Brazil – The group Revista do Samba will start working on the project “revista bixiga oficina do samba,” sponsored by Programa Petrobras Cultural. The basis…
Researching the Sambas of Bixiga
Category: General News
Songs Improve the World, Silvio Rodriguez States
(Prensa Latina) Havana, Cuba – “Songs do not change the world, but could make it better,” Cuban folk singer Silvio Rodriguez, one of the top…
ASAP, The Afrobeat Sudan Aid Project
Connecticut, USA – ASAP: the Afrobeat Sudan Aid Project was released in late 2004 on the Apple iTunes Music Store for retail sale, the first…
Calabash Music Donates Sales Proceeds of Sumatran Recording for Tsunami Aid Victims
USA – Online retailer Calabash Music has announced that it will be donating 100% of proceeds from sales of a Sumatran recording to relief agencies…
London Music Benefit for the Victims of the Asian Tsunami
London, England – Several London artists will be performing tonight, Friday 7th, January 2005 at The Infinity Club, to raise funds for the Indian Ocean…
World Music Network/Rough Guides Contribution to Tsunami Relief
San Francisco, California, USA – In the month of January, with any online purchase of any of the following Rough Guides: the Rough Guide to…
Seattle organization and Zimbabwean community to raise funds for AIDs orphanage
Seattle, Washington, USA – Members of the Seattle community will join the African Americans Reach & Teach Ministry on Saturday, January 8th, 2005 at 6:00pm…
Musicians Join Tsunami Relief Effort
USA – American band Linkin Park has responded to the south Asian disaster by setting up a charity with the American Red Cross. The organization,…
Dobro player Phil Leadbetter Finishes a New Album
Florida, USA – Phil Leadbetter, known as a master dobro player, has finished recording tracks for his latest Pinecastle release, Slide Effects. A former member…
Tsunami and Earthquake Relief Resources
Burlington, North Carolina, USA – UNICEF warned today that without immediate, wide-scale action to provide safe water in the communities hit by Sunday’s massive ocean…