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A new, free Des Moines music festival unites six genres: Afrobeats, blues, classical, hip hop, jazz and Latino

Together Through Sound Riverview Park, Des Moines, Sunday, Sept. 10, 1 p.m., Free Together Through Sound organizers B. Well and Ashley Eidbo stand outside Riverview Park (710 Corning Ave, Des Moines), originally constructed in 1915 and revitalized in 2021. –Courtney Guein/Little Village Central Iowa’s freshest music festival is already bigger than its creators first imagined. Billy Weathers, better known as the hip-hop artist B. Well, and Ashley Eidbo, a double bass player in the Des Moines Symphony (DMS), first connected […]

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Charleston musician Gino Castillo diagnosed with leukemia | Charleston Scene

A longtime popular Charleston musician who plays with his band The Cuban Cowboys at a variety of Lowcountry concert venues, restaurants and breweries has shared that he has been diagnosed with leukemia and must undergo chemotherapy treatment.  For the next month, Gino Castillo won't be able to gig around town, which comprises his livelihood, but instead will be confined to the hospital. Castillo told The Post and Courier he went in for a diabetes checkup and some test numbers were […]

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Tarland Food and Music Festival returns this month

Tarland Food and Music Festival returns this month Calendar An icon of a desk calendar. Cancel An icon of a circle with a diagonal line across. Caret An icon of a block arrow pointing to the right. Email An icon of a paper envelope. Facebook An icon of the Facebook "f" mark. Google An icon of the Google "G" mark. Linked In An icon of the Linked In "in" mark. Logout An icon representing logout. Profile An icon that resembles […]

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COURIER EXCLUSIVE REPORT: Afro-American Music Institute plans expansion with ‘Ahmad Jamal Performance Hall’

AFRO-AMERICAN MUSIC INSTITUTE LEADERS DR. JAMES T. JOHNSON AND PAMELA JOHNSON, NEXT TO A MURAL OF AHMAD JAMAL.   Space will hold roughly 200 people; new ‘Mural Museum’ on display now   There is so much history inside the walls of the Afro-American Music Institute, in Homewood. Take a tour inside, and you’ll see the irreplaceable photos of some of jazz’s all-time greats, along with today’s jazz aficionados who are keeping the famed music genre vivacious. You’ll notice the different […]

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Sugar Hill Music Festival seeks to preserve Harlem history

NEW YORK (PIX11) – The Sugar Hill Music Festival is taking place this weekend in Harlem, and it’ll be paying tribute to a Black music pioneer who played alongside Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie and Thelonious Monk. Jazz saxophonist Coleman Hawkins was a star soloist who honed his skills in Harlem, where his legacy will now be on permanent display due to the work of cultural historian Karen Taylor. Watch the video player for more on this story. Close Modal Suggest […]

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How one of East Africa’s popular musical festivals has survived 20 years amid uncertainties 

Busara Promotions, the organisers of one of Africa’s best music festivals, Sauti za Busara have named a new top leadership team. The Sauti za Busara festival, which translates to “Sounds of Wisdom,” in Kiswahili is held every year in February in Stone Town, Zanzibar.  Now aged 61, Yusuf Mahmoud, the founder chief executive officer and Sauti za Busara festival director for the past 20 years says it is time to hand over to younger leaders, with more stamina and fresh […]

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Interesting Facts About Antonín Dvořák, A Czech Composer And Musician

Interesting Facts About Antonín Dvořák, A Czech Composer And Musician Time Bulletin Interesting Facts about Antonín Dvořák, a Czech Composer and Musician Festivals & Events Published 44 mins ago on September 8, 2023 Today’s Google Doodle honors Czech composer and musician Antonín Dvořák, who will be remembered on September 8, 2023. He was born on September 8, 1841, in Nelahozeves, north of Prague. Here […]

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Olympic Music Festival hosts recital in its finale

PORT TOWNSEND — The season finale of the Olympic Music Festival will feature world-renowned violinist Ray Chen with festival artistic director Julio Elizalde at the piano in a recital of both classics and newly imagined arrangements. The duo offers two chances to hear the program, Saturday and Sunday at Fort Worden State Park’s Wheeler Theater. Doors will open at 1:15 p.m. while the concerts will start at 2 p.m. Adult tickets are $60 and student tickets are $15. Find tickets […]

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Alvvays performs at the Momentary; Steve Aoki at JJ’s Live in Fayetteville

"It's like doing a thesis. If you're not working on it, you feel awful about yourself," Molly Rankin says of her songwriting process. The guitarist and lead singer of Alvvays recently sat down for an interview with What's Up! to promote their show with special guest Julia Jacklin at 8 p.m. today at the Momentary in Bentonville. Read the story at nwaonline.com/news/2023/aug/27/alvvays-plays-momentary-sept-9-in-support-of-new/?entertainment-events.Tickets for tonight's show are $39 for general admission, $25 for students and $200 for premium at themomentary.org.Next up […]

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