In Search of Traditional Rumba Songs
(Prensa Latina – Cumbancha) Havana, Cuba – A meeting to recover unpublished rumbas is taking place at Martinez Villena Hall in the National Union of…
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Cranky Crow World Music Celebrates Its First Birthday
Seattle, USA – The world music Web site run by one of World Music Central’s main collaborators is celebrating its first birthday. Starting on a…
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Germany – The German American Song Festival on Tour – 2003 (DAFT-Tour) presents from June 26 – July 7 six song poets from Germany and…
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32nd Annual Northwest Folklife Festival Seattle Center, Seattle, WashingtonMemorial Day Weekend 2003 It’s been a few years since I have attended the Northwest Folklife Festival…
View More 32nd Annual NW Folklife FestivalClassic Dub Reissues Strip Reggae to the Roots
Augustus Pablo – Rockers Meets King Tubbys in a Fire House (Shanachie SH 45055, 2003) Ja-Man All Stars – In the Dub Zone (Blood and…
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Toronto, Canada – The influence of Cuban music styles on popular African World music is revealed with the first Toronto appearances by acclaimed Afro-Cuban Senegalese…
View More Toronto, Harbourfront Centre Summer Festivals – Music OverviewReconfigured Burning Sky Should Still Score with Native American Music Fans
Burning Sky Spirits in the Wind (Canyon Records CR-7047, 2002) Pared down to the duo of Aaron White and Kelvin Mockingbird (both of whom are…
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Baikouba Badji and Modibo Traore Babu Casamance! (Cafe Tilibo, 2003) Modibo Traore has a mission. Visit his website and you’ll notice an emphasis on leprosy…
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(Prensa Latina-Cumbancha)Madrid, Spain – Cuban rap band Orishas, a 2003 Latin Grammy nominee, will perform in concert at the International Cultures Festival, Pirineos Sur, to…
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