 Jazz Police |
The Banjo Meets Jazz and Other “Attractions” From Cynthia Sayer
Jazz Police, MN - Surely as rhapsodic as the banjo can be, the dark reading creates a Balkan soundscape that evokes the traditional balalaika in a showcase of virtuosity in … |
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After two consecutive years of a mailbox clogged with new Chanukah music, this year seems to have produced a drought of latkes-candles-and-dreidel epics. No matter.
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Vancouver 2010 announces programming for Cultural Olympiad 2008 …
Canada NewsWire (press release), Canada - … featuring important cultural pieces hidden away for more than a century; high-energy concerts from the Spanish Harlem Orchestra and Balkan Beat Box; … |
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Spain and Turkey both enjoyed differing fortunes in the last FIFA World Cup™ qualifying campaign after ending up in the play-offs. While the Spanish safely secured their ticket, the Turks, the third-placed nation at the 2002 FIFA World Cup Korea/Japan™, were eliminated by Switzerland.
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Uncertaintyover the make-up of Croatia’snew government causes few concerns outside the country as it prepares to becomethe next member of the EU and NATO.
By Christopher Cviic in London
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President Vladimir Putin said at a reception for the heads of foreign diplomatic missions on November 28 that Russia is determined to take its place among the major powers of the world and will not tolerate any attempts from the outside to “correct” its domestic political development, kremlin.ru reported.
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Legal loopholesand ineffective law enforcement have been a blessing for Kosovo gunrunners whohave benefited from the authorities’ failure to address the problem.
By Krenar Gashi inPristina
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 Chicago Reader |
The Re-Animators
Chicago Reader - … Afrobeat, or Balkan brass bands. In reality monoculture is never good for society: it was people united by the music Brooks worships who beat up punks, … |
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 The Oregonian – OregonLive.com |
Review: Trio Mediaeval rocks
The Oregonian – OregonLive.com, OR - … had much of the same exotic beauty that attracted listeners to medieval motets 15 years ago, or to Balkan folk music the decade before. … |
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Global Chanukah Groove
New York Jewish Week, USA - Consider the LA concert, where Balkan Beat Box is backed by the Cambodian surf-rockers Dengue Fever. What’s the connection? "The pairing speaks to the … |
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