Stories about Music from December, 2006
Russia: Oleg Gazmanov's “Born in the USSR”
La Russophobe posts “a multi-media presentation with some insights regarding pop music” – featuring Oleg Gazmanov's song “Made in the USSR”: “[…] The Ryuriks, the Romanovs, Lenin and Stalin/They are...
Cuba: Musical Cubans
“Cubans and music go back a long way”: Luis M. Garcia examines the Cuban connection to singing and dancing in light of an article from The Economist.
Trinidad & Tobago: Charles, Majarah & 6 Degrees
The Caribbean Beat blog posts two interesting entries: The first admires the music of young trumpeter Etienne Charles and the writing of Niala Majarah in what Beat calls “a major...
Kazakhstan: Czech Musician
Leila writes about a Czech musician eager to learn about her roots in Kazakhstan.
Madagascar: Alafia
L'Odyssee de Tattum just discovered the band Alafia of which she writes (Fr): “With more than 300 concerts in tow, Alafia is a presence at numerous festivals … Alafia's sunny...
Kenya: musical link
Steve Ntwiga posts a Swahili track, Christina, by the Kenyan band, Maroon Commandos: “So, lets kick off the weekend with just a little more of this group since we already...
Macedonia: Esma vs Borat
A Macedonian Roma singer plans to sue Borat, reports Illyrian Gazette.
Bosnia & Herzegovina: London Sevdah Emotional Issues
London Sevdah performers need “mindset training“: “To put it into context, many people from Bosnia have suffered badly during the war (and the same goes for some of London Sevdah...
Cameroon: Afrikan Guitarstrophy
Scribbles from the Den reviews a new album, Afrikan Guitarstrophy, by US-based Cameroonian artist, Wanaku, “In this album, Wanaku shuns the “World Music” genre with its the over-reliance on technology...
Argentina: Music: Los Alamos
Fernando Casale publishes the new video of the Argentine band Los Alamos [ES]. They'll be playing a free show this Thursday at Radio Set in Buenos Aires.
Trinidad & Tobago: Christmas Songs
To get into the spirit of the season, Guanaguanare has compiled a fun list of Trinidad and Tobago's Top 25 Christmas songs that will get your feet tapping.
Latin America, Turkey: Reggaeturkaton
Get this: “a Turkish percussionist who's a veteran of New York's salsa scene.” Don Ball Carbajal introduces Ayhan Sicimoglu and his fusion of Turkish-Latin rhythms.
Ukraine: Christmas/Folk Song's Metamorphosis
Ukraine List writes about a Ukrainian folk song that's been Anglicized and become a ubiquitous Christmas song in the West: “Carol of the Bells” aka “Shchedryk.”
China: music video
The opposite end of China has upload a music video of a song, “Gulzarangza”, via youtube to the blog: The video is a perfect re-creation of a dream I have…...
Trinidad & Tobago: Tempo Turns One
“A stabbing, several fist fights and a poorly organised programme” marred the Trinidad leg of MTV Tempo‘s first anniversary concert series, according to this post by guest writer Michael Mondezie...
Haiti: Local Artist Wins Global Music Contest
Says Haitian newsfeed Alterpresse (Fr): “Jean Belony Murat [a.k.a. Belo], haitian artist … won the reknown international music competition titled “Les Decouvertes RFI Musiques du Monde” [Radio France International's Finds...
