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…
Quantity and Quality
Wasis Diop Everything Is Never Quite Enough (Mercury France/Universal 077 396-2, 2003, distributed by Triloka Records) The 1990s albums of Senegal’s Wasis Diop–Hyenes, No Sant and…
US Denied Visa to Cuban Singer-songwriter Carlos Varela
(Prensa Latina – Cumbancha) Havana, Cuba – Cuban singer-songwriter Carlos Varela was not able to perform at the Gusman Center, Miami City, because the US…
Drums of the North
GaPa Imaginaria (independent release, 2004) The Canadian duo GaPa, Patrick Graham and Ganesh Anandan have been exploring various percussion techniques, specializing in improvisation and finger…
Spanish and Cuban singer-songwriters on Tour
(Prensa Latina – Cumbancha) Havana, Cuba – Cuban singers Liuba Maria Hevia and Reynier Mariño and Spanish singer-songwriter Nando Juglar perform Wednesday at Spanish city…
Sounding Out . . . The San Francisco Bay Area
Written by Jeff Kaliss Lovely, charming, and irrepressible, San Francisco has long extended an enticing embrace to creative wanderers from other parts of the United…