Category: General News

(PR Web) – Blues singer John Lee Hooker, Jr. returned from his European tour this week to enjoy the holidays with family in Northern California,…

World Music Central is now back to its regular URL. However, the Web site’s recent upgrade and temporary move to the development site has created…

(Prensa Latina) Havana, Cuba – The latest album by the Cuban quintessential popular music orchestra Los Van Van, to hit the stores soon, will bring…

(Prensa Latina) New York City, USA – Cuban singer Omara Portuondo, internationally known as the Buena Vista Social Club diva, was nominated for a Grammy…

Berkeley, California, USA – Cal Performances announced November 7 the cancellation of the concert by acclaimed Cuban lute master Barbarito Torres and his nine-member ensemble,…

Burlington, North Carolina, USA – World Music Central has performed a site-wide upgrade to the software that runs the back-end of our site. This process…

(Prensa Latina) Havana, Cuba – The band Clásicos Pineros, from Isla de la Juventud, performed various shows in Norway. Representatives of the traditional rhythm “Sucu…

Cienfuegos, Cuba (Prensa Latina) – Wearing his flashy suit and Panama hat, Benny Moré returned to this city, the one he liked the most, according…

a) Santiago de Cuba, Cuba – The Pablo Hernández Balaguer Documentation Center currently stores up nearly 500 bibliographic materials on Cuba’s music heritage. After two…