Flickr Commons Washington, Apr 24 (EFE).- Pop star Beyonce on Sunday made a surprise announcement of the release of her sixth studio album, entitled "Lemonade" and containing 12 songs. The 34-year-old U.S. singer made the announcement, much anticipated by her fans, after the release of a music video on HBO, of which she had already released an excerpt a week ago. The new "visual-album" w...

An Electronic Dance Music (EDM) event in Costa Rica Buenos Aires, Apr 16 (EFE).- Five people between the ages of 20 and 30 died early Saturday and five others remain unconscious at three Buenos Aires hospitals after attending an electronic music festival in the Argentine capital's Costa Salguero events center, medical officials said. The five hospitalized individuals were on respirators aft...

Rebelution DOMINICAL DE OSA, Costa Rica - March 25, 2016 - PRLog -- Rebelution will be performing for their first time in Costa Rica. "Reggae to the Rescue" will be hosted by the surf mecca of Dominical, on July 16th, 2016, and will take place at Patrons. The organizers are donating 100% of the funds raised to benefit Alturas Wildlife Sanctuary, a non profit organization, and help them expand ...

Source: Rolling Stones Twitter By Sara Gomez Armas Havana, Mar 26 (EFE).- A sea of cellphones lit up the night in this capital's Coliseo de la Ciudad Deportiva sports complex from the first chords of "Jumpin' Jack Flash," with many in attendance eager to capture an image of The Rolling Stones taking the stage for their much-anticipated free concert in Cuba. "We know that years back it wa...

"Rolling Stones 26" by Gorupdebesanez - Own work. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Commons By Yeny Garcia Havana, Mar 25 (EFE).- The legendary Rolling Stones spent their first night in Cuba getting to know the island's celebs from the realms of art and culture, who did not disguise their enthusiasm at meeting their "Satanic Majesties" after the rock band landed in Havana to give a historic f...

"Rolling Stones 26" by Gorupdebesanez - Own work. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Commons Mexico City, Mar 16 (EFE).- Mick Jagger joked during The Rolling Stones' first of two concerts in Mexico City about American actor Sean Penn's interview with notorious drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" (Shorty) Guzman. After the band had played its first songs on Monday night, the 72-year-old lead singer an...

"Rolling Stones 26" by Gorupdebesanez - Own work. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Commons Havana, Mar 8 (EFE).- Preparing the stage for the Rolling Stones' March 25 free concert in the Cuban capital is now underway at Havana's Ciudad Deportiva, where some 200,000 fans of the British band are expected to gather for the historic show. Members of the multinational team building the backstage t...

Source: Iron Maiden One of the most elaborate musical stages in the history of the Ricardo Saprissa Stadium in Tibas has been prepared for legendary heavy metal band Iron Maiden, whose members will rock Costa Rica with the help of thrash metal pioneers Anthrax tonight.   Heavy metal fans have been camping outside the stadium for two weeks to catch Iron Maiden perform a Central Ameri...

J-Lo. Wikimedia Commons Miami, Mar 1 (EFE).- U.S. singer and actress Jennifer Lopez confessed she would love to wed again and have a marriage that lasts a lifetime, despite her three divorces. "It's always been a dream of mine, to grow old with somebody... to have a marriage that lasts, until we both die, like in 'The Notebook' (2004)," the actress laughed this Monday during an interview on...

Justin Bieber performs in 2011. Wikimedia Commons San Jose, Feb 25 (EFE).- A Costa Rican animal rescue center invited singer Justin Bieber to visit it, learn the importance of letting wild animals live free and stop buying monkeys. Vanessa Lizano, who heads the Rescue Center in Tilaran, in northern Costa Rica, told EFE on Thursday that she does not know if Bieber will accept her invitation,...

"Rolling Stones 26" by Gorupdebesanez - Own work. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Commons Rio de Janeiro, Feb 18 (EFE).- The front man for the Rolling Stones, Mick Jagger, said Thursday that he is happy to return to Rio de Janeiro, where the iconic British rock band will offer its fourth concert on the weekend, 10 years after giving a free performance here that attracted 1.2 million fans. "...

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 10, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Fest300, the most comprehensive guide to the world's best festivals, announced today its annual list of the 300 most highly regarded festivals from around the globe. Making this year's list were returning favorites Glastonbury (Pilton, UK), Diwali (India), and Envision (Costa Rica), as well as list newcomers Electric Zoo (New York, USA) and Cape Town In...

YouTube screen cap Miami, Feb 6 (EFE).- Fans of the late songstress Selena are asking Mattel to create a Barbie doll inspired by the vocalist of "Amor Prohibido," a petition that up to now has collected more than 4,500 signatures on the Web site Change.org. The petition comes after Mattel announced the launch of three other kinds of Barbie dolls (tall, curvy and short) that are already on s...

