Girls Aloud were the UK’s best pop group of the century so far, and Sarah Harding was the band’s rockstar member. Equally comfortable performing on CD:UK or partying at the NME Awards – where she and bandmate Nicola Roberts presented Arctic Monkeys with the Best Album prize in 2007 –
Promoting tourism with mix of Korean hip-hop, folk music
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Screen capture from second season of “Feel the Rhythm of Korea” (KTO) |
Following the great popularity of tourism campaign videos featuring Leenalchi and the Ambiguous Dance Company last year, mixing pansori with a modern twist and contemporary choreography, season two of the series offers another fresh mix: Korean hip-hop and
How Guitarist Nathan Salsburg Built an Album Around Traditional Jewish Texts
When I meet Nathan Salsburg, the solo guitarist and folk music archivist is sitting with his 6-week-old daughter, Talya. He’s calling over Zoom from his home in Louisville, Kentucky, where he lives with his wife and frequent collaborator, the songwriter Joan Shelley. Over his shoulder, I see a vivid green
Adalberto Alvarez Dead at 72: Cuba’s Gentleman of ‘Son’
A prolific composer, Álavarez contributed countless hits to the Cuban popular music canon. His last album with Adalberto Álvarez y su Son, the group he created in 1984, was released in 2018. The group performed up until the onset of the pandemic last year.
Álvarez was born on Nov. 22,
Afghan folk singer Fawad Andarabi killed by Taliban for playing music
An Afghan folk singer has been executed by the Taliban just days after the Islamic fundamentalist group declared that “music is forbidden in Islam,” according to his family.
Fawad Andarabi’s family told the Associated Press that he was shot dead Friday when enforcers returned to his home after earlier searching
ABBA Release Two New Songs From Upcoming ‘Voyage’ Album and Show
ABBA have returned after decades of inactivity with a new album and a futuristic virtual London concert residency, both named Voyage.
The Swedish pop stars unveiled two new songs and confirmed the Nov. 5 release of Voyage, their first studio album since 1981’s The Visitors. You can