Wilkesboro, North Carolina, USA – An extraordinary line-up greeted record crowds to MerleFest 2005, the 18th annual festival in celebration of the music of the…
MerleFest 2005 Draws Record Participation of 82,666
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Enter the 2005 International Songwriting Competition (ISC)
Nashville, Tennessee, USA – Now in its fourth year, ISC is an annual songwriting competition that provides songwriters and musicians the opportunity to gain exposure…
Worldstock 2005 – "A World of Music in Los Angeles\"
Los Angeles, California, USA – Worldstock 2005 is an all-day celebration of music, art, and culture produced by the University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA) Ethnomusicology…
Oliver Mtukudzi Comments on Nhava, His New Album
Zimbabwean guitarist, vocalist and songwriter Oliver “Tuku” Mtukudzi has an ew recording entitled Nhava. It is the latest installment in Heads Up International’s critically acclaimed Heads…
Debut Album from Heather Macleod, Crossing Tides
Scotland, UK – Scottish singer-songwriter Heather Macleod launched her debut album, Crossing Tides (LEOD001CD), with a concert at Celtic Connections festival in Glasgow earlier this…
The Ninth Arabic Music Retreat at Mount Holyoke College
South Hadley, Massachusetts, USA – The Ninth Arabic Music Retreat is scheduled for August 13-20, 2005 at Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, Massachusetts. The…
Fuji Vibes and Afrobeat: Brothers Keepers Mastermind Bantu Joins Piranha
Berlin, Germany – Fuji Satisfaction – Soundclash In Lagos (Piranha PIR-CD1998) is the latest album Nigerian/German musical collective Brothers Keepers. The band plays “heavy Yoruba…
New Boris Kovac Release: World After History
Berlin, Germany – With his new band La Campanella, Boris Kovac, composer, instrumentalist and multimedia artist from the Vojvodina part of Yugoslavia, presents the first…
Seven Springs Mountain Resort Announces Summer Concert Series
Champion, Pennsylvania, USA (PRNewswire) – Seven Springs Mountain Resort has a full slate of summer concerts for 2005. The resort has been developing as a…
World Music Fundraiser for the Nelson Mandela Foundation
Madrid, Spain – Last night, the first part of a three-day festival, was held in Madrid (Spain) to raise funds to fight AIDS in Africa.…