Rrrrrround-up!

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

URGENT ORGAFUN NEED: Can someone be Portugal in the Europop 2008 fun we're orgafying on Freaky Trigger? The original volunteer has vanished. You'll need to supply one Portugese MP3 per month for the next 3 months, unfortunately starting tomorrow.

THEM: http://www.bbc.co.uk/switch/them/ - has anyone seen this programme? Or indeed "Sound" which is on the same T4-biting schedule on Saturday mornings?

CHINA http://music.guardian.co.uk/rock/story/0,,2264056,00.html - Petridis looks for indie in China.

HURBAN - is there really such a genre as "Hurban", O American readers? What does it sound like?

Comments

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

yeah I'd guess there's a whole load of spanish-language non-urban stuff in the US - presumably the market Shakira emerged from, dunno much about it though. would guess ENRIQUE has a lot of traction here, also J-Lo would presumably have used it as a stepping stone, and it'd be the reason Xtina did those albums in Spanish. The CHILDREN OF ESTEFAN basically.

[lockedintheatti.livejournal.com]

From this:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin_Grammy_Award_for_Song_of_the_Year

it would appear that Alejandro Sanz is the biggest star of the spanish language non-urban scene, although he's spanish, not american