Worldstock 2005 – "A World of Music in Los Angeles\"
Los Angeles, California, USA – Worldstock 2005 is an all-day celebration of music, art, and culture produced by the University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA) Ethnomusicology…
Oliver Mtukudzi Comments on Nhava, His New Album
Zimbabwean guitarist, vocalist and songwriter Oliver “Tuku” Mtukudzi has an ew recording entitled Nhava. It is the latest installment in Heads Up International’s critically acclaimed Heads…
Mtukudzi Bags One
Oliver Mtukudzi Nhava (Heads Up International HUCD 3102, 2005) Like many listeners, I was first captivated by the music of Zimbabwe’s Oliver Mtukudzi when Putumayo…
\"Performance Planet\" Music Series Features Rumba Troupe Raices Habaneras on May 7
Long Island City, New York, USA – Rumba, the spirit and soul of Afro-Cuban music and dance, will be performed at the LaGuardia Performing Art…
Debut Album from Heather Macleod, Crossing Tides
Scotland, UK – Scottish singer-songwriter Heather Macleod launched her debut album, Crossing Tides (LEOD001CD), with a concert at Celtic Connections festival in Glasgow earlier this…
The Ninth Arabic Music Retreat at Mount Holyoke College
South Hadley, Massachusetts, USA – The Ninth Arabic Music Retreat is scheduled for August 13-20, 2005 at Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, Massachusetts. The…
Fuji Vibes and Afrobeat: Brothers Keepers Mastermind Bantu Joins Piranha
Berlin, Germany – Fuji Satisfaction – Soundclash In Lagos (Piranha PIR-CD1998) is the latest album Nigerian/German musical collective Brothers Keepers. The band plays “heavy Yoruba…
New Boris Kovac Release: World After History
Berlin, Germany – With his new band La Campanella, Boris Kovac, composer, instrumentalist and multimedia artist from the Vojvodina part of Yugoslavia, presents the first…
Seven Springs Mountain Resort Announces Summer Concert Series
Champion, Pennsylvania, USA (PRNewswire) – Seven Springs Mountain Resort has a full slate of summer concerts for 2005. The resort has been developing as a…
More Artists Added to California WorldFest 2005
Grass Valley, California – World music festival California WorldFest 2005, which is hel July 14-17, 2005, announced the addition of Mariachi Los Camperos de Nati…