Bluegrass Act The Charlie Sizemore Band Releases Good News
Cambridge (Massachusetts), USA – Good News is the first Rounder Records release from singer, songwriter, and vocalist Charlie Sizemore, an artist much respected and loved…
Berlin Band 17 Hippies Talks About New Release Heimlich
Bloomington (Indiana), USA – The latest album by 17 Hippies features ukulele and a Persian hammered dulcimer—played by a former heavy metal drummer—together with an…
"Celia" Set to Hit the New York Stage
Previews of "Celia," the stage musical based on Cuba’s famed songstress Celia Cruz, are set to open on August 28, 2007 at New York’s New…
Under Your Skin, a Book About Music & Musicians
Under Your Skin will be a 350- 400 page book with a DVD about musicians from around the world, ranging from popular music to classical.…
Keola Beamer Goes Classical
Keola Beamer Ka Hikina O Ka Hau (The Coming of the Snow) (Dancing Cat, 2007) Guitarists or everyday guitar junkies might want to take a…
Heartbeat Records Releases CDs by Dennis Alcapone and Lone Ranger
Cambridge (Massachusetts), USA – One of the few DJs in Jamaica capable of giving the great U Roy any competition was another master of the…
Book About Hidden Music-Making in an English Town Reissued
Wesleyan University Press has announced the re-issue of Ruth Finnegan’s The Hidden Musicians: Music-Making in an English Town (ISBN: 0-8195-6853-8). The 406 page book is…
Finnish Inner Peace
Sanaton, Music for inner Peace, Vol. 1 (Aito Records, 2006) The Helsinki Day Spa and Aito Records have teamed up and put the sounds of…
Dobet Gnahore Will Be touring North America to Promote Na Afriki
Ivorian singer Dobet Gnahoré will be touring North America in September to promote her recent CD, Na Afriki. When she was a young girl in…
Evocative Seasons of Violet
Rim Banna Seasons of Violet (Kirkelig Kulturverksted, 2007) While working on the famed Lullabies from the Axis of Evil, KKV producer Erik Hillestad was struck…