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munkey
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response 175 of 206:
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Feb 24 19:13 UTC 1999 |
I can't say I am into all Central American music, although I lived in El
Salvador for the first 6 years of my life and was able to get a feel of music
such as Mambo, Salsa, Merengue, Cumbia and also Rock in Central America. My
parents listen to that stuff alot so I appreciate the music. What I listen
nowadays in spanish, are ballads. I listen to people like Ana Gabriel,
Cristian, Emmanuel, Laura Pausini and Soraya (my favorites). I also listen
to rock bands such as Cafe Tacuba, Fobia and Mana (my favorite). But then
again this music does not come from Central Ameri, it varies, from Mexico to
Italy. And yes Re:#174 Brazilian music is really fun to listen and dance to.
I went to a dance club called Copa Cubana and it was Brazil Night that night
and the floor would not stop shaking all night ;) and it was really really
crowded and they had a big wide screen tv playing films from various carnivals
in Brazil , the best thing about it was that they had a live brazilian band
playing that night. oops I made an error the club's name was Copa Cabana. But
i think there were too many breasts to see on that big screen that night ;)
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bjuarez
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response 176 of 206:
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Feb 24 21:33 UTC 1999 |
well, I don't know if I consider "rock en espanyol" as being world music, but
I am definitely into it... (I have all of Cafe Tacuba and Fobia's albums in
my collection). But Mana doesn't really do anything for me... I guess I
consider them to be more "pop" than "rock".
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krj
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response 177 of 206:
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Feb 24 22:38 UTC 1999 |
World Music, in the pages of Ian A. Anderson's wonderful magazine
FOLK ROOTS, is now defined as: "local music, not from here."
So one's definition of "world music" is clearly dependent on where
your "here" is. :)
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munkey
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response 178 of 206:
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Feb 25 08:24 UTC 1999 |
I missed the Grammies. I am watching an interview with Ricky Martin, an
ex-Menudo, from Puerto Rico. Apparently he won a Grammy for best latin pop
performance. He just started making the cross over from a latin audience to
an english audience and he's the first who's performance was actually
televised. Aside from Gloria Estefan but she's been around for a long time
so she doesn't count *teehee* j/k. So anyway Ricky is hot!
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eeyore
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response 179 of 206:
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Feb 26 01:34 UTC 1999 |
His proformance was AWSOME! :) Music wasn't my style, but it was alot of
fun to see him on the stavget having fun for the crowd, with the crowd. :)
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anderyn
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response 180 of 206:
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Mar 1 16:37 UTC 1999 |
I got the coolest new album on Friday -- a Putumayo collection called
"From Dublin to Dakar". Normally, I like Putumayo all right, but not
enthusiastically, since usually, I *have* all the stuff on their collections,
and I'm just getting something to listen to at work, so I don't have to have
ten CDs sitting there, you know? But this....
"From Dublin to Dakar" is "African, Gypsy, Latin, Arabic, Indian,
Scandinavian, and Reggae elements combined with Celtic music to create a
unique cross-cultural music feast".... I was exceedingly pleased by
the number and the flow of this collection -- from Alan Stivell and Noussou
N'Dour to Modena City Ramblers to Cheb Mami to Aine Minogue to Rita Erikson
to Oysterband to Na Lua to Kila.... Just a really really nice album that
showcases how much influence Celtic music has had on world music, and how
world music is coming back and influencing Celtic music.
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eeyore
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response 181 of 206:
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Mar 1 16:59 UTC 1999 |
I've been looking at a few of their albums...hmmmm....think I must get that
one....:)
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otaking
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response 182 of 206:
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Mar 1 19:53 UTC 1999 |
I'll have to try that one as well. I've been picking up compilation CDs of
new music I want to try since it's easier to buy one and hear several bands
than buy 10 different ones. I'll definitely pick up "From Dublin to Dakar"
though.
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mziemba
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response 183 of 206:
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Apr 27 14:45 UTC 1999 |
TUVANS RIDE AGAIN...
Catch a former member of Huun-Huur-Tu at The Ark with his new rock band,
Yat-Kha, Sunday, May 30 at 7:30pm. Tuvan throat singing is undoubtedly
one of the most unusual vocal styles around, and it will be interesting to
hear it outside of the traditional presentation...
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mcnally
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response 184 of 206:
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Apr 27 16:10 UTC 1999 |
Catch them where?
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scott
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response 185 of 206:
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Apr 27 16:13 UTC 1999 |
The Ark, dummy. ;)
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anderyn
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response 186 of 206:
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Apr 27 20:32 UTC 1999 |
Yeppers. Of course, I'm going to see Great Big Sea on Saturday this
week, and far too many other shows at the Ark. :-)
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orinoco
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response 187 of 206:
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Apr 27 21:51 UTC 1999 |
Oh wow. That sounds very cool.
