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This year's Isle of Skye music festival is cancelled after organisers rack up £500,000 in debts, BBC Scotland learns.

Tanghetto the most important electrotango band from Argentina just released their long awaited album El Miedo a La Libertad and will start a world tour in May to promote the album.Already a smash in Argentina, it's the best selling tango album and world music album of the year so far in that country. It has become the soundtrack of the city of Buenos Aires. Tanghetto is a band that blends traditional Argentine sounds with electronic and modern rhythms. Their first album Emig...

London, UK - CNN the international news group recently featured 'Open Every Door,' the UK song for autism. The CNN presenter, Max Foster, said it was a 'moving song.' The song had a successful launch in London when it was released on 2nd April by Media Eye music to mark the first ever United Nations World Autism Awareness Day. 'Open Every Door,' was composed by the the award winning Sri Lanka born singer/songwriter Nimal Mendis who lives in the UK. The cover version has been recorded by the South Asian superstar Gresha Schuilling who has also released another Nimal Mendis cinema hit, 'Ganga Addara.'The song was released for the new UK autism charity, the UK Autism Foundation who are planning to fundraise to build a state of the art Autism Centre in London, an autism school and to help families with autism ...

Dominican singer JUAN LUIS GUERRA emerged the biggest winner at the Billboard Latin music Awards on Thursday (10Apr08), taking home three trophies including Artist Of ...

Weekly TV: Channel brings series into movies, docs mix -- The Sundance Channel has been in the media spotlight, and it's not because the network has just latched on to a 13-episode musical-variety talkshow hosted by Elvis Costello and co-produced by Elton John.

VPage: Susan Sarandon, Steve Buscemi among guests -- To celebrate the Brooklyn Academy of music's spring gala April 9, Paul Simon treated Gothamites to two hours of uninterrupted hits during a concert entitled Under African Skies highlighting the sounds of South Africa.

Music News: Producer's label adds D.C. rapper Wale -- Mark Ronson, the Grammy-winning producer who worked on Amy Winehouse's star-making American debut, is aligning his Allido record label with Interscope Records, and adding a new artist: much-buzzed about emerging rapper Wale.

'A university student's satirical musical about Princess Diana has been banned from opening to the public over fears of causing offence. The University of Brighton has decided the controversial performance should be open to invited guests only.'...

(LiveDaily.com) Musical comedians and HBO stars Flight of the Conchords [ tickets ] are gearing up for the US release of their debut full-length album and will support it with a US tour.... continued

Front Page: Aussie stages crowded as 24 productions sing -- It's always feast or famine in the musical theater market in Australia, but right now auds are feasting like never before.