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· March, 2006

Stories about Music from March, 2006

Argentina: Indie Online Radio

unaRadio is an online radio station based in Argentina which describes itself as “a free medium to distribute the work of independent artists in Spanish and other languages.” You can...

Written by David Sasaki
31 March 2006

Chile: Beto Stocker

Fernando Casale links to two albums by Chilean musician Beto Stocker, both of which are licensed with Creative Commons licenses.

Written by David Sasaki
30 March 2006

North Korea: Prison-camp musical

The Marmot Hole‘s Robert Koehler fingers North Korean apologists in the South Korean government with a look at the smash new musical Yodok Story, which portray's life in North Korea's...

Written by John Kennedy
28 March 2006

African Music Roundup #5

yay! summer is upon us over here in the UK and that only means one thing. concerts, festivals, showcases. An abundance of music, sunshine and outdoor runnings. Smiles on peoples...

Written by Obi
28 March 2006

The Charango Controversy

This article was written by Miguel Esquirol and originally appeared in the Bolivian blog community site Blogs de Bolivia. The original Spanish version can be found here (ES). Lately, many...

Written by Eduardo Avila
28 March 2006

Argentina: Pablo Dacal

Enjoy the tango-influenced melody of Fantasía, a downloadable track by Argentine bilingual musician, Pablo Dacal.

Written by David Sasaki
25 March 2006

Swahili hip-hop

Msanii XL has posted a hip-hop podcast which features artists from a range of countries, but if you want your hip-hop in Swahili don't forget to check his radio blog...

Written by Rachel Rawlins
24 March 2006

China: Just a love song

Holidarity reads the cover story of the Chinese edition of Rolling Stone, only to be horrified by the glossing over of the political importance of rocker Cui Jian's music, especially...

Written by Luisetta Mudie
23 March 2006

Argentina, Spain: Holy

Fernando Casale features Holy, an experimental Argentinean musician living in Spain. As always, songs are available for download.

Written by David Sasaki
23 March 2006

Venezuela: DJ DUBB

GlowMain features Venezuelan drum and bass DJ, Aureliano Alarcón Smith, also known as DUBB (ES). A download of a live set is available.

Written by David Sasaki
23 March 2006

South Africa: Music

Rethabile writing on Mzansi Afrika discusses music and what it means for Africa and Africans. “Music, then, is serious matter in Africa. By extension, it is also serious matter to...

Written by Sokari Ekine
21 March 2006

Brazil: Bïa

Aquarelas was introduced to the polyglot Brazilian singer, Bïa by a nifty radio device on the weblog of Michele Aurelio.

Written by David Sasaki
21 March 2006

China: A new word for innovation

Danwei picks up on an article in the English-language China Daily newspaper, which begins: “China has launched a national campaign to enhance its capability for innovation. But experts advise that...

Written by Luisetta Mudie
20 March 2006

The Week That Was in Bahrain

While the F1 was at full speed, some of Bahrain's bloggers at home and abroad were enjoying cultural and arts activities while others were immersed in politics!

Written by Amira Al Hussaini
18 March 2006

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