DOC: “Street Punk! Banda Aceh,” where punk rock refuses to die!
WATCH IT IN FULL HERE!! Film Synopsis: Eleven years ago, a massive undersea earthquake triggered an Indian Ocean tsunami, killing 167,000 people in Indonesia’s Aceh Province. Since…
“It’s A Dying Empire, Let’s Get Shot Of It”: How Scottish Rappers Are Encouraging People To Set Their Country Free – for Noisey/VICE
Words by Maria Bakkalapulo (follow Maria on Twitter @mbakkalapulo) “When I say ‘Steg,’ you say ‘G.’ ‘Steg G! Steg G!” A very liquored-up Glasgow crowd joins in…
Can Heavy Metal Band Seringai Change Indonesian Politics? – for MTV Iggy
ONE OF INDONESIA’S MOST POPULAR BANDS IS OUTSPOKEN IN CRITICIZING PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE PRABOWO SUBIANTO – CHALLENGING HIM IS METAL HEAD REFORMIST JOKO WIDODO. WILL ROCK SWEEP…
With Their Biggest Album Yet Out Now, Mogwai Don’t Mind Leveraging Their Indie Legend Status in Support of a Cause That’s Near To Their Hearts – for MTV Iggy
Words by Maria Bakkalapulo (Twitter @mbakkalapulo) By the time the Glaswegian post-rock quintet Mogwai got to their encore at Glasgow’s Royal Concert Hall, many of us…
Lin Zhaohua’s Coriolanus: Heavy Metal Shakespeare in China – for MTV Iggy
Words by Maria Bakkalapulo (Twitter @mbakkalapulo) How do you modernize and make a Shakespeare play feel even more epic? Throw in some thrashing guitars to take…
Body Percussion from Banda Aceh
Words by Maria Bakkalapulo (Twitter @mbakkalapulo) Original broadcast on The World (PRI / BBC), for the full radio + video feature, click here – THE WORLD/ BODY…
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.…
RAFLI – The Voice of Hope in Aceh After the Tsunami
Words by Maria Bakkalapulo (Twitter @mbakkalapulo) Original broadcast on the BBC. Rafli is one of the most popular singers in the province. His lyrics connect him…
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