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Calle 13 cruises to major victory at Latin Grammys
Nov 11, 2011 08:53 EST
LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - Reggaeton duo Calle 13 cruised to a major victory at the Latin Grammys on Wednesday, scooping up a record nine awards despite limited radio play in some countries, including top honor album of the year for "Entren Los Que Quieran."
Calle 13 cruises to major victory at Latin Grammys
Nov 11, 2011 08:16 EST
LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - Reggaeton duo Calle 13 cruised to a major victory at the Latin Grammys on Wednesday, scooping up a record nine awards despite limited radio play in some countries, including top honor album of the year for "Entren Los Que Quieran."
Calle 13 cruises to major victory at Latin Grammys
Nov 11, 2011 08:03 EST
LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - Reggaeton duo Calle 13 cruised to a major victory at the Latin Grammys on Wednesday, scooping up a record nine awards despite limited radio play in some countries, including top honor album of the year for "Entren Los Que Quieran."
Calle 13 cruises to major victory at Latin Grammys
Nov 11, 2011 00:47 EST
LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - Reggaeton duo Calle 13 cruised to a major victory at the Latin Grammys on Wednesday, scooping up a record nine awards despite limited radio play in some countries, including top honor album of the year for "Entren Los Que Quieran."
Wynton Marsalis in Cuba to "bring people together"
Oct 04, 2010 16:34 EDT
HAVANA (Reuters) - U.S. jazz trumpeter Wynton Marsalis and his Jazz at Lincoln Center orchestra will play concerts in Cuba this week with what he said on Monday was a simple goal -- to bring people together through music.
Rage Against the Machine to plug Arizona boycott
Jul 21, 2010 06:24 EDT
Rage Against the Machine to play concert for immigration activists, promote boycott of Arizona. Rage Against the Machine will push for artists and musicians to boycott Arizona because of its new and restrictive immigration law.
Shakira performs before 85,000 people in Spain
Jun 05, 2010 21:20 EDT
Colombian pop star Shakira performed before 85,000 people Sunday at the Rock in Rio Madrid music festival, organisers said, in one of the biggest concerts of her career.
Underground Cuban rappers live on the edge
May 16, 2010 19:27 EDT
HAVANA (Reuters) - It's almost midnight at a roadside bar on the outskirts of Havana and young Cubans gather to listen to hip hop.
Cuban ballerina Alonso to visit New York in June
May 07, 2010 17:41 EDT
Cuba's 89-year-old prima ballerina Alonso to visit New York, company where she once danced. Cuban prima ballerina Alicia Alonso will return next month to New York and the American Ballet Theater, one of the places where she got her start in dance seven decades ago, for an early celebration of her 90th birthday.
Cuba's Silvio Rodriguez set to play Carnegie Hall
May 06, 2010 13:05 EDT
Cuban folk legend Silvio Rodriguez set to play Carnegie Hall _ but his US visa still pending. Cuban folk icon Silvio Rodriguez has been booked to play at Carnegie Hall during his first U.S. tour in more than 30 years, but his office said Thursday that Washington has yet to approve his visa.
Cuba concert to counter critics draws sparse crowd
Apr 11, 2010 01:06 EDT
Smaller-than-expected crowds at Cuba's 'concert for the homeland' to defend government. A surprisingly small crowd sweated and sang along to performances by Cuban rock, folk and salsa stars Saturday, at what the communist government billed as a politically important "concert for the homeland."
Cubans forget their worries in baseball rapture
Mar 25, 2010 12:01 EDT
With the signal to "play ball" in the island's baseball finals, Cubans have immersed themselves for a week in a sport so close to the heart it has even entered their language of love.
Calle 13 rocks Cuba, braces for Miami backlash
Mar 23, 2010 22:09 EDT
Cubans flock to Havana waterfront for Calle 13 show; band braces for Miami political backlash. Puerto Rico's Calle 13 brought its edgy mix of reggaeton and hip-hop to Cuba's capital on Tuesday, rocking thousands of screaming fans from an outdoor stage while serving up a heaping dose of bitterness toward U.S. policy.
Calle 13 tops Latin Grammy awards
Nov 06, 2009 12:32 EST
LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - Puerto-Rican hip-hop duo Calle 13 won five Latin Grammy awards on Thursday, including the coveted Album of the Year, helping cement their reputation as being among the vanguard of alternative reggaeton music.
Calle 13 wins 5 Latin Grammys in Las Vegas
Nov 06, 2009 09:41 EST
Puerto Rico's Calle 13 has 5 Latin Grammys, both urban and alternative awards. Puerto Rican duo Calle 13 won all five awards it was nominated for Thursday at the Latin Grammys in Las Vegas, including two of the top awards of the night and honors in both urban and alternative categories.
Winners at the 10th Annual Latin Grammy Awards
Nov 05, 2009 23:48 EST
Partial list of winners at the 9th Annual Latin Grammy Awards. Partial list of winners from the 2008 Latin Grammy Awards in Houston, Texas:
Calle 13, Luis Fonsi set for Latin Grammy awards
Nov 01, 2009 16:22 EST
MIAMI (Billboard) - You read it here first. Here are Billboard's predictions for the Latin Grammy Awards, which will be handed out on Thursday at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas. As always, our choices are based on past voting behavior and recent trends in the Latin music market.
Colombian town cancels concert over Uribe T-shirt
Oct 19, 2009 14:08 EDT
BOGOTA (Reuters) - A Colombian mayor canceled a Calle 13 concert on Monday after the lead singer for the Puerto Rican rappers wore a T-shirt appearing to link President Alvaro Uribe to illegal paramilitaries.
Puerto Rico cancels Calle 13 concert after insult
Oct 17, 2009 19:12 EDT
Puerto Rico mayor cancels Calle 13 concert after lead singer insults island's governor. Puerto Rican officials said Saturday they have canceled a concert featuring Grammy-winning band Calle 13 after the group's lead singer insulted the governor and other Latin American politicians during an MTV awards show.
