World Music Blog Round-Up
Saturday July 19, 2008
It's time to once again check around the world music blog world, and see what everyone's up to:
World Music Central has a review of a CD called Introducing Hanggai. Hanggai is a group from the grasslands of Mongolia, and they combine throat singing, folk instruments, and other eerily beautiful Asian sounds with some modern influences.
Calcopyrite Communications shares their impressions - and their favorite new finds - from the Harrison Festival of the Arts. They super-loved this group called Delhi 2 Dublin, who I now have to obsessively stalk to learn more about, because the folks over at CC always seem to have rather exquisite taste.
Spinner's Around the World Column takes a look at (and has a chat with) Northern African musician Rachid Taha, who is sitting right at the brink of world domination. Well, in a musical sense, at least. He's got a pop star mentality, and the chops to back it up, and it's likely that you'll continue hearing more and more from him.
And finally (for today, anyway) World Music Newswire digs deeply into the history of the balafon (African xylophone), via the music of Famoro Diabate. The Diabate clan is one of the great legendary griot families, and the family includes Toumani and Mamadou Diabate, among many others. It's always nice to learn about a new (to me) musical legend in the making!
Read anything great on a world music blog recently? Feel free to leave a comment and share!
World Music Central has a review of a CD called Introducing Hanggai. Hanggai is a group from the grasslands of Mongolia, and they combine throat singing, folk instruments, and other eerily beautiful Asian sounds with some modern influences.
Calcopyrite Communications shares their impressions - and their favorite new finds - from the Harrison Festival of the Arts. They super-loved this group called Delhi 2 Dublin, who I now have to obsessively stalk to learn more about, because the folks over at CC always seem to have rather exquisite taste.
Spinner's Around the World Column takes a look at (and has a chat with) Northern African musician Rachid Taha, who is sitting right at the brink of world domination. Well, in a musical sense, at least. He's got a pop star mentality, and the chops to back it up, and it's likely that you'll continue hearing more and more from him.
And finally (for today, anyway) World Music Newswire digs deeply into the history of the balafon (African xylophone), via the music of Famoro Diabate. The Diabate clan is one of the great legendary griot families, and the family includes Toumani and Mamadou Diabate, among many others. It's always nice to learn about a new (to me) musical legend in the making!
Read anything great on a world music blog recently? Feel free to leave a comment and share!
Comments
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I don’t know if you saw this piece about The Rough Guide to the Music of Kenya and Tanzania, but it’s rather interesting ….
http://idolator.com/399153/rough+ing-it-in-east-africa
Thanks for the kind words! I want to be remembered for my exquisite taste.
And that cute way I wrinkle my nose when I laugh!
Hi everyone.
For a great story about Israeli/Bedouin music, check out the latest story at Canada’s Israel.
http://www.canadasisrael.ca
Hi! I was surfing and found your blog post… nice! I love your blog.
Cheers! Sandra. R.