Announced this week as the “Godfather of Rap” on Radio 4, at last there’s a brand new album from Gil Scott-Heron and it’s on XL of all labels; talk about I’m New Here!

Musical artists from around the world will unite to pay tribute to UN peacekeepers who serve some of the most victimized populations in the most dangerous places on earth. Using music as a powerful instrument of peace, artists will commemorate the 64th anniversary of the United Nations

Idir, a musical superstar hailing from Algeria is credited as being one of forces behind the surge of urban raï music. Moroccan Chaabi singer Najat Aatabou has changed the face of Moroccan music with her powerful lyrics and compositions in both French and English. We caught up with both artists recently to speak about their trip to America

Rough Trade favourite, Alela Diane returns for a new album next month but will it match her Pirate’s Gospel album of the year in 2006?

What a great way to start the New Year! Carlos Niño’s weekly 2 hour radio show of spiritual jazz and cosmic soul on L.A.’s public broadcasting radio station KPFK is now available in podcast for 2009 - but what’s that got to do with Mulatu Astatke?

Not sure how I missed the boat with Fujiya & Miyagi but all of a sudden their last album Lightbulbs is acclaimed as one of the albums of last year and next month and March will see them touring the US. Their recent 7” and appearance on the latest Slices gives us a chance to catch up with Brighton’s current hottest resident

Matthew Daniel peers into the world inside Glenn Lewis’ window

Angie Stone calls this “her best album ever”, well is it?

Blue Note Records and Bonnaroo have announced that they will team up to present the Somethin’ Else jazz stage at the Bonnaroo festival this year

Seun Kuti is the son of Nigeria’s most beloved musician and most acerbic social critic - Fela Kuti, who died in 1997. And now you have the chance to hear his new material and catch him on tour in the US and Europe

The Toronto Red Bull Academy 2007 kicks off this April with Info Sessions across the UK from DJs, producers and musicians.

So you want to know what’s up in Montreal? This is one of the hottest cities on the planet, known for decades for its party life and raw underground culture

You can’t have escaped the hype surrounding Dubstep over the last few weeks as Mary Ann Hobbs created vibrations worldwide via her Breezeblock Show.

A Celebration of Music Around the World, Around Chicago. Featuring Sara Tavares, Natacha Atlas, Culture Musical Club of Zanzibar and many more

A couple of weeks ago, the 30th Newfoundland and Labrador Folk Festival attracted audiences of over 30,000 to the city of St. John’s. As they proclaim “St. John’s is music”, so what better way to celebrate than to have another festival the following weekend showcasing local artists.

The 16th Annual Finger Lakes GrassRoots Festival of Music and Dance will be held from July 20-23 at the Trumansburg Fairgrounds in Trumansburg, NY. This year’s headliners include singer John Anderson, politically conscious hip-hoppers Michael Franti & Spearhead and music legend Thomas Mapfumo & Blacks Unlimited

Afro-Cuban dance & drumming workshops, performances, and outdoor & beach parties with DJ Melao spinning Cuban timba, live music with rhythms of Miami’s top rumberos

Brazilian actor/musician Seu Jorge opens for Amadou and Mariam, the incredibly popular and talented music duo from Mali. This concert is an encore performance of two of the most popular groups from last year’s World Music Festival: Chicago 2005

Just enough time left to retrospectively recap on this year’s Electronic Music Festival in Detroit, the home of techno.

Marisa Monte has announced her first US tour dates since 2000

Giant Global Music Party in the Desert This Weekend! California’s premier World Music event. In Joshua Tree, California, USA

We sweated, we danced, we laughed, we cried! All the more poignant against a backdrop of rumors that this is the last year it will be in this, its flagship location, the Empire Polo Field in Coachella California once again became the annual magical, mystical Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival!

The Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs, Millennium Park presents a new world music series, Music Without Borders

Spank Rock is hip hop outta Baltimore but the first single got radio plays from Radio 1’s Zane Lowe, Annie Mac & Mary Ann Hobbs. So fairly mainstream then? Well sort of as their hip hop is a strange mash up of old skool influences, a fair touch of electro bass boom and a few swear words (erm… quite a lot of swearing actually).

Mr Manuva’s last album Awfully Deep maintained his position as the voice of UK hip hop. The album out this month, Alternately Deep follows Awfully Deep as a collection of b-sides, alternative versions and outtakes. As it’s mid-priced, it’s definitively worth the investment.

Further adventures of the poet guitarists and rebel rockers from the southern Sahara desert.

The event is billed as the only event in the US to merge modern music, technology, fashion and multimedia art as an integrated lifestyle.

On New Year’s Eve this year, 6 blocks of downtown Los Angeles will be transformed into Giant Village 06, nation’s largest 21 and over dance event…

The Strip? Fugeddaboutit! The sold out Vegoose Festival was the place to be in Las Vegas this Halloween weekend!

Leftfield hip hop and psychedelic folk takes over Las Vegas for Halloween. Catch bands like Beck, Blackalicious, Talib Kweli, Devendra Banhart and Jack Johnson….

As winter draws in, warm yourself with a wealth of musical treats from around the world. Feauring: Gianmaria Testa, Dulce Pontes and Ustad Faiyaz Wasifuddin Dagar — admission is free too.

With hip hop crews from Palestine, the US and our own poet Benjamin Zephaniah, thhis should be a gig with a message

Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York City will host the Higher Ground Hurricane Relief Concert Benefit for Victims of Hurricane Katrina.

Word just in from Ubiquity that PPP (Platinum Pied Pipers) are coming back to Europe as well as extra dates in the US ad Canada to spread their brand of fresh hip hop and soul.

As we drove down a winding road through the Joshua Tree desert ablaze with wildflowers, we didn’t quite know what to expect. We pulled into an area greeted by friendly people who directed us into the mysterious desert playground. The sounds of music, bright colorful booths and stages, and smells of exotic food beckoned us in.

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APOLLO LEGENDS SERIES JVC JAZZ FESTIVAL PRESENTATION
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Ubiquity Records will have several of their artists performing this weekend at the official Movement Festival in Hart Plaza in Detroit, as well as several after-party events. At the bottom of the page is a list of all the acts including non Ubiquity artists and a link to the Movement website.

The place is New York's Blue Note jazz club. The volume is loud. The rhythms are crossed, the endings tight, and the lineup as hot as Havana in Midsummer. Native New Yorker and Latin jazz pianist Eddie Palmieri might be well into the sixth decade of professional music-making, but he's still about sharp as they come.