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Ray Lema
Raymond Lema A'nsi Nzinga was born in a train on March 30th 1946 in Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo). On her way to the neighbouring village of Kary (today Lufu Toto), his mother, who lived in Lukala, gave birth in the station - for a son of a station master, there was nothing out of the ordinary about this. During his childhood, he had no direct contact with music. In 1957, aged 11, he entered the small seminary of Mikondo in Kinshasa with the intention of becoming a priest.
But very soon, music lessons revealed a gift for the piano. His music reading ability was remarkable: he could read the most complex pieces effortlessly. The young boy discovered music through Mozart, Bach and Gregorian chants, through Western culture and traditions very different from his own. For several years, he was designated official organist at mass. His teachers were so impressed with him one of them even gave him a piano…and religious vocation quickly became a musical one.
For his first concert of secular music, he played "The Moonlight Sonata" by Beethoven. His brother was the only African in the audience.
Kinshasa débuts
After he left the seminary in 1962, he studied at the Collège Albert and later enrolled in the chemistry faculty at the University of Lovanium in Kinshasa. During the sixties the country was invaded by Western musical influences, particularly American rock and Cuban salsa. Ray discovered the urban culture of Kinshasa and learnt to play the guitar and it quickly became clear chemistry was not the best choice: he preferred playing in local groups and orchestras and playing piano in night clubs.
He was spotted by musician Gérard Kazembe, joined his orchestra and for two years played endless Anglo-Saxon tunes, everything from Jimi Hendrix to the Beatles. He became known little by little until, in 68, he was asked by the government to form an official ensemble. He formed Baby National and appointed himself musical director. But serving up culture in a governmental sauce was not his strong point and the group was disbanded after a year. Afterwards, he spent some time accompanying Zairese stars such as Tabu Ley Rochereau and Joseph Kabassele.
Civil servant
In 1970, aged 24, Ray already had a lot of experience behind him. He joined a very popular rock group, the Yss Boys. When the band broke up in 72, Ray felt the need to deepen his knowledge of traditional music. He travelled around the country with a tape recorder for several months, recording every sound, music, dance or chant he came across.
Doing the work of an ethnomusicologist, he recorded on tape some of the countless musical styles of ex-Zaire and was considerably enriched by what was an unusual experience for an African musician. In 1974, the government asked to form and direct the Ballet National du Zaire. Given the task of assembling all of Zaire's musical styles, Ray Lema travelled the country in search of musicians and dancers from the different ethnic groups. The result was a company of a hundred artists.
After a year and a half directing the ballet, the government wanted Ray Lema to produce an opera but the project was blocked due to lack of funds. Ray left the ballet for good in 76. If, culturally, directing the ballet was a positive experience, working for the government absolutely did not suit this humanitarian views and his love of freedom and experimentation. He went back to working with the greatest Zairese musicians of the day, including Franco, with whom he performed at the Festival des Arts. He formed a new group, Ya Tupas, in which he drew on the musical sources he had collected between 72 and 73. The group became well-known and was awarded the Maracas d'Or in 78, a French prize for an African and Caribbean music.
Africa – America – Europe
In 1979, an American production outfit invited Ray Lema to go and work in the United States. With funds from a Rockefeller foundation scholarship, Ray Lema flew to America. Fascinated by what he discovered there, in particular the recording studios, he stayed longer than intended. He married an American and learnt studio sound-recording technique and (in New Orleans) recorded his first solo disc, "Koteja". He also played for a while in a Haitian orchestra. In 1981, the Old World began to beckon, and Ray left the United States for Belgium before definitively moving to France. He has never returned to his home country since.
New address, new culture, new career. In Europe, he was able to fully pursue his perpetual quest for new sounds and influences. Like all African musicians living in Paris, he was not known. He made his French débuts in venues frequented only by his countrymen. He started a group, Carma (Central Africa Rock Machine) with musicians from Zaire, Cameroon, Haiti and Guadaloupe, and began to be noticed at musical events organised by the magazine Actuel. The editor of the magazine, Jean-François Bizot, was his manager for several years. Ray Lema soon found a record label, Celluloïd, which enabled him to distribute his mini-album, "Koteja", in France and above all to record his first album.
