Through all times Sinti and Roma have been famous for their musical talent and their fascinating, colourful music culture. Sources from medieval Germany convey, that they have been esteemed as musical instrument makers and musicians on the court of king Sigismund in the 15. century. But the scources convey as well, that already by then Sinti […]
In which library can I find the book I´m looking for? The answer usually can be found quickly by using the digital library catalog OPAC. But when I ask, in which archive can I find recordings of maori music from New Zealand, I even don´t have a database to search for. But only until recently […]
All of you who enjoy listening to radio features and documentations should visit the homepage of BBC 3 World Routes. There can be found a tremendous selection of so called “On-Location” Features, that explore music from around the world. They can be listened to in full length with the real-player. Von Rezensionen Ethnomusicologist Lucy Duran […]
19. – 26. März 2009 (Germany, Netherlands, Czech Republic) The concert tour “hidden voices” borrowes its name from Eckehard Pistrick´s fictional travel diary to the Epirus mountains. It brings together Albanian Diaspora Singer Elina Duni and Band, the multipart group “Jonianet” from Saranda, Arjan Shumbulli’s Saze Ensemble and the Albanian poet Gerda Dalipaj in a unique […]
03 Jan, 2009
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Tropicália [tropicalia.uol.com.br] Through this marvellous website you can explore in a most pleasant way an indeed short (1967/68), but quite lively period in the history of brazilian popular music called tropicália. Von Rezensionen The website provides a huge archive of articles, interviews, statements and music related wirh the protagonists of tropicalism like Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil, […]
