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Category: General News

General News

Carlos Santana Records Charity CD

Angel Romero July 26, 2004

Thousand Oaks, California, USA – To celebrate his birthday, July 20th, guitarist Carlos Santana has been selling his new album exclusively at all 300 Baja…

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Universal Music Spain Releases an Ultimate Collection of 50s Flamenco Classics

Angel Romero July 5, 2004

Madrid, Spain – Universal Music Spain has just released a collection of albums from the 1950s that feature some of the most important classic figures…

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New music reality show

Angel Romero June 20, 2004

USA – Spike TV, the first network specifically designed for men, and Sugar Ray have teamed up with Kia for a new reality TV series…

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The World Music Institute celebrates its 20th season with a major gallery exhibit in New York

Angel Romero June 16, 2004

New York, USA – The World Music Institute opens its 20th season with a gallery exhibit highlighting WMI’s 19-year history with photographs by Jack Vartoogian,…

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Vallenato Music School opens in Colombia

Angel Romero June 16, 2004

Valledupar, Colombia – The Fundación Festival de la Leyenda Vallenata has developed one of its main objectives, the creation of a vallenato music school. The…

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Fado Star Mariza Participates in the Official Soundtrack of the 2004 Summer Olympics in Greece

Angel Romero May 31, 2004

Bloomington, Indiana, USA – A July 12, 2004 release date has been announced by EMI records, for Unity, the official pop soundtrack to the 2004…

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Cuban Disc Fair Pays Tribute to Chucho Valdés and Irakere

Angel Romero May 28, 2004

(Prensa Latina – Cumbancha) Havana, Cuba – Irakere, the most famous Cuban jazz band and the world´s first inserting Afro-Cuban sounds into jazz, was paid…

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New Cuban and Latin Music Digital Download Service

Angel Romero May 27, 2004

Havana, Cuba – Cubadisco 2004 will be the stage for the introduction of a new distribution platform for music files, providing the catalog of Cuban…

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Chico Buarque records with Fernanda Porto for the soundtrack of Cabra Cega

Angel Romero May 26, 2004 Brazilian musicCabra CegaChico Buarque

Brazil – Chico Buarque spent last Friday at the Trama Studios in São Paulo, recording with singer/producer Fernanda Porto. Fernanda is producing the soundtrack for…

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Carlos Varela Deserves Hollywood Success with "One Word"

Angel Romero May 26, 2004

(Prensa Latina – Cumbancha) Havana, Cuba – The president of the General Society of Authors and Publishers of Spain, Eduardo “Teddy” Bautista, told Prensa Latina…

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