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HOPE SHINES ON, BUT JAPAN STILL NEEDS OUR HELP
Hip-hop music blog Word is Bond joins the global effort to support post-earthquake relief work in Japan with the compilation album Hope for Tomorrow. As most people across Japan settled down for bed on March 11, a powerful 9.0-magnitude earthquake … Continue reading
SOMA FM: THROUGH THE INTERNET TO THE WORLD
San Francisco-based online radio station SomaFM serves up a familiar and eclectic offering of music to listeners around the globe. One late night during grad school in Seattle a number of years ago, I stumbled across SomaFM while looking for … Continue reading
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Tagged Downtempo, Drone, Electronica, Internet radio, Pop, Streaming audio, Tabla
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IAN WIDGERY: NIGHTTIME IN SHANGHAI
Ian Widgery reflects on the past eight years since he redefined the sound of jazz-age Shanghai and pioneered a global craze. Seventy-eight RPM vinyl records and curious-looking wax cylinders imprinted with the voices of some of China’s most legendary and … Continue reading
APSARA: WELCOME!
Welcome to Apsara, a new blog that highlights innovative, genre- and tradition-crossing music from around the world through insightful interviews, articles, and reviews. We were honored to interview Ian Widgery, one of the two music producers behind the now-legendary Pathé 100: The Original … Continue reading