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The Love Circle to Perform at Rainforest World Music Festival Today
 Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago - The Love Circle, Trinidad and Tobago’s Royal Family of music, is confirmed as one of the sixteen (16) artistes from amongst 450 applicants to perform at the 11th Rainforest World Music Festival (RWMF), which takes place from 11-13 July at the Sarawak Cultural Village, Malaysia. The festival is recognized by World Music Expo (WOMEX) as one of the world’s top ten music... |
Interview with Macedonian Singer Esma Redzepova, the "Queen of the Gypsies"
 Interview by Ivana D'Alessandro Esma Redzepova, the so-called « Queen of the Gypsies » is one of the amazing artists who co-operate with the Dosta! campaign for promoting a better understanding of Roma culture and the recognition of Roma as European citizens. Nominated for Nobel Prize for Peace in 2003, Esma was also the first Yugoslavian artist to act in Paris’ Olympia. Proud of her origins, Esma started singing when... |
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Features
The word "chanteuse" may have been coined for Canada's Krall, who has emerged as one of the preeminent jazz voices of our era--mostly by her mastery of a bygone one. On "The Very Best," the singer slinks and sashays through more than a decade's worth of reinvigorated standards.
Seventies rock-inspired ladies' man Josh Rouse found a few minutes out of his busy tour schedule to stop by Studio C. He treated us to solo acoustic versions of "Hollywood Bass Player" and "Sweetie" from his latest album, Country Mouse City House. 
While some guys try to impress girls with lines like "I didn't know angels flew so low," James Blunt simply sings "you're beautiful." That genius pick-up line scored him supermodel Petra Nemcova and turned him into a rock star overnight. His latest, "All the Lost Souls," continues with the romance.
Before Pink Floyd became '70s prog-rock heroes, they were Swingin' London's most interesting psychedelic pop group. Newly reissued with a CD of bonus tracks, the Syd Barrett-led "Piper," their debut, still stuns like it did then: as the most darkly grown-up children's lullabies anyone's ever heard.
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