Tag: world music
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Nils Kercher makes delightful world music that stimulates the senses with sounds you’ve likely never heard before. The instruments he plays include the kora, balafon, and bolong. If you’re not familiar with them, don’t worry, neither was I.
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In 2010 Mylène Farmer, the most popular French artist in the world, surprised fans when she released her first album without longtime collaborator Laurent Boutonnat, Bleu Noir. Her formula with Boutonnat was simple: Laurent wrote the music and she wrote the lyrics. At least that’s how the credits read. I should think there were times…
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Émilie Simon began her career with a self-titled release in 2003. I happened upon it by chance when I was looking for a few new CDs to buy on Amazon France, as I had been a French music junkie since 1997 or so. I had no idea what she was going to sound like, but…
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Click “read more” below for 2 more videos from this stunning starlet…
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If you don’t know Korean then you must watch it with the English subtitles. It starts off with lots of people talking about Gain, referring to rumors about her and giving their honest opinions. After a few amusing minutes of that, it gets to the song, “Truth Or Dare,” which proves to address the gossip…