In 83, "Kinshasa-Washington DC- Paris" was released. The album's title sums up Ray Lema's career. Rumba-rock, funk, reggae, modernity, his first album contained a mixture of influence and it was the take-off point for an international career: it received rave reviews and sold well at a time when World Music was really taking off commercially.
At the end of 84, Lema gave a concert at the Chappelle des Lombards, the prestigious Paris jazz cellar. Around that time, he played on the first solo album of Englishman Stuart Copeland ex-drummer of the Police.
The following year, he met Frenchman Martin Meissonier, a recording engineer and arranger highly respected in World Music and African circles. In a London, two of them, both sound recording addicts, concocted the album "Médecine", released in October 85.
In 86, Lema composed the soundtrack for the film "Black Mic Mac" by Thomas Giloux. The following year, he went on a long European tour which included Greece, Spain and Italy.
Well established now in France, Ray Lema had developed an excellent rapport with several French singers. So much so that in 88, he formed a temporary group, the Bwana Zoulou Gang, with his own musicians and French artists, including Charlélie Couture and his brother Tom Novembre, Jacques Higelin and Alain Bashung. He called on African musicians as well, among them Willy N'for from Cameroon and Manu Dibango. Festive, rhythm-packed, the album brings together pygmy influences and the most electronic funk.
In 89, Lema gave a Senegalese name to his new album, "Nangadeef" (Hello in Wolof). There were numerous guests, including English saxophonist, Courtney Pine, and the magnificent female voices of the South African group, the Mahotalla Queens. Produced by his new label, Island, the album sold moderately well: his meditative exploration of music in general and African music in particular pleased the public and artists alike. At a concert in Portugal, Lema played in front of 100.000 people. On October 6th 89, at the Cigale in Paris, he received a warm welcome form the French public.
Ivory Coast
The whole of the following year was booked with tours and festivals. In July, he was a guest of honour at the Francofolies festival in La Rochelle. In the autumn, he travelled around Africa with Radio France Internationale on a tour organised by the French Cultural Centres for the "Découvertes" competition. One of the dates was a concert in Abidjan on November 15th - Ray Lema had never returned to his home country, but the capital of the Ivory Coast had become his African pied à terre. The tour had a profound effect on him and inspired the album "Gaïa", released in 91. However, due to the disc's low sales, Island dropped Lema despite him being universally recognised as a master musician.
At the end of 1990, Ray Lema helped to produce the album "Funana" by the Cape Verde Islands group, Finaçon. This first African production marked a new departure in Lema's career. During the following years, he pursued multiple and diverse musical influences. In 92, he again produced an African artist, We Were Liking and his troupe from the Ki Yi M'bock Theatre in Abidjan. With We Were, a musician from Cameroon living in the Ivory Coast, he wrote the opera, "Un Touareg s'est marié avec une pygmée". He also returned to jazz, playing with German pianist Joachim Kühn on the album "Euro African suites".
But his greatest experience at that time was his work with Professor Kirim Stefanov, the master of Bulgarian choral art and artistic director of the Pirin' since 1956. Together, they composed and recorded a remarkable album in which 23 female singers (14 Bulgarians, 6 Africans and a choir of 3) blended voices and cultures in a whirlwind of dazzling melodies. The success of the disc took Ray Lema and the ensemble on tour in 93: Francofolies, the Sfinks festival in Belgium and the Festival des Musiques Métisses in Angoulème.
The next release, "Tout Partout", was more sober in content. On this minimalist album, Ray Lema, on piano, is backed by two French vocalists, Cathy Renoir and Isabel Gonzales, a kora, a pygmy flute and an accordion.
On September 23rd and 24th, the ensemble played at the Passage du Nord Ouest, a small Parisian venue which has disappeared since.
In 96, Ray Lema released "Green Light", an album which pursued the solo vein begun with "Tout Partout". Alongside this, he showed the full extent of his humanitarian commitment with artistic missions to Chad, Benin and Burkina Faso. These trips were an opportunity to coach and help young local musicians, a task which Ray Lema is particularly attached of.
