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Documenting a documentarian
Life, John Clewley, Published on 14/09/2021
» Alan Lomax, who died in 2002 at the age of 87, wore many hats. In his long life, which spanned much of the 20th century, he worked as a folklorist, archivist, producer, writer, scholar, oral historian and filmmaker. He was also a musician and producer who played a key role in researching and preserving folk traditions, particularly in the US and England (spurring the folk revivals in the 1940s, 1950s and early 1960s in both countries).
Sounds like Thainess
Life, John Clewley, Published on 29/09/2020
» I went to my first concerts in six months last week. The Department of Cultural Promotion held a week-long series of shows from Sept 15-20 as part of a festival that featured national artists from the Kingdom's four regions.
That's entertainment
Life, John Clewley, Published on 28/01/2020
» When we invoke the term "Jazz Age", we tend to think of the US in the 1920s and 1930s. But while its impact was felt most keenly Stateside, this major cultural movement was a global phenomenon.
Mourning three legends
Life, John Clewley, Published on 13/08/2019
» Three legends died recently, each one of whom made important and distinctive contributions to their own musical cultures -- molam producer and impresario Theppabutr Satirodchompu, South African musician and bandleader Johnny Clegg, and New Orleans songwriter, pianist and bandleader Art Neville.
Sounds celebrating Mandela centenary
Life, John Clewley, Published on 24/07/2018
» This month World Beat joins the international celebrations to mark the 100th anniversary of the birth of Nelson Mandela, former president of South Africa, anti-apartheid activist and visionary leader. Mandela was born on July 18, 1918, and passed away on Dec 5, 2013, having served 27 years in prison for his resistance to the racist apartheid system then operating in South Africa.
Rediscovering the mastery of Masekela
Life, John Clewley, Published on 12/12/2017
» South African jazz trumpeter Hugh Masekela has been playing music for over 70 years and is about to release his 44th album, No Borders (Universal), a particularly apt title in these days of rising nationalism. He told City Press of Capetown recently that his new album has "an international diaspora kind of feel … So that people can see we're all the same".
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.
Class acts
Life, John Clewley, Published on 04/12/2012
» It's not often fans of molam queens Banyen Rakkan and Nok Noi Uraiporn get a chance to see these two legendary stars perform on the same stage but at the celebration for HM the King's birthday at the Sanam Suk Stadium yesterday, the great dames brought their colourful bands to the party to the delight of the huge crowd that had gathered on the grass in front of the stage.