The Heartland Seminar on Arabic Music offers a five-day residential program focusing on classical Arabic music. The seminar, held from March 25-30, 2007, is designed…
Burbank (California), USA – Oscar-winning director Mel Gibson has created one of the year’s most anticipated cinema events with his epic action-adventure “Apocalypto” Reflecting the…
Malika Zarra has announced the release of her first solo CD, On the Ebony Road. Zarra, who sings in French, English and her native Moroccan…
Southern Ethiopia is the cradle of mankind. It is the home of 55 distinct and diverse peoples who travel annually to Arba Minch, the centre…
Phoenix (Arizona), USA – The Eighth Annual Canadian Aboriginal Music Awards were presented November 24th, 2006 at the Metro Toronto Convention Center’s John Bassett…
Wilkesboro (North Carolina), USA – MerleFest 2007 organizers have announced that composer and recording artist Jim Lauderdale will again serve as Honorary Chairperson of the…
Cleveland (Ohio), USA – Robert Lockwood Jr., one of the last surviving roots bluesman of the twentieth century, died November 21 at the age of…
New York (NY), USA – The annual world music showcase globalFEST, held in New York City, is moving to a larger venue. Roots revival, surf…
ModernBeats.com has just released a new drum loops library titled “Ethnic Drum Loops” for all major music software and hardware music samplers. The ‘Ethnic Drum…
Bloomington (Indiana), USA – American writer and musicologist Elijah Wald has a new book out titled Global Minstrels: Voices of World Music. Published by Routledge…