The introspective vein continued with "Stoptime", released in 97. A more solitary and more acoustic work, the album testifies to a certain maturity (fifty years old) and is an overt recognition of his classical training. His classical background also came to the fore in 97 with the writing an opera for a 30 musician orchestra. Inspired by African nature, this musical play was rehearsed for the first time by a Swedish orchestra in February 97. Ray Lema's re-discovery of his work, played by a classical orchestra was unprecedented emotional and artistic shock.
In his own way, Ray Lema is an artist without roots. He discovered music through white, Western culture and the first instrument he learnt to play – the piano – does not exist in African music. It was not by chance that he left in search of the more traditional sounds of his own country when he was not yet twenty. The trip was the departure point of a much longer, philosophical and spiritual search for his true roots.
During the year 2000, Ray Lema worked with a traditional Moroccan band called Tyour Gnaoua. This encounter gave birth to a very successful musical show uniting Gnaoua (this was the music of the ancient Subsaharan slaves) tempos together with Congolese vocals (Ray Lema's own origins). The opening night of this unusual show took place in May 2000 at the Couvent des Cordeliers, a medieval cloister in the heart of the Marais, one of Paris's oldest districts. Lema and Tyour Gnaoua performed together again during the Fête de la Musique at the end of June and at some festivals around the French provinces during the summer. In December they gave a last gig at the Maroquinerie, a small and cosy Parisian stage, and released an album entitled "Safi" (it means "We agree" in Arabic).
Renowned for crossing frontiers and pushing back musical borders, Ray Lema branched out in a new direction in November 2003, teaming up with theatre director Jean-Louis Matinelli. Working with Matinelli, he wrote the music for Max Rouquette's play "Médée", which was staged at the Théâtre des Amandiers in Nanterre in November 2003.
Piano solo
Lema, who claims that he discovered the "complementary nature" of African and western music in a workshop on harmony, has long been on a mission to fuse the "horizontal" nature of African beats with the "vertical" lines of western harmonies. And in 2004 Lema picked up his solo career again. His album, "Mizila" (named after his late mother), followed on in the same vein as earlier albums such as "Green Light" (1996) and "Stop Time" (1997), mixing jazz and classical influences with African rhythms. Lema took to the stage to give a debut solo piano performance at the Café de la danse on 29 March 2004.
Ray Lema has always been committed to the idea of passing on tradition, culture and know-how to the next generation. And this is something he has frequently put into practice through his work with the UMA (Université Musicale Africaine), teaching a range of classes. In 2004 and 2005, Lema also headed off to Burundi to give two master classes, an experience which he repeated in Burkina Faso (2005) and central Africa (2006).
In 2005, coinciding with celebrations of the "Year of Brazil" in France, Lema performed a series of one-off concerts with Brazilian singer-songwriter Chico Cesar, fusing the vibrant beats of Africa and Brazil. The pair went on to appear at various music festivals that summer across Europe.
In 2006, Ray Lema teamed up with drummer Francis Lassus and bassist Etienne Mbappé to form the African Jazz Trio, re-emerging on the live circuit with yet another new sound.
In November 2006, the trio teamed up again and headed out to Burkina Faso to organise a new session of the African Music University in Ouagadougou. The three musicians staged master classes and training courses for local musicians.
2007: "Paradox"
Fans had to wait until February 2007 for a new album from Ray Lema. "Paradox", recorded with Etienne Mbappé and Francis Lassus, featured a range of very different tracks including songs in English as well as French and a series of vibrant instrumentals. On this album, Ray Lema also paid tribute to the late great French star Claude Nougaro ("C'est une Garonne") and the Malian icon Ali Farka Touré ("Ali Farka Touré"), two musician friends who had greatly influenced him throughout his career.
In 2008, Ray Lema formed a threesome with Etienne Mbappé and Francis Lassus to take "Paradox" around the world, going to Europe, Africa, South America, China and Korea.
The following year, as part of the Year of France in Brazil, Lema was invited by the Jazz Sinfonica Orchestra de Sao Paulo to record 13 of his numbers with the 90-strong orchestra directed by Joao Mauricio Galindo. The collaboration resulted in two concerts in Sao Paulo in May 2009.
