Some notes on music in Afghanistan
Tag Archives: music
Turkish music
I listened to some Turkish music and bands, from psychedelia to rap.
Turkey month
An introduction to my end of year challenge – coinciding more or less with the period between Thanksgiving and Christmas – it’s Turkey month! Anything for a bad pun…
Prince: Welcome 2 America review and my Top 7 Prince songs (USA)
AMERICAS AND THE CARIBBEAN review no 181, by Imogen G I’ve been feeling for a while that it is more or less impossible to pick a “best” US musician, as (along with the UK) the USA has dominated popular music basically for ever, or certainly throughout my lifetime. Then I started listening to Welcome 2 …
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Beninese Superstar Singer Angélique Kidjo
An introduction to the work of Beninese diva extraordinaire Angélique Kidjo
My Bowie Top 10 (UK)
A fangirl post on my fave British musical artist, David Bowie
Review no 145: The Global Dominance of Swedish pop
The mightiness of Swedish pop
Review no 134: Ethiopian ethio-jazz and ‘Sons of Ethiopia’ by Admas
An encounter with ethio-jazz
Review no 125: The Avalanches album We Will Always Love You (Australia)
New, excellent album from the Australian electronic dance duo
119: Some Kind of Peace by musician Ólafur Arnalds (Iceland)
Beautifully sprawling and mesmeric Icelandic album