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Reviews:Miriam Makeba
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MUSIC, MIRIAM MAKEBA, CARLING ACADEMY, GLASGOW ****
IN THE 1960s, Miriam Makeba, right, became the first world music
superstar. Her accessible mix of her native South African folk and
gospel songs blended with jazz, soul and Western pop styles was
usually accompanied by her candid condemnation of apartheid, a view
which effectively exiled her from South Africa for over 30 years and
led to her petitioning the UN on a couple of occasions.
Now 72 and threatening retirement next year, the diva dubbed "Mama
Africa" is still a woman of irrepressible spirit and a fabulous stage
presence, ...
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Remembering Miriam Makeba, 'Mama Africa'
Transcript from: NPR Talk of the Nation
; Remembering Miriam Makeba, 'Mama Africa' Host: NEAL CONAN...anti-apartheid movement. Singer Miriam Makeba died this morning from a heart...spent some 30 years in exile. Ms. MIRIAM MAKEBA (South African Singer and Activist...
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South African Singer Miriam Makeba Dies
Transcript from: NPR Morning Edition
; South African Singer Miriam Makeba Dies Host: RENEE MONTAGNE Time...known as Mama Africa has died. Miriam Makeba spent decades in exile singing...Soundbite of song "Pata Pata") Ms. MIRIAM MAKEBA (South African Singer): (Singing...
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Internet Sites, Radio and Festivals Spread the Gospel of World Music
Newspaper article from: International Herald Tribune
; ...N'Dour, a widely respected proponent of world music who has sung with Peter Gabriel, Sting...British independent World Circuit label, world music hit the mainstream. Although Mr. N'Dour...Songlines and videos are spreading the world music gospel. If the genre is not yet a main...
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Analysis: World music as a category
Transcript from: Talk of the Nation (NPR)
; ...the Nation (NPR) 12-08-2004 Analysis: World music as a category Host: NEAL CONAN Time...announced. There are two categories for world music: traditional and contemporary. Here...nominees. Well, these days, the category of world music is very inclusive, very wide-ranging...
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Miriam Makeba: Always thwarted, never conquered
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times
; Makeba My Story. By Miriam Makeba. New American Library. $18.95...opening paragraph of My Story, by Miriam Makeba Although this autobiography is...African international singing star Miriam Makeba, have been the brutal, barbaric...
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Interview: Miriam Makeba discusses her music and her life
Transcript from: Tavis Smiley (NPR)
; ...Smiley (NPR) 06-22-2004 Interview: Miriam Makeba discusses her music and her life Host...m Tavis Smiley. South African-born Miriam Makeba is affectionately known as Mama Africa...Soundbite of "The Click Song") Ms. MIRIAM MAKEBA: (Singing in foreign language) SMILEY...
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Retro is the focus of festival's pop, world music series
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times
; ...through Ravinia's pop, rock and world music offerings this season. With...Brothers, Linda Ronstadt, Miriam Makeba, Smokey Robinson and Jethro...pavilion sold out). June 19: Miriam Makeba and Albita. A world-music summit as "Mama Africa" co-headlin...
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What on earth is world music? ; We should be taking world music more seriously, even if the term itself is past its use-by date, ANDY MORGAN argues
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London
; The annual BBC Radio 3 Awards for World Music ended last Sunday night at the Barbican...been exactly 20 years since the term "world music" was yoked to a mass of global music...moment of angst wasted on defining what "world music" actually means. Here were well-meaning...
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What is world music?
Magazine article from: The Village Voice
; ...Genre in Formation When asked to define world music, Michael of Tower Records had this to...paramount" Yet, the hottest sound in world music today is that utterly Western reconstruction...Our purpose here is to figure out what world music is and how it works. So let me ask you...
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miriam makeba honoured.(Life)
Newspaper article from: Cape Times (South Africa)
; ...particularly close to her - a selection of Miriam Makeba songs, including her huge hit, Pata Pata. Bosman, who was once described as Miriam Makeba with extra chutzpah , says there is...keep her spirit alive. I grew up on Miriam Makeba's music, and I cherish her legacy...
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