Stories about Music from February, 2007
Jamaica: Reggae and the Grammys
Barbadian blogger Titilayo adds her two cents to the debate over whether the reggae category at the Grammy awards should be split in two.
Lebanon: Hip Hop and Public Diplomacy
Want to learn more about the relationship between hip hop and public diplomacy? Read what Lebanese blogger Abu Aardvark has to say about it here.
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 train car (here), presumably in Moscow. Lezginka's origins are said to be in the ethnically diverse Republic of Dagestan, but...
Iran:Music for Peace
Amin Rasooli,a creative blogger and musician, has composed “The future of ground”, a piece of music for peace.
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 it's fame of being among the three cities with the hottest festivals, along with Rio de Janeiro and Salvador. Recife...
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 who erected tents and took with them their food and drinks to enjoy the beginning of spring. Not only this...
Trinidad & Tobago: New music download site
“You like the hot new soca music you hear on the radio but where can you purchase it before Carnival?” asks the Caribbean Beat blog. The answer is “downtown” — or used to be, before the soca music download site Trinihits.com came on the scene.
Georgia: Folk Music on MySpace
Levan continues to mine MySpace for Georgian music, coming up with a list of folk an classical musicians.
Cuba: Silvio Rodriguez mix
Puerto Rican blogger Rafi posts an annotated mix of songs he considers representative of the main themes present in the work of Cuban folk singer Silvio Rodriguez.
Iran:A Christian Video and Song
You can see and listen to a Christian song in FarsiPraise blog.
Bolivia: Online Documentary
“One musician and a small production crew went to Bolivia hoping to create something that could provide help for the poor of Bolivia In the end, the warm hearts and rich culture of the Bolivian people wound up giving them more then they could ever hope to give in return.”...
Jamaica: Happy birthday, Bob Marley
Geoffrey Philp marks Bob Marley's birthday by posting a poem written in tribute to the Jamaican reggae superstar.
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 of Zimbabwe's central bank delivered a much anticipated monetary statement last week. Sadly, like everything else in the country, it...
USVI: Blues Festival
At the News of St. John blog, Frank Barnako posts a podcast featuring an interview with the organiser of the St. John's Third Annual Blues Festival.
Trinidad & Tobago: Bach on steelpan
W. Lotus posts a video of herself playing the Prelude of Bach's Partita III (BWV 1006) on the steelpan.
Dominican Republic: Free mixtape
Dominican hip hop blog rihiphop.com offers (ES) a free download of the complete mixtape “Pueto Pa Lo Mio”.
Georgia: Electronic Music
Levan says that electronic music is very popular in Tbilisi at the moment and gives links to a few of the artists he finds interesting.
Argentina: Mostruo! Allows Album to be Downloaded
If you're patient and a fan of Latin American indie rock, then I highly recommend downloading the new album from Mostruo!, titled “Grosso.” Available for download here and if the good samaritan likes what she hears, purchases can be made here.
“Belarus” and “Minsk” – the Bands
TOL's Belarus Blog writes about two Western bands named after… well, after Belarus and its capital, Minsk.
UXcamp, Information Architects in Panama & 2007 Panama Jazz Festival
#1: Jorge Arango reports on the first UXcamp – an user experience gathering in Panama.Last night BootStudio hosted what is probably the first user experience gathering in Central America: UXcamp. We had a pretty good turnout, and folks (web desigers and developers, for the most part) seemed genuinely excited about...
