Kyrgyzstan is a Turkic nation bordering China and Russia. It’s the land of the “Great Game”, which was finally won by Russia, and remained Soviet until 1991 when it declared independence. The majority of the population is Kyrgyz, whose music we’ll be focusing on in this Five Easy Clips. The country... More
Screw Borat, Kazakhstan rocks. (Citation follows): Ulytau – Two Warriors Kazakhstan is one of the five Central Asian republics that split off from the Soviet Union in the early Nineties. Little-heard from, at over 2 700 000 km2, it’s larger than Western Europe. After the break-up, they even had the... More
If Bob Marley is to roots reggae what Buddy Holly was to rock n’ roll, who are John Lennon, Jimi Hendrix, and Mick Jagger? Some are fairly well agreed upon as masters of the genre: Burning Spear, Peter Tosh, Bunny Wailer, and Jimmy Cliff, of course… Who else? It’s all... More
“It’s said that Chaplin wanted you to like him, but Keaton didn’t care. I think he cared, but was too proud to ask. “ -Roger Ebert Writer, actor, director, stuntman… today’s Five Easy Clips is about none other than Mr. Buster Keaton. If you have never seen a Buster Keaton... More
One thing is indisputable: Fela Kuti is one of the giants of twentieth century music. He might not be as well-known in the West as other epic musicians of his era, but anyone acquainted with Fela’s music knows it’s just a matter of time before the rest of the world... More
Kyrgyzstan is a Turkic nation bordering China and Russia. It’s the land of the “Great Game”, which was finally won by Russia, and remained Soviet until 1991 when it declared independence. The majority of the population is Kyrgyz, whose music we’ll be focusing on in this Five Easy Clips. The country... More
Screw Borat, Kazakhstan rocks. (Citation follows): Ulytau – Two Warriors Kazakhstan is one of the five Central Asian republics that split off from the Soviet Union in the early Nineties. Little-heard from, at over 2 700 000 km2, it’s larger than Western Europe. After the break-up, they even had the... More
If Bob Marley is to roots reggae what Buddy Holly was to rock n’ roll, who are John Lennon, Jimi Hendrix, and Mick Jagger? Some are fairly well agreed upon as masters of the genre: Burning Spear, Peter Tosh, Bunny Wailer, and Jimmy Cliff, of course… Who else? It’s all... More
“It’s said that Chaplin wanted you to like him, but Keaton didn’t care. I think he cared, but was too proud to ask. “ -Roger Ebert Writer, actor, director, stuntman… today’s Five Easy Clips is about none other than Mr. Buster Keaton. If you have never seen a Buster Keaton... More
One thing is indisputable: Fela Kuti is one of the giants of twentieth century music. He might not be as well-known in the West as other epic musicians of his era, but anyone acquainted with Fela’s music knows it’s just a matter of time before the rest of the world... More
