2008 Scottish Harp and Cello Festival
The 2008 Scottish Harp and Cello Festival is taking place in the College of Piping, Otago Street, Glasgow, over the weekend of Friday 22nd –…
Black History Month with Luciano CD Release Party at WorldBeat Center San Diego
Reggae star Luciano will perform tonight at the CD Release Party for his new album, Jah Is My Navigator, at the WorldBeat Center San Diego.…
Tucson Debut of Angelique Kidjo
Tucson (Arizona), USA – Angelique Kidjo will be performing Saturday, March 8, 2008 at 8 pm Centennial Hall, 1020 E. University Blvd on the campus…
French Singer Henri Salvador Dies at 90
French crooner Henri Salvador, born in Cayenne, French Guiana, in 1917, died this morning in his Paris home of an aneurysm, according to Polydor, his…
Essential Scratch Perry
Lee “Scratch” Perry – Chicken Scratch (Heartbeat, 2007 reissue) Heartbeat Records has releases of Lee “Scratch” Perry’s Chicken Scratch in a Deluxe Edition CD. The…
Arturo Sandoval’s Mambo Mania Big Band at Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley in Seattle
The Pacific Jazz Institute at Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley presents multi Grammy-winning trumpeter Arturo Sandoval with his Mambo Mania Big Band for four nights, February 21…
Bluegrass icon Rhonda Vincent Talks with Brad San Martin about Forthcoming Album Good Thing Going
Q: When did this project begin? Rhonda: I remember the date, it was January 5th of 2007, and I had flown to Portland, Oregon.…
World Jamming, an Interview with Hamsa Lila
One of the leading world music acts based in the San Francisco Bay Area, Hamsa Lila, recently released a double live CD titled Live in…
American Polka King Jimmy Sturr Wins 17th Grammy Award
Burlington (Massachusetts), USA – Jimmy Sturr continued his reign as polka king in the United States, albeit little competition, winning his 17th Grammy award for…
Johnny Whitehorse Wins Grammy
Totemic Flute Chants by Johnny Whitehorse (aka Robert Mirabal) is the winner of the 2008 Grammy Award for Best Native American Music Album. Mirabal and…