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Creator of an innovative fusion of Indian bhangra music and drum’n’bass electronica, Talvin Singh was classically trainedon the tabla but rejected most of his learning when he founded the Anokha club night at East London’s Blue Note. Singh grew up in Leytonstone, and though he began playing tabla at the age of five, […]
♣ Youssou N’Dour . . . Cheikh Lô . . . Baaba Maal
¤ Born in 1959 in Dakar, Senegal, Youssou N’Dour is a a singer, percussionist, songwriter, composer, occasional actor, businessman and a politician. In 2004, Rolling Stone described him as, perhaps the most famous singer alive in Senegal and much of Africa. […]
From Uganda, the source of his musical roots. His work, however, has been inspired by a myriad of styles – a fully realised absorption of Western pop, African traditions and the creative need to define a very personal musical identity.
Oryema was born in Soroti, to the east […]
♦ Finding Fela! ⇓ Official Trailer (2014) – Documentary
Φ Music Is The Weapon ⇒
♦ Filmed in Lagos, Nigeria, in 1982, this 53-minute documentary mixes footage of Afrobeat legend Fela Anikulapo Kuti (1938-1997) performing at his Shrine nightclub, interviews with the controversial musician, […]
Δ ‘Moush Hade’af’ ⇑ Ana mosh hadaaf tanny osadik – Ana mosh hargaa bos waria . . . Orbik andy zay baadik, Yany khalas mosh faraa ma-aya Tiftikrini, aou tinsini, Maba-ash feekee shek yegreenee . . . El ayam elana eshtaha, Wayaki enset-ha. Ayam adid, laa krihtaha, Walaa habit-ha . . . Ess-hy we […]
◊ ‘Tomorrow Never Knows’ ↓ Monsoon [1982] • Sheila Chandra: Vocals; • Steve Coe: Piano, Percussion & Backing Vocals • Martin Smith: Guitars, Indian Percussion & Backing Vocals; • Bill Nelson: Guitars & Bass; • David Balfe: Keyboards; • Merrick: Drums & Keyboards; • Dinesh: Tabla; • Preston Hayman: Gamalan
Turn off your […]
ليش نتعارك؟ Leysh Nat’Arak . . .
(English: «Why Are We Fighting») is a song performed by Belgian singer Natacha Atlas. The song was written by Atlas, Count Dubulah, Hamid ManTu and Attiah Ahlan and produced by Transglobal Underground for the Atlas’ debut album Diaspora (1995).
«Leysh Nat’ Arak» was inspired […]
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¤ An anthem of Hungarian Beas Roma ⇓ ‘ Zöld az erdő’←
The wood is green, so is the hill. Luck comes and goes. The knife of worries cuts into our flesh, The world has gone hypocrite. The whole world is our enemy, We live as […]
¤ Together with his backing group, The Aces (Wilson James + Easton Barrington Howard), Desmond Dekker (1941-2006) had one of the first international Jamaican hits with «Israelites» ↓
Get up in the morning, slaving for bread, sir, so that every mouth can be fed. Poor me, Israelite. Aah.
Get up in the morning, slaving for […]
•→http://en.wikipedia.org/Mikel_Laboa / •→obituary
♦ Baga biga higa ↓ [from Julio Medem’s «Euskal pilota: Larrua harriaren kontra» – 2003]
Baga, biga, higa, laga, boga, sega, Zai, zoi, bele, harma, tiro, pun! Xirristi-mirristi gerrena plat, Olio zopa, Kikili salda, Urrup edan edo klik … ikimilikiliklik …
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•→«Oh Baby Doll» ⇐(1957)⇒[lyrics]
♦ ‘Little Queenie’ ↓ (1959)
I got lumps in my throat when I saw her comin’ down the aisle I got the wiggles in my knees when she looked at me and sweetly smiled There she is again standin’ over by the […]
♦→ ‘The severed garden‘ ⇓ Jim Morrison ⇐[1943 – 71]
wow, i’m sick of doubt live in the life of certain, south, cruel bindings the servants have the power dog men and they’re mean women pulling poor blankets over our sailors
i’m sick of dour faces staring at […]
♦ Tim Buckley ↓ ‘Song to the Siren‘ (1968)
Long afloat on shipless oceans I did all my best to smile ‘Til your singing eyes and fingers Drew me loving to your isle And you sang Sail to me, sail to me Let me enfold you Here I am, here […]
¤ Arlo Guthrie
City of New Orleans is a folk song written by →Steve Goodman, describing a train ride from Chicago to New Orleans via the Illinois Central Railroad in bittersweet and nostalgic terms. Goodman got the idea while traveling on the eponymous train for a visit to his wife’s […]
¤ Jimmie Rodgers [1897-1933] · · · The Singing Brakeman [1930] 1. Waiting for a Train ↓
All around the water tank, waiting for a train A thousand miles away from home, sleeping in the rain I walked up to a brakeman just to give him a line of talk He said «If […]
By age 12, Waylon Jennings [1937-2002] was playing in a band and working as a radio DJ. His style evolved over time, taking on a grittier, more bass-driven sound. He befriended such artists as Willie Nelson, and formed the Highwaymen with Nelson, Johnny Cash, and Kris Kristofferson in 1985.
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The Highwaymen (active between 1985 and 1995) were a Country music supergroup comprising four of the genre’s biggest artists well known for their pioneering influence on the outlaw country subgenre:
Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson & Kris Kristofferson.
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«I met Waylon […]
♫ Songs with lyrics ♬
Listen … Read along … Sing along … ♫ A top-notch site ⇓ Americana ♬
•→http://esl-bits.net/Songs/Songs.for.English.Language.Learning.html⇐
¤→ ‘I Love This Bar’ ⇐
This song was released in August 2003 as the lead off single from Toby Keith‘s […]
¤ Dido ⇓ ‘Thank You’ ←[«No Angel»_1999]
Her biggest break arrived in 2000, when rap superstar Eminem sampled this track for the chorus of his hit single «Stan».
My tea’s gone cold, I’m wondering why I got out of bed at allThe morning rain clouds up my window […]
→ Amy MacDonald← LIVE @ Rob Brydon Show BBC 2 (14.08.2012)
I get up in the evening, and I ain’t got nothing to say I come home in the morning, I go to bed feeling the same way I ain’t nothing but tired, man I’m just tired and bored with myself […]
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