Eliades Ochoa Announces Forthcoming Album
(Prensa Latina – Cumbancha) Santiago de Cuba, Cuba – Guajiro Sin Fronteras is the title for the latest album by Cuban singer Eliades Ochoa due…
rosette guitar duo on tour
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada – The Rosette Guitar Duo is going on tour of Western Canada. Guitarists Kevin Marsh and Michael Lyngstad formed the Rosette Guitar…
Cuban Musicians Find it Hard to Travel to United States
(Prensa Latina – Cumbancha) Los Angeles, Cuba – Cuban singer-songwriter Carlos Varela applied for a visa to travel to the United States to sing his…
Cuban Rock Musicians Play in Concert for Peace
(Prensa Latina – Cumbancha) Havana, Cuba – Cuban rock bands joined to the world protests against war and terrorist acts and organized a concert Friday…
Peter Tosh Commemorated in a Benefit Album Featuring Some of Reggae’s Biggest Artists
Controversial Jamaican reggae artist Peter Tosh is being commemorated in a benefit album featuring some of reggae’s most prominent artists. The CD is being released…
Persian poetry & spiritual intoxicants
Safa Alight (Songlines) Safa (Farsi): means inner purity, sincerity and sincere affection. The Vancouver ensemble Safa comprised of Puerto Rican percussionist Sal Ferreras, Quebecois jazz…
Folk Singer Rick Fielding Dies of Cancer
[image1_left]Rick Fielding passed away Saturday evening March 20 after a lengthy and courageous battle with cancer. Originally a native of Montréal, Quebec, Rick was smitten…
Rudy King, the man who brought the Steelpan to the US, passes away
New York, USA – The New York Pan Community and the rest of the Global Pan world mourn the loss of one of its best,…
New Jazz Club in Havana
(Prensa Latina – Cumbancha) Havana, Cuba – World renowned Cuban pianist Chucho Valdés, several times Grammy award winner, opened the Irakere Jazz Club in Havana…
Miquel Gil’s Valencian Roots
Madrid, Spain – Alike the oranges he cultivates according to ecological principles Miquel Gil’s voice grows directly from the Valencian earth. With his previous album…