On April 6th of 2011 the Recording Academy (NARAS) announced sweeping changes to the Grammy Awards. “In an effort to continuously evolve its GRAMMY Awards…
Anger Grows in Music Community Over Grammy Changes
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The Best of Celtic Music for Saint Patrick’s Day 2011
If you stand very still, tilt your head and gaze just so into the green you can see St. Patrick’s Day from here. Those of…
Celebrate Music Freedom Day 2011
It’s time to find your favorite censored music and play it loud and proud. As the official sponsor of Music Freedom Day, Freemuse.org has reached…
A Call for the Protest Song
I attended to my first anti-war march when I was three years old. Okay, I was in a stroller and was, technically, pushed. I’ve attended…
Memorable Songs for Valentine’s Day
Valentine’s Day is right around the corner and love is in the air. If you’ve set your plans and have lined up the flowers, chocolates,…
Klezmer Diversity
Poland has become one of the leading countries in the Klezmer music renaissance. Kroke is perhaps the most successful act, but other bands and musicians…
Norwegian Fiddle Discoveries
The fiddle plays an essential role in Norwegian folk music. Musicians use two types of fiddles, the regular fiddle and the hardanger fiddle, which is…
GRAMMY Nominee Chandrika Krishnamurthy Talks About Om Namo Narayanaya: Soul call
When the GRAMMY nominations were announced earlier this month, Chandrika Krishnamurthy Tandon‘s album, Om Namo Narayanaya: Soul call (on Soul Chants Music), was nominated for…
Sierra Maestra and its album ‘Sonando ya’
By Irina Pacheco Valera Cuban popular music has had, by tradition, a wide repertoire of duets, trios, vocal quartets, son ensembles, charangas, jazz bands, etc,…
Opinion running with afrobeat Down Under
Afrobeat, the ebullient amalgam of juju, jazz, soul and socio-political commentary created by Fela Kuti back in the 1970s, has enjoyed something of a renaissance…