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Son de la Frontera, Cuban Tres Joins Flamenco Tradition

World Music Central News Room January 6, 2006 Flamenco Son de la Frontera

New York (New York), USA – Son de la Frontera (Sound of the Frontier), an unconventional Flamenco ensemble from southern Spain will bring its new…

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Picturing the Banjo, an Exhibition at the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington

World Music Central News Room January 5, 2006

Washington (D.C.), USA – Picturing the Banjo will be the first exhibition to underscore the banjo’s symbolism in American art from the eighteenth century through…

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World Music Conference Babel Med Music 2006

World Music Central News Room January 5, 2006

Marseilles, France – The second edition of Babel Med Music will take place at the Dock des Suds in Marseilles (France) from 16th to 18th…

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Hurricane Benefit CD from New Orleans Native & Icon Dr. John

World Music Central News Room January 4, 2006

New York (New York), USA – In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, as the storm passed but the situation worsened, Dr. John, the New Orleans…

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Higher Ground, New Orleans Benefit CD

World Music Central News Room January 2, 2006

New York (New York), USA – Higher Ground (Blue Note Records ) documents Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Higher Ground Hurricane Relief Benefit Concert, a landmark…

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Bernd M. Scherer New Director of Berlin’s House of World Cultures

World Music Central News Room January 2, 2006

Berlin, Germany – Dr. Bernd M. Scherer is the new Director of the House of World Cultures effective January 1, 2006. Scherer holds a doctoral…

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Limited Edition Recording by Veena Sahasrabuddhe

World Music Central News Room January 2, 2006

Jersey City (New Jersey), USA – Abaton Book Company has released One Thousand Minds (ABC#Ol2) by Veena Sahasrabuddhe. It is a special edition numbered release…

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