Exploring and expressing Mexico's rich culture has been a lifelong passion for Lila Downs. On Shake Away, Downs takes listeners on a journey that's both

Welsh recording artist Jem will release her sophomore album, Down To Earth, on September 16 on ATO Records. The follow-up to her acclaimed 2004 debut, Down To Earth

The Salvador Santana Band (SSB), featuring band leader, vocalist, composer & keyboardist Salvador Santana, is set to release its debut full-length album SSB on February 26.

You have a chance to win season passes – courtesy of AT&T blue room and Live Nation. The two entertainment powerhouses are giving five lucky winners a pair of 2008 season passes to a Live Nation venue.

Los Angeles, CA - August 21st, 2007 saw the release of SXSW Live 2007, the first ever DVD release of the influential and continually growing festival. The DVD was recorded in March 2007 at SXSW in Austin, TX and contains 18 outstanding performances from the event.

Urban rockers Ozomatli have landed a Fullbright-Hays grant from the US State Department to tour India and Nepal as ambassadors. The three-time Grammy Award winners will represent America as Cultural Ambassadors on a trip through the sub-continent later this month.

Features Cutting-Edge Producers Thievery Corporation, Cut Chemist, Carl Cox, Masters at Work, Dan the Automator, Hex Hector, Ozomatli & More When Concord Records founder Carl Jefferson created the Concord Picante imprint in 1980, he wanted to provide a much-needed home for such seminal, and then under-appreciated, Latin jazz musicians as Cal Tjader - who released the label's first album,

Turntable wizard and in-demand DJ, Cut Chemist, will co-headline a fall tour with rapper Lyrics Born. The three-week tour, which launches October 19th in Los Angeles, will traverse the U.S. into November, and finish up in Philadelphia on the 11th.

"We're looking forward to a progressive future, filled with melody and music that provokes and is full of passion," says Slow Motion Reign keyboardist Erwin Khachikian about their self-titled debut album due out July 25 on Serjical Strike Records (RED Distribution). It was produced by System of a Down singer Serj Tankian, who is also the label's proud owner.

Legendary trumpeter, arranger, recording artist and music-industry trailblazer Herb Alpert has connected with a stellar crew of visionary remixers on Rewhipped, due March 7th on Shout! Factory. The 12-song collection serves up groovalicious takes on every track from Whipped Cream & Other Delights (click for review), the landmark, 4X Grammy-winning 1965 LP by Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass that spent eight weeks at #1 when it was originally released.