Luigi Rossi, owner of E. Rossi & Co. in Little Italy, died Saturday of kidney failure. He was 95 years old. Rossi was born in…
Neapolitan Art Song Publisher Luigi Rossi Dies at 95
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David Krakauer Teams with DJ Socalled on Bubbemeises: Lies My Gramma Told Me
On Bubbemeises: Lies My Gramma Told Me (Label Bleu), David Krakauer teams up with Jewish hip hop beat architect Socalled. The album includes remixed Hasidic…
Cuban Musician and Cha-Cha-Chá Composer Richard Egües Dies at 82
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Rita Marley Will Bring Africa Unite to South Africa in 2007
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World Music Labels Receive WOMEX & WMCE Awards
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The Pan Global Cargo of Darko Rundek
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Natacha Atlas at Madison World Music Festival
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Vas Vocalist Azam Ali Releases Elysium for the Brave
Elysium for the Brave (Six Degrees Records), Azam Ali’s second solo album, signals a new turn in her musical evolution. The album, her most ambitious…
Native Intensity: From Native American Flute to Pow-Wow Songs
Reviews By Patty-Lynne Herlevi Peter Phippen Shadows of Dawn (Canyon Records, 2006) Gerald Primeaux Sr. Voice of Dakota, Harmonized Healing Songs (Canyon Records, 2006) Pima…
Flamenco Singer ‘El Turronero’ Dies at 59
Utrera (Sevilla), Spain – Singer Manuel Mancheno Peña, known artistically as “El Turronero”, died September 1st at a Sevilla hospital of a stroke. He was…