(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…
Longina Trova Festival
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EFWMF and Folk Alliance will present Strictly Mundial in Montreal
USA – The North American Folk Music and Dance Alliance (Folk Alliance) and the European Forum of World Music Festivals (EFWMF) are collaborating to present…
Silvio Rodriguez Receives Award
(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…
Group from Santiago to Cuban Culture Fest in Mexico
(Prensa Latina) Havana, Cuba – The band Los Jubilados, from Santiago de Cuba, will attend a Cuban culture festival at the Mexican locality of Tlanepantla…
Farewell to New Age Voice
Atlanta, Georgia – New Age Voice permanently closed its doors January 10th, 2003. There wasn’t enough ad revenue to maintain the publication due to the…
Music Solidarity with Oil Spill Victims
Madrid, Spain – La Fábrica de Ideas, a world music booking agency and marketing company, in Spain is requesting the support of world music festivals,…
Baka Beyond, East to West
British world fusion band Baka Beyond has a new recording out, East to West (Narada). Martin Cradick, leader of the band, returned to the Congo…
New Tango Festival at the Costa del Sol
Benalmádena, Spain – The first a Tango Festival of the Costa del Sol (southern Spain) will take place January 8 -12, 2003, in Benalmádena. The…
Chalaparta Album Produced by Kepa Junkera
Madrid, Spain – Basque accordionist Kepa Junkera has produced the debut album by the chalapartaris (txalapartaris in Basque) that normally accompany him, Igor Otxoa and Harkaitz…
AfroRican William Cepeda Branches Out
Huntington, USA – Puerto Rican multi-instrumentalist William Cepeda has a new recording, “Branching Out” (Blue Jackel BJE 5037-2), where, in addition to developing his Afro-Puerto…