Tuesday, July 29, 2008

MUSIC'S WORLDLY CHARMS- RUPA ROCKS, DENGUE FEVER SATURDAY AT EL REY

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The ‘world’ genre of music can turn up some real gems sometimes, and that’s what we world music aficionados live for, those acts that ...
Saturday, July 26, 2008

QUALITY RADIO DOESN’T HAVE TO GET SO SIRIUS

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I just heard this morning that XM and Sirius are merging. I have no opinion on the subject. Yeah, right, as if there were any subject I ...
Tuesday, July 22, 2008

AFRO-PORTUGUESE VIBES SERENADE CAL PLAZA; BAKA BEYOND THIS WEEK AT SKIRBALL

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It’s been another good week for world music in LA this past week. I started off Wednesday with Son de Madera at Levitt Pavilion in McArthu...
Sunday, July 20, 2008

THE MYSPACE COUNTDOWN CONTINUES (PART 2)

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For those of you just tuning in, I’m counting MySpace plays to judge musical popularity as of July 2008, this being an era when the traditio...
Wednesday, July 16, 2008

MAKE MINE SALSA ON RAI; HOLD THE POLITICS

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I don’t know who has better salsa music, LA or New York , but at some point the question becomes superfluous. They say it was created in...
Sunday, July 13, 2008

MYSPACE’S MOST POPULAR BANDS- The Numbers are In

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For those of you who didn’t read the introductory blog last week, here’s the deal- I’m looking at the plays/views for an individual musical ...
Wednesday, July 09, 2008

SALSA STOPPED AT BORDER; LA MAKES ITS OWN

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Rumor is that they’re stopping all salsa ingredients at the US/Mexico border, looking for Sam and Ella, the infamous outlaw duo causing...
Sunday, July 06, 2008

MYSPACE REVOLUTION IS A REVELATION, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL

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The biggest paradigm shift in the popular music industry since 1955 has occurred and is now a fait accompli . The previous cultural and mu...
Thursday, July 03, 2008

Kusun Ensemble and Quetzal rock Pasadena by Starlight; Son Mayor and Hawaiian Music coming to McArthur Park in LA

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Oh, I could almost fall in love with Pasadena . It’s so clean, and neat, and quiet, a microcosm of America , and I don’t McCain’s America...