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March 17th is St. Patrick’s Day and while Ireland gets the day off to celebrate, those of Irish decent (and whoever else may be thirsty) will be celebrating this weekend. So, we decided to put a “green” version of Hit It! for this week to get you in the mood. Our bonus video this week […]
Here are some of the songs topping the charts from music hot spots around the world. Worldcrunch Pick: This year’s Sundance Film Festival (Utah), which runs through January 26, will feature the new documentary “20,000 Days on Earth,” by Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard. The film focuses on the ever fascinating Australian musician Nick Cave, […]
Here are some of the songs topping the charts from music hot spots around the world. Worldcrunch Pick: This week, the jazz label Blue Note Records celebrated its 75th anniversary. And to do so, they have organized a series of live events, exhibitions, book and music releases to take place throughout the year. On Jan. […]
Here are some of the songs topping the charts from music hot spots around the world. Worldcrunch Pick: It’s the first Friday of 2014, so to celebrate the new year, here is Jimi Hendrix and his unique version of “Auld Lang Syne”, bidding farewell to the 1960s at the Fillmore East in New York, on […]
Here are some of the songs topping the charts from music hot spots around the world. Worldcrunch Pick: The Beatles’ “I Want To Hold Your Hand” turned 50 in late 2013. The Fab Four’s best selling single of all time was released on Nov. 29, 1963 in the UK, and marked the start of the […]
Christmas is a global holiday, which sort of makes Christmas World Music a musical genre. See below for some holiday hits from across the planet. Worldcrunch Pick: Yes indeed, every December, the world celebrates the birth of an eternal figure who has inspired multiple generations of men, women and children around the world. For some, […]
Cover Photo: Kainet Here are some of the songs topping the charts from music hot spots around the world. Worldcrunch Pick: Belgian singer-songriter Martijn Teerlinck, a.k.a. Cole Williams, a.k.a. The Child of Lov died on Tuesday at the age of 26, following complications after undergoing surgery. He had worked with Damon Albarn on his self-titled […]
Photo: Tommy Ga-Ken Wan Here are some of the songs topping the charts from music hot spots around the world. Worldcrunch Pick: The Rolling Stones’ “Angie” is turning 40 this year — and we’ve thought about it every time we’ve published an article on German Chancellor Angela Merkel…
Photo: Dave Hitchborne Here are some of the songs topping the charts from music hot spots around the world. Worldcrunch Pick: The American R’n’B singer Pharrell Williams released the world’s first 24-hour long music video at midnight on Thursday, for his song “Happy.” The video played on 24HoursOfHappy.com and started out with Williams walking around […]
Photo: Conner Jay – Santa Rosa Press/ZUMA Here are some of the songs topping the charts from music hot spots around the world. Worldcrunch Pick: November 18th will mark the 20th anniversary of Nirvana’s “MTV Unplugged” performance in New York. Because you also might have worn long greasy hair and cardigans at one point in […]
Photo: Kris Krüg Here are some of the songs topping the charts from music hot spots around the world. Worldcrunch Pick: The hard rock band Motörhead released their 21st album, Aftershock, last October, 36 years after their 1977 debut album, Motörhead, came to give the British rock “n” roll a raging new life. At the […]
Photo: Adam Kliczek Here are some of the songs topping the charts from music hot spots around the world. Worldcrunch Pick: As a tribute to Lou Reed, who died on October 27, the Parisian contemporary art museum Fondation Cartier released, for the first time, a video of Lou Reed and fellow former Velvet Underground member […]
Here are some of the songs topping the charts from music hot spots around the world. Worldcrunch Pick: On Thursday, the British punk band Buzzcocks played a gig in Paris, as part of the “Europunk” exhibition in the French capital. Although putting the punk movement in a museum may seem paradoxical at the least, it […]
Here are some of the songs topping the charts from music hot spots around the world. Worldcrunch Pick: This October, the New York-based record label Luaka Bop re-released some of William Onyeabor’s best works. The album is conveniently called “Who is William Onyeabor?” The Nigerian funk musician, who came to prominence in the late 1970s, […]
