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INTERNATIONAL BEAT: Gloria Trevi, Orishas, Sam Mangwana ...More testimony against Trevi; Orishas to hit the road; Mangwana to tour U.S. |
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Brazilian singer Bebel Gilberto returns to the United States and Canada in November. (Roberto Ligresti) |
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Gloria Trevi, the Mexican pop singer who has been jailed in Brazil pending extradition since January, suffered another blow on Wednesday (Oct. 25) after a 10-hour court appearance by Karola de la Cuesta, a former member of the alleged "clan"
Orishas, the Europe-based Cuban hip-hop band that mixes beats and rapping with traditional Cuban son and Santeria percussion, will undertake a brief U.S. tour in support of their debut album, A Lo Cubano (In the Cuban Way), which will be released Nov. 14. The group will begin its six-date transcontinental trek on Nov. 17 in Los Angeles, play Nov. 20 and 21 in New York, and wind up Nov. 23 in Miami, Fla. ... Congolese rumba legend Sam Mangwana will undertake a 13-date U.S. tour in support of his new album, Sam Mangwana Sings Dino Vangu. Accompanying Mangwana will be another Congolese veteran, guitarist Papa Noel. The tour opens Thursday (Oct. 26) in Minneapolis, and finishes Nov. 11 in Santa Cruz, Calif. ... Cuban jazz trumpeter Arturo Sandoval, who defected to the United States in 1990, gets the biopic treatment in "For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story," starring Andy Garcia, throughout November on HBO. An accompanying soundtrack album was released Tuesday (Oct. 24). ... Brazilian chanteuse Bebel Gilberto, who reworked samba and bossa nova classics such as "Sem Conten¸ao" (RealAudio excerpt) on her April album, Tanto Tampo, sets off on her second North American tour of the year in November. The 13-date trek begins Nov. 8 in Vancouver, British Columbia, and concludes Nov. 25 in Montreal. ... Puerto Rico's Chayanne walked away as Artist of the Year when the second annual Ritmo Latino Music Awards were presented Oct. 19 in Los Angeles. Countrymen Son by Four were voted Best New Artist and also won Song of the Year for "A Puro Dolor." Maná were named best Male Pop Group, and their MTV Unplugged was deemed Album of the Year. Mexico's Joan Sebastian was given a Lifetime Achievement award, Jaguares headed the Rock en Español category, and Mexican singer/songwriter Ana Gabriel was named Best Female Pop Artist. ... The Miami Reggae Festival is planned for Oct. 29 in Miami. Although the festival has missed its last three dates, promoters are promising such acts as classic ska band the Skatalites, singers Derrick Morgan and Alton Ellis, and vocal group the Melodians. ... Christina Aguilera will perform Nov. 18 and 19 at the Auditorio Nacional in Mexico City. The pop/R&B singer's first Spanish-language album, Mi Reflejo, has sold more than 90,000 copies in Mexico, according to BMG Ariola. Aguilera has been working her new material, including "Falsas Esperanzas" (RealAudio excerpt), into her live shows, which also feature her version of Free's "All Right Now". ... Norteño band Los Tigres del Norte will travel to Europe in late November to promote their new album, De Paisano a Paisano, and to participate in several seminars on the history of the corrido, the northern Mexico song style that depicts such prohibido activities as smuggling and drug trafficking. According to the news agency Notimex, the San Jose, Calif.-based Tigres will appear at universities in Spain and Italy, as well as at a conference in Frankfurt, Germany. ... Malian singer Habib Koite, with his band, Bamada, and Wassoulou diva Oumou Sangaré, will undertake a 25-date North American trek under the Voices of Mali banner. The tour opens Oct. 21 in Asheville, N.C., and runs until Dec. 3. ... Former French tennis star Yannick Noah, who still captains his country's David Cup team, also has broken through as a world music artist. After beginning his musical career nine years ago, Noah has released Yannick Noah, with its first single, "Simon Papa Tara," having already landed on the French charts. ... Before heading out to western Canada as a featured sideman with legendary Irish band the Chieftains, fiddle star Ashley MacIsaac performed Friday (Oct. 20) at a Toronto church as part of a benefit to raise funds for the Hepatitis C Society of Canada. The Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, fiddler — whose erratic behavior over the past several months has tarnished his reputation — will release the follow-up to his lauded Hi, How Are You Today next year. ... — sonicnet.com staff report |
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