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21 February 2010 at 03:29 - Comments

Taraf de Haïdouks – Asturias

From the album Maškaradă of famous Romanian Gypsy musicians Taraf de Haïdouks.

9 January 2010 at 19:27 - Comments

The Barry Sisters

Two jewish sisters, Clara and Minnie Bagelman became popular in the jazz arena in the  1940s-1960s. Their swings with yiddish lyrics were the hits of the New York Radio Show “Yiddish Melodies in Swing”. Their glamour and harmonious voices brought them into public attention. They were guests in the Ed Sullivan Show, Jack Paar and had live appearances throughout the [...]

1 October 2009 at 04:39 - Comments

The amazing voice of Sainkho Namtchylak

Boomerang:

Sainkho Namtchylak is an experimental singer, born in 1957 in a secluded village in the south of Tuva, an autonomous Russian state bordering Mongolia. She has an exceptional voice, spanning seven octaves and proficient in overtone singing; her music enmeshes avant-jazz, electronica, modern composition and Tuvan influences.

24 April 2009 at 10:32 - Comments

Secret Archives of the Vatican – Dubstep meets Arabian and Persian music

Last week I was put to a test: find oriental music that sounds really really good. I am not a big fan of the levantine in terms of music, so it was quite a challenge. Luckly, Last.fm came to my rescue as usually and I was able to find lots of interesting approaches to this [...]

4 February 2009 at 01:35 - Comments
Hagbard Celine
THS BAND MEKS THE VERY GOOD DUB STEP CHECK OUT THE WORLD MUSIC THEY MAKE hc
5 February 09 at 11:47
The best place to find Secret Archives of the Vatican's music is here: http://secretarchivesofthevatican.bandcamp.com/
14 November 11 at 01:23

emir kusturica and no smoking orchestra

Life is a miracle…I don´t really think i have to write about Kusturica…everybody heard about his movies and music. Still, i want to add this post to advertise the movie, one movie with extreme realism and very accurate characters from real life. When poverty, family drama and promiscuity touch one´s destiny,  in times of war, [...]

4 December 2008 at 17:08 - Comments

The jenka dance music

Gudrun Jankis — Let Kiss (1965):

Accordind to wikipedia: “Letkajenkka, anglicized to letkis, is a Finnish dance that was invented in the early 1960’s on the basis of the folk dance schottische (in Finnish jenkka).The dance became a short-lived international craze with the release of the tune by Roberto Delgado in 1965.” A performance of this dance [...]

28 November 2008 at 01:54 - Comments

Silent Strike

Silent Strike is Ioan Titu, a young talented Romanian artist. Here in Romania, you can easily count someone’s talent by the number of important openings for big artists. Silent Strike opened for most of them, so he is kind of making this a trademark. There are lots of other Romanian artists, but what I noticed [...]

12 September 2008 at 21:07 - Comments

Erik Sumo

Many artists who came to visit and concert in our country have made the mistake of saying: “Good evening Budapest”. The public would naturally disagree in any way possible as our capital is, even if no one cares, Bucharest. However, no matter how much I love my country, I must admit that Hungary is a [...]

11 September 2008 at 21:42 - Comments
If u like Erik sumo, u should maybe also check out Barabás Lőrinc Ecklectic and Sena. if u'd like something ...
12 November 08 at 21:35
My favourite is stil "This is where it began" :)
5 January 09 at 19:18

!Deladap

Angelo

“The Sound of the Urban Gypsies”-the new single from !Deladap and the precise description of their sound…The project started in 2001 when Stani Vana, an Czech producer formed a trio that later became an a seven member live ensemble. They are now in Vienna and touring a lot…try to see them live…special thanks to Mr. [...]

9 September 2008 at 18:11 - Comments
minha galera
Cool! Yeah, he fits well in the "good looking musicians" tag.
10 September 08 at 14:51