10 | ALL of 15 results for "Music & Dance"
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The nightingale of Cape Verde
November 1996 • 844 words • City of Words
There are ten Cape Verde islands—fifteen if you count the very small ones. They lie a few hundred miles beyond the Canaries, on the threshold… more»
From the desert to the casbah
24 June 1990 • 4,427 words • Reportage & Criticism
In Tangier, in the casbah, the narrow streets are blocked with sandbags. Bullet holes are etched in pristine white walls: machine-guns stutter in back alleys.… more»
Translating Caetano
2001 • 4,425 words • Reportage & Criticism
In the late 1980s I was living in Salvador da Bahia, the old capital of Brazil, studying Portuguese. I didn’t spend much time in class. There… more»
16.05.2015 Let the Sad Times Roll
16 May 2015 • 561 words • Field Notes
In the music business many have been called kings: Elvis Presley and Michael Jackson, kings of pop; Benny Goodman, king of swing; Muddy Waters—with his… more»
The sound of sweetness
September 1995 • 1,064 words • City of Words
I was stepping out of my front door on my way to work in London a few weeks back when a black guy staggered round… more»
