Roots

In Old Kentucky is presented at The Boston Theatre, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. The show features a "Pickaninny Brass Band" and is described as "The Frolic Of The Inimitable Pickanannies In Southern Songs And Plantation Dances".

Webley Edwards hosts the first edition of a new weekly radio series, Hawaii Calls, from the Moana Hotel, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA. The show will run for over 37 years and will play a pivotal role in exporting the music of the Hawaiian islands to the continental USA.

Clarence Profit's Trio and The Calypso Recorders are playing at The Village Vanguard, Greenwich Village, New York City, USA.

Songwriter, singer, guitarist and recording artist Charlie Terrell is born in Birmingham, Alabama, USA.

Miriam Makeba plays at The Masonic Temple, San Francisco, California, USA.

The Reverend Gary Davis, Bessie Jones, The Sea Island Singers, Mabel Hillery, John Davis, Peter Davis, Emma Ramsay, Ed Young, Lonnie Young, and Lonnie Young Jr. play in Central Park, New York City, USA.

Ravi Shankar plays at The Guthrie Theater, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.

Buddy Rich And Alla Rakha (with Paul Horn on flute) record Khanda Kafi, Duet In Dadra, Rangeela, Nagma E Raksh and Tal Sawari, for World Pacific Records in Los Angeles, California, USA.

The two-day long Boston Globe Jazz festival begins at The War memprial Auditorium, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Artists appearing over the two days of the event include Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Mongo Santamaria, Herbie Mann, Miriam Makeba, Wes Montgomery, The Jim Kweskin Jug Band and Gary Burton.

George Harrison of The Beatles arrives back in London, England, UK, Europe, from Madras, India, Asia, where he has been visiting sitar viruoso Ravi Shankar.

The ITV network in the UK broadcasts a documentary about The Kreen-Akrore tribe which inhabited the Brazilian jungle. The following day, using the pseudonym Billy Martin, Paul McCartney of The Beatles will secretly start work on an instrumental, entitled Kreen-Akrore, intended for his solo debut album, in Morgan Studios, London, England, UK, Europe.

Bob Marley And The Wailers play in Koln, Germany, Europe.

Bob Marley, suffering from terminal cancer, is undergoing treatment at the Issels Clinic in the Bavarian Alps, Germany, Europe.

Fela Kuti, having been arrested for robbing the 7-Up bottling company in Nigeria, Africa, is released on bail.

The Republic play at The 100 Club, Oxford Street, London, England, UK, Europe.

Flaco Jiminez, Peter Rowan and The Rocking Tex Mex Band play at Yesterdays Club, Bristol, England, UK, Europe.

Orchestre Jazira plays at The Oa sis, Dumfries, Scotland, UK, Europe.

The 21st Cambridge Folk Festival, a three-day event, has its last day at Cherry Hinton Hall Grounds, Cambridge, England, UK, Europe. Artists appearing over the course of the event include The Clancy Brothers, Tommy Makem, John Martyn, The Chieftains, Loudon Wainwright III, Paul Brady, Lonnie Donegan, Vin Garbutt, Tom Rush, The Pogues, The Battlefield Band, Adrian Legg, Sheb Wooley, Spencer Davis, Brain Auger, Pyewacket, Diz Disley And Bireli Lagrene

Paloma Ayana Stoecker is born in Paris, France, Europe. She will find success as singer-songwriter Delilah, based in London, England, UK.

Cuban trumpeter Guajiro Mirabal, of Buena Vista Social Club fame, plays at the Jazz Cafe, Camden Town, London, UK.

The Dave Matthews Band plays at The Gorge, George, Washington, USA.

Final day of the Beautiful Days Festival at Escot Park, Devon, England, UK. Sixty bands, including Michael Franti And Spearhead, The Levellers, Wonderstuff, Billy Bragg, Jill Sobule, Oyster Band, I Am Kloot and Glen Tilbrook on four stages over three days.

The Dave Matthews Band plays at The Gorge, George, Washington, USA.

The Standing Tall Against Poverty Festival begins in Accra, Ghana, Africa, with artists including Salif Keita, Mac Tontoh and Seun Anikulapo.

Richie Havens plays the last of three nights at the Jazz Cafe, Camden Town, London, England, UK, Europe.

Dave Alvin And The Guilty Women play at Fitzgerald's, Berwyn, Illinois, USA.

Dave Alvin And The Guilty Women play at Beachland Ballroom, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.

The Blasters play at The Red Devil Lounge, San Francisco, California, USA.

The Blasters play at Little Fox, Redwood City, California, USA.

Orquesta Buena Vista Social Club featuring Omara Portuondo play at The Music Hall, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK, Europe.

Orquesta Buena Vista Social Club featuring Omara Portuondo play at The Assembly Hall, Tunbridge Wells, England, UK, Europe.

Ladysmith Black Mambazo, plus special guest Muntu Valdo, play at The Barbican, London, England, UK, Europe.

Ladysmith Black Mambazo, plus special guest Muntu Valdo, play at The Hall For Cornwall, Truro, England, UK, Europe.

Ladysmith Black Mambazo, plus special guest Muntu Valdo, play at The Town Hall, Leeds, England, UK, Europe.

Alex Clare, All Saints, Bastille, Blondie, Ed Sheeran, Elbow, George Ezra, James Arthur, Janelle Monáe, John Newman, Justin Timberlake, Kaiser Chiefs, Manic Street Preachers, Miles Kane, Pixie Lott, Starsailor, The Human League, The Stranglers, The Strypes, The Wailers Band, To Kill A King and Tom Odell play at the V2014 festival, Weston Park, Stafford, England, UK.

The Sixth Annual No Music Day takes place in Nigeria, Africa. The event, organised by the Nigerian Music Industry Coalition, is designed to focus attention on the widespread infringement of the rights of composers, song writers, performers, music publishers and other stakeholders in the Nigerian music industry. As part of activities of No Music Day 2014, the coalition requests all broadcast stations and major users of music across the country not to broadcast music between the hours of 9am-10am on the day as a mark of solidarity with the nation’s creative industry which is being devastated by massive copyright infringement.

Talisco plays at The Winchester, Bournemouth, England, UK.

Lightgarden launch their new LP, ...and there's a Silver Stream Cascading..., with a gig at The Bell Inn, Bath, England, UK, Europe.

The John Butler Trio plays at Vicar Street, Dublin, Ireland, Europe.

The John Butler Trio plays at Mehr Theater am Grosmarkt, Hamburg, Germany, Europe.

The John Butler Trio plays at Gran Teatro Geox, Padua, Italy, Europe.

Dustbowl Revival play at Hi Fi, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA, with Smooth Hound Smith.