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Reggae Uprising Concert Postponed
After considering a number of key factors, Friends For Life Entertainment and Solar Entertainment have decided to postpone the Reggae Uprising Concert, which was originally scheduled for July 26th at Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City.

World Music Institute 2008-2009 Season Preview
Celebrating the 24th season of presenting the finest traditional music and dance from around the world.

New Album from America's Polka King
Jimmy Sturr's Let The Whole World Sing! is due to be released on August 5.

The Bachata Roja Legends Tour Makes Its Mark In The U.S.
New York-based indie label iASO records presents The Bachata Roja Legends Tour, which will bring Dominican musical legends to the U.S. for the first time.

National Geographic Music TV Launches In The U.S.
Beginning this month, the National Geographic Channel has begun airing late night video blocs of modern global music, here in the States.

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Dan Storper
In 1993, Dan Storper founded the Putumayo label— a perennial clearinghouse for dozens of popular world music collections.

Seun Kuti
There’s something spooky about Seun Kuti’s live performances. When the youngest son of legendary Nigerian Afrobeat pioneer Fela Anikulapo Kuti launched a brief North American debut tour in June and July 2007, you could hear jaws hitting the floor as he conjured the ghost of his late father.

Bostich + Fussible
With Tijuana Sound Machine, Nortec Collective's Bostich + Fussible fire up their first album as a duo, expanding on their genre-busting, border-crossing sound.

Buju Banton

There’s a controversy that’s been dogging Buju Banton ever since he recorded the infamous single “Boom Bye Bye” as a teenager. Now older and wiser but no less a rebel, the Grammy-nominated reggae star holds forth at his studio compound in Kingston to discuss the sins of the past and the promise of the future, and reveals a vivid glimpse of his more human side as a devoted family man.

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