Music and Us: Our New Playlist
It's the final blog of the semester! What a fun ride it's been. For our last blog, we're going to look outwards from our own current lives, and consider where we all might go someday. Here, my friends, is a map of the world. Take a long look at it--zoom in on it you need. Notice all of the places we've talked about--The US (both Native American culture and The Blues), Ecuador/Peru/Bolivia in South America, Western and Southern Africa, The Middle East (mostly Jordan), Australia, and, soon, India and Indonesia. Then notice all of the places we haven't talked about--Brazil, Jamaica, Madagascar, Russia, Mongolia, China, Japan, and New Zealand, just to mention a few. What does some of that music sound like? Aren't you curious? For this final blog, we're going to satisfy some of that curiosity. You're going to share four different videos of music from different cultures with us. Here are the specifics: Pick four different cultures. They must include a...