Short Biography
Hedningarna is a Swedish and, for some years partly Finnish, folk music band that mixes electronics and rock with elements from old Scandinavian folk music. Their music features Yoik or juoiggus, a traditional Sami form of song. Hållbus Totte Mattson, Anders Stake and Björn Tollin formed Hedningarn... Read More...
Modern Music Patron Betty Freeman dies at 87 - POLLSTAR Betty Freeman, patron to such contemporary musical masters as John Cage, Philip Glass and Pierre Boulez, has died. She was 87. Freeman died Saturday of pancreatic cancer at her Beverly Hills home, daughter Shelley Butler said Wednesday. Over four ...
Fidel Castro again a no-show at revolution event - Reuters India HAVANA (Reuters) - With music and dance, but absent Fidel Castro, Cuba marked on Thursday the 50th anniversary of the former leader's triumphant arrival in Havana after ousting a U.S.-backed dictator in a guerrilla uprising. President Raul Castro ...
Havana wields carrot and stick as it rethinks ideology Workers gain as ... - Financial Times Fifty years ago, Fidel Castro swept into Cuba's capital on January 8, promising to establish a socialist state that would promote collectivism over individualism. But the anniversary celebrations, which culminated in an evening rally in Havana ...
