THE CRY OF THE CONGOLESE
In the West, where we don’t think twice about enjoying three hearty meals a day, it is difficult to fathom what real hunger is; hunger so severe that it colors your daily existence. For many in the Democratic Republic of Congo, famine is a way of life. Recently, New York Times’ correspondent Adam Nossiter captured [...]
Tags: Apple, Blaine Skrainka, conflict minerals, Congo, Damon Albarn, délestage, Dodd-Frank, DR Congo, DRC Music, Famine, Kinshasa One Two, OXFAM, The Cry of the Congolese, The Guardian, The New York Times, The Wild Magazine, W.H.O., WFP, world
HEAVY ROTATION // NORDIC POP
For this week’s Heavy Rotation, we’ll stick with last week’s regional theme, swimming across the sonic sea from the UK to Sweden and Denmark. Let’s begin with a few electro-dream-pop sounds and end with some hybrid neofolk. I hoped you enjoyed those genre names, for they are complete nonsense. Little Dragon The new album Ritual [...]
Tags: Big Boi, Blaine Skrainka, Britney Spears, Damon Albarn, Denmark, Drake, Gorillaz, Heavy Rotation, Junip, Kanye West, Little Dragon, Lykke Li, Miike Snow, music, Nordic Pop, Oh Land, Outkast, Raphael Saadiq, Röyksopp, Santigold, SBTRKT, Sweden, The Knife, The Wild Magazine
Around The WILD World
We want to take you on a trip to the other side of the world to get brief updates on global issues that we have covered in the past. Feel free to click on each title to go back to past coverage of each topic, and follow the links within each section to learn more. [...]
Tags: Ai Weiwei, al Shabab, Around The WILD World, ART, ArtReview, Blaine Skrainka, Bono, China, Congo, Damon Albarn, DRC Music, Invisible Children, Kinshasa One Two, LRA, music, ONE, OXFAM, Somalia, The Music Coalition, The Voice Project, The Wild Magazine, Uganda, world
DRC MUSIC: DAMON ALBARN + OXFAM
Damon Albarn, the ingenious muse behind Gorillaz and Blur, has set out on a music journey to the Democratic Republic of the Congo while raising awareness for what some call The Forgotten Conflict. Following his profound Mali Music project with Afel Bocoum and Toumani Diabaté, Albarn has teamed with local Congolese musicians to support the [...]
Tags: Africa, Blaine Skrainka, Congo, Damon Albarn, DR Congo, DRC, DRC Music, Human Trafficking, Humanitarian Crisis, music, OXFAM, Refugees, The Wild Magazine, War, Water Crisis, world
