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African Music

Musical Activism: Wake Up Madgascar

Anya Wassenberg | Posted 09.12.2012 | Canada
Read More: Madagascar Political Crisis, Concert Tour, African Music, Musical Activism, Deforestation, Madagascar, Video, Canada News
Anya Wassenberg

When most North Americans think of Madagascar, they think of the adorable animated creatures who inhabit the DreamWorks Madagascar film franchise. New York-based, Malagasy born singer Razia Said is hoping that she can attract at least a little of the interest in the film to the real Madagascar.

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Why I Hate World Music

Anya Wassenberg | Posted 11.17.2011 | Canada
Read More: Reggae, Hugh Masekela, World Music, Music Industry, Music Genres, Vampire Weekend, First Nations, Banco De Gaia, Yemen Blues, Indie Music, Jazz, African Music, Donné Roberts, Ofra Haza, Canada News
Anya Wassenberg

The term 'world music' probably served some purpose in terms of cracking open the homogeneous North American market and introducing its listeners to something beyond their pop/rock/country/classical dogma, but why is it still used when all the peoples of the globe live everywhere?

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