There are few people like Fabian Aguirre, he is a doer! God bless him; here an example of his commitment: Aleteia reports: Desperate situation in Bolivia had the handicapped marching on the capital. Check out what this guy decided to do about it. Catholic singer-songwriter Fabián Aguirre did what he knew best Marching on the…
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‘Yo Soy Inmigrante:’ Bolivian Luis Gamarra, a Berklee Student Sings of the Immigrant Experience
Berklee reports: ‘Yo Soy Inmigrante:’ Berklee Student Sings of the Immigrant Experience By Bryan Parys Earlier this month, music business/management major Luis Gamarra brought 50 musicians and dancers—from Berklee and The Boston Conservatory—together in Berklee’s cutting-edge Shames Family Scoring Stage to record his original song, cowrote with fellow student Nicolas Farias, “Yo Soy Inmigrante” (“I…
Bolivia recovers 22 historical artifacts from Germany
Press TV reports: Bolivia recovers 22 historical artifacts from Germany Bolivia has recovered 22 archaeological pieces in Germany which experts believe may belong to the legendary Tiwanaku culture. [to watch a video, please use the link below] These artifacts were in the possession of Tobias Wagner Berger of Germany. Berger is the son of a…
A look back at Bolivian Baroque
Ashley Solomon reports for Gramophone: A look back at Bolivian Baroque The Director of Florilegium, Ashley Solomon, on a life-changing recording project As I sit on a crowded train heading (slowly) towards Axminster and Florilegium’s concert in the Branscombe Festival I have one of those rare opportunities to take stock and look back over a…
An Amazonian tribe is challenging scientific assumptions about our musical preferences
NewStatesman reports: An Amazonian tribe is challenging scientific assumptions about our musical preferences The Tsimane’ – a population of people in a rural village in Bolivia – are overturning scientists’ understanding of why humans prefer consonant sounds over dissonant ones. It was 29 May 1913. Hoards of Parisians packed out the newly-opened Théâtre des Champs-Élysées….
Street musicians in Bolivia
thestar.com reports: “Last February, on a street in La Paz in Bolivia, these musicians interpreted their songs with so much talent and heart.” —Gaétan (Alex) Laprise, Anticosti, Que. https://www.thestar.com/life/travel/2016/05/11/your-vacation-street-musicians-in-bolivia.html I have listened to street musicians before in La Paz, Santa Cruz and Cochabamba. They mostly perform old Bolivian tunes that most people, under 40 had…
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