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Gyedu-Blay Ambolley: Gyedu-Blay Ambolley & Hi-life Jazz
by Peter Jones
This is reportedly the 35th album from Ghanaian singer/rapper/tenor saxophonist Gyedu-Blay Ambolley. But although he has toured Europe and the US extensively, he remains relatively unknown in what we call “the West." It is a situation that ought to change, and if there was any justice in the world, this is the album that would do it. Ambolley is a leading modern exponent of high-life (or hi-life) jazz, a genre that grew out of the so-called “palm wine" ...
Continue ReadingGyedu-Blay Ambolley: Gyedu-Blay Ambolley And Hi-Life Jazz
by Chris May
In the beginning, that is to say the 1950s and 1960s, there were two main strands of highlife, Ghana's national dance music. One was rural based, played by ensembles using acoustic guitars and traditional percussion instruments. The other was urban based, played by bands using kit drums as well as traditional percussion, and with large horn sections modelled on American swing orchestras; the style was dubbed “dance band highlife." In the 1970s, as electric guitars became commonplace in ...
Continue ReadingMuslim Extremist Can't Take a Joke, Post Death Threats Against "South Park" Creators
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Michael Ricci
Threat against South Park creators highlights dilemma for media companies. Comedy Central bleeped out all references to the prophet Muhammad in the show after he was depicted dressed as a bear. The shows creators disagreed strongly with the decision. In its 200 shows, the irreverent animated program “South Park" has mercilessly satirized Christianity, Buddhism, Scientology, the blind and disabled, gay people, Hollywood celebrities and politicians of all persuasions, weathering the resulting protests and threats of boycotts. But this week, after ...
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Top Internet Threats: Censorship to Warrantless Surveillance
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All About Jazz
The internet is filled with threats real and imagined, from malicious hackers to government censors.
Beyond the hacks and cracks and in celebration of Sunshine Week we've compiled a brief list of some of the biggest public and private threats facing the internet.
Warrantless Government Monitoring Following the Sept. 11 terror attacks, the practice of wiretapping all internet traffic began in the United States with the Bush administration, and is now being defended in court by the Obama ...
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MySpace Pulls Project Playlist After Label Threats
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HypeBot
Facebook Holds Firm For Now...
MySpace pulled all Project Playlist widgets from its site yesterday. The move apparently came after MySpace received notices from several “major music companies" demanding that the popular playlist sharing widget be removed.
“MySpace has received notices of infringement about Project Playlist at different times from several of the major music companies currently suing Project Playlist," MySpace said in statement. That's PR-speak for some or all of the major labels, as well as, a big publisher ...
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