The News Review:
- The sound of the desert blues
- NW YU’RE TALKING Anti-Buckeye heartened by ‘Blues’ story
- Indulging our passions on theme cruises
- Saturday ‘” January 12
- GLBALFEST GLBALFEST BRINGS N THE INTERNATINAL TUNES
- Pick of the paperbacks
- Printer Friendly Format – Sunday Herald
The sound of the desert blues
The Age – Jan 12, 2008
From their military camps Ibrahim and his early Tinariwencompatriots recorded rebellion cassettes that were distributed toTouaregs all over Africa – Nigeria Algeria Libya Mali and Chad. Many of the band’s members fought in the 1990 rebellion against theMalian government and they witnessed the 1996 burning of arms inTimbuktu which marked a new era of relative peace between theTouaregs and the national government. nce peace was declared theloose collective of musicians decided to dedicate themselves to themusic. Understand their nomadic blues and you better understand thevast space of the desert. “There’s always that certain bite in theguitar which complements the gentleness and provides the yin andthe yang of desert life which is bittersweet” says Andy MorganTinariwen’s manager. “There’s the harshness of the midday sun andthe softness of sunset. After two days of Touareg desert blues it’s time for the longhaul home.
NW YU’RE TALKING Anti-Buckeye heartened by ‘Blues’ story
Columbus Dispatch – Jan 12, 2008
Unfortunately the three TV network affiliates in Columbus as well as The Dispatch don’t leave it at that — forgetting that football is a sport and not news. — Frank Reilly JohnstownFrank: Good to know that the story resonated with you. If only we’d known your thoughts on the topic before the story ran!Editor: In “The Buckeye Blues” an employee of the Graduate Admissions ffice in Lincoln Tower expressed frustration over having to listen to the hio State University marching band practice Hang n Sloopy repeatedly outside her window. I can understand being annoyed by repetitive distractions but the remarks belittle the efforts of a fine group of young people. How else can the band maintain excellence without practice?As the parent of a band member I can attest to the hard mental and physical work required. Band members have to balance their regular class loads practices music memorization and performance obligations. Being in the band has been one of the greatest experiences of my son’s life… I can understand being annoyed by repetitive distractions but the remarks belittle the efforts of a fine group of young people. How else can the band maintain excellence without practice?As the parent of a band member I can attest to the hard mental and physical work required. Band members have to balance their regular class loads practices music memorization and performance obligations. Being in the band has been one of the greatest experiences of my son’s life. I certainly respect anyone’s wishes not to participate in Buckeye mania and I realize that everyone has different tastes in music and sports. However at least acknowledge and respect the hard work and dedication of the band members and athletes and the positive programs in which they are involved even if they are occasionally annoying. — Karl HellstromReynoldsburgKarl: With due respect I think you read too much into the comments of the SU employee.
Indulging our passions on theme cruises
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel – Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (subscription… – Jan 12, 2008
We ride the roadways where the buses don’t go. ” Chocolate and culinary cruises are perennial favorites along with the Rusty Wallace NASCAR Caribbean cruise. Music cruises from blues classical and country to jazz and rock ‘n’ roll also are popular. There also are kosher cruises ballroom dance cruises nude cruises Corvette lovers’ cruises soap opera and Elvis cruises. For an overview of some of the hundreds of special-interest and theme cruises offered annually check.
Saturday ‘” January 12
NEWS.com.au – Jan 12, 2008
Noon The Science Show. 1pm All In The Mind. 35 The Philosopher’s Zone… 8 Rhythm Stick (spotlight on percussion). 9 The Deep End (global underground). Midnight Democracy Now.
GLBALFEST GLBALFEST BRINGS N THE INTERNATINAL TUNES
New York Post – Jan 12, 2008
If a show doesn't grab the audience they go to another room. " Hipsters – who used to shun world music – are increasingly embracing it as it mixes with other genres like rock and hip-hop. “There's no doubt that global music is hitting younger people and that's really exciting" says Soffer. To that end Robert Plant recently performed with Sahara Desert blues band Tinariwen. Blur and Gorillaz founder Damon Albarn collaborated with Tony Allen legendary Afrobeat drummer and released an album of Mali music and David Byrne has his own world-music label Luaka Bop. There's also the whole Buena VistaSocial Club phenomenon. “It used to be a lot harder to discover world music" notes Bragin… " Hipsters – who used to shun world music – are increasingly embracing it as it mixes with other genres like rock and hip-hop. “There's no doubt that global music is hitting younger people and that's really exciting" says Soffer. To that end Robert Plant recently performed with Sahara Desert blues band Tinariwen. Blur and Gorillaz founder Damon Albarn collaborated with Tony Allen legendary Afrobeat drummer and released an album of Mali music and David Byrne has his own world-music label Luaka Bop. There's also the whole Buena VistaSocial Club phenomenon. “It used to be a lot harder to discover world music" notes Bragin. “Now there's MySpace YouTube satellite radio and so many music sites.
Pick of the paperbacks
Telegraph.co.uk – Jan 12, 2008
The writing about children such as his three-year-old daughter livia has a wry tenderness that would be hard to better. SC In Search of The Blues by Marybeth Hamilton The Delta blues are tangled in so much mythology that Marybeth Hamilton has to spend most of her book hacking through the undergrowth of misconception. She does an excellent job demolishing the central myth – that the blues was a uniquely ‘pure’ form of music in which the voices of uneducated black singers boomed out across the cotton fields of Mississippi. The reality is more interesting and more complex. Hamilton’s love of music shines through the book. SC The Pesthouse by Jim Crace Few contemporary novelists can find poetry in bleaker settings than Jim Crace; and this grimly futuristic piece set in a post-apocalyptic America where refugees face a desperate struggle for survival finds him at his limpid best. Famine disease cold flooding.
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Sunday Herald – Jan 12, 2008
“Trust me it’s an act of violence” he says. “There’s no way that it heals anybody and if you see it that’s obvious. His political views had always been “slightly to the left of Chairman Mao” but on Jerusalem and The Revolution Starts Now his attacks on government greed hypocrisy and stupidity came to define and even overshadow his music. ne track in particular John Walker’s Blues sealed his alienation from the establishment. It was written from the perspective of the American caught fighting for the Taliban and used a verse of the Koran – there is no God but Allah – as its refrain. “CNN were hysterical. I got a call from my mom at three o’clock in the morning because there was a guy on there saying He’d better have a good bodyguard’.