The Best Entertainment from Far Corners, Nooks and Crannies...
Sunday, October 09, 2016
club giramayoro : ngoma ya ruhinda
Burundi has been said to be the unhappiest country in the world--but all is not lost. At least there's music, and the culture clubs. One day maybe Hutus and Tutsis will bury their hatchets...
Wednesday, October 05, 2016
jj - "Let Go" Secretly Canadian Records
Sweden has been so successful with English-language songs that no one sings in Swedish anymore. So I could easily post a song by First Aid Kit or Tallest Man on Earth or Lykke Li, BUT... I like this video...
Tuesday, October 04, 2016
Solo Dja Kabaco - Fatimata
Burkina Faso has some of the best music in the world, most of it unknown to me until now, diverse and immense. It even sounds good in minor keys...
Sunday, October 02, 2016
KALTEHAND / NATASHA WATERS - PAGES
Switzerland is one of those strange European conglomerate countries, with four official languages, so no surprise that many, if not most, musicians there do their lyrics in English, with most of the rest in German. The decline of music on America has done wonders for music in Europe...
Saturday, October 01, 2016
Stefka Sabotinova - Prituri se planinata (HD)
Bulgaria is an interesting country, originally settled by steppes nomads, now considered one of the most traditional of Slavic countries. It's nice to hear a traditional song that seems so refreshingly modern and 'indie'...(as featured in the movie 'Jesus of Montreal')...
Sunday, September 18, 2016
The Seeds - Kebenaranku (Official Music Video)
Brunei is one of the world's great anomalies: an oil-rich Muslim kingdom on the edge of Borneo's jungle, which it shares with Malaysia and Indonesia. It's more interesting than you might think... (and no, I did not write this song; that's a different Hardee)...
Wednesday, September 14, 2016
Omar Souleyman "Salamat Galbi Bidek" - 2013 Nobel Peace Prize Concert
This is too easy, picking something interesting from Syria, but Omar's irresistible, and Syria's so screwed up. Enjoy...
Monday, September 12, 2016
Banda do Mar - Mais Ninguém
Foreigners who go to Brazil expecting samba and bossa nova might be surprised to find that the country has an indie rock scene as good as any. Not that there's anything wrong with Bebel Gilberto, but maybe something not so girl-from-Ipanemish would be nice. The lightness, the airiness, the breeziness, and the beachiness is still there...
Monday, August 29, 2016
丁丁與西西 - Beautiful
Taiwan is largely lost in the shuffle of China's latter-day dominance, but they're still there, and not going anywhere soon, I'd bet. As if it's not impressive enough that they and the mainland both even have a genre of indie music, it's even more interesting to note how different the two genres are, the mainland's harsh and punkish, Taiwan's softer and reflective. Music is the window to a nation's soul...
Wednesday, August 24, 2016
spoon guitar
Botswana never ceases to amaze. First there were Culture Spears, then Guitar Ronnie, and now the Spoonman (no, not Artis of Seattle fame). Is this where slide guitar originated? Who knows? Enjoy...
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