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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

[koganbot]

Not understanding your questionnaire if "Hurban" and "reggaeton" are separate categories, since they're not quite comparable: Hurban is a radio format while reggaeton is a musical genre that is the main ingredient on Hurban radio, which also plays softer Latin pop and Spanish-language remixes of English-language hip-hop and r&b hits, and some straightup r&b and hip-hop, and English-language hits by Hispanic artists. There was a reggaeton station in Denver a couple of years ago but it didn't capture a large audience and eventually shifted format to r&b oldies. Was where I first heard Daddy Yankee. I don't know how many "Hurban" stations are left, or if the meaning of the term has evolved. According to Wikipedia, the Hurban station in Houston shifted back to all Spanish-language.

"Hurban" as a musical style might refer to someone like Baby Bash, who's softer and more romantic than a lot of hip-hop guys, or Frankie J, r&b balladeer with a romantic Hispanic tinge, or Natalie. They were all part of the 2005 hurban thing. I don't know who would be the 2008 equivalents.