How You Can Become a Pig and Lose Weight, Too
After Christmas, after New Year’s, when in the US we are simply trying to get back into our normal routines and remember what year to write on our checks, Dominicans are gearing up for another holiday...
View ArticleA History of Futurist Cumbia
One of the most difficult tasks I’ve ever faced happened a couple of weeks ago, when I was invited by influential Melbourne community radio station 3RRR FM to present a selection of the most...
View ArticleAfro-Kolumbische Mixturen
Diese Compilation-CD beleuchtet das aktuelle Musikschaffen in Kolumbien aus verschiedenen Perspektiven. Musikerinnen und DJs verarbeiten lokale Poly-Rhythmen, kreisende Marimba-Melodien, elektronische...
View ArticleDie frische Kraft der alten Rhythmen
Dreissig Prozent der kolumbianischen Bevölkerung sind afrikanischer Abstammung. Vor ein paar Jahren haben die Afrokolumbianer begonnen, ihre eigene Kultur zu entdecken. Bands wie ChocQuibTown, Bomba...
View ArticleMusik – eine Weltsprache?
Wer die Weltkarte der Musik betrachtet, stellt fest, dass aus der westlichen Kunstmusik ein bemerkenswertes Esperanto geworden ist. Ob in Shanghai, Boston, Kapstadt, Stuttgart oder La Paz: überall...
View ArticlePanflöten und der Deutsche Schlager
Der peruanische Musikethnologe Julio Mendívil forscht in Deutschland und überwindet dabei Grenzen. Zwei Radiobeiträge über europäische Strassenmusik aus den Anden und über den Deutschen Schlager...
View ArticleSinging history in Colombia
«Un campesino sin tierra es como un pez sin agua»: A farmer without land is like a fish without water. Les Voy a Contar la Historia is a sonorous and audiovisual compilation of the historical memory of...
View ArticleThe Power of Pleasure
Dances such as perreo in reggaeton receive much criticism for being sexist. But what do women who actually dance to them think? Petra R. Rivera-Rideau explores issues of female self-representation and...
View ArticleThe sound of Cumbia
Cumbia is the most popular dance music in Mexico and booms out of the giant sound systems of the Sonidos. The Australian DJ and musician Moses Iten captivated the Cumbia's hypnotic, dragging rhythm in...
View ArticleAnti-Dub – Perus music pirates
The label Terror Negro from Lima is a home for south american bassmusic hybrids. The founder Deltatron talks about subverting the eurocentric mainstream and the micropolitics of Perus club culture....
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