Posts tagged song

Thirty years after the death of Elis Regina, one of the most iconic performers within the Brazilian music scene, her daughter Maria Rita, a successful singer in her own right, took to the stage to sing her mother’s songs for the first time in her career. Maria Rita already has a ten year long singing career behind her.

An Armenian folk song (Aravodun Temin: At the Break of Dawn, compiled by Arusyak Sahakian), arranged by Ayşe Tütüncü and performed by 42 musicians.

April 24, 2012, marks the 97th anniversary of the massacre and deportation of around 1.5 million Armenians living in the then Ottoman Empire. Widely considered by many historians as well as the parliaments of several countries to be an act of genocide, the issue remains an emotive one.

A video titled “Candombe and Llamadas - Carnaval Uruguay,” with video footage of the parades and photos by Flickr user Adriana Cabrera Esteve.

- Uruguay: Scenes From the Longest Carnival in the World

This song and video Speaking Spanish is Hard has received close to 1.5 million views in 6 days.

Dubai Fountains synchronised with Houston’s I Will Always Love You! in tribute.

- Arab World: RIP Whitney Houston

An acoustic musical train trip to Marracuene - part of one of the highlights of Mozambique’s cultural calendar, the Marrabenta Festival.

The train picks up music fans for free along the way, taking them to the Festival’s finale, a lively outdoor concert that lasts until dawn.

telobalizacao:

Em Polonês

Drossel - Slodka

This is the version of “Oh if I catch you” in Polish from the dedicated Tumblr for the Brazilian singer Michel Teló song.

From the Global Voices post on the worldwide interest:

Michel Teló, 30 years old, represents sertanejo universitário (university sertanejo), the newest subgenre of ‘sertanejo‘, a musical genre with roots in the caipira culture of south-central Brazil.

Others are making very creative versions of Teló’s music, such as [this] video, adapting the lyrics to say “Troika, Troika, you’re gonna kill me”, in a complaint against the austerity policies impacting the lives of Portuguese citizens imposed by the International Monetary Fund, European Central Bank and European Commission.

Tribute to Cape Verde’s musical legend, Cesária Évora

“A voice that distilled the fine melancholy infused in mornas - a kind of samba - a song of the land of the performer - which she sang in creole, a language which mixed Portuguese, French and African dialects. Évora also gave voice to coladeiras, other Cape Verdean rhythm, more danceable and closer to a Caribbean step.”