Omara Portuondo Nominated for Grammy 2005 Awards
(Prensa Latina) New York City, USA – Cuban singer Omara Portuondo, internationally known as the Buena Vista Social Club diva, was nominated for a Grammy…
Michel Legrand to Perform in Jazz Plaza Festival
(Prensa Latina) Havana, Cuba – Two famous composers, French pianist Michel Legrand and Cuban pianist Chucho Valdes, will perform along with musicians from 13 countries…
Kaushiki Chakrabarty, a Great New Voice in Indian Classical Music
Kaushiki Chakrabarty Pure (Sense World Music 047, 2004) Kaushiki Chakrabarty’s latest recording in Pure, on Sense World Music. The young Indian vocalist is regarded by…
Bluegrass Singer Jerry Scoggins Dies at 93
Jerry Scoggins, who sang “The Ballad of Jed Clampett,” for the television series The Beverly Hillbillies, died on December 7. He was 93. Scoggins sang…
Following in the Footsteps of Fela
Akoya – Introducing the Akoya Afrobeat Ensemble (Afrobomb Music [no number], 2004) Afrobeat, the percolating, politicized style constructed from some of the rougher edges of…
Cal Performances Announces the Cancellation of Concert by Cuban Musician Barbarito Torres
Berkeley, California, USA – Cal Performances announced November 7 the cancellation of the concert by acclaimed Cuban lute master Barbarito Torres and his nine-member ensemble,…
Heartland Seminar on Arabic Music
Chicago, Illinois, USA – Xauen Music will be sponsoring The Heartland Seminar on Arabic and Eastern Music on March 19-23, 2005, at DeKoven Center in…
Lucas Cuban Music Video Awards: Diversify and Grow
(Prensa Latina)Havana, Cuba – The Lucas Awards (Cuban Music Video) have become a boost for original, creative ideas. The Award ceremony held at the National…
Japanese composer Shigeru Umebayashi Creates Original Score for House of Flying Daggers
New York City, USA – Japanese musician Shigeru Umebayashi has composed the music for House Of Flying Daggers, a Sony Pictures Classics release starring Zhang…
The Software running the site has been upgraded
Burlington, North Carolina, USA – World Music Central has performed a site-wide upgrade to the software that runs the back-end of our site. This process…