Tuesday, August 26, 2008

THE SEARCH FOR WORLD, MUSIC, TRANSCENDANCE; ANDY PALACIO TRIBUTE THIS WEEK

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It’s the curse of the world traveler and world music aficionado- while other normal people are off doing other normal things, we’re out sear...
Tuesday, August 19, 2008

COMO AGUA PARA NESCAFE… VANILLI… CHOCOLATE!

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Okay, so it’s not exactly the good, the bad, and the ugly, but it is three very different branches of musica Latina . The Brooklyn g...
Tuesday, August 12, 2008

KATIA MORAES CHARMS, BUT BIG SAM STEALS THE SHOW; TUAREGS TIDAWT THIS FRIDAY IN PASADENA

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Like I said before, if you’re a true music aficionado , whether musician, promoter, critic, or mere fanatic, the pay-off is that...
Tuesday, August 05, 2008

ONCE UPON A TIME IN MacARTHUR PARK

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They say flamenco bands are a dime a dozen in Spain (actually they don’t say that; I say that), so why do they all sound the same- ...
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...