Cliff Richard — Harry Rodger Webb– was born in 1940. He is a giant of English pop music. He has sold more than 250 million records there and...
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HT: EAW At its core, Cuban music relies on “calidos.” That, according to Insight Cuba, refers to “a type of social unification” that...
We seem to be living in the golden era of television drama. Starting with the “Sopranos,” both premium and basic cable have presented one great...
I couldn’t find much on these players. They are tremendous. Above, Kounosuke Saijo plays “Meniana Moca,” which seems to be a Stan Getz song...
Some calming, peaceful and introspective music for an early February Friday. I guess for some people it is…and there’s nothing wrong with that...
I ran into Baden Powell de Aquino simply by random surfing that ended up at a site called The Music Room. Powell, a Brazilian guitarist and composer, was...
One of the fun things about getting into music is learning about genres that are completely foreign (both literally and figuratively) to me. King Sunny Ade was...
The erhu is a stringed instrument played in China, as Wikipedia explains: The erhu (二胡; pinyin: èrhú, [êɻxǔ]) is a two-stringed bowed musical instrument, more...
I don’t have too much to say about Damien Saez because I don’t speak French. I notice that when I watch a sporting event with the sound off I...
Here is The New York Times obituary and a nice piece at NPR about Ravi Shankar, who died today at age 92. A previous post containing a clip of Shankar on The...
