Three bands from Cuba are performing at South by Southwest tonight. Organizers of the festival faced challenges getting them into the country and convincing others that Cuba’s musical outreach is more than just rumba and son.
Pop music’s not what it used to be. That’s what every generation of no-longer-kids says about what the kids are listening to, but fogey clichés aren’t necessarily wrong.
Heavy metal musicians and fans have it rough in Egypt. They’re viewed with suspicion and skepticism by many Egyptians. Now Egypt’s metal heads wonder where they stand in the new Egypt, as Noel King reports from Cairo.
Twenty years ago, just as indie rock started to be called indie rock, John Darnielle founded The Mountain Goats. Darnielle’s biggest influence isn’t Leonard Cohen or Nick Drake. He was, and is, a metalhead. Produced by Stephen Reader.
Video: Black Metal Bassist Elected to Greek Parliament
With the election of a bassist from Black Metal band to Greek Parliament, Greek metal fans are worried that their favorite musical genre is suffering yet another blow to its much maligned reputation.
