 Juanes Eight years ago, Colombian rocker Juanes was an immigrant seeking opportunities in Los Angeles before he found a music producer who gave him his big break.
Today, Juanes is probably the most universal of Latin America's stars, having sold 10 million records worldwide from Japan to Germany with his fusion of Latin folk music and rock, sung in Spanish.
At 35, he's determined to put that clout to good use, whether to push for peace on Latin America's borders or, while on his U.S. tour, to prod immigrants to get politically involved in this year of elections and immigration crackdowns. |
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 Eddy Arnold Eddy Arnold, country music's "Tennessee Plowboy" whose rendition of "Make the World Go Away" was an international hit in the 1960s, died on Thursday at age 89 in Nashville after a lengthy illness.
His death was announced by his biographer, Don Cusi.
Rising from a poverty-stricken childhood in Henderson, Tennessee, Arnold connected with the Pee Wee King Band as a singer and went on to a career in which he was named to the Country Music Hall of Fame and received the County Music Association's first entertainer of the year award. |
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 Johnny Osbourne Heartbeat Records is announced the release of Johnny Osbourne’s Truths and Rights Deluxe Edition on July 8.
Originally released in 1979, the Truths and Rights LP helped usher in the 1980’s dancehall sound.
It also solidified Johnny Osbourne’s popularity he would go on to become one of the most prolific artists of the dancehall reggae genre. |
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 Niyaz Six Degrees Records announced recently that the June 24, 2008 release of Niyaz’s new album, Nine Heavens, will feature two discs. The second half of the album will have acoustic versions of the electronic tracks on the first CD.
Nine Heavens is Niyaz’s sophomore album and features nine original folk tunes and mystical Sufi poems from Iran, the Indian sub-continent and Turkey. |
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 Matisyahu A highly-anticipated event, the 10th Annual Reggae Carifest will take place Sunday, July 6th at the USTA National Tennis Center: Arthur Ashe Stadium in Flushing Meadows Park, Queens, NY.
The line-up of performers at the event has been announced, and it is nothing short of stellar. |
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 Ry Cooder Ry Cooder completes his California trilogy rounding out 2005's Chavez Ravine and 2007's My Name is Buddy with I, Flathead, an album of music by the fictional musician Kash Buk and his band the Klowns, characters in Cooder's 95-page novella.
The album and novella will be released together on June 24, 2008 by Nonesuch/Perro Verde Records. |
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 Dengue Fever Cambodian-American rock band Dengue Fever has garnered the praise of the likes of New York Times, Spin, The Times (UK), and Global Rhythm, just to name a few.
The band has announced an extensive international and North American summer tour that will include some of the largest festivals in the world. This event will mark the band's debut in many European countries, including the UK, Norway, The Netherlands, and Sweden. |
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 Habib Koite Malian guitarist Habib Koité and his band Bamada return to North America this spring with an 11-city tour, marking the first opportunity for this legendary African music figure to perform songs from his most recent and critically acclaimed album Afriki. On Saturday, May 10th Habib Koité and Bamada perform at the Lake Eden Arts Festival in Black Mountain, North Carolina. |
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 Nathaniel Mayer Detroit soul singer Nathaniel Mayer, who embarked on an unlikely comeback four years ago, is slowly recovering from a stroke that has hampered his speech and movement, his representatives said on Monday.
Mayer, 64, who was stricken on April 13, could make "a considerable recovery," according to a post on Mayer's MySpace page. |
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 Stephen Marley Stephen Marley hits the road again this spring and summer, kicking off a tour May 4th that will take him across most of the country before he heads to Germany in July. Touring in support of his Grammy-winning album Mind Control, Stephen has spent much of the past year performing solo material after having built his career by producing award-winning albums for his family members and other artists. |
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