Category Archives: Music

Rokia Traore’s Mali Goes West…

When Malian singer-songwriter Rokia Traore goes west:

INDIAN ROCK > Pentagram | Motherjane | Millennium

MUSIC MONDAY
Indian Rock
INDIA: MUMBAI | KOCHI | BANGALORE
Pentagram, “Voice” | Motherjane, “No Contest” | Millennium, “Only Be One”

Electronic Dance

Bronx-born Jennifer Lopez put a hint of house music back on the map with “On the Floor” in 2011. The song is an infusion of dance-pop, electropop and electro-house. “On the Floor” samples the 1989 song, “Lambada” by Kaoma, a multinational French pop group. Koama’s members were from Guadeloupe, Brazil, and Martinique.

Rap: BALTIMORE | SWEDEN | LONDON | SRI LANKA | QUEENS | TRINIDAD

Rye Rye is a rapper/dancer from Baltimore. The talent is signed to N.E.E.T (Not in Education, Employment or Training) Recordings, a label founded by M.I.A.