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Performers Confirmed for MED Festival 2008 in Loulé, Portugal |
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 Loulé, Portugal - The organizers of the Med Festival, the fifth edition of which will be taking place in Loulé from the 25th to the 29th of June, have now received final confirmation from all the performers who will be appearing on the event’s two main stages. Caravan Palace, Muchachito Bombo Infierno, Café Tacuba and Tambours du Bronx are among the names who will be appearing for the first time at this year’s event, joining others whose presence has already been confirmed and made public, including Solomon Burke, Balkan Beat Box, Konono N°1 and Zita Swoon.
The event, which is now into its fifth edition, is already considered one of most highly reputed national world music festivals. This year’s bill brings together over 40 per...
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National Geographic Channel Heats Up Late Night with Music Programming All during July |
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Washington, D.C. (USA) - For the month of July, National Geographic Channel (NGC) will take viewers on a musical journey around the world, celebrating diversity and connecting viewers with other cultures. Beginning June 30, from 3 a.m. to 6 a.m. ET/midnight to 3 a.m. PT, NGC will broadcast late night programming culled from its international sister network Nat Geo Music and continue to showcase select titles via VOD. This repurposed content is the latest addition following the appointment last year of David Haslingden as CEO of both NGC and National Geographic Channel International (NGCI). NGC’s broadcast of Nat Geo Music will encompass music videos, concerts, interviews and documentaries, with a focus on stories that make music a vehicle for a better understanding and appreciation of today’s global community. An alternative to the mainstream, Nat Geo Music is intended to be progressive and experimental, highlighting ways in which local sounds a...
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Vocal Soundscapes of Southern Bulgaria |
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 Perunika Trio
Introducing Perunika Trio (INTRO109CD, 2008) Eugenia Georgieva, Victoria Mancheva and Victoria Evstatieva form a vocal ensemble called Perunika. Although they are Bulgarians, they live in England and met through the London Bulgaria Choir. The enthralling pieces selected for their debut album, Introducing Perunika Trio, come from southern Bulgaria. The songs include laments from Strandja, melancholic chants from Rhodope, Thracian love songs, asymmetric Pirin di...
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Reem Kelani, at Seattle International Children's Festival in May 2008 |
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 Reem Kelani, the Palestinian singer and musician, will be appearing with her band at the forthcoming Seattle International Children’s Festival in May.
Born in England and raised in Kuwait, Reem Kelani is one of the foremost scholars and performers of Palestinian music. With her engaging stage presence, angelic voice, sparkling wit, and a band that features some of the finest traditional and jazz players in London, Reem charts the cultural terrain of Arabic music. Her powerful concerts feature traditional songs learned on visits to Palestinian refugee camps, and her own compositions, that have brought audiences around the world to their...
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Don't Wanna Leave the Congo |
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 Mbilia Bel - Bel Canto: The Best of the Genidia Years (Stern's Africa STCD3037/3038, 2007)
Wendo Kolosoy - On the Rumba River (Marabi 46822.2, 2007)
Madilu System - La Bonne Humeur (Stern's Africa STCD1104, 2007)
Fans of the Congolese sound have seldom had it so good as far asavailability of great...
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