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...biggest pop star, Utada Hikaru, hails from Manhattan. The old-school term world music is a joke, a wedge, a way of separating English-language performers from the rest of the planet. But there has always been crossover. In 1958 Dean Martin scored a hit with the Italian tune Volare; in 1967 Frank Sinatra recorded an album of songs by Brazilian composer Antonio Carlos (Tom) Jobim. Elvis Presley's Can't Help Falling in Love is based on the 18th century French ballad Plaisir d'amour. Such music became world music only when darker-skinned folks sang...
...shock that young Cubans may one day remember with the same fondness that American baby boomers feel when they recall first hearing Chuck Berry's Johnny B. Goode. Two years ago, Orishas introduced a new song, 537 Cuba, that transformed the stately Cuban classic Chan Chan (a universally recognized tune among Cubans, like Guantanamera) into a rollicking American-style hip-hop anthem. The song struck a chord; young fans began eagerly trading bootleg tapes of the group and flocking to their concerts. Orishas' fame rose so rapidly that last year the group was invited to the presidential palace to meet...
Pierce, 67, believes music can be the most effective method for attracting young people. It's a mass medium, and one that can reach the unsuspecting. No one is going to read one of his books or pamphlets, or even tune in to one of his radio shows, unless he or she is in the market for hate. "But people turn music on not because they are interested in the message, but because they like the sound," he says...
That's where the Internet broadcasts of terrestrial stations come in. Alaskans can tune in to the online WFMU as easily as New Jerseyans and thereby subject themselves to a cabal of DJs whose interests include Somalian folk, Italian film scores and klezmer. For that matter, a metal fan from Beijing can log on to BBC.com and come across a Manchester drum-'n'-bass turntablist featured on the home page...
...ones—grieve, “But he’s got a real one, and mine’s from the store.” The novelty of “Ganja,” a song about Jesus and his Biblical cohorts getting high to the tune of “Angels from the Realms of Glory” may wear off quickly, but the childlike elegance and innocence of “Mother’s Day” is worth a few return journeys...