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Rice has in its radio station, KTRU, possibly the most archetypical "college radio" station in the country. Unlike Harvard's student-run WHRB, which plays commercials and follows a structured, fixed format, KTRU plays an eclectic mix of punk, ska, underground hip-hop, world music and several other genres. Like WHRB, KTRU is housed in university space and puts the university name on its letterhead. Unlike at Harvard, however, Rice undergraduates fund the station directly. KTRU also allows anyone to apply for a DJ position, although students receive a preference...
...Internet, by providing small acts an outlet to have their music heard, will be the source of musical innovation in the future."Every new thing that's happened in pop music has not happened on a major label," he says. "Sam Phillips and Sun Records, Sugar Hill and hip-hop. The guys on the little labels were out there first. Every time. Major labels won't take chances on marginal stuff. So the little guys will always stay ahead...
...native land. Daniela Mercury has the bouncy energy of American pop acts, but her work is anchored in the culture of Bahia and in serious artistic intent. Max de Castro, Patricia Coelho, the band Barao Vermelho, the group Nacao Zumbi and other young acts at the festival are adding hip-hop, trip-hop, and electronica to samba, bossa nova and Tropicalia. They are drawing from abroad but creating something Brazilian. After all, as Max de Castro points out, some of the foreign music that younger Brazilian so admire was inspired, in part, by Brazil to begin with. Sting gets...
...studio working on its third album, aptly titled Survivor. Says Rowland: "What excites me the most about the new album is that this time with Destiny's Child, everyone in the group can sing." Beyonce is also set to star in MTV's Carmen Brown, a hip-hop update of the movie Carmen Jones...
...really think Wyclef Jean [THE BEST & WORST 2000, Dec. 18] is "the most inventive male performer in rap"? I agree that his work is eclectic and he has an amazing range of styles, but I wouldn't call him the most inventive. There are plenty of hip-hop artists who write their own lyrics and beats (something Wyclef often seems to neglect); what about real wordsmiths like the lesser-known the Roots and Common? Wyclef Jean is a good listen and a crowd pleaser, but I wouldn't go so far as to put him in the Top 10. ERIKA...