Category Archives: LOCATIONS

The Significance of Black Girls Rock!

From civil rights to suffrage, from slavery to sexual exploitation, from royalty to inferiority, from the Motherland to the Founding Fathers, from strength to invisibility – Black Women have felt the pain. I dare say that the Black Women can empathize with the pain of every other race and gender in ways that every other race and gender cannot relate to them. How is that? They’ve been dealt harsh of blows from all angles.

globalFEST 2012 Opens New Spaces for Traditions Transformed, Jan. 8th, 2012, NYC

Whether continuing famous musical lineages or pushing forward on new paths, the artists of globalFEST (January 8, 2012 at New York City’s Webster Hall; full info at globalfest.org) show how world music has matured from a quaint, catch-all niche to a meaningful, deeply rooted challenge to the musical status quo. Artists are crafting history into new sounds…

MUSIC MONDAY: American Jazz Meets The Gypsy Side of Pop; Occidental Gypsy on Tour

Occidental Gypsy is pioneering the sound of Gypsy Pop. Their mélange of uptempo, high-energy rhythms of Gypsy, melded with the catchy melodic hooks of Pop delivers a thrilling auditory experience to listeners.

Aboriginal Music Week Bursts with Artists’ Bold New Energy, November 2011 in Winnipeg, Manitoba

The heyday for Aboriginal artists is now. With centuries-old fiddle tunes unreeling beside bumping club beats, with killer flow rocking the mic beside gritty guitar blues, there’s never been more creative space for young people of First Nation/Native American, Inuit, and Métis (mixed European and First Nation) heritage. They can sing their roots, weave newfound urban communities, and dance beyond stereotypes…

MUSIC MONDAY: Red Hot Chili Peppers, through the years…

In celebration of the RHCP’s tenth studio album, Dialect Magazine has posted one video from each album in order of release date – oldest to most recent. Enjoy and purchase the latest album, I’m With You.