Stories about Music from October, 2006
Armenia: Divine Liturgy
Raffi Meneshian reviews Winds of Passion's Divine Liturgy at Life in the Armenian Diaspora, noting that the Armenian Church's Divine Liturgy is some of the finest spiritual music from Armenia.
Voices from Central Asia and the Caucasus
Meat vendor in Osh market, Kyrgyzstan Just returning from a shopping tour on Osh Market, we welcome you to the latest roundup of notable online conversations that took place during...
Kenya: global recognition for talented young Kenyans
The Makanga Report on “Young Kenyans Trail Blazing Around the World.”
Kazakhstan: Deep Purple
Deep Purple is getting ready to rock Almaty for two nights, reports neweurasia.
Indonesia: Rock Star with a Message
Indoneisa matters links to a Washington Post story on a Indonesian rock star. Ahmad Dhani, frontman of the group Dewa is trying to keep Indonesian youth away from the influence...
Sudan: MySpace rocks for Darfur
Ethnicloft is a bit pessimistic about initiatives such “Rock for Darfur” organized by Myspace:”As they party hard, shamelessly, a multitude of people are being raped, maimed and killed, helplessly, in...
Argentina: Music: Nicolás A. Alonso
Fernando Casale introduces readers to the “brief but intense album of experimental music composed and interpreted by Nicolás A. Alonso, guitarist and pianist of Turpentine. The album was released under...
Nigeria: if you can walk, you can dance
If you can walk, you can dance. Watch these videos of Nigerian kids celebrating birthday party.
Nigeria: Jay Z in Nigeria
Is Jay Z ripping off Nigerians? My Random Thoughts Daily writes, “Even when he played Wembley a couple of weeks ago the maximum ticket price was about £60. Why are...
Iran:My sweet little terrorist song
You can read lyrics and listen to English songs of 127 band from Iran. In my sweet little terrorist lyric, we read “legally I'm nobody , when I cross the...
Brazil: Tecno Brega
Alexandre at Critical World Blog looks at Brazilian Tecno Brega as a way to “build markets on top of social commons.”
Africa: songs from Lesotho
Perhaps you have never listened to the music from Lesotho. iLud has two tracks for you.
South Korea, Taiwan and China: Scandal in Beijing
The concert, Scandal in Beijing, by Korean pop star Kangta and Taiwanese singer Vanness Wu at the National People's congress hall last month has irritated some conservative netizen. According to...
Namibia: anti-corruption song contest
Museke writes about Anti-Corruption Song Contest in Namibia, “This is a worthy effort to make use of music in educating the populace about an issue that is paramount in African...
Argentina: Music: Bicicletas
Fernando Casale has posted two tracks from the release album by Argentine band Bicicletas.
Kenya: defending youth linguistic creativity
Defending the use of Sheng among the youth in Kenya, Greamhouze notes, “Through Sheng we accurately express our thoughts and ideas.The conception that the youth must speak in English or...
Jamaica: Rastafari influence
Geoffrey Philp starts a survey: How has Rastafari — and Bob Marley — influences our lives? powered by performancing firefox
Africa: Phil Collins, Keny Rogers, Madonna, and Rambo
Why is Phil Collins so loved in Senegal? Why can't you go a day in Rwanda without hearing Kenny Rogers? And why are there dozens of Madonna and Rambo stickers...
Japan: Napster
JP in Japundit reports that Napster has formed a joint venture with Tower Records Japan to launch an online song distribution site in Japan. Members will be allowed to listen...
Ethiopia: Yvonne Chaka Chaka sings under a fig tree
The “Princess of Africa” sings a song by “Mama Africa” under a fig tree. According to Meskel Square, it could only happen in Ethiopia.
Iran:Listen to the Iranian Underground Music
Kavian is a blogger with talent in music.Kavian's third demo album, “Evolutionary Skill” is out now and you can listen to it.
