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 the last two weeks, brought to you bi-weekly by neweurasia. Armenia: France's new legislation to make the denial of the...
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 of radical Islam.
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 Darfur. I wonder if that ever crossed their mind.”
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 a Creative Commons BY 2.5 AR license so you can remix and republish it without restrictions as long as Alonso...
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 Nigerians being ripped off in this way? I guess the CEO needs to get paid?”
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 border I'm somebody mean my international rights are in some poiticians thought,I'm just a dream as I turn to this...
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 Robert Koehler in Marmot's Hole, the netizens were a bit upset at the government for allowing the artists to turn...
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 societies today – corruption.”
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 pure Swahili to get anywhere is colonial/political old guard inherent aptitude. Its true Kenyan youths do not read and if...
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 on every public bus in Senegal? Benn Loxo would like to know the answers.
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 to and download an unlimited number of songs for a flat rate of 1,980 yen per month.
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.
