Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Friday, September 24, 2010
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Pachelbel Rant
A comedian rants about how much it sucks to play Pachelbel's Canon in D on a cello. Recorded live at Penn State, comedian/musician Rob Paravonian
Saturday, September 18, 2010
Friday, September 17, 2010
Sufi Music Of Kashmir (Sufiyana Mousiqui)Part 1
Ghulam Mohamad Saznawaz is the only existing master of Kashmiri Sufiyana Music in the world. The most tragic part of Kashmiri sufiyana music is that with the Maestro Ghulam Mohamad Saznawaz the art will be lost to posterity, now very old with his age the mastero has opened a school to teach Kashmiri Sufiyana Music free of charge but this school does not attract many students from Kashmir because of the religious and social prejudice among the majority of Kashmiris. This is sad but its true that still musicians are considered as of a lower class or of low moral and as if they can not do something useful thats why they chose to be musician.
http://www.artinkashmir.net.tf/
http://www.sajadhamdani.uni.cc/
http://www.indianaristsfoum.ning.com/
Thursday, September 16, 2010
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
Monday, September 13, 2010
MESTO - Unshudat Al-Fan (انشودة الفن)
Sunday, September 12, 2010
Saturday, September 11, 2010
Smoke City - Underwater Love
This must be underwater love,
The way I feel it slipping all over me.
This must be underwater love,
The way I feel it.
O que que é esse amor dágua,
Deve sentir muito parecido a esse amor.
This is it: underwater love.
It is so deep, so beautifully liquid.
Esse amor com paixão.
Ai, que coisa!
After the rain comes sun,
After the sun comes rain again.
O que que é esse amor dágua,
Eu sei que eu não quero mais nada.
Follow me now
To a place you only dreamt of,
Before I came along.
When I first saw you, I was deep in clear blue water. The sun was shining, calling me to come and see you. I touched your soft skin and you jumped in with your eyes closed and a smile upon your face. Você vem, você vai, você vem e cai. E vem aqui pra cá, porque eu quero te beijar na sua boca. Que coisa louca! Vem aqui pra cá, porque eu quero te beijar na sua boca. O, que boca gostosa!
Amina Annabi
Amina Annabi
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Biography
Early life
Amina was born in a music family. Her grandmother was a musician and one of her uncles was involved in the in setting up the Tabarka Festival in Tunisia, so Amina got the chance to see a number of music stars, going along to concerts by Joan Baez, James Brown and the famous Algerian diva Warda. It was at the Tabarka music festival that Amina would get to meet the young Senegalese star Wasis Diop. They became friends and they had the opportunity to work together some years later. In 1975 Amina and her mother, a talented musician and composer, moved together in Paris.
Three years later Amina formed her own group, after showing her talent in singing and dancing a variety of music styles, from soul to traditional aigypt songs. The group made appearances in many local schools but it was in 1982 when Amina started to built her solo career. By that time she got involved with Radio Nova, Paris' leading radio station in world music. One of the producers of the station was Martin Meissonnier. He started to work with Amina and soon they became a couple — their daughter was born in 1986. In 1983 she won a music contest with a rap song, "Shehérazade", influenced by Arab rhythms. It was released as a CD single. Amina began performing in Paris around this time.
Album
After recording an album with the Japanese musician Yasuaki Shimizu, she became extremely popular in Japan where she even toured in 1987. She did backing vocals on an album by Haruomi Hosano and she launched a career in cinema. In 1989 she played a supporting role in the film Maman and in 1990 she worked withBernardo Bertolucci for his movie The Sheltering Sky.
The same year she recorded her debut album, Yalil (Night). The album gained excellent reviews and it was released in 22 countries around the world. It was also released in the USA where it peaked at #5 at the Billboard world music charts.
Eurovision
In 1991 Amina won 'Le prix Piaf' as Best Female Singer of the Year, then she went on to get involved in Peter Gabriel's peace project during the Gulf War. Joining a host of international stars in the studio, Amina took part in the recording of an EP which featured a new version of Lennon's "Give Peace a Chance". The same year she participated in the Eurovision Song Contest held in Rome with one song of her own, entitled Le Dernier qui a parlé.... She tied with the Swedish participant for the first place but due to EBU's rules, the french entry ranked 2nd and the award went to Sweden.
She read the French jury's votes during the final of Melodifestivalen 2010.
Music and Cinema
Right after the Eurovision Contest, Amina recorded her second album, Wa di yé (Love is Unique) and she toured around France to promote it. In 1993 Amina got to play the lead female role opposite Spanish star Miguel Bosé in La Nuit sacrée. Later that year she got involved with an English film entitled The Hour of the Pig.Russian director Andrei Konchalovsky chose Amina to play in his film Ulysse, which was broadcasted on usa networks.[citation needed]
In 1994 Malcolm McLaren asked Amina to guest on his album, Paris, along with Catherine Deneuve and Françoise Hardy. After that Amina took a long break travelling to her homeland and she was back in 1999 with new albums and concerts around the globe.[citation needed]
Discography
- 1990, Yahil
- 1992, Wa di yé
- 1999, Annabi
- 2001, Nomad
Songs
- 3ada El Ghazal
- Alguien canto
- Annabi
- Allah Ya Moulena
- Atame
- Belly dance
- C'est le dernier qui a parlé
- Diki diki
- Dis moi pourquoi
- Ederlezi
- ezzayakoum
- Habibi
- La mauvaise graine
- Lirrili
- Mektoubi
- My Man
- Waadileh
- Ya baba
- Zahra
Filmography
- Maman (1990)
- The Sheltering Sky (1990)
- Belle histoire, La (1992)
- Nuit sacrée, La (1993)
- The Hour of the Pig (1993)
- Cleopatra (TV) (1999)
- Mécanique des femmes, La (2000)
- Philosophale (2001)
- Inch'Allah Dimanche (2001)
- Dreams of Trespass (2002)
- Marins perdus, Les (2003)
- Il était une fois dans l'oued (2005)
- Comme tout le monde (2006)
- Cairo Time (2009)