New Jersey, USA – Celia Cruz, the most popular salsa singer, died from cancer this afternoon at 5 p.m. EST at her home in New…
Celia Cruz, the Queen of Salsa Dies at 77
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A Record Breaking Year for WOMEX: 1000 Delegates Preregistered
Berlin, Germany – At the end of June there were 1000 registrations and more than 160 stand bookings for WOMEX 2003. The event will be…
Karsh Kale’s Liberation
San Francisco, USA – Karsh Kale’s much-anticipated full-length album is now out. Titled Liberation (Six Degrees), it features his Realize band, with special appearances from…
Six Degrees Releases Traveler ’03
San Francisco, USA – The next edition of the acclaimed Traveler series, Traveler ’03, is Six Degrees Records’ latest dispatch in music from around the…
Russian Folklore Expedition
Moscow, Russia – The scholars from the Institute of World Literature (Russian Academy of Sciences) Yelena and Sergey Minyonok have developed the research project www.russianexpedition.net.…
Pipeline on R2 label.
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Tony Allen European Tour
Paris, France -Tony Allen will be taking his Home Cooking album around Europe this summer. Kicking off in London, supporting Blur on the 9th of…
Souad Massi
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Natacha Atlas: Lifting The Veil
Interview by Seth Jordan The last time I spoke with Natacha Atlas by phone, on the release of her last solo album “Gedida” in ’99,…
Nakai, Eaton, Clipman, Nawang
Nakai, Eaton, Clipman, Nawang In A Distant Place (Canyon Records) After several trial recordings together, R. Carlos Nakai and Nawang Khechog have succeeded in combining…