The International Songwriting Competition (ISC) has extended its deadline to November 1, 2011. Entries will be accepted online until 11:59 PM EST. Mail-in entries must…
International Songwriting Competition Deadline Extended Until November 1st 2011
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World Music Conference WOMEX 2013 to be Held in Cardiff, Wales
International music conference WOMEX will be held in Cardiff in Wales, United Kingdom. Cardiff won the international bid to host WOMEX from Wednesday, 23 to…
WOMEX 2012 to Be Held in Thessaloniki, Greece
World music conference WOMEX will be moving south in 2012. The new host city is Thessaloniki (also known as Thessalonica, Salonika or Salonica), Greece’s second…
Clearwater Benefit Concert at Symphony Space
Clearwater, founded by Pete Seeger, will present a benefit concert for their educational programs on Friday, October 21 at Symphony Space in New York City.…
Cape Verdian Star Cesaria Evora Ends Her Musical Career at 70
Cesaria Evora‘s management company and record label Lusafrica announced this morning in Paris that the renowned singer from Cape Verde will be retiring effective today.…
Omar Sosa Album Calma Nominated for Latin GRAMMY 2011
Omar Sosa’s solo piano CD, Calma, has received a Latin GRAMMY nomination for Best Instrumental Album. The 11th annual Latin GRAMMY awards will be held…
Manu Chao to Perform Free Concert in Phoenix to Protest Anti-Immigrant Policies
Global music sensation Manu Chao announced that he will be performing a free “Alto Arizona” concert in collaboration with the National Day Laborer Organizing Network…
Smithsonian Folkways Recordings to Release Mickey Hart’s World Music Collection
Smithsonian Folkways Recordings announced that they are going to release the world music recordings known as the ‘Mickey Hart Collection.’ The plan is to preserve…
Salsa Sizzle Comes to Asia: 6th International Salsa Congress kicks off in Bangalore!
Regarded as one of the largest salsa dance events in Asia, the 6th International Salsa Congress kicks off today over a three-day weekend in Bangalore.…
Indie Distributor PIAS & AIM Establish Fund for Record Labels Affected by Sony DADC Fire
Following the devastating fire on Monday night at Sony DADC’s Enfield facility, which destroyed the stock of hundreds of independent labels, The Association of Independent…