Stories about Music from November, 2006
Ukraine: “Ideologically Harmful”
Sean's Russia Blog translates a 1985 Soviet-time internal document listing the “ideologically harmful” Western music bands.
Azerbaijan: Baku Real Estate Trends
Carpetblogger reports on a surprising new resident in Baku, Willie D of the Geto Boyz.
Senegal: Baaba Maal in Upcoming UK Festival
Seckasysteme writes (Fr): “Baaba Maal will be the star guest of the upcoming World of Music, Arts and Dance (WOMAD) festival, scheduled from 7/27 to 7/29 in Britain.”
Trinidad & Tobago: jointpop in London
Jonathan Ali sits in Trinidad and thinks about jointpop, “the greatest rock band my island has ever produced,” about to start playing at their first gig of their UK tour: “I want to be there to see what these people who are not Trinidadian, who do not know us, will...
Chile: Beastie Boys Reviews
The audio wasn't good, ok. And, sure, they're no longer 20-years-old. But they're the Beastie Boys, writes Rosario Lizana [ES] in a post subtitled “more beasty than boys.” Leo Prieto was also there and agrees about the quality of audio: “the first song and all that followed sounded really bad....
Caribbean, Brazil: Rasheed Ali podcast
Afro-Caribbean musician Rasheed Ali releases a podcast featuring some of his original compositions recorded in Salvador, Brazil.
Voices from South Asia
Bangladesh: Asif of Unheard Voices: Drishtipat Group Blog analyzes the current political situation in Bangladesh and urges all the Bangladeshis to take a non-partisan moral stand to get out of the current crisis. Andrew Morris writes an essay in Desicritics about the historical faces of Dhaka city titled Bangladesh Diary:...
Armenia: Komidas Project
Notes From Hareinik reviews a reinterpretation of Armenian music that stands out from the rest of the crowd.
Romania, Macedonia: Roma Music in Borat
Illyrian Gazette writes about Borat‘s soundtrack.
North Korea: Rock for peace
A concert “Rock for peace” will take place in Pyongyang March, 2007. Richardson in DPRK is skeptical about the concert.
Armenia: Farewell Aram
Blogrel notes the passing of Aram Asatryan, a famous Armenian musician.
Finland, Russia: Song for Politkovskaya
A Step At A Time links to a recording of a Finnish song for Anna Politkovskaya.
Armenia: Bowing Out
Zarchka of Life Around Me explains why she decided not to participate in “Hye Superstar 2.”
Dominican Republic: Maldito Flow
Maldito Flow, a “Spanglish”-language comic strip about a group of struggling Latin artists trying to make a name for their independent label, is now being distributed via weblog. Blog posts are occasionally accompanied by music clips.
Guatemala: Ricardo Arjona
Chapinadas congratulates Guatemalan singer and songwriter, Ricardo Arjona for his Latin Grammy award for best male album in vocal pop with his new album “Adentro”.
South Korea: rock music
R. Elgin blogs about the “godfather”, Shin Joong-hyun, of Korean rock music in Marmot's hole.
Reunion: Moslems and Music
Zarabes.info, the blog of the moslem community in La Reunion, rounds up (Fr) various recent articles about moslems and music and asks: “What is the real relationship between Reunion moslems and music? What will happen during Sharukh Khan's next concert?”
Africa: celebrating miserable African leaders
Read Celebrating Miserable African Leaders and K'naan, Somalia Needs You, at The sub-Saharan African Roundtable.
Turkmenistan: Murad
Leila profiles Murad, a musician from Turkmenistan who plays the dutar (a two-stringed instrument) and is part of The Silk Road Band.
