Reggae star Ziggy Marley has endorsed the Hemp Bar, a "hemp energy protein bar" from Govinda's Fitness Foods, known for its Bliss Bar. "I don't lend myself to endorsing stuff, but I believe in the hemp bar," said
the Rastafarian singer, who will donate his four-percent share of the controversial new product's profits to charity. "Hemp has so many different uses. I want you all to support it, promote it and eat it." ...
Promoters in the Dominican Republic are demanding $10,000 from Pablo Milanés for missing two concerts there. The popular Cuban singer failed to show up for shows on Sept. 9 and 10, reportedly after refusing to fly from Havana to Santa Domingo on Cuba's national airline, which does not have a first-class section. ...
One of the first bands to combine Highland bagpipes and electric keyboards, veteran Scotland folk-revivalists Battlefield Band are on tour in the United States. Dates include Ithaca, N.Y. (Saturday [Sept. 23]), Pawling, N.Y. (Sunday [Sept. 24]), Great Valley, Pa. (Sept. 27–29), Bethlehem, Pa. (Sept. 30), and Milwaukee (Oct. 1). ...
Mikel Erentxun, the Spanish rocker who came to fame as part of Duncan Dhu, kicks off a Southwest tour Oct. 4 in Phoenix, with more shows in San Francisco (Oct. 6), Los Angeles (Oct. 8) and four Texas cities. ... Fito Páez, the veteran Argentina rocker who won two Latin Grammys for "Al Lado del Camino" (RealAudio excerpt), has rescheduled some dates he postponed due to the flu. Péez will play on Sunday (Sept. 24) in Boston, Sept. 27 in New York and Oct. 1 in Miami, as well as in Puerto Rico (Oct. 6) and Santa Domingo (Oct. 8). ...
Scottish folk singer/songwriter Dick Gaughan begins a U.S. tour Sept. 29 in Lexington, Ky. He winds up in Santa Cruz, Calif., 13 dates later. Gaughan's opening act will be up-and-coming Edinburgh singer/songwriter Brian McNeill. ...
Seventy DJs from Mexico and around the world, including Moby and the UK's Carl Cox and Banco de Gaia (Toby Marks), will assemble in Acapulco from Nov. 2–5 for the ACA World Sound Festival. Expected to draw 20,000 participants, the event will take place from 9 p.m. to 7 a.m. over the three nights on five stages around an Acapulco lagoon. The third stage, dubbed A River Overflowing, is headlined by Latin jazz percussionist Poncho Sanchez and South African trumpet great Hugh Masekela. Visit acasoundfest.com for more information. ...
Mexican heartthrob Emmanuel will go to Italy to record a bilingual version of his "Corazón de Melao" (RealAudio excerpt), which has been a hit in both countries. Emmanuel will not sing in Italian, however, according to the news agency Notimex, but in English (as well as in Spanish). And he will duet on "Corazón de Melao," found on his current album, Sentirme Vivo, with popular Chinese singer Yackie Chuen, in the hopes of carrying the song's success to Asia. ...
Influential Greek composer Mikis Theodorakis will celebrate his 75th birthday with a concert series in Athens' national concert hall, the Megaron. Theodorakis' work was banned when the military dictatorship took over Greece in 1967. Global protest secured his freedom in 1970 following his imprisonment, and he became a member of the new parliament when democracy was restored in 1975. ...
Anticipating the expiration of their Warner Music Latin America contract, a major-label bidding war has ensued over Latin Grammy–winning crossover rock group Maná, according to The Hollywood Reporter. ... Veteran reggae-pop act UB40 will play 34 European dates to promote a greatest-hits album that will be released in Britain and Europe on Oct. 23. ...
Gloria Trevi, the scandal-enveloped singer known as the "Mexican Madonna," made her first public statements since being detained in Brazil in January and charged, along with ex-manager Sergio Andrade, with rape and corruption of minors. On Sunday's "Gloria Trevi: Rompe el Silencio" (Gloria Trevi Breaks the Silence), the first of a three-part interview series broadcast by the U.S. Spanish-language television network Telemundo, the singer said "mentira, mentira, mentira, nunca, nunca" (lie, lie, lie, never, never) to the accusations, adding that she "unjustly" had spent eight months in a Brazilian jail. The second part of the interview will air at 7 p.m. Monday (Sept. 18) on the Telemundo program "Ocurrió Asi."...
Veteran reggae singer Max Romeo and his backing band, the Robotics, were in a fatal car crash on Saturday (Sept. 9) near Orleans, France. Keyboard player Victor Cross died in the accident, and bandmember Jerry Lions was injured. Romeo was reportedly unhurt. ...
Latin-pop star Ricky Martin will change the lyrics of his new single, "She Bangs," for the British market because the phrase "she blew me off" has been deemed unsuitable for airplay. The lyric will remain in place for the rest of the world. ... Fiesta 16, scheduled for Saturday–Sunday (Sept. 16–17) in downtown Los Angeles' Plaza Olvera, will feature the music of Gerardito Fernandez, Carmen Jara, La Sonora Dinamita and others in a celebration of Mexican culture. ...
— sonicnet.com staff report
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