Saturday, December 12th, 2009
November 2009 Tweets: World Music in Review
by Madanmohan Rao
World Music Editor & DJ
Caught the last part of the Kala Utsavam festival in Singapore www.kalaautsavam.com Indian fusion bands: Akasha (Malaysia), Advaita (Delhi)
Jazz Utsav: 3-city jazzfest in India http://bit.ly/4uMw1H http://bit.ly/5rafTO http://bit.ly/08rvfsX
Chutney: Indo-African-Caribbean fusion music in Trinidad&Tobago! http://bit.ly/90gndI
South by Southwest Music Conferences & Festivals begins international band nominations http://sxsw.com/music/shows/bands Austin, March 17-21
How NOT to do customer service: Jakarta Jazz Festival organisers tell me the 3-day mega-fest has been canceled - the day before the fest!
Selda Salman, BaykusMusic: Turkish guitarist Cenk Erdogan will be jamming with ace Indian percussionist Trilok Gurtu next month in Istanbul!
Selda Salman, Baykus Music: “Istanbul is one of the most vibrant places on earth for music” - I agree!
Picked up a nice stack of CDs from the label Baykus Music in Istanbul: Kirika, Cenk Erdogan Trio www.BaykusMusic.com
Fourth annual Contemporary Istanbul Art Expo, December 3-6, Turkey www.contemporaryistanbul.com
VoiceMania! 12th International A Cappella Festival, Vienna www.voicemania.at
CloudsOfMusic: enrichment of music archives with cultural metadata
http://cloudsofmusic.researchstudio.at Tag clouds, similarity spirals etc
Other contestants: www.Ronimo-Games.com www.Cordless-Show.com Clavilux Music visualisation www.jonasheuer.de #EuroPrix
Akustisch (acoustic table): mapping finger movements on a table into DJ sound effects http://akustisch.digitalaspekte.ch #EuroPrix
Vuvox: translating musical notes into numbers, patterns and animation http://vuvoxproject.com #EuroPrix
Ferscha: Odenplan station, Stockholm: stairs painted as piano keys, sounds activated by pedestrians -> more people climbed stairs! #EuroPrix
Ferscha: Buildings as living organisms and expressive frames: Linz opera house (”see through” teasers), installations in Hamburg #EuroPrix
Alois Ferscha, Director, Pervasive Computing Studio: Check out the world’s biggest “if” at www.GPSdrawing.com! #EuroPrix
Music in Salzburg: Mozart and more! www.salzburgerjazzherbst.at www.republic-cafe.at www.mozarteum.at www.salzburgerfestspiele.at
Tharoor: India’s soft power: TV serials in Afghanistan, Bollywood movies in Senegal, Indian restaurants in Britain, IT professionals abroad
“In today’s world, it’s not the size of the army that wins. It’s the country that tells a better story” Shashi Tharoor http://bit.ly/38FL9F
My Sunday world music show: WorldSpace radio http://bit.ly/1YOOYj Gerardo Núñez (Spain) Damien Marley (Jamaica) Talvin Singh (UK/India)
Sidi Goma: African Sufis in Gujarat, a 700-year musical heritage! http://bit.ly/uC5DM http://bit.ly/4GeCZn http://bit.ly/ed9Uk
More treats: Australasian World Music Expo: Melbourne 19-22 Nov www.awme.com.au Oslo World Music Festival Nov 3-8 http://bit.ly/DfkqO
Another beautiful Indo-Arab collaboration CD: Amjad Ali Khan (India: sarod), Rahim AlHaj (Iraq: oud) “Ancient Sounds” http://bit.ly/2wzZzO
Must attend World Music Expo (WOMEX) next year in Copenhagen www.womex.com Last year in Sevilla was unforgettable!
Just interviewed French Chapman stick player Guy Mauffait www.StickAndDrums.com He will record an Indian fusion album next year. Bravo!
Bangalore music fest: http://www.twitpic.com/nw8ll http://www.twitpic.com/nw8tf http://www.twitpic.com/nw9l4 http://www.twitpic.com/nw90i
Teen Prahar: soul-boggling all-day Indian classical music fest (Carnatic + Hindustani) in Bangalore! http://bit.ly/ypfht
My weekly world music show: 7 pm today, Worldspace India (Moksha) http://bit.ly/1YOOYj AfroCelt Sound, Richard Bona, Hevia, Rajasthan Groove