Here are some of the songs topping the charts from music hot spots around the world. Worldcrunch Pick: On Thursday, Paul McCartney played a surprise concert in New York’s Times Square, after announcing it only minutes before on Twitter. Come on down to Times Square… It’s all going to be happening there! — Paul McCartney […]
Here are some of the songs topping the charts from music hot spots around the world. (photo: Khaled – David Bascunana) Worldcrunch Pick: “Knock, knock. – Who’s there? – The. – The who? – Yes.” Our pick of the week is The Who’s “Quadrophenia.” Oct 19 will mark the 40th anniversary of the British band’s […]
Here are some of the songs topping the charts from music hot spots around the world. Worldrunch’s pick of the week is the British pop band Pulp. Its frontman Jarvis Cocker turned 50 this month, so we thought we’d celebrate his birthday by listening to Pulp’s legendary single “Common People”, which was released in May […]
Here are some of the songs topping the charts from music hot spots around the world. Worldcrunch’s pick of the week is a live performance of Nirvana playing “Scentless Apprentice,” which features on the band’s third and final studio album, In Utero. The footage, originally recorded in 1993, is being released amongst other never-before-seen performances […]
Here are some of the songs topping the charts from music hot spots around the world. Worldcrunch’s pick of the week is a 1963 live version of the Beatles’ “I Want To Hold Your Hand”. This Fab Fours’ classic will feature on their “new” album, On Air – Live at the BBC Volume 2, which […]
Here are some of the songs topping the charts from music hot spots around the world. Worldcrunch’s pick of the week is Bob Dylan’s “Pretty Saro”, a single which features on the latest album of his bootleg series Another Self Portrait (1969–1971), released on August 27. The compilation revisits the songs of what is commonly […]
Here are some of the songs topping the charts from music hot spots around the world. This week, Worldcrunch listened to Johnny Cash and especially to his “Ring of Fire”. September 12 will mark the tenth anniversary of the ledgendary American singer’s death. “Ring of Fire” was written by Johnny Cash’s wife June Carter and […]
Here are some of the songs topping the charts from music hot spots around the world. Worldcrunch’s pick of the week is The Clash’s “Bankrobber.” The band’s frontman, Joe Strummer, who died in December 2002, would have been 61 this week. The song chronicles the life of the narrator’s father, who “loved to steal your […]
Here are some of the songs topping the charts from music hot spots around the world. Worldcrunch’s pick of the week is Wu-Tang Clan’s “Tearz,” a nod to the hip-hop group’s flagship debut album Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers), which came out 20 years ago. “Tearz” is a sample of 60s soul singer Wendy Rene […]
Here are some of the songs topping the charts from music hot spots around the world. Our pick of the week is a 70s’ funk classic: Sly & the Family Stone’s There’s a Riot Goin” On, which was re-released as a new deluxe edition on July 30th. Roll up your sleeves, put those sunglasses on […]
Here are the songs topping the charts from some music hot spots around the world. Worldcrunch’s pick of the week is Franz Ferdinand’s new single, Right Thoughts. The Scottish band’s new album, Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action, is set to be released on August 26th.
Here are the songs topping the charts from some music hot spots around the world. But first, here is our pick of the week, in memory of the Zimbabwe singer and mbira player, Chiwoniso Maraire, who died this week at age 37:
THE HERALD, NEW ZIMBABWE (Zimbabwe) Worldcrunch CHITUNGWIZA – Chiwoniso Maraire, one of Zimbabwe’s most famous singers, died late Wednesday at the age of 37. Born in Olympia, U.S., in 1976, Chiwoniso shot to fame in the 1990s thanks to her distinctive voice and her playing the mbira — also known as sanza, kalimba or “thumb […]
Here are the songs topping the charts from some music hot spots around the world. But first, let’s warm up with the Worldcrunch pick of the week: Belgian singer-songwriter Stromae“s latest single Papaoutai…
Here are the songs topping the charts from some music hot spots around world. First, our pick of the week from Varazdin, Croatia Croatian Tambura band: Mejaši