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Keke Wyatt helps wrap Tampa Bay Black Heritage Festival with two-day music festival | Tampa

click to enlarge Photo by Drea Nicole Photography Keke Wyatt, who plays Curtis Hixon Waterfront Park in Tampa, Florida on Jan. 13, 2024. Tampa's weeklong celebration of Black heritage wraps this weekend with theater (Dr. Micah E. Johnson’s one-man show), school (the 50 years of hip-hop event at USF), a Black business bus tour, and this two day music festival in downtown's Curtis Hixon Waterfront Park.A pair of R&B songwriters—Keke […]

todayJanuary 12, 2024

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Taebaeksan Cheonje: A Time-Honored Ritual Aims to Ascend to Cultural Eminence as an Intangible Heritage

TAEBAEK, Dec. 25 (Korea Bizwire) – Taebaek City is dedicated to officially designating Taebaeksan Cheonje as an intangible cultural property, highlighting its profound cultural significance. This ritual event takes place on October 3, the National Foundation Day, at the Cheonjedan atop Mount Taebaek, a revered national symbol. The ceremony is a spiritual offering for global peace, national reunification, guktae min’an (national tranquility and a harmonious living environment), and wusun pungjo […]

todayDecember 25, 2023 4

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School 33 celebrates Hispanic heritage through dance and music

School number 33 celebrates Hispanic heritageROCHESTER, N.Y. — Friday morning, students at Rochester School 33 on Webster Avenue took pride in their diverse backgrounds.The festivities included free pastries, an exhibit of artifacts from different Latin countries, along with dance and musical presentations. “But I will tell you, even of the monolingual people like myself, we felt welcomed and embraced when participating in all the activates as well,” says Gwendolyn Fisher, a […]

todayNovember 4, 2023 2

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Saint Lucia: Creole Heritage Month comes alive with music, food, live performances

Saint Lucia: Creole Heritage Month comes alive with music, food, live performances Soufriere, Saint Lucia: The town of Soufriere has immersed itself in the observance of Creole Heritage Month in Saint Lucia. Its packed calendar continued over the weekend of October 7th and 8th. The communities of Fond Gens Libre and Bouton served as the epicenters, showcasing the rich tapestry of Kweyol culture. On Saturday, October 7th, Fond Gens Libre […]

todayOctober 15, 2023 3

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EskewDumezRipple to design Louisiana Music and Heritage Experience Museum

  The legendary jazz musician Ferdinand “Jelly Roll” Morton once said, “It is evidently known, beyond contradiction, that New Orleans is the Cradle of Jazz, and I myself happen to be the inventor in the year 1902.” A bold claim. While Jelly Roll famously declared sole authorship over the genre, some argue jazz music was collectively invented in New Orleans’s Congo Square before the U.S. Civil War; others locate jazz’s […]

todayOctober 11, 2023 2

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62nd Heritage Music Festival at 8th Cross Ganesha Pandal from Sept. 18 to 30

Mysuru, the cultural capital of Karnataka, is resonant with the music of great maestros. Sri Prasanna Vidya Ganapathi Mandali Charitable (SPVGMC) Trust, Mysuru, has  been playing a crucial role in preserving the continuity of this resonance by organising music concerts during Ganesha festival since over six decades at 8th Cross Ganesha Pandal in VV Mohalla. All the maestros of Karnatak music, right from Chembai, T.N. Krishnan, K.V. Narayanaswamy, S. Ramanathan, […]

todaySeptember 15, 2023 4

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India News | G20 Guests Enjoy India’s Musical Heritage at Dinner Hosted by President Murmu

New Delhi [India], September 10 (ANI): Dignitaries from across the world in Delhi for the G20 summit experienced musical performances from 78 artists that showcased India’s rich musical heritage using Hindustani, Carnatic, and folk instruments at the G20 gala dinner hosted by President Droupadi Murmu.The ceremonial dinner was held on Saturday night at the Bharat Mandapam venue of the G20 Leaders Summit in the national capital that celebrated the country’s […]

todaySeptember 10, 2023 5

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the timeless visionary who, with a nod to America’s musical heritage, embraced the future

In the history of American popular music, there have been few luminaries as enduring and innovative as Tony Bennett. With a career that spanned almost 80 years, Bennett’s smooth tones, unique phrasing and visionary musical collaborations left an indelible mark on vocal jazz and the recording industry as a whole. That his death at the age of 96 on July 21, 2023, was mourned by artists as varied as Keith […]

todayJuly 22, 2023 5

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