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Fresh sounds
Life, John Clewley, Published on 07/03/2017
» Garifuna music, a sublime blend of local indigenous and African music from Honduras and Belize has topped the European Broadcast Union's World Music charts. Led by the late Andy Palacio, a famous "Punta rock" (Belize's most popular music) musician who returned to his roots to resurrect Garifuna culture through music. Aurelio picked up the baton from Palacio and has made his name internationally with a series of delightful albums.
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Song Of Lahore shows how Pakistani musical traditions can thrive
Life, John Clewley, Published on 16/02/2017
» Last week the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Thailand began its new Monday night documentary film series with a fascinating new documentary, Song Of Lahore, on a group of classical musicians and their struggle to survive in Pakistan. The film was directed by award-winning director Sharmeen Obaid-Chony and filmmaker Andy Shocken and was released in 2015 and although it has had a limited release, it has featured prominently at several film festivals such as Tribeca and Cannes.
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The dance around the world
Life, John Clewley, Published on 31/01/2017
» A Colombian compilation, featuring 43 dance-floor-filling tracks, surfed onto the World Beat desk last week, and since then the World Beat team has been dancing on its keyboards. It's difficult focusing on writing when this irresistible music is on the turntable.
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How world music fared in 2016
Life, John Clewley, Published on 03/01/2017
» The Merriam Webster dictionary named "surreal" as its word of the year for 2016. It's a relatively new word that was only included for the first time in 1967, which was around the time "psychedelia" emerged as a style of rock music; think of Jimmy Hendrix's guitar pyrotechnics from the time as an example. Psychedelic rock took off and rapidly split into subgenres like psychedelic soul and the whole Funkadelic/Parliament movement that brought psych guitars to the funk groove.
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Ike Turner – rock and roll pioneer
Life, John Clewley, Published on 17/01/2017
» Many people regard the single Rocket 88, released by Jackie Brenston and His Delta Cats in 1951, as the first "rock 'n' roll" record. The seven-inch single was produced by Sun Records in Memphis and leased to the Chess label, a label known for its hard-driving rhythm 'n' blues, and is cited for its sound, lyrical content, walking bassline and distorted guitar.
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Fruit of the loins
Life, John Clewley, Published on 08/12/2016
» The annual Jim Thompson Farm Tour took place last weekend, kicking off with a Fun Run at the farm site in Pak Thong Chai District, Nakhon Ratchasima. Runners of all ages and skill level, from kids to serious joggers, lined up on the starting line at six in the morning to compete on one of the three circuits that ranged from a gentle 1.5km jog to a more serious 17km race.
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The way the record spins
Life, John Clewley, Published on 13/12/2016
» It has been an unusual year. Music fans lost giants like David Bowie, Leonard Cohen and, at a young age, Prince. But all is not doom and gloom, for the resurgence of vinyl continues at a heady pace.
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Inside the Garifuna Collective: Central America's Afro-Amerindian community
Life, John Clewley, Published on 29/11/2016
» In 2007, the Belize-based musician Andy Palacio created a band of local Garifuna musicians, called The Garifuna Collective, releasing the ground-breaking album Watina. It became an immediate international hit, garnering critical acclaim and raising the profile of Central America's Afro-Amerindian Garifuna community.
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Vibrant East African beats
Life, John Clewley, Published on 15/11/2016
» The eagerly awaited follow-up to Soundway's compilation of Kenyan popular music, Kenya Special, which came out in 2013, Kenya Special: Volume Two – Selected East African Recordings From The 1970s & '80s was recently released. The first compilation introduced fans of African music to the wide range of styles that were performed by different bands and artists during the "golden era" of the 1970s and into the early 1980s.
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A decades-long musical dialogue
Life, John Clewley, Published on 18/10/2016
» His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej created much joy among Thais of all ages with his musical performances, broadcasts and compositions, which lasted throughout his long reign. His Majesty composed more than 48 songs, ranging from blues, jazz and popular dance tunes to patriotic anthems and New Year celebrations
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