Inuit throat-singer Tanya Tagaq, and Cannes-winning filmmaker Zacharias Kunuk, talk back to Brigitte Bardot and anti-sealhunting lobby on the eternal reality of hunting.
Selected for Sundance 2010, Toronto International Film Festival, Best Short, imagineNATIVE Film Fest 2009.
See the complete short film here:
http://www.isuma.tv/hi/en/tungijuq/tungijuq720p
Orquestra Contemporânea de Olinda brings together some of the best musicians of Pernambuco, – a state already known for its colorful rhythms and innovative music pioneers like Alceu Valença, Nana Vasconcelos and Chico Science – who were not satisfied with the traditional bass-drums-guitar formation – and decided to recruit members of the regions high energy Frevo orchestras to mix into their brew of Latin grooves, Afro beats and the rhythms of Pernambuco. Orquestra has built its own concise identity and a huge following in only a couple of years. While touring throughout Brazil the band recorded its first album, released in 2008 and distributed by Som Livre, the country’s largest label. Hailed by the Brazilian press for their incredible live energy, music critic Ben Ratliff of The New York Times also took notice, as did the Latin Grammy Awards, who nominated them for Best Tropical Brazilian Roots Album for 2009. Orquestra Contemporânea de Olinda now embarks on their US debut tour in March, which includes SXSW in Austin, Lincoln Center and also the Heineken TransAtlantic Festival in Miami Beach.
Based in Bogotá, Colombia: CHOC QUIB TOWN, representing folklore music from the pacific coast of the country. The songs of ChocQuibTown mix Afro Colombian traditional genres like Bunde, Currulao, Bambazú and Aguabajo with the music of Afro descendants of the U.S., Jamaica, Cuba and others like Hip Hop, Reggae, Electronic, Rumba, Flow, Salsa, Songo and [...]
THE STORY
He dreamed a lot * She wrote poetry.
He sharpened his imagination and built airplanes and ships * She sang and played piano.
He got a guitar and loved jazz * She ran college radio and played folk.
They both loved music and skiing
He graduated in maths * She graduated in engineering.
He taught computer science and played [...]
A short video from last year’s International Body Music Festival. The 2nd International Body Music Festival is happening from December 1st to the 6th all over Bay Area. We are also touring the festival in some key cities in North America on August/ September 2010.
Pistolera is working on a bilingual album for families with kids to be released in 2010. Looking forward to do a lot of family shows and workshops with them.
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