Does the global appropriation of kuduro exploit or reshape the identity of Angolans? How are «local» music genres like guayla sustained outside of Eritrea?

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    In this video list, Moldova-based DJ Borș reflects on the identitarian limbo and relativity of her post-imperialist reality, asking: How are we using music to create multiple directions for our diverse existences?
  • Dastgam Association artists performing in Gondbadgah, Da Theater, Tehran, January 2017 (photo: Dastgam Association).
    Diaspora Comes Home
    Round-Up by Erum Naqvi
    A round-up of the cosmopolitan classical musical culture in Iran. Starting with music scholars of the Qajar era (1796–1925) and ending with the global music scene of the 21st century, from both the diaspora and from home.
  • Timezones Bay Area.
    The Bay Area’s Interdisciplinary Artistic Blueprint
    Podcast by Lara Sarkissian
    TIMEZONES Episode 4. How some of the most forward-thinking contemporary musicians and visual artists from the Bay Area have been shaped by the region’s social, cultural, and political landscape.
  • Jalal Hemmati (1936–2006), Iranian folk-street singer who both lived in Germany and the U.S. (photo: AskAnIranian.com).
    On the History of Iranian Popular Music in Germany
    Short Essay by Amin Hashemi
    In comparison to Los Angeles, there was never an Iranian «community» of popular musicians in Germany. Nevertheless, Iranian popular musicians and scholars debating popular music left their traces. Why, our author asks here, were some of them more successful than others?