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A deep dive into music history
Life, John Clewley, Published on 07/01/2025
» In 1965, Joe Boyd was stage manager at the Newport Folk Festival when Bob Dylan plugged in and went electric, shocking the conservative folk world. And having navigated that seismic shock, he went on to produce Pink Floyd, Nick Drake and Fairport Convention in the 1960s and 1970s.
CentralWorld hosts YWCA Diplomatic Charity Bazaar
Life, Patcharawalai Sanyanusin, Published on 07/11/2024
» CentralWorld has been transformed into an international Christmas market featuring premium gifts from around the world for the 69th YWCA Diplomatic Charity Bazaar, which kicks off today and runs until Sunday.
Guru's Weekly Buzz: June 21-27
Guru, Guru writers, Published on 21/06/2024
» Guru By Bangkok Post's pick of the most exciting products, activities, food and travel to indulge in.
K-pop seduces youth in communist Cuba, birthplace of salsa
AFP, Published on 07/11/2023
» HAVANA - In Cuba, the home of salsa, young people are being seduced by a music phenomenon from a place that could hardly be more geographically -- or ideologically -- remote.
A joyous sound
Life, John Clewley, Published on 07/11/2023
» In 2001, the legendary US Gospel group Blind Boys of Alabama released an album on Peter Gabriel's Real World Records label. It was a hugely popular album which garnered the band a Grammy Award for Best Traditional Soul Gospel Album. It included their version of Tom Wait's song Way Down In The Hole, which was the theme song for the TV miniseries The Wire. Their version is better than Waits' in my view.
'Extraordinary' museum of censored art opens in Spain
AFP, Published on 28/10/2023
» BARCELONA - A crucified Ronald McDonald clown, prayer mats adorned with stilettos and sketches by former Guantanamo prisoners take pride of place at a new museum in Spain devoted to previously censored art.
A timeless musician
Life, John Clewley, Published on 26/09/2023
» Eliades Ochoa was a key member of the legendary Buena Vista Social Club, which was established in 1996 and organised into a stellar ensemble of Cuban musicians, many of whom performed Cuban music of the 1940s and 1950s -- bolero, son and danzon. An album was released to great acclaim and a film documentary of the group garnered an Academy Award for director Wim Wenders.
Stories of migration and hope
Life, John Clewley, Published on 12/09/2023
» In 2016, the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto invited musicians, mainly immigrant musicians, to audition for a new global orchestra.
Guru's Weekly Buzz: July 21-27
Guru, Guru writers, Published on 21/07/2023
» Guru by Bangkok Post's pick of the most exciting products, activities, food and travel to indulge in.
Enter an enchanted forest at Kilik Social Club
Guru, Suthivas Tanphaibul, Published on 22/06/2023
» Kilik Social Club bursts onto the scene with a level of storytelling through its setting and cocktail menu that makes you think and play along with its enchanted forest theme.