Topic: Latin Music
Reuters Life! Online Report | 2009-06-08 23:14:51
<div><p>NEW YORK (Billboard) - As the annual Cuban music trade fair Cubadisco kicks off Saturday (May 16) in Havana, promoters in the United States are hoping that a thaw in relations with Cuba could revive interest in the island's music.</p><p>Encouraged by President Barack Obama's remarks in ...
AP Features | 2009-06-01 16:29:46
<div id="subtitle">Travel briefs</div><div><p>Airlines will be asking birthdates and gender for new TSA 'Secure Flight' program</p><p>WASHINGTON (AP) — Don't be surprised if you're asked to provide your date of birth and gender when booking plane tickets later this summer ...
AP Features | 2009-06-01 16:25:45
<div id="subtitle">Wales, African-American culture, Latin music at Smithsonian Folklife Festival</div><div><p>Wales, Latin music and "The Power of Words in African American Culture" will be the themes of this summer's Smithsonian Folklife Festival.</p><p>About a million people attend the annual event ...
Reuters Life! Online Report | 2009-05-20 17:53:15
<div><p>RABAT (Reuters Life!) - Eliades Ochoa took up the guitar aged six and by 11 was already busking in a red light district of Santiago de Cuba to help support his family.</p><p>He worked as a radio station musician in the 1960s before becoming leader of Cuarteto Patria, a ...
