Wednesday, April 21, 2010

DALAI LAMA RENAISSANCE- RELIGION HAS A ROCK STAR (WITH SOUNDTRACK)

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Okay, so the Dalai Lama may not be the prophet Jesus was, but he plays on a much wider stage, and in real time, and he speaks English. S...
Monday, April 05, 2010

LEVAME AOS FADOS by Ana Moura- Portuguese Soul Music

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Fado has been one of the big musical disappointments of my life- until now that is. It’s not like they played it on the AM radio ...
Monday, March 22, 2010

AUSTIN'S SXSW FESTIVAL AND THE FOUR NOBLE TRUTHS

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You can’t see and hear everything (so get your money’s worth). This is an important lesson of life in the world also, of cou...
Thursday, March 04, 2010

SWEET ELECTRA- BLACKER TERCIOPELO… SINCE THEY ABANDONED MEXICO

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Mexican music is hopping. While half-breed Lila Downs runs with the Frida Tehuana mantle and makes music more Mexican than the Mexican i...
Thursday, February 18, 2010

SAUTI ZA BUSARA- SOUNDS OF WISDOM IN A CITY OF DARKNESS

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It sounds like a great idea, doesn’t it, to hold a festival of African- mostly East African- music in one of the world’s most exotic loc...
Wednesday, February 10, 2010

‘GENTE’ BY SAMBA DA- Indie em Portugues

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Bossa nova is the worst thing that ever happened to Brazilian popular music. In that one unique rise to the pinnacle of world music some...
Tuesday, February 02, 2010

Tito Gonzalez, ‘Al Doblar la Esquina’- Ship’s In

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Nobody was more surprised at the phenomenal success of ‘Buena Vista Social Club’ than the hard-line Communist Cuban government, which for ...
Friday, January 22, 2010

EVIE LADIN- BREAKING BARRIERS WITH THE BANJO ON ‘FLOAT DOWNSTREAM’

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So, since when did banjo music become world music- no foreign languages, no Africans, no salseros, nada ? I don’t know. What year did ...
Monday, January 04, 2010

BIGBANG- Last Call for ‘Edendale’

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For a foreign band to ‘make it’ in the US , or even the UK , is a tough proposition. It it doesn’t matter whether they’re singing in the...