(Prensa Latina – Cumbancha) Havana, Cuba – Cuban kettledrum player Amadito Valdes, nominated for a 2004 Grammy Award for his album Bajando Gervasio, said that…
Grammy Nominee Amadito Valdes: "Tito Puente is still the King"
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World Music Grammy Nominees Announced
The World Music Grammy nominees for have been announced. The award ceremony is 8 February. For more information, see the Grammy Web site. Best Traditional…
Yusef Lateef & Adam Rudolph Continue their 15-Year Collaboration with release of "In the Garden"
New Jersey, USA – Artistic director Adam Rudolph reunites with his longtime collaborator and mentor Yusef Lateef in the live 2-cd concert recording In the…
The Gerard Edery Sephardic Song Book
New York, USA – The Gerard Edery Sephardic Song Book is now available. The highly anticipated song book by Sephardic singer/composer/guitarist, Gerard Edery, contains 40…
Exploring Flamenco’s Arab Roots
By Greg Noakes Flamenco music was born, and still lives, among the scenic green hills of Andalusia in southern Spain. In recent years, however, some…
The Environmental Justice Foundation Presents African Summer in London
London, England – The Environmental Justice Foundation has organized a world music event in aid of EJF’s human rights and environmental projects in developing countries.…
CD Haila Live Storms US Market
(Prensa Latina – Cumbancha) Havana, Cuba – The charisma and strength of Cuban singer Haila Maria Mompie made a sudden entry in the US market…
Playing in Interesting Times
Written by Susan T. Rivers Ali Jihad Racy was five years old, at his mother’s knee, when he fell in love with music. “She played…
Interview with Saharawi Singer Mariem Hassan
Mariem Hassan expresses herself naturally in Hassania, the language of the Saharawis, but has serious difficulties with Spanish. That’s why she has rarely agreed to be…
Drop the Debt…and Dance!
Drop the Debt (Say It Loud! / World Village 479008, 2003) The problems following the invasion of Iraq seem to have awakened the Bush administration…