archives: Music
World Orchestra Tour Commemorates War and Peace
If only political interests could be so harmonized. More »
Colombian Singer Juanes Responds to Critics In Advance of Cuban Concert
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"I'm fed up with us asking one another whether we're Muslim, gay, Cuban, or Venezuelan." More »
Michael Jackson Dead at 50; World Mourns
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From New York to Nairobi, the world remembers Michael Jackson. More »
“Daggering” in Jamaica: A Dance Craze Gone Too Far?
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The spiraling popularity of "daggering" -- a "lewd" dance style with accompanying, explicitly-lyric'd dancehall tunes -- has led the Jamaican governme More »
Bhutto’s Daughter Raps About Her Mother’s Death
Just over a year after the assassination that made headlines worldwide, the daughter of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto has released a More »
40 Years Later: The Vatican Gives John Lennon a Chance
Happy birthday, White Album.
It’s been 40 years since the iconic Beatles album was released — and hey, in honor of the milestone the Vati More »
Rest in Peace, “Mama Africa”
South African singer Miriam Makeba died this week at age 76.
Nicknamed Mama Africa, Makeba was known throughout the world not only for her singing bu More »
State Department Gets Tech-Savvy
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The travel blogosphere has been aflutter with all sorts of news about Twitter.
First, blogger Pam over at Nerds Eye View shared her story about how More »
Rapper Common On Hip Hop’s Political Influence, Respecting Differences, And Why He Supports Barack Obama
Like its artists, America’s musicians, actors and other celebrities have been getting involved in this campaign to an unprecedented degree.
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Rock-n-Roll Revolution (with emphasis on “Roll”)
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“Our way of life,” write the Ginger Ninjas, “threatens our way of life.” For that reason, they started the Pleasant Revoluti More »
So You Think You’re Well-Traveled?
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Matador member Lola Akinmade–herself a carrier of a well-inked passport leafed with multiple visas–sent in a tip about the website Most More »
Jane Dark on World Music
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When music critic Jane Dark named M.I.A.’s Kala his 2007 album of the year, he noted that it earned the distinction in part because “it is More »
