One of my oft mentioned opinions is the fact that one mega superstar à la Michael Jackson cannot be something that happens often in a world moving slowly towards self-realization. After all, if music is an expression of emotions that can’t be expressed through words alone, doesn’t it make more sense to have a lot… Read More A new take on remakes, remixes and mashups
After three albums in English, Grammy Award Winning Canadian-Portuguese Superstar Nelly Furtado has achieved one of her dreams by producing an album entirely in Spanish. Not that she hadn’t sung in Spanish before; of note are past collaborations with artists such as Juanes, Wisin & Yandel and Calle 13. I personally loved her Spanish song… Read More Music Review: Nelly Furtado – Mi Plan
I love music. I really do. I don’t play any instrument, and I definitely do not sing, but there is always music in my head and, when appropriate, on my laptop. I have so many songs that I purchased a pretty big external hard drive just for my music. I have hours upon hours of… Read More Music as a ladder to man’s nobility
From www.mydamnchannel.com: On June 24, Iranian Superstar Andy Madadian went into an LA recording studio with Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora and American record producers Don Was and John Shanks to record a musical message of worldwide solidarity with the people of Iran. This version of the old Ben E. King classic is not for… Read More Bon Jovi & Andy Madadian record ‘Stand by Me’ for Iranian people
Seriously – how can a world that produces beautiful things like the video below also produce the cookie-cutter garbage that so heavily pollutes our airwaves? [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgWFxFg7-GU] Yes, Bono is back, lending his voice to yet another musical endeavour meant to raise awareness about our common desire for peace in the world… And, my previous somewhat… Read More Playing for Change: Peace through Music
With the longer, sunnier days, I have been more in the mood of reading that writing. Here is yet another interesting thing I read off the Internet in the last couple of days. LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) — (…) Thirteen years ago, singer Dave Gahan famously died from a drug overdose and was brought back… Read More CNN: A sobering interview with Depeche Mode
Don’t be fooled by the first couple of frames – this video is worth listening to, all the way to the end! Enjoy – and put the volume up! [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3kyNGVK-hI]
While as a whole, humanity has evolved in amazing ways – we went to the moon! we can see the cellular structure of the human body! we can know where anyone in the world is if we wanted to! – things aren’t going as well as they can these days. As the despair in the… Read More Devon Gundry – “Armed” on Vimeo
Things aren’t going so well in Guinea. The long-time president, Lansana Conté, passed away last Monday. While he had held the country pretty stable, quite a feat considering the instability of some of its neighboring countries, he also didn’t allow a country rich in natural resources achieve it’s full potential; corruption was rampant and not… Read More BBC: Guinea’s musicians echo decline
Sometimes it seems like celebrities each live in their own bubble, which makes it all the more fun when the give each other a nod of acknowledgment, just like the one Fall Out Boy gave to none other than Britney Spears… [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECtFHwVqSDg&]