Source: Kate del Castillo Twitter San Juan, Feb 2 (EFE).- Puerto Rican singer Elvis Crespo will debut a song this week inspired by the relationship between Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman and actress Kate del Castillo. As the singer's rep Mayna Nevarez told EFE, the single entitled "Escapate" (Escape) was recorded with the collaboration of Crespo's former bandmates in Grupo Mani...

"Rolling Stones 26" by Gorupdebesanez - Own work. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Commons Lima, Feb 2 (EFE).- The Rolling Stones sent a message to their Peruvian fans saying they "can't wait to play in Lima" on their Latin America Ole Tour. The rock group wound up rehearsals for the tour Monday in Santiago, and will give their first concert Wednesday in the Chilean capital, after which they...

Wikimedia Commons By Begoña Marin Miami, Jan 26 (EFE).- Spanish tenor Placido Domingo said that at 75, he feels he still has the strength to keep bringing the lyric opera genre to the world's stages. "In the last six years I've gone through some difficult health problems, but fortunately everything came out fine and I still feel strong enough to stay onstage," Domingo, who is giving a co...

Source: Trombones de Costa Rica INSTITUTE, W.Va. – West Virginia State University (WVSU) will present the chamber music ensemble Trombones de Costa Rica, on Thursday, Feb. 4, at 7 p.m. in the F. S. Belcher Theater of the Davis Fine Arts Building located on the school’s Institute campus. The event is free and open to the public. Internationally acclaimed Trombones de Costa Rica will share...

Celine Dion and her late husband. Wikimedia Commons New York, Jan 16 (EFE).- Just two days after Canadian singer Celine Dion lost her husband to cancer, her older brother Daniel died Saturday of the same disease. He was 59. Daniel Dion, one of the artist's 13 siblings, died Saturday in Montreal of the brain, tongue and throat cancer he had been fighting, TMZ online entertainment news report...

Rotem Sivan Ultra-talented jazz musician Rotem Sivan is being hailed as one of the most gifted guitarists of all time, and he is coming to Costa Rica for two exclusive performances in March. Sivan is a guitarist for the 21st century, with an international background and border-defying interests. He has developed a glowing tone and quicksilver phrasing, as well as a sophisticated sense of rh...

Source: RythmX DAYTON, OH - In January, world-class instructor Tom Gasparrini of Rhythm X, Bellbrook High School, and the Bluecoats heads to Costa Rica for a whistle-stop tour of the country teaching marching percussion at six local bands and schools. The last stop of the tour will be in Guanacaste with the Marching Band of the Colegio de Bagaces. This whirlwind event will bring the total n...

Wikimedia Commons Things did not go his way for rock star Lenny Kravitz, a resident of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas, who was recently ordered to shut down a free dental practice he established on Eleuthera Island for the benefit of the local population. According to a news report published by Caribbean newspaper The Eleutheran, Mr. Kravitz organized the free dental clinic through his Let...

Source: Melissa Mora Facebook A digital photo featuring the labia majora of a popular lingerie model from Costa Rica is being furiously shared on social networks, and the model in question has taken exception to the uproar that a glimpse of her genitalia has caused. Melissa Mora is known as a bikini model, pop singer and reality TV show contestant who always seems to find herself in the med...

Wikimedia Commons New York, Dec 6 (EFE).- A rare copy of The Beatles' "White Album" sold for a record $790,000 at an auction of items belonging to the band's former drummer, Ringo Starr, Julien's Auctions said. The record, a first edition of the British band's classic, was purchased by an anonymous buyer. Starr is donating part of the proceeds from the auction to a charity he founded. ...

Rachel Brathen at the Envision Festival. Source: Instagram Envision Festival Press Release – The Envision Festival in Costa Rica announces a world-class music, yoga, and speaker lineup for their sixth annual gathering, taking place on the majestic shores of Uvita, Costa Rica from February 25th to 28th, 2016. With the goal of creating a festival that represents the harmonious blending of many d...

"Juan Luis Guerra 2012" by Acancino - →This file has been extracted from another file: Juan Luis Guerra AC.jpg.. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Commons - San Juan (EFE).- Dominican musician Juan Luis Guerra kicked off his "Todo tiene su hora" American tour in San Juan, showing that he is at the top of his game and getting the 15,000 people in the audience moving to the merengue, bachata, sals...

Surf Rock Reggae by Mr. Kowalsky From October 26th to October 31st, Costa Rica's own Mr. Kowalsky will make media appearances in Mexico to introduce the new album SURF ROCK REGGAE, play acoustic gigs, show the new video clip for the single “LIVE ONCE” and more. SURF ROCK REGGAE was recorded at Hurley Recordings Studio in Costa Mesa, California, earlier this year. In this new album, Mr. Kowa...

