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- U.S. Musicians Put Their Own Twist on Popular Persian Songs (Payvand Iran News)
An operatic voice sings of love lost and love found in a language unfamiliar to many in the audience and even to some members of the band. Monika Jalili and her group NoorSaaz are Americans who sing their own interpretations of Persian folk songs and popular music from the 1940s through the 1970s. -Esther Agbaje, America.gov
- Students To Have Their Words Made Into Smash Song (Scoop.co.nz)
Talented young poets, songwriters and lyricists have just three weeks to enter their best work into the New Zealand Post National Schools Poetry Awards.
- Poetry section was arduous but most enjoyed challenge - Irish Independent
Poetry section was arduous but most enjoyed challengeIrish Independent, Ireland - 1 hour agoBy COLIN BARTLEY Some teachers found the poetry section in the Leaving Cert ordinary level Engish paper arduous and long. Sheila Parsons, from the Holy ...
- Jarvis Cocker: the secret of saying the unsayable - Daily Telegraph
Take Louie Louie by the Kingsmen. The lyrics are unintelligible but it doesn't matter: it just sounds right. There are at least 130 versions of Louie Louie out there, but none of them comes even close to that one. Yet when a lyric and a piece of ...
- A sense of place - PopMatters
PopMattersA sense of placePopMatters, IL - 8 hours agoModern Australian poetry faces a similar uphill battle. The golden age of our national poetry was the “bush poetry†of the late-19th and early 20th ...
- Old 97's Murry Hammond's First Solo Album Due August 18 - Plug In music
Plug In musicOld 97's Murry Hammond's First Solo Album Due August 18Plug In music, PA - 35 minutes ago... a harmonium pump-organ), cowboy poetry-style spoken word and instrumentals, and lots of "period" reverb to paint a psychological journey through a world ...
- Milpitas students, parent noted by black educators - Milpitas Post
Several Milpitas students were honored at the 19th annual Spring Recognition Ceremony of the Santa Clara County Alliance of Black Educators on April 27. Kianna Ezel, Good Xavier, Darrien Hamberry, Tanika Hampton and Shanika Hampton, all from Thomas ...
- Newsmaker of the day: Jose B. Gonzalez (The Norwich Bulletin)
Jose B. Gonzalez of Quaker Hill will read his poetry at 7 tonight at the Hygienic Art Gallery, 79-83 Bank St., New London.
- Olympic champion Tian runs off torch relay in Xi'an - Xinhua
Olympic champion Tian runs off torch relay in Xi'anXinhua, China - 31 minutes ago"It's just another best time in my life. It feels just like I have won another Olympic gold," said Tian, who won two Olympic golds and retired after Athens ...
- COMMUNITY CALENDAR (Dallas Morning News)
SENIORS IN MOTION will meet at noon Tuesday for a lunch catered by Metroport Meals on Wheels and provided by Albertson's at the Flower Mound Community Church, 3415 Cross Timbers Road. The lunch is the last senior activity to be held at the church.
- Can Game Theory save our at-risk kids? - San Francisco Gate
Over wonton soup, Patricia Johnson confessed she spent the entire day watching "Friday Night Lights" on DVD. She was trying to beat a flu, and the 2006 television show -- centered on a small-town football coach, high school athletes, and their ...
- Peebles gallery gets rare show of Bob Dylan prints (Sunday Herald)
has scored a coup by becoming one of only two venues in Scotland to display artworks by the legendary singer/songwriter Bob Dylan.
- Is YouTube truly the future? - Sydney Morning Herald
Is YouTube truly the future?Sydney Morning Herald, Australia - 3 hours agoSo now we are entering a new kind of digital literacy, where everyone is a publisher and whole populations have the chance to contribute as well as consume. ...
- RiverRun reads: ‘1001 Books for Every Mood’ - Portsmouth Herald
Editor’s note: Every other week, RiverRun Bookstore on Congress Street in downtown Portsmouth provides book recommendations and previews of upcoming events at the store. There are so many books published a year nowadays that it often feels ...
- Meeting marks President Ho Chi Minh’s birthday (Việt Nam News)
Ha Noi — A meeting was held in Ha Noi on May 18 to celebrate President Ho Chi Minh’s 118th birthday, which falls on May 19.
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