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Entries Tagged as 'music'

Portuguese contemporary and “sort of kitsch” new fado

September 15th, 2008 · 2 Comments

This group is called Deolinda, which is a very typical, yet old-fashioned, female name in Portugal. The group tried to recreate a modern and urban (suburban, actually) concept of the traditional Portuguese song fado, with an inch of humor. Although you probably won’t understand what the singer is saying, I hope you can capture the freshness […]

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Tags: Arts & Culture · Humour · music

Why Mika isn’t really Lebanese…

August 5th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Those who thought the singer who entertained thousands last week in Martyrs Square was Lebanese are mistaken.
Indeed, Mika was born in Beirut to an American father and a Lebanese mother: Lebanese law does not allow Lebanese women to pass down nationality to their children.
So the brilliant artist who should be (and would like to be) […]

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Tags: Arts & Culture · Gender · Human Rights · Photo · Politics · Society · Youth · music · women

Mika en concert a Beyrouth

August 5th, 2008 · No Comments

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXMMvaqY5Bw
Mika est de mere Libanaise, il est la fierte de notre pays parce que pour les jeunes il est l’incarnation du Liban moderne.
Une soiree inoubliable, un concert monte en plein centre ville, auquel plus de 15 mille personnes ont assiste.

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Tags: Arts & Culture · Travel · Video · music

Le week-end, c’est le lundi !

June 17th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Pour la plupart, le lundi c’est le débute de la semaine, c’est la reprise du boulot après le week-end et c’est souvent une journée longue et difficile à digérer… hé bien ce n’est pas mon cas !! le lundi c’est mon jour de repos de la semaine … bien que je travaille les week-end […]

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Waxed Chests and Long Legs: Eurovision 2008

May 25th, 2008 · No Comments

Don’t ask why, after two months of revising for exams, my first Saturday night of freedom ended up in front of an oversized television watching the results of the Eurovision Song Contest come in. For those of you who missed it (and honestly, I only saw the last half hour), the highlights include:

Blind-making amounts of […]

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Tags: Arts & Culture · Humour · music

Les femmes du Sud a Cannes!

May 22nd, 2008 · No Comments

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Tags: Arts & Culture · Gender · Photo · Video · cinema · music

Premier regard sur Cannes !

May 20th, 2008 · 3 Comments

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Romanian Sounds

May 6th, 2008 · No Comments

Just to get us ready for Bucharest, this the beautiful voice of Gabi Lunca, a Roma gypsy/folk singer. She sings songs such as ”Omul Bun n-are noroc” (The good have no luck) and “Superata sint pe lume” (I am sad in this world), though in the tradition of sorrowful female singers there’s something very distinctive about the soul […]

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Tags: Arts & Culture · music