by Pier Marton | Dec 4, 2012 | Afri, Hispanic, Middle-East, Music, Women
Jon Balke & Amina Alaoui & Jon Hassell & Kheir Eddine M’Kachiche – Itimad (Reliance) Gharnati/Al Andalus/Andalusian music (730 to 1492), Sufi & Lope de Vega & St John of the Cross texts for another wondrous ECM collaborative project....
by Pier Marton | Oct 30, 2012 | France, Hispanic, History, Humor, Music, Native, Site
Les petits-enfants à Nougaro (de Toulouse). Occitanie, Portugal, Brasil… “Qu’est-ce que vous en pensez vous qu’on est au 21ème siècle, et qu’on entre au troisième millénaire, blah, blah, blah? On s’en fout…” Toulousain...
by Pier Marton | Oct 26, 2012 | Afri, Death, Music, Native
The Guinean singer, composer, and alto saxophonist: Jazz was born with you, but I brought it home, in Africa, because that is where its source sprang forth from/Le jazz est né chez vous, mais, moi je l’ai ramené chez moi, en Afrique, car c’est de là...
by Pier Marton | Oct 7, 2012 | Afri, Care, Film, France, Human Rights, Humor, Music, Mystery, Native, Popular
I am human and I find injustice and stupidity revolting. A big injustice, and a big stupidity, is that half of the humans try to put down the other half instead of being HAPPY that they are there. – Michel Ocelot Je suis humain et l’injustice et la bêtise...
by Pier Marton | Oct 4, 2012 | Art, Asia, Humor, Music, Sound
Spoonbill’s Site “Spoonbill began, as is often the case with birds of play, in the bush. What started as a love of the drums progressed to percussion, and finally settled into a love of electronic production. Spoonbill’s iconic mix of improvised...
by Pier Marton | Apr 18, 2012 | Health, History, Humor, Jewish, Media, Middle-East, Music, Native, Poet, Politics, Quotes, Time, Travel, Wars
From Haaretz U2’s front man Bono surprised Israeli passers-by earlier this month with his sudden visit to Tel Aviv and Jerusalem. On Wednesday, BuzzFeed published the note Bono left behind at Jerusalem’s King David Hotel, which consists of a poem about how...