Category: General News

Brazil, once the world’s largest slave colony, was brutal and deadly for millions of Africans. But many thousands escaped and rebelled, creating their own communities…

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Legendary, African performer Shiko Mawatu’s new album Kimbanda Nzila has been nominated for a prestigious NAACP Award. The album has already garnered a huge amount…

View More Shiko Mawatu Is Nominated For An NAACP Award In The World Music Category

Celtic Connections 2008 came to a close tonight, after an extremely successful 15th festival. This was the festival’s second year of principal sponsorship with international…

View More Over 120,000 Attended Successful Celtic Connections 2008

Hyperion Books announced Tuesday that it will publish Pulitzer Prize-winning author Oscar Hijuelos’s "Beautiful Maria of My Soul," a companion novel to his The Mambo…

View More Mambo Kings Author to Publish Novel and Memoir

Tuesday a top European Union court, based in Luxembourg, handed down a mixed decision to the recording and film industries by refusing to force telecommunications…

View More European Union Court Mixed Ruling on File Sharing

The board of directors for the Writer’s Guild of America made the decision Monday to allow its striking writers to work on the upcoming February…

View More Grammys Make Deal with Writers Guild

People Productions and the Dimmick Ranch announced the first confirmed acts for the 2008 Reggae Rising Music Festival, August 1st, 2nd, and 3rd, at the…

View More First Confirmed Acts for the 2008 Reggae Rising Music Festival

Boston (Massachusetts), USA – ACCION International, a pioneer and leader in microfinance, announced the release of Putumayo World Music’s newest CD, Latin Reggae, a collection…

View More Putumayo World Music Releases New CD to Benefit ACCION