Navicula Rocks Against Environmental Destruction in Bali – for MTV Iggy
IN ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL PLACES ON EARTH, ONE BAND RAISES HELL TO PROTECT THEIR HOME Check out Navicula live at the Twice Bar at this…
Lady Gaga vs Heavy Metal: The Confusing World of Pop in Indonesia
FOR THE BBC – CLICK HERE FOR FULL BBC DOCUMENTARY VIA THE BBC HOMEPAGE – SYNOPSIS – Lady Gaga was banned but Death Metal is cool –…
Iwan Fals: The Voice of Social Justice in Indonesia
Words by Maria Bakkalapulo (Twitter @mbakkalapulo) *Original story broadcast on The World (PRI/BBC). The late 1990s was a time of upheaval in Indonesia. The government of President…
Gagaku, Japan’s Centuries Old Music Tradition
Words by Maria Bakkalapulo (Twitter @mbakkalapulo) Original broadcast on The World (PRI/ BBC). Japanese Gagaku is believed to be the world’s oldest living orchestral tradition. This…
Zee Avi, Malaysia’s YouTube Star
Words by Maria Bakkalapulo (Twitter @mbakkalapulo) Original broadcast on The World (PRI/ BBC). Twenty six-year-old Malaysian native Zee Avi has had a meteoric rise. Avi says she struggled…
NAT GEO MUSIC – RWMF 2012
This July Nat Geo Music correspondent Maria Bakkalapulo joined 20,000 festival-goers in the Borneo jungle for for the 15th anniversary of Malaysia’s long-running Rainforest World Music…
Scottish Gaelic Punk Band Oi Polloi
Words by Maria Bakkalapulo (Twitter @mbakkalapulo) Original broadcast on The World (PRI/ BBC). Formed in 1981,Oi Polloi are championing a Scottish Gaelic punk movement. The Gaelic language was…
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…
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