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Bon-Air, a new Caribben jazz CD by Karlos Rotsen

"Bon-Air" is the title of Karlos Rotsen's debut album containing fresh sounds of jazz mixed with soul, gospel and funk. A pianist made in the West-Indies and living in Paris, Karlos is also a composer as well as arranger who has studies mus...

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A painter in Hikkaduwa, Sri Lanka: Rashid Mohammed Rummy

“I am painting because I like it”, says Rashid Mohammed Rummy, a painter from Sri Lanka living in Hikkaduwa, a tourist town in South-East Sri Lanka. Kongoi Productions met Rashid recently at his gallery, where he and other painters are ex...

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Garnett Silks Son Steps on World’s Hip Hop Stage!

If you’ve been listening to Reggae music for several years, you know that Garnett Silk was one of the industry’s most celebrated artists.  Singing songs of freedom and personal upliftment, Silk always had the lyrical remedy for the i...

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King Ali Baba. A reggae musician from Jamaica

Many in Jamaica’s tight-knit Reggae fraternity agree that King Ali Baba is one of the countries unsung hero’s! Born in Clarendon, Jamaica, and raised in Spanish Town, King Ali Baba has made a successful career out of music, and has c...

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Ras Nas at Galle Music Festival in Sri Lanka

Ras Nas is the headliner at this year’s Galle Music Festival in Sri Lanka. The festival, which runs from 1st to 6th December both in Galle and Colombo, is supported by the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. It is co-arranged by the Norwegia...

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Gambian musician Freadyman releases his CD

Freadyman a Gambian musician who is a member of a Gambian Band calleh Hamaleh G, is set to release his solo CD on the 30th November 2009. Acording to Freadyman, this CD is a mixture of Reggae Dancehall, African Hip Hop and R&B and the idea behind...

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Soul Noel - Christmas party at Queen Elizabeth Hall

With a shot of Africa and a twist of the Caribbean, Soul Noel brings you the best Christmas party in town. South Africa's finest singer Sibongile Khumalo will come together with great British soul star Ola Onabule, fronting a hand-picked choir ...

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Double Focus CD - Music and poetry. New Ras Nas' album

The long awaited CD “Double Focus” by the Tanzanian poet and musician Ras Nas aka Nasibu Mwanukuzi is set for release in Oslo, Norway, in November this year. The CD contains music and spoken word. Recorded at Urban Sound studio in Oslo &l...

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Word Sound and Power in Oslo - A literature performance

Get ready for a rare literature perfomance in Oslo when three poets, two Dj's and a musician meet at Deichmanske bibliotek, Grünerløkka on Wednesday 30th September, for another session of Word Sound and Power. Word Sound and Power combi...

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Staff Benda Bilili - Oslo World Music Festival 2009

Staff Benda Bilili, Congolese street musicians are one of the biggest attractions at this year's Oslo World Music Festival which takes place in Oslo from 3rd - 8th November. Other artists taking part include Gilberto Gil, Oumou Sangare, Tinariwen and...

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