Lógicas numéricas
“Mi estado de ánimo dice que no soportamos las lógicas numéricas, que no conseguimos dominar este mundo de cifras que hemos creado. Es algo más fuerte que la política: un conjunto de cifras, economía e informática que hemos construido sin saber lo que era, y que ha condicionado a todo el mundo”.
“La música es una fábula ajena al mundo”: Babelia entrevista al ‘grande’ Paolo Conte.
Sigur Rós
Mix It All Up
Boleros, cha cha cha, cumbias, huaynos, lieder, and cowboy songs: Las Rubias del Norte.
Ljova
“LJOVA (Lev Zhurbin) divides his time between performing as a violist in diverse groups ranging from his own LJOVA AND THE KONTRABAND, to string quartets, jazz combos and Gypsy bands; studying and arranging music for Yo-Yo Ma, the Kronos Quartet, Jay-Z and others; and composing original music for film, TV, theatre and the concert stage”.
More on MySpaceMusic.
Music From Latin America
Philharmonic Orchestra of the Americas: “a contemporary ensemble that stresses the importance of high-caliber music from Latin America”.
POA’s site.
Traditional Global Music
African Music
Ken Braun: “one of the world’s finest disseminators of African music”, says NYT.
“The greatest achievement of his career so far is “The Voice of Lightness” (2007), a 29-track double-CD package that cherry-picks music from the Congolese singer-bandleader Tabu Ley Rochereau’s career from 1961 to 1977, when he was Africa’s premier singer”.
(An extra).
