A Flamenco Soul in France
Sylvie Paz Tirititrán (self release, 2007) Sylvia Paz is a French musician and singer-songwriter of Spanish origin, based in Marseilles. For many years, she was…
Teaching Community Building Through African Drumming
Munpurugu, Munpurugu, Munpurugu Introduction: Do the above words sound strange to you? Not to students of Applied Music in a high school in New York…
Echoes of Radio Tarifa
Benjamín Escoriza Alevanta! (18 Chulos Records, 2006/Riverboat Records-World Music Network, 2007) One of the most charismatic singers in the Spanish world music scene, Benjamín Escoriza,…
Golden Horn Records Releases Budowitz Live by Klezmer Band Budowitz
Walnut Creek (California), USA – Budowitz Live is the new recording by Budowitz, the international klezmer band of musicians from Hungary, Germany and the United…
Stephen Marley’s Mind Control Debuts #1 on Top Reggae Chart
New York (NY), USA – Stephen Marley , GRAMMY winning artist and producer notched a #1 debut with his acclaimed new solo debut album Mind…
Chris Austin Songwriting Contest Finalists Announced
Wilkesboro (North Carolina), USA – Wilkes Community College will produce MerleFest 2007, Presented by Lowe’s, on April 26 – 29 on its campus in Wilkesboro,…
La Vie en Rose Official Motion Picture Soundtrack Will Be Released in May
Hollywood (California), USA – EMI Classics / EMI Music Catalog Marketing will release the official motion picture soundtrack to La Vie en Rose, the dramatic…
Ricardo Lemvo Releases 5th CD, Isabela
Isabela, Ricardo Lemvo’s self-released fifth album, is the product of much hard work and knowledge. Its cosmopolitan bouquet of musical styles is sung in six…
The Oldest Working Cuban Musician El Guayabero Dies at 95
Holguín, Cuba – According to Cuban sources, Faustino Oramas, better known as El Guayabero, the oldest working musician in Cuba, died today in Holguín (Cuba)…
The Mighty Terror, the ‘Golden Voice’ of Trinidad Dies at 87
The Mighty Terror, nicknamed ‘the Golden Voice’ lost his battle with cancer on March 14, 2007. He was 87. Born Fitzgerald Henry, in Arouca, east…