WOMEX Award 2003 Goes to Freemuse
Berlin, Germany – The 2003 WOMEX Award goes to the human rights organization FREEMUSE for its fight against music censorship. For the fifth time the…
Bebo Valdes Receives Award Granted at San Sebastian Jazz Festival
San Sebastian, Spain – Pianist Bebo Valdés received the Donostia Award of Jazzaldia, at the 38 edition of San Sebastian Jazz Festival, classified by him…
Night of Latin Vibration and Emotion with Bebo and Chucho Valdés
(Prensa Latina – Cumbancha) San Sebastian, Spain – Cuban pianist Bebo Valdés, his son Chucho, and the band “Irakere”, along with Spanish Flamenco singer Diego…
A Place to Remember
(Prensa Latina – Cumbancha) Havana, Cuba – Located on the busy Central Havana Galiano Street, Casa de la Música is celebrating its first anniversary in…
Txilibrin, Basque Musician Dies at 91
Sopela, Biscay, Spain – A legendary figure in Basque music, Silvestre Elezkano, a.k.a. “Txilibrin,” died this week in Spain’s Basque Country. Txilibrin (pronounced chee-lee-breen), born…
Taj Mahal’s Hanapepe Dream
Taj Mahal Hanapepe Dream (Tone-Cool/Kan-Du Records, 2003) For those feeling a little listless and slothful in the grip of summer’s dog days, let me suggest…
Klezmer Gypsies Take The Stage
Les Yeux Noirs Live (World Village 4680190, 2003) Led by classically-trained violinists Eric and Olivier Slabiak, Les Yeux Noirs created one of last year’s more…
Preaching to the Choir
Cosmic Voices of Bulgaria Mechemetio (Intuition, 2000) Bulgarian choir music and folk dance drew awareness in the West when 4 AD Records released records by…
California Singing
Deborah Falconer – Brave like me (Ravish, 2003) A life of singer-songwriter is a hard one. Any songwriter can come up with interesting chord progressions…
Rare Gift Goes to Storage
Paris, France – Recently, the Musée de la Musique in Paris received a rare gift – Django Reinhardt’s last Selmer guitar – and promptly relegated…