Roxana Jimenez reports for El Dia: XI Festival of American Renaissance and Baroque music Missionary music begins to be heard throughout the country Unmissable. 146 concerts will be held for 10 days from April 22 to May 1 [2016]. Jealously guarded scores, baroque architecture, the Bolivian culture, and research that rescued the music of past…
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From Europe To Bolivia To D.C.: ‘Mission Baroque’ Finds New Life In Georgetown
American University Radio reports: From Europe To Bolivia To D.C.: ‘Mission Baroque’ Finds New Life In Georgetown By: Lauren Landau When you think of locals adapting music to make it their own, you might think of a recent example: Backyard Band’s popular cover of Adele’s “Hello.” The D.C. group’s twist on the international hit brought…
Bringing a little Bolivia to Dunedin
O David Loughrey reports for Otago Daily Times: Bringing a little Bolivia to Dunedin A Dunedin man has brought his Bolivian heritage and photographic skills back to the city after visiting the birthplace of his parents. Carlos Biggemann yesterday officially opened his exhibition ‘‘Carnaval de Oruro” – at the Dunedin Railway Station – with striking…
Rajinikanth to shoot a song in Bolivia for Shankar’s ‘2.0 – Sequel of Robot’
From DNA web team: It looks like the team will first go to Bolivia to can the song and then proceed to the United States for a long shoot. Director Shankar seems to have a love for South America. May be it’s because the continent is one of the few that have not been shown…
Our Luzmila Carpio among the 10 best Latin Albums of 2015!
From the Rolling Stone magazine, excerpt pertaining Bolivia’s Luzmila Carpio follows: 10 Best Latin Albums of the Year By Andrew Casillas, Suzy Exposito, Isabela Raygoza December 30, 2015 2015 was a year of Latin fusion. Pitbull’s bilingual joyride Dale triumphed the Latin Top 40, while Natalia Lafourcade raked in five Latin Grammys with her huapango-infused…
Another “look” for Christmas Eve
Leny Chuquimia reports for Pagina Siete: Another “look” for Christmas Eve The Mancillas restore Baby Jesus images. The images arrive with broken fingers and disheveled hair. Resurgent faith in the image. In 30 minutes, Virginia Mancilla receives in her delicate, warm hands at least six Young children Jesus. In some cases, they lack fingers and…
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