Gypsy Rock Opera Viva Patshiva Debuts March 6 at New York’s Interart Theatre
New York (New York), USA – Viva Patshiva means "Long Live The Party" in the Roma language and the party starts on March 6, running…
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Various Artists – The Imagined Village (Real World Records, 2008) Lining up the likes of Simon Emmerson, Billy Bragg, Martin Carthy, Eliza Carthy, Benjamin Zephaniah,…
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Various Artists – Musica do Espirito Santo (Secretaria da cultura/SEBRAE/Quorum, 2008) The Brazilian state of Espirito Santo (southeast Brazil) put together a boxed set of…
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Canadian band Le Vent du Nord is back from the other side of the Atlantic, where the group has brilliantly completed a tour of the…
View More Le Vent du Nord Conquers the English, the Scots, and the WelshDengue Fever Music Documentary Sleepwalking Through The Mekong to Be Released in April 2009
Los Angeles (California), USA – M80 Music announced today that the documentary film Sleepwalking Through The Mekong, will be released on April 14, 2009 as…
View More Dengue Fever Music Documentary Sleepwalking Through The Mekong to Be Released in April 2009Music Freedom Day Will be Celebrated Internationally on Tuesday 3 March 2009
Over three years, the annual Music Freedom Day — observed on Tuesday 3 March 2009 this year — has grown into an event which inspires…
View More Music Freedom Day Will be Celebrated Internationally on Tuesday 3 March 2009Burning Heart of a Blueswoman
Shemekia Copeland Never Going Back (Telarc Blues, 2009) More often than not it’s the bluesmen that attract a lot of attention in the music world.…
View More Burning Heart of a BlueswomanCalypso Monarch The Mighty Duke Dies at 78
Popular Trinidadian singer The Mighty Duke died January 13, 2009, due to myelofibrosis (an incurable blood disease) at age 78. Between 1968 and 1971, he…
View More Calypso Monarch The Mighty Duke Dies at 78WOMEX 2009 Call for Showcase, Conference & Film proposals
World music conference WOMEX 2009, which will be held in Copenhagen this year, will be accepting proposals for world music showcases, conferences and film…
View More WOMEX 2009 Call for Showcase, Conference & Film proposalsBollywood and Hip-Hop Meet in Slumdog Millionaire
Renowned Indian musician A.R. Rahman is the composer of the soundtrack of Slumdog Millionaire, director Danny Boyle’s movie, which is nominated for an Oscar this…
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