Lila Downs

www.juanchoherrera.com celebrates his new and self-produced recording, Banda , with a performance on Sunday, June 3, 2012 from 12:30 PM until 2:30 PM at The Blue Note ( www.BlueNote.net ), 131 West 3rd Street, New York City. He will be appearing with his quartet including long-time collaborators Jorge Continentino, tenor and flutes; Gustavo Amarante (Toninho Horta), bass; Yayo Serka; (Lila Downs), drums. Read More

True to their reputation, Festival programmers have delivered a schedule packed with quality, of course, but also a most delightfully dazzling diversity, from the purest jazz to its youngest musical cousins. Read More

With more than 2,000 acts competing for attention literally 24 hours a day, the 2012 edition of the SXSW festival in Austin, Texas, was an aural overload of unprecedented proportions. Read More

During the World Economic Forum (WEF) on Latin America 2012, the Americas Business Council Foundation (abc*), a nonprofit organization that facilitates high-impact social change projects, will host the A Ritmo de Cambio event, an initiative that utilizes music to foster education, reconciliation and cultural entrepreneurship in marginal communities throughout the Americas. Read More