Los Angeles is the city of paradox. Where else could Shirley Temple, the Marx Brothers, and other Hollywood luminaries live in the vicinity of eminent Viennese composer...
Read MoreREEBEE GAROFALO To begin with, the history of the music industry is that it has greeted any new technology—from piano rolls to radio to cassette tape—with suspicion....
Read MoreLos Zafiros: Bossa Cubana (Elektra 79572) When World Circuit released The Buena Vista Social Club, they turned the world on to a group of Cuban musicians that had been languishing...
Read MoreLos Lobos: This Time (Hollywood 62185) This Time marks seven years and counting since the rebirth of one of L.A.’s proudest musical exports. In 1992, with the release of Kiko, The...
Read MoreMen And Popular Music in Algeria: The Social Significance of Raï. By Marc Schade-Poulsen. Austin: University of Texas Press, 1999. ISBN 0-292-77739-6 (cloth); ISBN 0-292-77740-X (pbk.). Pp....
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