06/29 - Casa da Música - Porto - Portugal
07/01 - Roskilde Festival - Copenhagen - Denmark
07/02 - Jazz Baltica Festival - Salzau - Germany
07/03 - TFF Rudolstadt - Rudolstadt - Germany
07/04 - TFF Rudolstadt - Rudolstadt - Germany
07/07 - New Morning - Paris - France
07/08 - Valencia - Spain
07/09 - Tenerife - Spain
07/10 - Las Palmas - Spain
07/12 - Cartagena - Spain
07/15 - Hackney Empire - London - England
07/16 - Munich - Germany
07/17 - Brazilian Nights at Strobels - Dortmund - Germany
07/19 - Schloss Elmau - Elamau - Germany
07/20 - Sommerperlen Festival - Darmastadt - Germany
07/21 - St Moritz Jazz Festival - St Moritz - Switzerland
07/22 - Zeltival - Karlsruhe - Germany
07/24 - Sani Festival - Thessalonique - Grece
07/25 - Kultuzelt Kassel - Kassel - Germany
07/27 - Festival Ciné-Cité - Pau - France
07/28 - Festival Musicas do Mundo - Sines - Portugal
07/30 - Festival Fantasia - Annemasse - France
08/01 - Sfinks Festival - Boechout - Belgium

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Coachella 2010: A calming end to the first night, at least for those skipping Jay-Z and John Lydon

LA Times

So does the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival, now in its 11th year, truly get rowdy at night?

"There's no more of the burning sun," observed Vampire Weekend singer Ezra Koenig. "Maybe you're shifting into a different mood. You feel a passing urge to just really ... yell something. It doesn't have to be words."

Thus was how the singer introduced the band's "One (Blake's Got a New Face)" to the Coachella crowd, hoping to inspire a little call-and-response, and even acknowledging it was A-OK to not know the lyrics. The typically chill Coachella crowd responded to the laid-back artist's request, and Vampire Weekend, a pleasant band more suited to a pedal-boat ride around a pond than a headlining set at a major festival, inspired the dance-friendly crowd to get a little vocal.

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Jazz star Herbie Hancock goes global with album

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Jazz icon Herbie Hancock has rounded up another all-star cast for the multimedia follow-up to his Grammy-winning tribute to Joni Mitchell.

"The Imagine Project" aims to unite "a myriad of cultures through song and positive creative expression," according to a statement. Collaborators include pop singer Pink, guitarist Jeff Beck, sitarist Anoushka Shankar, Irish folk group the Chieftains and Colombian rocker Juanes.

The self-financed album will be released on June 22 through the pianist's own Hancock Records label, and will be promoted with what a spokeswoman called an "extensive" world tour. Dates are already set for New York's Carnegie Hall on June 24 and the Hollywood Bowl on September 1.

Hancock racked up some serious frequent-flier mileage in an attempt to record each song in the home country of his collaborator. Oscar-winning documentarian Alex Gibney ("Taxi To The Dark Side") came along for the ride, shooting footage for potential online and feature exhibition.

He traveled to Mumbai for the Shankar track "The Song Goes On," which also features R&B singer Chaka Khan, jazz saxophonist Wayne Shorter and a group of Indian musicians.

Hancock and Shorter reunited in London to record a cover of Peter Gabriel's "Don't Give Up" with Beck, Pink and Seal. Other stops included Paris for sessions with Beck and African musicians Tinariwen, Oumou Sangare, Lionel Louke and Kinono No. 1; Dublin with the Chieftains; Miami with Juanes; and Sao Paulo with Brazilian singer Ceu.

Rocker Dave Matthews, and married blues guitarists Derek Trucks and Susan Tedeschi were also recruited.

Hancock, who turns 70 in April, was the surprise winner of the album of the year Grammy in 2008 for "River: The Joni Letters," a relatively unheralded release whose roster included Mitchell, Leonard Cohen, Tina Turner, Corinne Bailey Rae, Luciana Souza, and Shankar's half-sister Norah Jones.

(Reporting by Dean Goodman; Editing by Jill Serjeant)

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12/13
Tripple Door
Seattle, WA
USA

14
Alladin Theatre
Portland, OR
USA

16
Coachella Music Festival
Indio, CA
USA

18
The Independent
San Francisco, CA
USA

21/22
Dakota Jazz Club
Minneapolis, MN

23
Green Dolphin
Chicago, IL
USA

25
Highline Ballroom
New York, NYC
USA

Source: The Times

CéU: Vagarosa

Brazilian music doesn’t come cooler than this. Bossa nova and trip-hop rhythms shimmer as the Sao Paulo singer purrs.

Por Peter Margasak

1. Otto, Certa Manhã Acordei de Sonhos Intranquilos (Nublu)
2. Buika & Chucho, El Ultima Trago (Warner Music Latino)
3. A Hawk and a Hacksaw, Délivrance (Leaf)
4. Tinariwen, Imidiwan: Companions (World Village)
5. Mulatu Astatke & the Heliocentrics, Inspiration Information 3 (Strut)
6. Justin Adams & Juldeh Camara, Tell No Lies (Real World)
7. Warsaw Village Band, Infinity (Barbés)
8. Nils Økland, Monograph (ECM)
9. Staff Benda Bilili, Très Très Fort (Crammed Discs)
10. Lucas Santtana, Sem Nostalgia (YB Music)
11. Group Bombino, Guitars From Agadez, Vol. 2 (Sublime Frequencies)
12. Hassan Haffar, The Aleppo Suites (Institut du Monde Arabe)
13. Céu, Vagarosa (Six Degrees)
14. Amadou & Mariam, Welcome to Mali (Because/Nonesuch)
15. Rokia Traore, Tchamantche (Nonesuch)
16. Caetano Veloso, Zii e Zie (Universal, Brasil)
17. Culture Musical Club, Shime! (World Village)
18. Oumou Sangare, Seya (World Circuit/Nonesuch)
19. Mamane Barka, Introducing Mamane Barka (Introducing)
20. Bomba Estereo, Blow Up (Nacional)

Céu's "Vagarosa" was picked by the BBC as one of the best albums of 2009 in World Music.
See here: BBC Music's Best Albums of 2009