One could say that America has changed all other cultures around the world. America brought the world, cars, computers and the assembly line. But one of the most important things that America has giv...
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Having already taken Africa and Europe by storm, in 2006 a middle-aged blind musical duo from
Mali
became a world-music phenomenon. Amadou and Mariam launched a
U.S.
tour in April—while t...
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Gilberto Gil, who revolutionized Brazilian music in the 1960s as a founder of the Tropicalism movement, will resign his post as culture minister next year after tests revealed a potentially career-...
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Jazz musician Tony Scott, a clarinetist, composer and arranger who worked with such greats as Billie Holiday and Charlie Parker, has died, the House of Jazz said Saturday. He was 85.Scott died Wedn...
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A belated swinging 70th birthday party with an all-star guest list is planned for Nancy Wilson at this year's JVC Jazz Festival.The pop-jazz songstress, who turned 70 on Feb. 20, won her third Gram...
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The Greenbrier, a legendary resort that has hosted world leaders and royalty, reopened April 2 after three months of renovations.The resort has also decided to open many of its facilities and recre...
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Budapest (dpa) - Budapest Tuesday was preparing for an invasion of
music fans for the annual week-long Sziget music festival that is
bringing major acts such as The Chemical...
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Zap Mama, "Supermoon" (Heads Up International)Zap Mama is constantly exploring new identities. What started as an all-female a cappella project evolved through various personnel changes and Grammy ...
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Tehran (dpa) - Irish pop singer Chris de Burgh has recorded a song
for peace with an Iranian band, Tehran media reported Wednesday.
Iranian band Arian and de Burgh r...
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Tehran (dpa) - Islamic Iran might for the first time approve a
concert of a Western pop artist in Tehran, the weekly magazine 40-
Cheraq reported in its latest issue publish...
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America's Influence on World Music
Amadou and Mariam
