Australia WOMADELAIDE headline act Cesaria Evora has been forced to cancel her appearance after suffering a stroke in Sydney.

The 66-year-old singer from Cape Verde was due to star at Womadelaide tonight and tomorrow following Sydney Opera House performances earlier this week.

She was admitted to hospital for tests after feeling unwell for a few days.

Environmental activists led by former U.S. Vice President Al Gore announced plans on Thursday for a worldwide string of pop concerts in July featuring Sheryl Crow, Red Hot Chili Peppers and scores of others to mobilize action to stop global warming.

The Live Earth concerts on July 7 will take place in Shanghai, Sydney, Johannesburg, London and cities to be decided in Brazil, Japan and the United States. There also will be a live performance in Antarctica.

Creative Commons, Modiba Productions and Global Beat Fusion are pleased to present the Vieux Farka Touré / "Ana" Remix Contest. Vieux Farka Touré — a highly talented guitarist, singer, songwriter, and percussionist from Mali (and son of the late Ali Farka Touré) — is offering the audio source files from the song “Ana” online under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial license, so that producers worldwide can use the sounds in remixes and new compositions.

They have carved a niche in India and they are out to make a mark in Europe now. The Brown Indian Band is all set to wow 18 cities across that continent next year. And their European adventure comes with a rare honour for any Indian band: In April 2007, when the band rocks Europe, they will actually be doing so as the opening act for the legendary singer Sting in a series of concerts.

It all started at JW Marriott hotel, where the band has been playing regularly since April. " After a particular peformance sometime ago, a guest walked up to me with an irresistable offer: he said he could put me through to Sting, and that the rock icon was looking to perform with an Indian band," recalls Colin D'Cruz who plays fretless bass with the group.

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We are “Band Futrica” a new band from Coimbra, Portugal. We play the music from our country in our special way. If you are interested in listening some samples we have some homemade live vídeos in You Tube. Make a search with “banda futrica" and you will have na idea. Sounds of the heart...

I don't know if the classics French chansonnier ever visited Africa, but apparently he had numerous fans there. Now a Cameroon singer, Kristo Numpuby, has recorded a special project called "Brassens en Afrique". The idea is to re-create the atmosphere of post-independence Africa, giving Brassens' songs an unusual twist. Numpuby has been touring with the show and has just released an album of the same name.

Hejira - a NW regional World Music Band goes out on the road.

1. In Aug/Sept Hejira travels south to play 3 gigs in Tacoma/Olympia http://www.themandolincafe.com/
2. We will also be performing our 2nd LIVE ‘in-studio’ radio concert for “Spin the Globe” at KAOS-FM, Olympia - at the Evergreen State University – Friday, September 8th 10 am – 12 noon. http://spintheglobe.earball.net
3. Hejira then takes off for a 2 week, 8-gig tour in & around Sedona, AZ. http://www.futurestudios.org/

Ali Farka Touré, the Grammy Award-winning musician known as "Africa's bluesman," has died after a long undisclosed illness.

Touré, who is believed to have been 67, died Tuesday at his home in Bamako, Mali, the country's culture ministry announced.

Radio stations across the poor west African nation publicly mourned the loss of one of the continent's most popular musicians by flooding the airwaves with his music.

PRESS RELEASE: 4th January 2006

XARC Mastering Announces Revamped Website, World's First Mastering Blog, Exciting Affiliate Program

XARC Mastering, the world's premier on-line CD & Vinyl (pre-)mastering studio, has recently announced a series of exciting new developments, each linked to its web presence. The company has today released a revamped website and the world's first "blog" devoted to the mastering industry. These new expansions to XARC's brand come on the eve of its second anniversary.

This message of peace offers truth and hope in a time of fears, terror and war! Music is one of the strongest channels to re-announce this important message to the World!
The World-Music Project 1001Ways was born in 1985, during this time the group 1001Ways performed years in the streets of Europe,
inspired by Gandhi's live of non-violence and multicultural understanding. Since then 1001Ways are carrying a special Calabash,