Tsunami Tourism in Banda Aceh
Words by Maria Bakkalapulo (Twitter @mbakkalapulo) Original broadcast on The World (PRI / BBC), for the full radio + photo essay, click here – THE WORLD /…
Iranian Vocalist Mamak Khadem Breaks Gender Rules with Music
Words by Maria Bakkalapulo (Twitter @mbakkalapulo) Original Broadcast on The World (PRI/ BBC). Iranian vocalist Mamak Khadem is breaking gender rules in Persian music, one of…
Japanese Pop-Punk Girl Group’s Tribute to The Ramones
Words by Maria Bakkalapulo (Twitter @mbakkalapulo) Original Broadcast on The World (PRI/ BBC). Japan’s pop-punk girl group, Shonen Knife, is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year…
Flying High in Bali
Words by Maria Bakkalapulo (Twitter @mbakkalapulo) Original broadcast on NPR’s Only A Game. In the Balinese summertime, when the easterly winds are blowing in from the…
European League Bans Sectarian Songs
Words by Maria Bakkalapulo (Twitter @mbakkalapulo) Original broadcast on NPR’s Only A Game. Fans heckling athletes is not a new fad. Ancient Olympiads had to endure…
INTERVIEW: Sierra Leone’s Bubu King, Janka Nabay
Janka Nabay, known as the Bubu King (Bubu is a traditional Muslim music from Sierra Leone played on pipes of various sorts by anywhere from 10-20…
Cuban-American Relations Set to Music
Words by Maria Bakkalapulo (Twitter @mbakkalapulo) Original broadcast on the BBC. President Barak Obama’s has always expressed a desire to see Cuban – American relations improve.…
TIME Magazine – Punk’s Last Refuge
Words by Maria Bakkalapulo – For the story published in TIME MAGAZINE, go to –CLICK HERE It’s after midnight in Jakarta and, below a highway overpass,…
Sacred Bali: Music and Spirituality
Words by Maria Bakkalapulo (Twitter @mbakkalapulo) The gamelan traditions of the court and temples of Bali are well known throughout the world. But these have always…
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