April 14, 2011 - The Blue Note Jazz Club in New York City will host more than 80 shows during the month of June as part of the inaugural Blue Note Jazz Festival.
June 1, 2004 - Senegalese musician Youssou N'Dour, who early last year scrapped a planned U.S. tour in protest of U.S. policy on Iraq, has lined up a North American run for this summer.
March 10, 2003 - In protest of the United States' policy on Iraq, Senegalese singer and bandleader Youssou N'Dour has called off a seven-week tour of North America that was to run from March 26 through May 15.