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mcnally
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response 188 of 206:
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Apr 28 01:49 UTC 1999 |
I have no idea what Yat-Kha will sound like but I really liked
Hun-Huur-Tu when I caught them at the Ark a year or two ago..
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krj
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response 189 of 206:
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Jul 6 02:26 UTC 1999 |
News item: Peter Gabriel's "Real World" label has switched USA
distribution from Caroline to Narada. It looks like a lot of the label's
back catalog is being allowed to lapse out of print; for example,
Sheila Chandra's three Real World albums are replaced by one anthology,
and I think the Terem Quartet Russian albums are gone. So, if there
are any older Real World albums you have been thinking about buying,
you might not want to stall too much longer on them.
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mcnally
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response 190 of 206:
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Jul 6 05:47 UTC 1999 |
hmmm.. I noticed that the RealWorld sampler had been released on Narada
but I hadn't known that Caroline was handling distribution before..
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mcnally
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response 191 of 206:
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Jul 6 05:48 UTC 1999 |
is the Sheila Chandra collection you spoke of different than the
'greatest hits' collection that's been out for quite some time?
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krj
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response 192 of 206:
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Jul 6 21:33 UTC 1999 |
Um, I dunno. Which 'greatest hits' collection are you thinking of?
I found a web reference claiming that the "Moonsung" collection came
out in April 1999, and I think that's the one I am thinking of.
"Weaving My Ancestors Voices," "The Zen Kiss" and "A BoneCroneDrone"
were the original 3 Real World albums of hers.
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mcnally
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response 193 of 206:
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Jul 7 00:30 UTC 1999 |
Now that I think of it I think the "hits" collection came out before
the RealWorld albums. IIRC it's called "Silk"
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krj
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response 194 of 206:
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Jul 7 06:03 UTC 1999 |
Right, "Silk" was drawn from her Indipop albums, with some stuff
from her "transitional" period after she emerged from her five year
break but before she signed to Real World. I'd forgotten about SILK,
even thought I have it in a box somewhere. I was quite a bit of a
Sheila Chandra fan in the earlier, poppier stages of her career.
(Geez, so she has done nine albums now, plus the two compilations...
I feel old, I remember buying her first album at Schoolkids, back
when each one came personally autographed.)
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krj
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response 195 of 206:
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Jul 19 15:56 UTC 2000 |
NP: Geoffrey Oryema, SPIRIT. First album to be purchased because of
those wonderful canned radio shows on http://www.wen.com.
Oryema is originally from Uganda, now resident in Paris and recording
in London with pop producer Rupert Hine. This is very pop stuff,
but it's really good pop. It struck me that in its rock/African
fusion it can be reminiscent of Talking Heads in the REMAIN IN LIGHT
period. Perhaps to make the connection explicit, Oryema includes
a cover of the Heads' song "Listening Wind" from that album,
Byrne's song of nationalist terrorism.
This album brings up my frustrations with the experience of trying to
read about music. I've been aware of Oryema since he started recording
for Peter Gabriel's Real World label, and never did I read anything
which made me think I would like Oryema's work. But when I get to
hear a couple of songs by him on http://www.wen.com radio shows by
Charlie Gillett, it turns out that I like him a lot.
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mcnally
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response 196 of 206:
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Jul 19 21:02 UTC 2000 |
The similarity to the Talking Heads goes deeper than that -- Brian Eno
helped out on Oryema's previous album, "Exile"
(Ken, you've probably heard at least one track from that, as there was
one on the "10 out of 10" RealWorld sampler that Tower was selling last
year..)
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krj
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response 197 of 206:
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Jul 20 20:07 UTC 2000 |
Oh dear. I have no idea what became of my copy of that sampler, or
if it even got played. Did you like the "Exile" album, Mike, if
you heard it?
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mcnally
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response 198 of 206:
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Jul 20 22:30 UTC 2000 |
I liked "Exile" relatively well but predictably preferred the songs
which featured more involvement from Eno and Gabriel.
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krj
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response 199 of 206:
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Sep 4 05:48 UTC 2000 |
Twila has a friend who travelled to Lithuania and brought back a copy
of a very good album by a Latvian band called Ilgi. We didn't think
we were going to be able to find a copy of this, but tonight I did
some Google-digging and came up with three sources for the Ilgi
album we're heard -- "Saules Meita" -- plus two other albums.
www.upe.parks.lv is the website of the label in Latvia which has an
online shop.
www.sveiks.com is a website in the US (I think) aimed at
delivering Baltic news and geegaws to the heritage
communities in the states.
www.digelius.com is the well-known Scandinavian music shop who have
been around for years. Unfortunately they only have
catalog on line, not an order facility: they want you
to use fax or snail mail for credit card orders.
I've had a Digelius order which I've been too lazy
to mail out since the spring.
I guess maybe the lure of the Ilgi album will get me to send off for the
Digelius order.
Stylistically, Ilgi is very similar to the beloved Hedningarna from
Sweden.
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