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Toronto, Canada - The Summerworld music series will take place from July 8 to 18. Continuing the tradition of discovery, Summerworld blazes a trail once again with five red hot shows in July, featuring debut performances of some of world music's cutting edge artists. Rachid Taha Tuesday, July 8 @ The Phoenix Concert Theatre, 410 Sherbourne St. w/ DJ medicineman (CIUT 89.5 FM - "No Man's Land") Doors 8 pm, concert 9 pm Tickets: $30 advance @ www.smallworldmusic.com / & Soundscapes Records (572 College St.)The music of Rachid Taha is a musically and socially potent mix of styles such as the raï of his native Algeria, te...

The Fes Festival of World Sacred music was founded during the first Gulf War, with the hope of promoting tolerance and understanding through music. At this year's festival, a New Orleans gospel choir performed with a Sufi chanter from Pakistan.

You're invited to check out the 'official' Tony Award presenter gift lounge at Radio City music Hall! The show's celebrity presenters will get to customize their own gift collections with hot, 'must-haves' like Carlos Falchi designer evening bags, Nespresso's newest espresso/cappuccino machine, Anne Koplik vintage inspired jewelry, an annual membership to Crunch Fitness and so much more! Legally Blonde star and Tony show presenter Laura Bell Bundy let us at BroadwayWorld.com tag along as she checked out all 'gifts and glamour'!

DiS is very excited to have teamed up with Iceland music Export to bring you a competition that we think is pretty amazing

Nominated for 13 TONY Awards 'In The Heights' features Latin, Salsa and Hip-Hop-infused music, conceived and written by emerging superstar Lin-Manuel Miranda. BroadwayWorld.com got some quotes from the talented nominees on how they felt, how strong the show's emotional connection is with the audience, and the magic of the Tony Awards!

If at first you don't succeed...Country music star Sara Evans married former University of Alabama quarterback Jay Barker Saturday evening in an outdoor ceremony on a farm in...

A 47-year-old man claims he is the illegitimate son of the late country music singer Eddy Arnold, a court petition in Tennessee reveals. ...

MANCHESTER, Tenn. (AP) -- Pearl Jam wowed the Bonnaroo crowd with a three-hour performance late Saturday, returning the band to the grand stage of a music festival....

The youngest son of Nigerian world music icon Fela Kuti will be performing at Grand Performances' California Plaza Friday, June 20 at 8 pm. Seun Kuti continues his father’s Afro beat sound with the original and legendary Egypt 80. Seun Kuti has been leading his late father’s band Egypt 80 since he was 15 years old. His performances have been called “spellbinding”. His movements and vocal intonations seem to channel his father’s very essence on stage. Blend in Egypt 80’s pungent blend of funk and jazz with a Nigerian sensibility - reminiscent of James Brown but grittier – and one is wrapped in an explosive,...

Music Reviews: The fastest guns of the '70s fusion movement have regrouped after a 25-year absence and, in revisiting their old stomping grounds, prove they're still the fastest of the fast.