Stories about Music from February, 2007
Russia: Subway Lezginka
A month ago, YouTube user KABARDINEC (‘a Kabardian‘) posted three rather odd videos of two inspired young men dancing Lezginka at a subway station (here and here) and inside a...
Recife, Brazil: Trumpeting 100 Years of Frevo, and Musical Innovation on the Eve of Carnival
Recife is the capital city of the state of Pernambuco in the northeast of Brazil. The pulse of Carnival has been growing in a crescendo in recent days, justly honoring...
A Week Goes by in Kuwait
Kuwait enjoyed nice weather this week. A lot of people grasped the opportunity and went out camping in the desert. Engineeroo was no different. He joined the scores of people...
Much ado in Zimbabwe
There was much ado in Zimbabwe over the last week. Much ado about nothing, that is. The biggest development in the beleagured nation's news was Gideon Gono, the controversial governor...