Rachel Brathen at the Envision Festival. Source: Instagram Envision Festival Press Release - The Envision Festival has released an awe-inspiring video recap of Envision 2015 produced by Pure Souls Media. The breathtaking video shows global revelers celebrating unity and life amidst Envision's world-class curation of over 50 musicians, art, workshops, and yoga classes all set amongst the stunni...

Wikimedia Commons Washington, Oct 12 (EFE).- Aerosmith lead singer Steven Tyler asked, through his lawyers, Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump to stop using the group's song "Dream On" at his campaign events, according to a letter published Monday by the media. According to the letter, obtained via the Hollywood Reporter Website, the attorneys remind Trump that he already had rece...

"Rolling Stones 26" by Gorupdebesanez - Own work. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Commons Havana, Oct 5 (EFE).- Cubans were astonished this weekend to see Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger strolling through the historic center of Havana, where he is on a private trip with one of his children, official media reported Monday. The British rock icon visited the Hotel Santa Isabel in the Old H...

Miami, Oct 3 (EFE).- American actor and rapper Will Smith sings again, this time doing a remix of his number "Fiesta" with the Colombian band Bomba Estereo. Missing from the music world for 10 years, Smith returns with the Colombian band doing an upbeat fusion of electro-tropical sound and rap that reflects "the impact of Latin rhythms" on the international scene. "Having a personality like ...

Rio de Janeiro, Sep 28 (EFE).- One of Rihanna's bodyguards started throwing punches at photographers in Rio de Janeiro this Sunday as the Barbadian songstress was leaving a restaurant, local media reported while airing a video of the brawl. The bodyguard's fists started flying when he found a crowd of paparazzi milling around the door to the restaurant where Rihanna had dined. The photograph...

Wikimedia Commons Los Angeles, Sep 16 (EFE).- The Mexican rock group Mana on Wednesday called on undocumented immigrants to unite to fight for immigration reform and to halt the avalanche of Republican attacks. During their participation in an event in Los Angeles to motivate the Latino community to vote in the 2016 presidential election, the band exhorted Latinos to go to the polls and sup...

John Lennon's statue in Costa Rica. Wikimedia Commons New York, Sep 14 (EFE).- Yoko Ono is planning to celebrate what would have been John Lennon's 75th birthday by organizing in Central Park a huge human peace sign, assembling between 6,000 and 10,000 people to take part in the project and thereby setting a Guinness World Record. "You don't have to do much. Power works in mysterious ways V...

Source: Usher Instagram Havana, Sep 10 (EFE).- U.S. music producer, singer and songwriter Usher puffed cigars and enjoyed Cuban coffee in Havana along with rapper Ludacris, according to photographs published Thursday on the pair's official social network accounts. The member of the popular U.S. television program "The Voice" announced his presence in the Cuban capital with a photo showing h...

Wikimedia Commons Washington, Sep 5 (EFE).- Aretha Franklin stopped the screening Friday night of the documentary "Amazing Grace" at the Telluride Film Festival in Colorado after a federal judge ruled in favor of the artist's suit against showing the film without her permission. Based on a question of the singer's rights, U.S. District Judge John L. Kane ruled in a court order, to which EFE...

Melodic death metal band At the Gates is currently on the Latin American segment of a world tour in support of the album At War With Reality, which was in October 2014 after a very long hiatus. In Costa Rica, At the Gates will perform live at Pepper’s Club on Saturday, September 5th. The venue is located in the Zapote district, which is part of the eastern suburbs of San Jose.   The his...

Source: Airbnb LAS VEGAS, Aug. 27, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Pure Hospitality Solutions, Inc., (OTC: PNOW) announced today, that the Guarumo, a rare Costa Rican amphitheater, cafe and chalet, has been added to the Oveedia database. Currently found only on Airbnb, Guarumo will opt to be exclusively listed on PURE's dual database OTA software – Oveedia. Located in historic and world-famous Monteve...

Source: Kevin Manzur for T-Mobile Los Angeles, Aug 15 (EFE).- Colombian singer-songwriter Shakira is part of the voice cast for the upcoming 2016 Disney computer-animated comedy "Zootopia," the studio said at its D23 Expo, an event for fans in Anaheim, California. Shakira will voice the part of Gazelle, a pop star in the mammal metropolis of Zootopia, where a police lieutenant bunny and a f...

Source>: Von Kelemen School San José, Costa Rica (PRWEB) August 11, 2015 -- VonKelemen’s mission is to provide universal access to education — not just in the professional audio and music business disciplines, but broader realms encompassing contemporary arts, technology and business. The school, an online-learning center that opened its doors in 2011, provides a comprehensive 'Master Serie...

Singer/songwriter Debi Nova, known for popular hit singles Drummer Boy and One Rhythm, was headed to the altar during the first weekend of August. According to a news report filed by Ariel Chaves Gonzales of daily tabloid Diario Extra, the Costa Rican pop star will tie the knot with Tico architect John Osborne.   Debi Nova was born Deborah Nowalski Kader in San Jose; she currently resid...