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Jah Cure's New Album The Universal Cure Will Be Released on November 18th

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2008-10-11 05:24:27 by WMCNewsDept. in World Music Central
...music. He believes his incarceration was Jahs way of teaching him humility, kindness, forgiveness and love for his fellow man. Consequently, he has forgiven all those who have done him wrong, and all those who have judged him unjustly and unfairly Cure was born in Hanover, Jamaica on October 11, 1978. As a young man, hed sneak out of his...
 
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Bombay Dub Orchestra Releases 3 Cities Album

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2008-10-10 16:26:42 by WMCNewsDept. in World Music Central
...music, the colors, the buildings, the smells, the food and life in the heart of the city has been integral to the inspiration behind their work Both Hughes and Mackay have been traveling to Mumbai since the early 90s and first worked together there in 1998. Mackay elaborates, W e have a great rapport with the musicians and technicians in...
 
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Sauti za Busara Festival 2008 in Zanzibar Adds Samba Mapangala to Line-Up

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2008-10-10 16:26:42 by WMCNewsDept. in World Music Central
...music festival will take place in Zanzibar, 12-17 February 2009; admission is free to all each day before sunset. Samba Mapangala has just confirmed he will be performing with the legendary Orchestre Virunga. He is one of East Africas best-loved musicians, with a series of hits over the past 25 years, including Virunga, Ahmed Sabit, Vunja...
 
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First Richmond Folk Festival This Weekend

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2008-10-10 16:26:41 by WMCNewsDept. in World Music Central
...music, dance, traditional craft and food The National has been held in 27 communities around the country and spent three years on downtown Richmonds riverfront from 2005 through 2007. The National has moved to Butte, Montana, but Richmond is continuing the cultural celebration by presenting its own festival with the same commitment to...
 
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Plena Luminaries Touring East Coast in United States

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2008-10-10 16:26:41 by WMCNewsDept. in World Music Central
...musicians) is a percussion lover's feast. Plena Libre uses a timbalero, a conguero and three additional percussionists who play various forms of the pandero (frame drum). In addition, the group has a set of excellent singers backed by horns, bass and keyboards The panderos make a huge difference to the band's sound. What would normally sound...
 
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Itation Records Releases Riddim Album the World Go Round

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2008-10-09 14:20:18 by WMCNewsDept. in World Music Central
...musicianship of renowned French riddim builders, Tune In Crew, World Go Round is a musically diverse riddim with solid, up to the time roots and kulcha credentials. " It was a worldwide collective effort with French musicians, artists from Jamaica, Bermuda, the Virgin Islands, and United States ," says Itation's Dread Lion. " The riddim...
 
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Latin Jazz legend, Eddie Palmieri Returns to S.O.B.'s in New York

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2008-10-09 14:20:18 by WMCNewsDept. in World Music Central
...music to New York City, S.O.B.'s continues this tradition will the incomparable Eddie Palmieri Eddie Palmieri , known for his charismatic power and bold innovative drive, has a musical career that spans over 50 years as a bandleader of Salsa and Latin Jazz orchestras. With a discography that includes 36 titles, Mr. Palmieri has been awarded...
 
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Dale Ann Bradley Wins the 2008 IBMA Award for Female Vocalist of the Year

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2008-10-09 01:30:46 by WMCNewsDept. in World Music Central
...Music Association's 2008 Female Vocalist of the Year award. After being nominated for several years in a row and finally clinching the award last year, Bradley is overjoyed to be honored by her peers not once but twice Her most recent album, Catch Tomorrow , was the Chicago Tribune's 2006 #2 bluegrass album of the year and Dale Ann appeared...
 
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Copenhagen New Location for WOMEX World Music Conference

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2008-10-09 01:30:44 by ARomero in World Music Central
...Music Expo, announced today its next location - Copenhagen, Denmark - for a three-year residence from 2009 - 2011. After a total of four years in Sevilla , Spain (2003, 2006 - 2008), WOMEX heads north to this hospitable Nordic capital WOMEX is partnering with key Danish players from the fields of music, events and tourism, all with extensive...
 
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