Spaghetti Gazetti (Free subscription) | 12/01/2009
I can't believe it's nearly twenty years since this masterpiece of world music was made and aired on television. It is one of my favourite albums as it features so many of the world's greatest musicians all playing together to raise awareness of the planet's environment. It doesn't seem that long ago I sat and videoed it from the tv, wondering what the world would be like in 20 years from then. Some...
Bricks and Boxes (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
In addition to the music we own, the way we think to subdivide our music gives a number of clues into our perspective of language, gender, race, and emotion, as well as our work habits. What do you see here? What do you see in your own playlists? List Title: artists Britty: Arctic Monkeys, Ballboy, Blur, Frightened Rabbit, [...]
IckMusic (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
Almost 5 years running, and I’ve never even mentioned the Gipsy Kings on this blog? For shame, Pete. The Rumba Catalana sound of the Gipsy Kings have been bringing audiences and listeners joy for more than 20 years now (13 for me) – it’s near impossible to listen to their music and not feel the [...]
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
At the end of the day, we were but tourists in the whole charade. Yet one American fit right in: David Hasselhoff.
UAEinteract.com - News (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
Some of the 1,000 people expected to turn up at the travelling Amber Lounge nightclub last night paid as much as �15,000 (Dh81,169) for a table at the venue, built at the Hiltonia Beach Club on a platform that juts out into the sea. The nightcl
西儒 ─ The Western Confucian (Free subscription) | 10/21/2009
News that "a letter composed by German Emperor Wilhelm II to Emperor Gojong (1852-1919) supporting Korea’s independence has recently been discovered" — The kaiser’s letter . An interview with "Chico Bouchiki, the co-founder of legendary World Music band The Gipsy Kings," whose "new band, Chico and The Gypsies took center stage at the Jarasum International...
Discobelle.net (Free subscription) | 10/10/2009
Autumn mix from the Round Table Knights boys and they’re keeping it stellar. Round Table Knights – Autumn Mix 2009 (direct link) BONUS: Their bumping remix of the track “Trollsta” (single will drop October 13th) from up and coming Austin producer Dubbel Dutch, been a secret weapon in our sets for a while now so go grab [...]
Gutter Broadcast (Free subscription) | 10/10/2009
Round Table Knights - Autumn Mix 2009 Tracklist: Francesco Tristano - Strings Of Life Thomas Brinkmann - Isch (Soulphiction Remisch) Bill Withers - Who Is He (Henrik Schwarz Edit) David Keno, Jaxon - Girls Alex Niggemann - El Hechizo Aki Bergen - 17 Rampa - Wife Marcus Meinhardt - Mad Max (Super Flu's Home Sweat Home Remix) Malente & Dex - 2 Gipsy Kings (Round Table Knights Remix) Style Of Eye...
Japan Probe (Free subscription) | 10/01/2009
Nobu and Fukkey impersonate Simon & Garfunkel ["Sounds of Silence"], The Stylistics ["Can't Give You Anything (But My Love)"], and Gipsy Kings ["Volare"]: And, from another Japanese TV show, a performance of “Tonight” from West Side Story: — Akihabara News – Gadgetry from Japan (Subscribe) dannychoo.com – Your portal to Japan (Subscribe)...
LAist (Free subscription) | 09/19/2009
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart will be performing tonight at the Troubadour | Photo by Annie Powers via the Pains of Being Pure at Heart's Myspace Our Pick: The Pains of Being Pure At Heart, The Depreciation Guild Cymbals Eat Guitars @ Troubadour Tonight showtune maestros Pink Martini (LAist Interview , Review ) will be headlining the Hollywood Bowl . Canadian indie rockers the Most Serene Republic...
LAist (Free subscription) | 09/18/2009
Everest will be playing tonight at the Troubadour | Photo by Dominic DiSaia via Everest's Myspace Our Pick: Everest, These United States, The Parson Red Heads @ Troubadour Tonight, as always, local multi-instrumentalist/producer extraordinaire Jon Brion (LAist Interview , #2 , Review ) will be jamming with friends at the Largo at the Coronet . Athens-based psych rockers Dead Confederate and Austin-based...
Every Day Is a Miracle (Free subscription) | 09/18/2009
A couple of weeks ago Mike and I were lucky to score tickets for the Gipsy Kings concert at McMenamin's Edgefield. A guy at work wasn't able to go and he was selling his seats...they were in the 15th row and much more than we would typically pay for a concert. However, the Gipsy Kings RARELY come to Portland and they are a sentimental favorite of ours. We first got introduced to the Gipsy Kings by...
SoundRoots (Free subscription) | 09/05/2009
This month marks the birthdays of two of the planet's most prolific soundtrack singers: sisters Lata Mangeshkar and Asha Bhosle of Bollywood playback fame. We heard songs from them and from other global soundtracks this week, plus more. Plus some Bumbershoot previews and new releases in hour 2. Global Soundtracks: Spin The Globe playlist for 4 September 2009 as heard on radio KAOS, 89.3 FM Listen/download...
Peter's Paris (Free subscription) | 08/24/2009
I’m back from some good two weeks in Provence, together with family – and meeting some blogger friends. Most of the time I spent in Arles, on which I already made a post on my previous blog, some two years ago, so this may be some kind of repetition. Anyhow... Arles has a long Greek, Celtic and Roman history and the city has still a number of more or less complete buildings from those but...
John Rentoul (Free subscription) | 08/16/2009
Headline of the Month (So Far), from the Mail on Sunday last weekend: "Reading the Bible, listening to the Gipsy Kings ... the final chaotic hours of Michael Jackson’s tortured life" Those are the warning signs. Why could nobody see that there was no word for Jackson's state of mind at this point other than "chaotic"? Ian Halperin, the author "who accurately predicted...
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