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Bjork and Sigur Ros Team up for Live Webcast
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LAMC Returns to New York City
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Gilberto Gil on Tour
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| Bjork and Sigur Ros Team up for Live Webcast |
| On June 28th, 2008 Icelandic superstars Bjork and Sigur Ros will team up to perform a free concert in their hometown of Reykjavik. The Nattura concert is a bid to raise awareness of the destruction of Iceland's natural landscape, and will be webcast live from from 7pm to 12am GMT (3pm-8pm EST) on Nat Geo Music.
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| LAMC Returns to New York City |
| New York City will once again host the Latin Alternative Music Conference - the largest annual gathering of Spanish & Spanglish new music anywhere in the world. This year's conference will take place from July 8th to the 12th and will feature Julieta Venegas, Plastilina Mosh, DJ Bitman, and more.
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| Gilberto Gil on Tour |
| Brazilian superstar - and former minister of culture - Gilberto Gil returns to North American stages for his first major tour since 1999. Backed up by his "Broad Band," Gil will play 11 cities throughout June and July, and performing material from his new release, Banda Larga Cordel.
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Bajofondo Tango Club - Mardulce |
| Argentina's tango chillout champs return with a whole new batch of downtempo hits - and this time they've brought along some friends including Nelly Furtado, Julieta Venegas and Elvis Costello. |
| Decca/Surco |
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Gilberto Gil - Banda Larga Cordel |
| Known as "The Grandmaster," Leroy Young is Belize's greatest dub poet - fusing homegrown reggae with an eclectic array of local instruments and his own poetry. |
| Warner Music Latina |
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Sergio Mendes - Encantos |
| Brazilian bossa nova legend Sergio Mendes returns with a little more help from his pals will.i.am and Fergie of the Black Eyed Peas for a second helping of breezy summer treats. |
| Concord Music |
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