Bonga\’s North American Tour
New York, USA – Angolan musician Bonga will be touring the United States to promote the domestic release of his latest recording, Kaxexe. Originally released…
Les Yeux Noirs, Catch ’em if you can
Les Yeux Noirs Seattle performance Century Ballroom February 24, 2004 The French group, Les Yeux Noirs came to my attention during the summer of 2002…
Dove songs
And if the World (Suoni, 2002) Make Me a Channel of Your Peace (Kirkelig Kulturverksted, 2001) On March 1st, (2004) after I arrived home from…
Hitting all the right notes
Various Artists – The Rough Guide to African Rap (World Music Network RGNET1126CD, 2004) Like all hugely proliferating music forms, rap, in its many guises, all-too-often,…
Cuban Flamenco Guitar Player Reynier Marino to Spain
(Prensa Latina – Cumbancha) Havana, Cuba – Cuban flamenco guitar player Reynier Marino, who also fuses other musical genres, announced he would travel to Madrid…
Fusion Band Sintesis Presents Latest Production
(Prensa Latina – Cumbancha) Havana, Cuba – The trilogy Ancestros, the latest album by Síntesis, one of the most famous bands in the current Cuban…
The Sounds of Precious Metal
Golden Sounds Band – Swahili Rumba (Naxos World 76055-2, 2003) Congolese rumba reigned so long as Africa’s most popular dance music that it’s no surprise how…
Wemilere Festival 2004 in November
(Prensa Latina – Cumbancha) Havana, Cuba – Dedicated to the bicentennial of the independence of Haiti, Alejo Carpentier and late artist Martha Jean-Claude, the Wemilere…
Ruth Finesinger Kellam
Ruth Finesinger Kellam died on Thursday, March 4, at the age of 68. She was passionately involved with the Hyde Park Art Fair (serving on…
Hot Percussion Licks
San Francisco, USA – Conga drummer Raymond Simmons has released some of his famous techniques in the Hot Percussion Licks conga drum music lesson booklet…