Los Angeles (California), USA – The influential Conga Room readies to reopen its doors this fall. The new Conga Room is poised to reclaim its…
Legendary Conga Room Will Return in the fall of 2008 to offer “one-stop” Latin Destination
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Haale Presents No Ceiling CD and Spring Tour
Haale is a downtown New Yorker of Iranian descent. On her full-length debut, No Ceiling, she draws on that heritage freely, but filters it through…
Falete Live in Miami
Falete, the exciting and controversial copla (Spanish song) and flamenco singer, comes to Miami for the first time Sunday, April 13th. He is one of…
Flamenco Fusionists Ojos de Brujo Release Techarí Live in CD and DVD This Week
After aggressively touring the globe in support of their Latin Grammy Award Winning studio album, Techarí (translates to “free”), Ojos de Brujo return with a…
In The Name Of Love: Africa Celebrates U2
On April 1, 2008, Shout! Factory will release In the Name of Love: Africa Celebrates U2, an album celebrating the music, culture and future of…
Reggae Star Mikey Dread Dies of Brain Tumor
Reggae musician Mikey Dread died Saturday, March 15th 2008 at 4:30 pm EST in Connecticut. Michael Campbell better known as Mikey Dread, was a Jamaican singer, producer,…
Passionate Middle Eastern Strings Sessions sampling CD
Stockholm, Sweden – PowerFX announced the release of Gabi Masso Oriental String Sessions Vol. 1-3 downloadable sample CD. These Middle Eastern string arrangements were performed…
Debashish Bhattacharya Will Tour North America in Support of Calcutta Chronicles
Indian slide guitar master Debashish Bhattacharya will be touring North America to promote the April 8th release of his new CD, Calcutta Chronicles: Indian Slide-Guitar…
Eddie Palmieri Latin Jazz Band will Perform Six Nights in Seattle
The Pacific Jazz Institute at Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley in Seattle presents for six nights, Grammy-winning Latin jazz pianist Eddie Palmieri. Band members are Eddie Palmieri…
Atash voted Best World Music Band 2007-8 in Austin Chronicle Music Poll
Spirits were high last night at the Austin Music Awards last night, where Atash was honored with the award for Best World Music Band of…