Another Round of Hamburg / Playlist
by Fred Roberts Music Editor Category: The Non Plus Ultra of Sultry Song Title: Aus Gold modelliert die Nacht Artist: Mariola Brillowska & Felix Kubin Year: 2018 Link: https://vimeo.com/269083198 Category: Dadaistic Noise Orchestras Song Title: Krone aus...
NoWall@All
NEO-LATINO#NOWALL@ALL Neo-Latino Artists exhibit at ArtSpace 88 Gallery by José Rodeiro n the eve of National Hispanic Heritage month, celebrating US-Latino culture and...
Fabia Wong/In search of:
In search of: Part II France: A look back at a history of migration by Fabia Wong Contributing Columnist n the late autumn of last year, my husband and I cycled along the Canal du Midi,...
Visit to the Old Country/Fred Roberts
What You Haven't Heard About Poland by Fred RobertsMusic Editor Intro Every time I visit Poland I invariably discover “new” albums from the golden era of the Polish musical scene, the 60s, 70s and 80s. During the Cold War the Iron Curtain may have well...
Ocean Ghosts/Ben White
And I was haunted. All the way across the ocean on the way to Tokyo to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Japanese Coast Guard, I was haunted by the sea, the stories, the history, the unknown, the traditions, the journey. The haunting itself is a ghost.
Ewa Mazierska/Travel
The Scarves from Candolim by Ewa Mazierska Contributing Writer rom my holiday in Candolim in India I brought home fifteen scarves. They were sold to me by Lisa, a beach vendor, working on...
Suchita Bhhatia/On Filmmaking in India
Reaching the Door by Suchita Bhhatia Contributing Writer Last night a filmmaker friend of mine informed me that he was contemplating suicide. No, he hasn't killed himself yet! And no, this is not a joke. There have been incidents of drunk driving...
Fred Roberts/Poland Playlist
by Fred Roberts Music Editor Category: The Polish Falco Song Title: Nie poddawaj się Artist: Kombi Year: 1983 Link: https://youtu.be/l9g7d2f6L10 Category: Rocking sixties ladies Song Title: Motyle Artist: Amazonki Year: 1969 Link:...
Cyrillic Summer/Fred’s Playlist
NO COLLUSION by Fred Roberts Music Editor Category: Bulgaria Song Title: Къщата на изгряващото слънце (House of the Rising Sun) Artist: Емил Димитров (Emil Dimitrov) Year: 1964 Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnMbItLSxTY Category: Yugoslavia...
A New Zimbabwe
We picked up Renée, our seasoned 4×4 Toyota Prado in Lusaka, spent a day gathering supplies, and were on the road to Livingstone when we realized that we lacked enough Zambian Kwacha for the toll gates. At each town we passed, long lines stretched outside the banks and ATMs. It was two days before Christmas…
Covering Elton John’s GYBR/Mike Goldstein
The making of the album cover artwork for Elton John's Goodbye Yellow Brick Road Interview with David Larkham by Mike Goldstein, Contributing Writer Founder/Album Cover Hall of Fame Originally posted April 18, 2014, with updates added April, 2018 [dropcap...
Mark Walker/Creative Nonfiction
My Life in the Land of the Eternal Spring: The Coffee Plantation By Mark D. Walker Contributor hough I had lived and worked in Guatemala for seven years, it was a brief encounter with my young...
Summer Sun Fun Zehn
Ten Top Tunes for Summer Listening For music-loving polyglots, this is a summer listening list for you. Everyone else -- steer clear of falling stars. by Fred Roberts Ragazine Music Editor Category: Best song in the highly competitive category of...
Summer Take Four
by Fred Roberts Music Editor y favorite acquisitions of the last months are quite divergent in respect to one another. There’s music from the country of Sudan (Abu Obaida Hassan)....
Sándor Kányádi/1929-2018
Hungarian-Romanian poet and iconic spokesman of Transylvania, Sándor Kányádi, dead at 89 by Paul Sohar Contributing Writer Sándor Kányádi (1929-2018) was born in a small Hungarian village in Transylvania, Romania, the son of a small farmer – more commonly...
Contemporary Barcelona
Where 10 becomes 11! Category: Dark horse hits Song Title: Patrice And Her Weirdness Artist: Vancouver Undercover Year: 2017 Link: https://vancouver-undercover.bandcamp.com/track/patrice-and-her-weirdness Category: Albums produced by ex-Faust members Song Title: No...
Jean-Paul Gavard-Perret/On Location – France
Another Cannes, Alison McCauley *** Alison McCauley : Une Américaine au Festival de Cannes Alison McCauley : An American in Cannes’ Festival by Jean-Paul Gavard-Perret Contributing Columnist l’origine...
Camino al Desván, Barcelona 1983-1986
The past years have seen a number of compilations focusing on “secret” Barcelona, the underground culture of the Catalonian capital during the seventies and eighties, a time rich with innovation and revolutionary musical ideas. It is a scene similar to the primal ooze out of which the Neue Deutsche Welle was born. Many of the Barcelona bands remain to this day as tips for insiders.