Category Archives: Music for a Sunday

More Music for a Sunday: Buffy Sainte-Marie takes on greed and wins

Posted on November 29, 2009 by Sabina Becker

“No No Keshagesh”, from her latest record, Running for the Drum. You can hear Buffy talk about this song and so much more with Amy Goodman here. This Buffy really IS a vampire slayer!

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Music for a Sunday: Calle 13 no se calla

Posted on November 29, 2009 by Sabina Becker

Ever hear a rap song quite like this? No? Well, now you have!

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Music for a Sunday: Folkies, North and South American…

Posted on November 15, 2009 by Sabina Becker

Yep, I’m still on a folkie kick…take it away, Kate ‘n’ Anna!Better learn to dance, or at least keep your balance on a floating log, fellas…you never know when it might come in handy.And now, for something completely different, from … Continue reading →

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Music for a Sunday: Lunatics Anonymous, that’s where I belong

Posted on November 8, 2009 by Sabina Becker

A two-fer hit from a great old Canadian arena-rock band. Listen closely and you’ll hear how to really pronounce “Toronto”. And just to mash things up a bit, here’s another great song from another great Toronto (pronounce it correctly, now!) … Continue reading →

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Music for a Sunday: So, you thought Halloween was over?

Posted on November 1, 2009 by Sabina Becker

Grace Jones says it isn’t…until SHE says it isn’t:And who am I (or you, or anyone) to argue with Grace Jones?PS: Speaking of unarguable, Calle 13 gave a free concert last night in Caracas. El Residente slapped shut the mouths … Continue reading →

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Music for a Sunday: Everybody need reverse polarity

Posted on October 25, 2009 by Sabina Becker

The first Rush song I ever heard* wasn’t this one, but it was on the same album. Moving Pictures yields a number of gems that I can’t imagine why they were never released as singles; probably for the reason that … Continue reading →

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Music for a Sunday: Memories of a Cold War gone by

Posted on October 18, 2009 by Sabina Becker

This one’s a bit dated now (and kind of overly sanitized if you’ve ever seen The Day After, which came out around the same time and scared the bejesus out of me), but it’s still effective, for all that; the … Continue reading →

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Music for a Sunday: Not to say I did not speak of flowers

Posted on October 11, 2009 by Sabina Becker

A small reminder of why it’s so important that Brazil has lent its embassy as a haven to democracy in Honduras. Just twenty years ago, they emerged from a 25-year era of military dictatorship, in which generals ran the show, … Continue reading →

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Even More Music for a Sunday: A farewell with applause

Posted on October 4, 2009 by Sabina Becker

For Mercedes “La Negra” Sosa, who passed away today in Argentina. A survivor so many times over gives thanks to life with her awe-inspiring contralto voice, which spoke out against military dictatorship and for freedom.A voice that survives……wherever she came … Continue reading →

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More Music for a Sunday: So pretty, so plagiarized

Posted on October 4, 2009 by Sabina Becker

The other day, El Duderino uncovered a shocker: A German group called Cordalis (a father/son/daughter group apparently, never heard of ’em till now) has plagiarized this beautiful song by Bolivia’s revered folk group, Kalamarka:…which I took it on myself to … Continue reading →