Researching the Sambas of Bixiga
Brazil – The group Revista do Samba will start working on the project “revista bixiga oficina do samba,” sponsored by Programa Petrobras Cultural. The basis…
Boubacar Traoré Records New Album
Paris, France – Boubacar Traoré will release a new album in France, UK, Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Canada, Japan and the US in…
Songs Improve the World, Silvio Rodriguez States
(Prensa Latina) Havana, Cuba – “Songs do not change the world, but could make it better,” Cuban folk singer Silvio Rodriguez, one of the top…
Cheppadu Vamanan Namboothri\’s visit
Chepadu Sh.Vamanan Namboothri, a renowed vocalist from Kerala, India will be performing in New Delhi in the month of February 2005. He will be accompanied…
ASAP, The Afrobeat Sudan Aid Project
Connecticut, USA – ASAP: the Afrobeat Sudan Aid Project was released in late 2004 on the Apple iTunes Music Store for retail sale, the first…
Mandingroove by Cheick-Tidiane Seck
Malian keyboardist, Cheick-Tidiane Seck, has a new album out entitled MandinGroove (Circular Moves). Recorded in Paris, New York and Los Angeles, MandinGroove is a title…
Godfrey Townsend Joins New York Rockers for Tsunami Relief Efforts
Glendale, New York – Rock guitarist Godfrey Townsend has jumped on board with The New York rock band Almighty Love Noise ( ALN ) to…
Calabash Music Donates Sales Proceeds of Sumatran Recording for Tsunami Aid Victims
USA – Online retailer Calabash Music has announced that it will be donating 100% of proceeds from sales of a Sumatran recording to relief agencies…
Where There’s Fire
Rebeca Mauleón Latin Fire (Rumbeca Music RM 7777, 2004) This disc’s unimaginative title does no favors apart from aptly describing the music and possibly providing…
Pianist Chucho Valdes: Grand Theater of Havana Award 2005
(Prensa Latina) Havana, Cuba – Famous Cuban pianist and composer Jesús “Chucho” Valdés, five-time Grammy Award winner, received the annual Grand Theater of Havana Award…