FreakyTrigger (Free subscription) | 07/09/2008
Waylaid by some toddler-borne bacillus I’m not up to writing anything critical today so in lieu of content let’s have SOUNDS: What have we here then? First up is Grace IP, or Grace Ip or Grace I.P., erm yes, and that’s just a guess anyway via last.fm: this is from a C-Pop compilation my wife bought me [...]
Akel Hawa (Free subscription) | 06/14/2008
Vote for your favourite duet by leaving a comment Fadel Shaker & Sherine : Al3am AlJedid Carole Samaha & Marwan Khoury : Ya Rab Rayan & Amal Hijazy: Jnoun B7ebak (no clip, song only) Fadel Shaker & Yara : Akhedny Ma3ak Elissa & Raghed Alama: Betghib Betrou7 Eidha ElMenhali & Diana Haddad: Law Yes2alony Amr Diab & Anjela Dimitrou: Eleos (no clip, song only) Wael Kfoury & Nawal AlZoghbi: Min Habibi Ana...
Akel Hawa (Free subscription) | 06/12/2008
Watch/Listen, Judge and give ur opinion! Here are the 3 finalists of the last season of the Lebanese Star Academy (Star Academy 5) The 3 finalists were: Saad Ramadan from Lebanon - Mohamad Qwaider from Jordan - Nader Quirat from Tunisia Saad can mainly sing Lebanese and patriotic songs and his voice sounds like Abdalhalim’s (it is not my own opinion, but you will judge), i said mainly i didnt mean...
the brain police (Free subscription) | 05/27/2008
Here's a true cultural mash up...this is incredible. Compay Segundo, the 96 year old Cuban singer who died just 2 years ago and the incomparable Algerian King of Rai Music, Cheb Khaled. If you saw Buena Vista Social Club, you will remember Compay. He has been a Cuban music legend for many yers. Khaled is one of the greatest artists in Algerian Rai. If you haven't heard him before, perhaps you should...
BwT (Free subscription) | 05/26/2008
*Milk & Honey Didi Maxi Single (2008)* *"Milk & Honey" is a German pop music duo consisting of singers Anne Ross and Manel Filali.* Image: http://maxupload.com/img/BBE5A185.jpg *ABOUT "Didi" SONG:*
Yokway (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
Khaled Hadj Brahim (born 29 February 1960), better known as Khaled (Arabic: خالد), is a raï singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist born in Sidi-El-Houri in Oran Province of Algeria. He began recording in his early teens under the name Cheb Khaled (Arabic for "Young Khaled") and has become probably the most internationally famous Algerian singer. His popularity has earned him the unofficial title...
the brain police (Free subscription) | 03/26/2008
Here's a piece of music from early 90's by a band I can't help loving, Was/Notwas. Yes, they are slick as hell, with the incredible Sir Harry Bowen and Sweetpea Atkinson on vocals. Sir Harry was with the O'Jays for years and SweatPea was on the Ford assembly line. Don Was on Bass and David Was on sax and flute. I heard today that they are releasing a record next month after a hiatus of over 10 years...
Hip-Hop Is Read (Free subscription) | 02/20/2008
Released in 2002, 'God's Son' is arguably Nas' most introspective album to date. Sure, it's got some great singles like 'Made You Look' and 'I Can' and the professionally-worked diss track 'Last Real Nigga Alive', but it's the emotional and deep tracks that I fell in love with. 'Get Down' is one of my favorite Nas tracks, as he divulges into street narratives over smoothly laid James Brown funk samples....
Classical Values (Free subscription) | 12/09/2007
Just found a favorite song performed by Faudel (with Cheb Khaled and Rachid Taha). "Menfi" Faudel is one of Sarkozy's favorites too. So much so that he got in trouble for it. There are some tastes in music and politics...
Skuds' Sister's Brother (Free subscription) | 11/27/2007
For a while my loft was a thing of wonder. Everything was in boxes, all neatly piled up and in most cases labelled. Most of what was up there should really have been thrown out instead of hoarded, but at least it was hoarded tidily. For the last year or two I have left it to [...]
Ekanta (Free subscription) | 10/28/2007
Language Year Title Film Film Director Music Director Singer Tamil 2004 Mahaganapatim Morning Raga Mahesh Dattani Amit Hering, Mani Sharma Bombay Jayshree Thaye Yashoda Mathey Samaja Varagamana The Chase Instrumental Tamil 2000 Vaseegara Minnale Gautham Menon Harris Jayaraj Bombay Jayshree Malayalam 2000 Ghana Shyama Kochu Kochu Santhoshangal Sathyan Anthikad Ilaiyaraja KS Chitra Siva Karuda Gayathri...
MSDN Blogs (Free subscription) | 09/11/2007
I am just unable to get this song out of my head! It's so melodious! It's sung by Isam Bachiri Azouaoui who is the lead singer for the danish band, Outlandish ! This song is dedicated to his sister... So far, I've heard this song like about 50 times since last night and it's still stuck in my head...aargh! If you already haven't heard the original version, it's by Cheb Khaled (a very famous Algerian...
RegnYouth Archives (Free subscription) | 08/07/2007
Born out of the cabarets, brothels, and bars in the seaside district of Oran in Algeria, raï is an Arabic musical reaction to rock & roll and disco. The differences are evident in the beat and lyrics, which are less polite and more sexual. While this collection culls 12 tracks from a time when the [...]
the brain police (Free subscription) | 06/17/2007
Saturday night, do you know who these guys are/were? Was/Not Was, one of the great conceptual bands of all time. Two Guys, Don and Dave and their brilliant musical buddies, Sir Harry Bowen of the OJays fame and Sweet Pea Atkinson of Ford Production line fame. Don plays great bass and produced some of your favorite albums...Dylan, Linda Ronstadt, Cheb Khaled.... Live, these guys were highly explosive,...
