Mountains tour, featuring songs from Coal, her most recent release. Mattea’s…
Country-Folk Star Kathy Mattea to Present Moving Mountains to Protect the Environment
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Toshi Reagon and BIGLovely to Perform at Wisconsin Union Theater
Toshi Reagon and BIGLovely will perform at Music Hall on Friday, November 13, 2009 at 8:00 pm. Tickets for the performance are $20 general admission.…
Baaba Maal Launches Interactive Online Art Piece – YourMediaIsTheFuture.TV
Senegalese star Baaba Maal has launched yourmediaisthefuture.tv, an online interactive art piece that maps out global media consumption by time and location. Users are invited…
Lee Morgan Wins Australian Indigenous Music Scholarship 2009
One Movement for Music Perth (OMFM) announced the final winner of the Australian Indigenous Music Scholarship (AIMS). Victoria’s Lee Morgan was proclaimed the winner in…
First Roskilde Festival World Music Award to Rokia Traoré’s Passerelle Foundation
The Roskilde Festival World Music Award worth 30,000 euros goes to Rokia Traoré‘s organization that works on professionalizing Malian music culture. The Roskilde Festival Charity…
All-Star Lineup of International Musicians, Filmmakers, and Ambassadors to Celebrate United Nation’s Day
Culture Project will be celebrating the UN Day Concert: A Tribute to Peacekeeping. This celebration, through live music performances and documentary film clips, will commemorate…
London International Festival of Exploratory Music Opens in November 2009
Kings Place will play host to innovative musicians from around the world in November 2009. The very first London International Festival of Exploratory Music (LIFEM)…
Top African Talent in London at Mama Africa: Celebrating Miriam Makeba
Mama Africa: Celebrating Miriam Makeba is an all-star celebration of the life of Africa’s best-known voice, who died last year at the age of 76.…
King Coya Releases Electro-Folklorica Cumbias De Villa Donde
King Coya’s new album, ‘Cumbias De Villa Donde,’ is now available at all digital stores via Nacional Records. King Coya is part of the critically-acclaimed…
Hamed Nikpay on the Road
By: Artin Amirian Los Angeles, California Wednesday, October 07, 2009 On Saturday, Oct 3 2009, I walked into the Ebell Theatre to see “Hamed…