Ortigueira (Galicia), Spain – Festival Ortigueira 2005 will be held July 8 – 10. In addition to its usual Celtic content, the festival will…
Festival Ortigueira 2005, Celtic and World Music Summer Fest in Galicia
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Dazzling Brazilian Singer-Guitarist Badi Assad Makes Her Edge Debut With Verde
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Angola’s Waldemar Bastos Releases Renascence in North America
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Tha Tribe, Hip Hop Meets Pow-Wow
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