Music serves as tool in UN-backed plan for peaceful elections in Sierra Leone
If music be the food of love, then it can also serve to promote peaceful elections in a country recovering from a disastrous decade-long civil…
Canyon Records Receives 21 Native American Music Awards Nominations
Phoenix (Arizona), USA – The Native American Music Awards (NAMA) has announced this years nominations and Canyon Records has received a total of 21 nominations.…
Gordon Duncan Book and CD Celebrate the Scottish Piper’s Legacy
The Gordon Duncan Memorial Trust has announced that the book “Gordon Duncan Tunes”, published under the guidance of Ian Duncan, and a new Gordon Duncan…
Nominations for the Ninth Annual Native American Music Awards Announced
New York, NY (August 6, 2007) – Nominations for the Ninth Annual Native American Music Awards were announced this week by The Native American Music…
Musicians’ Tales are Told at the at 11th Annual Rhode Island International Film Festival
The 11th Annual Rhode Island International Film Festival (RIIFF) recently announced its 2007 season, showing over 321 films from around the world in venues in…
Oliver Mtukudzi Tours North America to Promote New Album Tsimba Itsoka
Zimbabwean world music star Oliver Mtukudzi willbe touring Noeth america in October 2007 to promote his new release, Tsimba Itsoka (HUCD 3124). The twelve-song CD…
Slack Key Guitarist Cindy Combs Releases Sunny Rain
The story of Cindy Combs begins in San Diego, meanders around the globe to places as far away as the Canary Islands (Spain) off the…
Whisky Song Specialist Robin Laing Releases "One For The Road"
Scottish musician Robin Laing has a new recording titled One for the Road (Greentrax CDTRAX 313). Laing is a professional musician and writer based in…
Renowned Ghazal Performer Kiran Ahluwalia Talks About Her New Album Wanderlust
Singer Kiran Ahluwalia, a musical wanderer who was born in India, raised in Canada, and now lives in New York City—unites ghazal and fado on…
Dropping in on a Legend
A Visit to Ali Farka Toure (Digital Classics DVD DC 10006, 2006) The time spent with Ali Farka Touré as seen here took place after…