Mercury News, California — The bands Rupa and the April Fishes and Shake Your Peace! are biking around the Bay Area together on a 10-stop concert tour, starting April 19 at Stanford University. At most shows, audience members will generate juice for the amplifiers via pedal po... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — today in NYC * ASSSSCAT 3000 @ UCB * Alon Yavnai @ Barbes * Kama Rupa @ The Stone * Pharmakon @ The Stone * Nicolas Jaar ("From Scratch") @ P.S. 1 * Lacrymosa, Sea of Bees @ Joe's... more info

Guardian Music — U2 singer Bono and the rise of the celebrity humanitariansForgive the reheating of old chestnuts, but it seems appropriate to begin with a classic urban myth starring Bono, recently described with due reverence by Viz as "the little twat with a big ... more info

Guardian Music — Our music team pick the songs or albums, old or new, they just can't turn offGwilym Simcock Blues Vignette Ambitious double-album by young UK piano star Simcock, covering solo accounts of his own compositions and standards such as On Broadway and Bla... more info

Guardian Music — Cargo, LondonRupa Marya has the potential to become a world music celebrity. She's inventive, original, and has a remarkable history. She has a day job as a doctor in a San Francisco hospital, but at night she has built up a following in the Bay area... more info

Mercury News, California — Rupa Marya of Rupa & the April Fishes is a doctor '” and a hot musician. more info

JamBase — 7th Annual Joshua Tree Music Festival, May 15-17 Porter Batiste Stoltz Set to run May 15-17, the 7th Annual Joshua Tree Music Festival will feature 20 bands over three days on two alternating stages for continuous music. Boasting international sen... more info

All About Jazz — Wu Fei's debut record "A Distant Youth" (released in Oct. 2007, Forrest Hill Records) has been ranked 88th out of 913 nominees on World Music Chart Europe 2008 Critics Pick! A Full list of top 150 critics pick on World Music Chart Europe WMCE YEAR 20... more info

JamBase — A BUMP HEAVY INITIAL OFFERING FOR SO-CAL FESTIVAL Gandalf Murphy & Co. The 7th annual Joshua Tree Music Festival is happening May 15-17, 2009 in the wilds of Southern California. The first set of artists is jammed with interesting sounds sure t... more info