posted by Robert on Nov 24
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Solas is an Irish group that started in the 90s as a project band, a supergroup that would consist of a number of musicians who have other bands touring already. The first time the band took the audience’s notice was their performance on A Prairie Home Companion last 1996. Since that time, Solas became one of the most popular Irish group in the globe today. Solas music is bets described as the perfect fusion of traditional Irish Songs with their own brand of Irish tradition based compositions. Often resembling a pop or a country song. There’s this one song that they covered from Ricky Lee Jones called the Sailor Song which they released in 2008 album, For Love and Laughter.
posted by Robert on Aug 11
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After their new success with the Appetite for Construction Tour, the band Switchfoot has yet again gone on board on another tour, Up in Arms Tour. The band has decided to go back to their preferred venue demographic following their mainly arena / small stadium tours for Appetite, the venues being college campuses, small amphitheatres, and small rock clubs. The trip will be a one month long concert tour and will see the band teaming up with philantrophic organization To Write Love on Her Arms. The UK pop rock outfit, Athlete, will be the opening act for every show. Throughout the tour, other rock bands such as Sparky’s Flow, The Myriad, etc. are usual to open for Switchfoot.
Switchfoot has been actively concerned in a number of humanitarian causes, as well as DATA, the ONE Campaign, the Keep A Breast Foundation, Habitat for Humanity, Invisible Children, and To Write Love on Her Arms. On top to supporting those causes Switchfoot has fronted the Switchfoot Bro-Am Surf Contest and the online magazine lowercase people.
posted by editor on May 6
Tradition can be preserved even through music that can be heard by the present and future generations. From the historical perspective, traditional music or better known as folk music had its uniqueness and distinction from other type of music.
This is transmitted through an Oral tradition which describes the past and links it to the present times. The music is often related to national culture that commemorates historical and personal events. The only thing is that, it lacks the copyright on songs and fusion of cultures brought about by waves of migration that resulted to a new breed of society.
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posted by editor on May 2
Ethnic music describe the ways in which music expresses historical differences and constructs identities in a modern, urban society. It preserves culture, language, customs, social and family interaction from the past. Ethnic music assumes different forms that stretches across stylistic boundaries between folk, religious, and classical musics.
Ethnic music connects people to a selected component of its past but gives meaning to the present. Thus, ethnic music should be understood as changing and not static for through music, one can revisit his/her past. We can look at the ways in which ethnic musics have shaped people and continue to do so in transforming, but by no means eliminating, the ethnic origin shaped by generations.
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