Stories about Music from March, 2006
Argentina: Mundialmente
Fernando Casale has an update (and some sample tracks) of the Argentine-Brazilian band Mundialmente. If you like their music, send them an email says Casale.
Uyghurs: The Prince of Pop
The Opposite End of China has another helping of Uyghur pop video, this time featuring Mominjan Ablekim, the prince of Uyghur pop.
Armenia: Progress
Zarchka reports that there are small signs of progress in the music played on Armenian transit.
Uyghurs: Girl band from Uzbekistan
Via ESWN, The Opposite End of China offers a pop video of an Uzbek Uyghur girl band, singing and dancing in their own video.
Caribbean, South Africa: Miriam Makeba
Caribbean-born sci-fi writer Nalo Hopkinson recalls childhood encounters with the music of the great South African singer Miriam Makeba, who'll be retiring soon.
Argentina: Turpentine
Fernando Casale can't stop listening to the new EP of Argentine indie group, Turpentine. You can listen to it yourself as all seven tracks are available for download.
Mexico: Son Jarocho
Oaxaca Dockters describe Son Jarocho, a type of folk music with roots in Veracruz. Two other posts document the music with photography.
Poland: “Solidarni z Bialorusia” Concert
LJ user macsim_by links to photos from a rock concert “Solidarni z Bialorusia” (“Solidarity With Belarus”) that was held in Warsaw Sunday.
Armenia: Eurovision Protest
Onnik Krikorian notes that the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia is now touching Armenia's entry in to the Eurovision Song Contest. The entrant's listing of the “Republic of Nagorno Karabakh” as his birthplace is being taken as an offense by Azerbaijan.
Nigeria: Hip hop
Naijablog posts an interview he had with “emerging hip-hop talent/producer FML (aka Blaise) on Lagos Live.”
Africa concerts review
Benn Loxo du Taccu has a roundup of African music concerts in France with links to the bands and reviews.
The Week That Was in Bahrain..
While Haitham Sabbah's pledge to add Palestine to Blogger, Yahoo and MSN has met with huge success, Mahmood continues to battle the demons with Mullas against a new Personal Law in Bahrain!
Rolling Stones and U2 in Argentina
The most commented-upon issues of the moment in Argentinean blogs are music related; in the same week The Rolling Stones and U2 visited this country to perform two shows, each band. And, of course, there was a big number of blogs that reconstructed what happened during the shows. On the...
Uzbekistan: Musical Tradition
On his own blog, Nick Walmsley writes about one of Uzbekistan's best known classical singers who strictly sticks to tradition. Part of this includes a heavy emphasis on the master-apprentice relationship and an unwillingness to give in to commercial pressures.
The Week That Was – Bolivian Blogs
This article was written by Rolando Lopez from Rocko Weblog. This article originally appeared in the Bolivian blog community site Blogs de Bolivia. The original Spanish version can be found here. Bolivia, Blogs and Music Whether it is watching the birth of a new album, providing insight into what it...
Mali: Ali Farka Toure
A number of African bloggers remember Malian musican, Ali Farka Toure who passed away this week from cancer. Black Star Journal writes “One of the reasons I loved his sound was that while the music of many other African artists popular in the west is overproduced, Ali Farka Touré's music...
Costa Rica: Papaya Fest 2006
Roy Rojas summarizes the Central American music festival, Papaya Fest 2006 (ES). He's also got a great flickr gallery of images from the week-long festival. Fusildechispas has another review (ES).
Africa: top 10 albums
Music blog Sound Roots publishes Africa's top ten albums for March -
Croatia: Severina's Song Croatian Folklore or Turbofolk?
Catherine of Illyrian Gazette covers the ongoing argument on whether the song “Moja štikla” by Severina (who will represent Croatia at the Eurovision Song Contest in Athens this year) is ‘Croatian folklore’ or ‘turbofolk.’
Brazil: Free Stones Concert
Ruben was at the free Rolling Stones concert in Rio de Janeiro and has this hilarious, photojournalistic report.
Latin America: Creative Commons Music Directory
Dialógica introduces a new, Spanish-language online directory of Creative Commons-licensed music called Jamendo.
