The Hope of 2006 Laura Izibor plays Cuba* this weekend

The Hope of 2006 Laura Izibor plays Cuba* this weekend
LAURA IZIBOR, the 18-year-old Dubliner described as the 'Soul of Ireland' and 'teenage prodigy', last week won the 2FM Hope for 2006 award at the Meteor Music Awards in The Point Depot. This week she plays Galway.
Source: www.galwayadvertiser.ie

Ayatollah Now Playing
Hey, who took all the rapping off this album Without the bark and personality of an MC to elevate or mangle his music, it'd be rather simple for an album as quiet and unassuming as Ayatollah's Now Playing to fall away into the ether.
Source: www.pitchforkmedia.com

Hip-hop is part of Palestines cultural intifada
It's a hot night in the centre of the Palestinian West Bank town of Ramallah. Tonight the peace is disturbed not by the Islamic call to prayer or Israeli gunfire but by the sound of hip-hop music.
Source: www.socialistworker.co.uk

Late hip-hop producer Jay Dee honored at San Francisco event
SAN FRANCISCO -- The mood was appropriately subdued and reverent, yet enthusiastic, at a tribute to the late Detroit producer and rapper Jay Dee, a.k.a. J Dilla, Friday night at the club Mezzanine in San Francisco.
Source: www.freep.com

Hot Chip's Coming on Strong
Plus: J Dilla and Fire Engines.
Source: www.seattleweekly.com