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Pharaoh's Daughter
Women of the (Music) WorldGlobal Beat FusionMorleySeen(Universal France) US release date: Available as import UK release date: Available as import France release date: 7 January 2008 [14 April 2008] by Derek BeresThere is little in this world as beautiful as the female voice. Sometimes it’s necessary to stop and remind ourselves of this.
Global Beat Fusion
Ten Years Dancing on the HudsonDerek Beres16.Jun.08 For the last decade, Turntables on the Hudson has held gatherings of positive music -- funk, hip-hop, soul, dance; African, Latin, and Balkan beats -- that thrive on human connection. 
Three Nights in FranceDerek Beres12.May.08 Beres hits Paris and Bourges to take in the eclectic sounds of Transglobal Underground, Les Primitifs du Futur, Watcha Clan, and Fat Freddy's Drop, and gets pulled into the "sacred space" that solders the connection between sound and human. 
Classical Egypt in AmericaDerek Beres18.Mar.08 By shining the light on the vast, rich cultures of the Middle East, these musicians are bringing misconceptions and misunderstandings out of the darkness of the past, not to mention the dark corners of our present.
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Rabble Without a Cause: Let’s Spice-up the 2008 Election, Iron Chef-Style
By Bill Reagan [22.Jul.08] Pop Goes Philosophy: George W. and J. Peterman, Philosophically Speaking
By George Reisch and Norah Martin [16.Jul.08] Negritude 2.0: Retelling the History of Black Music: Everything You Know about the Blues Is Wrong
By Mark Reynolds [3.Jul.08] Variations on a Theme: The Sounds of Now: Tristan Murail and Sounding Stasis
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