Category: General News

(Prensa Latina) Havana, Cuba – A tribute to Compay Segundo will take place in March and April 2005 in Switzerland, by Cuban traditional music bands,…

View More Europe Pays Tribute to Compay Segundo

A new copyright bill in Ghana will according to musicians and lawyers associations in be used to impose fees on Ghanaians who use folklore in…

View More Ghana musicians worry about new legislation

With his suit, spectacles and fedora, Linton Kwesi Johnson looks more like a dapper West Indian sleuth than one of the most renowned figures in…

View More Reggae’s Poetry Man Releases Concert DVD

Brian Lynch announced recently the launch of his new recording project, The Brian Lynch/Eddie Palmieri Project 2005, in collaboration with Artist Share, the innovative website…

View More The Brian Lynch/Eddie Palmieri Project 2005

London, UK – World music superstar and Senegalese spokesperson Baaba Maal will be giving a special lecture on contemporary African society and the pressures it…

View More Baaba Maal in Africa 05 Events at British Museum

The International Songwriting Competition (ISC) has announced its 2004 finalists. Songwriting for this year’s competition proved to be at an extremely high level, making the…

View More 2004 International Songwriting Competition Finalists Announced – Listen and vote for your Favorite Song

Northampton, Massachusetts, USA – Three sessions of the Rock N Roll Camp for Teen-aged Girls camp will be offered by the The Institute for the…

View More IMA’s Rock N Roll Summer Camp for Girls

[image1_left](Prensa Latina) Havana, Cuba – The 10th National Trova Festival Carlos Puebla in Memoriam opened in Manzanillo, with the traditional march of the participants to…

View More National Trova Festival Carlos Puebla in Memoriam Opens in Cuba

Wilkesboro, North Carolina, USA – MerleFest 2005 will feature three outstanding instrument contests during the first two days of the April 28 May 1 event.…

View More MerleFest 2005 to Feature Instrument Contests