Carlos Varela Deserves Hollywood Success with "One Word"
(Prensa Latina – Cumbancha) Havana, Cuba – The president of the General Society of Authors and Publishers of Spain, Eduardo “Teddy” Bautista, told Prensa Latina…
Woody Guthrie Folk Festival announces 2004 concert schedule
(PRWEB) – Arlo Guthrie, Steve Earle, Slaid Cleaves and dozens of other American and international folk music stars are scheduled for the seventh annual Woody…
Global Beat Fusion and the New Digital Mythology
New York – On June 3, Journalist/DJ Derek Beres will be traveling to the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Atlanta to speak and perform at Mythic…
The US Ban on Cuban Musicians
In 2003, the United States’ government denied visas to all the Cuban musicians -or their agents- that applied. The general public was led to believe…
Registration for 2004 International Songwriting Competition Open Now
Nashville, Tennessee, USA – The 2004 International Songwriting Competition (ISC) will have $100,000 in cash and prizes that will be shared by 50 winners in…
Independent Native American Music Label Announces All-Native Digital Downloading Distribution
Oyate Music and its parent company, RavenHeart Entertainment Corp., have partnered with digital downloading distribution company, Audiolunchbox.com, to launched an all Native American music website…
Kenya Feel the Spirit?
Various Artists – The Rough Guide to the Music of Kenya (World Music Network RGNET 1137 CD, 2004) The tightly syncopated, guitar-percolating style known as benga…
Charles Chase, proprietor of The Folk Music Center Dies at 89
Charles Chase, poet, proprietor of The Folk Music Center, and expert on folk instruments from around the world, died on May 21 in Claremont, CA.…
Major World Music stars at California Worldfest 2004
Grass Valley, California, USA – California Worldfest will take place July 15-18, 2004, in Grass Valley, California. Many well known artists are scheduled to play:…
Shacking Up
Aphrodesia – Shackrobeat Vol. 1 (Flatbed Lamborgini Records FLR808, 2003) Though they’ve been pegged as part of the current Afrobeat revival, San Francisco’s Aphrodesia go beyond that.…