· August, 2008

Stories about Music from August, 2008

Guyana: No More Tunes

  12 August 2008

Living Guyana is in full support of the ban on loud music in mini-buses and thinks it should also be extended to private vehicles, while GT…Keep it Real says: “How boring will it be to take public transportation now, some people looked forward to get updates on the latest tunes,...

China: Flawless Girl at the Olympic Opening?

  12 August 2008

China Digital Times translated an interview with Chen Qigang, the General Music Designer of the Opening Ceremony, who revealed that the that the voice everyone heard singing at the Opening Ceremony was actually a pre-recording of another child.

Honduras: Concert by Guillermo Anderson

  11 August 2008

Sandra Erika Gómez of Oye Cómo Vamos [es] recently attended a concert by Guillermo Anderson at the La Fragua Theater in El Progreso, Honduras. His songs promote education, equality between men and women, as well as environmental conservation.

Guatemala: Indigenous Expressions of Art

  11 August 2008

On International Day of the World's Indigenous People, there is a celebration of indigenous peoples and how they express themsevles through the visual arts, theater and clothing. These are only some of the examples of artistic creative expressions in Guatemala.

Jamaica, U.S.A.: Stupid is as Stupid Does

  8 August 2008

“It’s the glorification of ignorance, the association of dimness with your degree of blackness that troubles me”: Jamaican Marlon James is troubled by the pressure put on black people to “dumb things down”.

Haiti: Black Chopin

  6 August 2008

AfriClassical profiles Ludovic Lamothe, “one of Haiti's most renowned classical composers”, whose méringue Nibo won a municipal contest in Port-au-Prince and celebrated the coming end of the U.S. Occupation in 1934.