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Category: General News

General News

Love Songs Of The World

Angel Romero January 31, 2003

London, England – ARC Music has put together a compilation of international love songs for Valentine’s Day. Love Songs Of The World (ARC EUCD1699) features…

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Tremendo Vacilón Cuban music and Dance Film

Angel Romero January 29, 2003

San Francisco, USA – “Tremendo Vacilon” is the title of a new film dedicated to the eclectic panorama of music and dance in Cuba today.…

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Number of Rap Groups in Cuba Increases

Angel Romero January 26, 2003

(Prensa Latina) Havana, Cuba- Today there are more than a thousand rap groups in Cuba, 200 out of which are in the capital.  Hermanos Saiz…

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1st Symposium on the History of the Mediterranean Music

Angel Romero January 24, 2003

The Cultural Organization “En Chordais” in cooperation with the “Byzantine Festival in London” are organizing a Symposium on the History of Music, within the framework…

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Lopez-Nussa Fills in for Chucho Valdés in Barbados 

Angel Romero January 22, 2003

(Prensa Latina) Bridgetown, Barbados – Cuban pianist Hernan Lopez-Nussa substituted for his fellow Cuban Jesus “Chucho” Valdés at the opening of the 10th Barbados Jazz…

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Habana Abierta Back Home

Angel Romero January 19, 2003

(Prensa Latina) Havana, Cuba – The musical project Habana Abierta is back home, after having worked abroad for seven years. Nonetheless, the young musicians had…

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Cantigas de Maio Festival Suspended

Angel Romero January 16, 2003

Lisbon, Portugal – The 2003 edition of the Cantigas de Maio festival has been suspended. The popular folk and world music festival suffered a 50%…

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Longina Trova Festival

Angel Romero January 15, 2003

(Prensa Latina) Santa Clara, Cuba.- The Longina Festival, which gathered trova artists from almost all Cuban provinces and paid tribute to Manuel Corona, one of…

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EFWMF and Folk Alliance will present Strictly Mundial in Montreal

Angel Romero January 15, 2003

USA – The North American Folk Music and Dance Alliance (Folk Alliance) and the European Forum of World Music Festivals (EFWMF) are collaborating to present…

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Silvio Rodriguez Receives Award

Angel Romero January 12, 2003

(Prensa Latina) Havana, Cuba – Cuban singer-songwriter Silvio Rodriguez received the Pablo de la Torriente Brau Cultural Center award in Havana, bestowed to celebrities and…

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