The Baviaanspoort Correctional Services are inviting AIRCO Members to attend their Freedom Day and Worker's Day Celebration Event on 23 April 2008, and to submit artists to perform at the event.

 

President Thabo Mbeki has congratulated the Soweto Gospel Choir for winning their second consecutive Grammy Award, saying they continue to do the nation proud.

 

WIN, the Worldwide Independent Network , has unveiled Independents Day 08: a first, global celebration of independent music, whose works range from early Elvis and Beatles to newly-liberated Paul McCartney and Radiohead.

One of Merlin's first actions will be to commence discussions with YouTube to obtain a settlement for unauthorised usage of our members' copyrights and to strike a commercial deal for future use of Merlin's members' copyrights on the service. 

 

We are pleased to announce that we have received notification from MERLIN CEO Charles Caldas that MERLIN Membership Documents are now available for AIRCO Members.

 

IBM is inviting professional and amateur musicians from all over the world to use its Internet collaboration tools to compose songs about South Africa. The initiative, called 'Songs of Good Hope', is being officially announced at CeBIT 2008 in Hannover, Germany, currently taking place.

Attention all Midem Sampler contributors: Copies of the Midem Sampler are available for collection. There are limited quantities available

Bula Music Director (and AIRCO International Affairs Committee Chairman) Harvey Roberts responds in this open letter to Dianne Coetzer's article "Bad Mix", which appeared in the February 2008 edition of Empire Magazine.