Music

Zimbabwe: Burning Spear Harare-Bound

[The Herald] ICONIC Jamaican roots-reggae exponent, Burning Spear, is billed to perform in Harare on October 18 as part of his much-anticipated "One People Tour Africa".

Africa: Daymé Arocena At LAMC 2024

[Afropop] A showcase is, well, a showcase. It's where record labels and companies push and highlight their talent for record producers, industry execs, and press. Perhaps they need a financial boost (as one exec told me), are up-and-coming or merely they're flaunting a new tour or album. I got a taste of this at one of the Latin American Alternative Music Conference's showcases - sponsored by peermusic, the global independent music publisher - at Sounds of Brazil (or S.O.B.'s) in New York City.