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Sacred words, profane music? The Free Monks as a musical phenomenon in contemporary Greek Orthodoxy
The Free Monks (Eleftheroi) are a Greek Orthodox rock band of black-robed monks. Being the first of its kind in Greece, the group has produced popular ......(Continue Reading) Bright Balkan Morning: Romani Lives and the Power of Music in Greek Macedonia. - book review
By Charles and Angeliki Vellou Keil and Dick Blau Wesleyan University Press, (Middletown, Ct), 2002, ISBN 0819564885, 352 pages, pbk. $34.95 This book certainly lives up to its title. Although mu...(Continue Reading)Various: the Rough Guide to Mediterranean Cafe Music
VARIOUS The Rough Guide to Mediterranean Cafe Music World Music Network 1143 No other sea in the world lays claim to such a diverse musical soundscape ......(Continue Reading)Best of the year: music
Before the winner's envelope gets opened, a couple of honourable mentions for those that didn't make it into these pages through no fault of their own: ......(Continue Reading)Who's playin' whom? Overwhelming influence of hip-hop culture, rap music on HBCU campuses concerns students, faculty
In December 2000, Dr. Thomas Earl Midgette had harsh words for the hip-hop movement that was sweeping his campus. When he was interviewed for an article ......(Continue Reading)
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