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...1970s and '80s when it was popularized by singers like Rhoma Irama, who diversified the music and turned the lyrics safely sweet. Cynical politicians began using dangdut musicians, including Suharto favorite Rhoma, to court the lower classes. "Dangdut has been corrupted for the political campaigns," says Kompas music critic Bre Redana. In a familiar Indonesian story, the music of the people became a tool of the powerful...
...people's singer," she says. Her roots run deep in dangdut's heartland. Though she initially earned a mere 40? per gig, Inul built a strong following in East Java, where her slam-dancing style was hardly unique. "A singer like Inul is quite familiar there," says Bre, who's been following Inul for two years. "You could find so many Inuls in any small town in East or Central Java...
...Concert Band, honors the bicentennial of Hector Berlioz with a concert conducted by Harvard Assistant Band Director Nathaniel H. Dickey, and Northeastern Band Director Allen Feinstein. Each ensemble performs its own repertoire followed by a joint performance of Berlioz’s “Grande Symphonie funèbre et triumphale.” The concert also includes classic works for winds like Walter Piston’s “Tunbridge Fair,” Gustav Holst’s First and Second Suites for Military Band, as well as music by Percy Grainger, Giovanni Gabrieli, and Nikolai...
BRITAIN Let Off ... for Now A London court granted bail to Chechen activist Akhmed Zakayev at the start of extradition proceedings demanded by Russia. His case has become a cause célèbre: the actress Vanessa Redgrave guaranteed his €78,000 bail. Zakayev, 43, is an envoy of Chechen separatist leader Aslan Maskhadov; Moscow calls him a terrorist. He was briefly detained by British authorities upon his arrival from Denmark, where he spent more than a month in custody. Copenhagen let him go, saying there wasn't enough evidence to support Russia's accusations against...
...Staff writer Lauren R. Dorgan can bre reached at dorgan@fas.harvard.edu...