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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…

Conferences

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…

New CDs and digital releases

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…

New CDs and digital releases

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…

General News

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…

New CDs and digital releases

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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