The Occurrence - Category: Music

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Occur Goes Global - The Music of Cabo Verde
  Melissa Bobbitt      0

To be honest, we’d never heard of Cape Verde (now Cabo Verde) before this feature. But its history is intriguing. Largely uninhabited until the 15th Century, the archipelago west of Senegal became a Portuguese hub...

Feb 29, 2016

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What We're Digging Right Now: Cocofunka
  Melissa Bobbitt      0

Cocofunka call their new album Chúcaro, or “wild” in English. Twelve untamed tracks embrace Costa Rica’s native sounds of soca – a rhythmic calypso style – along with four-on-the-floor post-punk and ’80s pop. The album’s eponymous...

Feb 22, 2016

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Occur Goes Global - The Music of Canada
  Melissa Bobbitt      0

O Canada! To narrow down the massive number of gifted artists from the North American nation to just five is daunting. From the prog-fathers Rush to hip-hop heartthrob Drake, to the legendary Neil Young and...

Feb 15, 2016

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Occur Goes Global - The Music of Cameroon
  Melissa Bobbitt      0

The allure of music is universal, as we’ve witnessed with our Occur Goes Global series. Also universal? Older generations decrying their descendants’ art as vulgar rubbish. The Cameroon Tribune reported on elder culturists in the...

Feb 9, 2016

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Occur Goes Global - The Music of Cambodia
  Melissa Bobbitt      0

"Fear not the future, weep not for the past." goes a Khmer proverb. It’s a motto widely adopted by today’s Cambodians, who are reaffirming their identities and embracing the sounds that shaped their history. During...

Feb 5, 2016

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Occur Goes Global - The Music of Burundi
  Melissa Bobbitt      0

An African nation in upheaval, Burundi has birthed some of the most passionate protest music in the world. Musicians, artists and others opposed to the tyrannical rule of President Pierre Nkurunziza write their stories in...

Jan 18, 2016

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Occur Goes Global - The Music of Burkina Faso
  Melissa Bobbitt      0

The BBC paints a grim picture of Burkina Faso: “A poor country even by West African standards, landlocked Burkina Faso has suffered from recurring droughts and military coups.” Furthermore, its musical history is just beginning...

Jan 10, 2016

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Occur Goes Global - The Music of Bulgaria
  Melissa Bobbitt      0

A crossroads of Slavic, Turkish and ancient Greek cultures, this European country of 7 million revels in Eastern Orthodox Christian traditions and earthy instrumentation. Bagpipes known as gaidas entrance as fire dancers and masked “mummers”...

Jan 4, 2016

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