Also in spring 2009, Ray Lema formed a group, which he called Saka Saka after a Congolese dish based on manioc and fish. The band comprised a bass player from Cameroon, Etienne Mbappé, drummer Conti Bilong (who usually plays for Manu Dibango), a Cuban brass section, some Franco-Congolese backing singers, a Brazilian guitarist and Laurent Lupidi, programmer of Zebda and Brigitte Fontaine. Lema and his team served up a repertoire that married the rhythms of Congolese rumba with rock, and took in traditional rhythms from the Congo and Central Africa. Saka Saka performed several concerts in 2010 at the Festival de Montreux, the Panafrican Festival in Algiers and on open stage at La Villette in Paris in July.
2011: "99"
In August and September 2010, Ray Lema and his eclectic Saka Saka recorded a new album that was released on 9 May 2011. It was entitled "99" in reference to the code number attributed to foreigners living in France. With Brazilian sounds, reggae and jazz, the album is musically diverse with some very idealistic lyrics. Lema dreams of a tolerant, mixed-race type of globalization that is a far cry from the standardized, commercial reality he sees today. The songs in "99" were presented in Paris on 11 May at La Bellevilloise and on 28 of the same month at the Quai Branly museum.
The end of the year saw the release of a CD and DVD featuring two original concerts performed in Brazil in May 2009. On the collection, Ray Lema reworked thirteen of his numbers accompanied by the Jazz Sinfônica de São Paulo, conducted by João Mauricio Galindo, lending a new symphonic atmosphere to the works.
The insatiable musician went from project to project. In 2012, he was in the creation "Station Congo", a dialogue between traditional and modern Congolese musicians. This project, launched at the initiative of the Détours de Babel festival, was significant for Lema because its preparation took him back to the DRC for the first time in thirty years. In Kinshasa, he selected traditional musicians and rappers for his new show, which also featured his compatriot Fredy Massamba.
The following year Lema was back with a jazz sound on the album "V.N.S.P. (Very Special New Production)", a nod to Herbie Hancock's legendary live album, "V.S.O.P: The Quintet". To record the new compositions, Lema chose a quintet comprising bass player Étienne Mbappe, Nicolas Viccaro on drums, Irving Acao on saxophone and the trumpet player Sylvain Gontard.
He performed with the band at the New Morning in Paris on 7 February 2013.
The album "V.N.S.P. (Very Special New Production)" won him the Académie Charles-Cros Grand Prix 2013 in November.
Rather than settling into a particular musical style, Ray Lema tried his hand at a wide range of projects. One of them saw him with the Brest University Orchestra at the Festival du Bout du Monde in August 2013 and then at the Quartz in Brest in May 2004. He then travelled to China for the opening of the Festival Croisements, performing with the Wuhan Symphony Orchestra conducted by James Liu. He gave several concerts in the country during a fortnight in April.
In a completely different vein, Lema got together with Rodrigo Viana, Fredy Massamba and Ballou Canta to work on the Nzimbu Project. The group paid a tribute to Aimé Césaire at the New Morning on 12 December 2013 and supported the Central African Republic in March 2014 with a solidarity event at the Théâtre de la Ville in Paris.
May 2014
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Re: Andrew,Seth Alonzo,Elroy, Armand Tibbits
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Leslie Duncan 4/12/01
I am researching the following family....is this tied to yours,and do you have any additional info?I am tracing the FROST Connection to the family.JOhn
1. ARMAND1 TIBBETS was born January 1870 in Canada. He married EDITH A. FROST Abt. 1899, daughter of ISAAC FROST and MARY WHEELER. She was born October 1864 in Wisconsin.
Notes for ARMAND TIBBETS:
1900 Millard Precint, Douglas Co. NE, Occupation, "Gardner" ED 100 , page 291A
1910 Census, Douglas Co., 1-WD Omaha, HH 215
Diffictult to read, but a step-son living with them, Arthur Bayze?, age 19, born 2 1890, 1900 census shows that this is Edith's son. Name is given though as Tibbets
1920 Omaha, Douglas Co. NE, ED 62, HH, , Arthur is listed as "son-in-law", but no wife is present. ??
Right next door is Myron Tibbets
Child of ARMAND TIBBETS and EDITH FROST is:
2. i. MYRON2 TIBBETS, b. January 1900, Nebraska.
Generation No. 2
2. MYRON2 TIBBETS (ARMAND1) was born January 1900 in Nebraska. He married ALICE MAY Abt. 1911. She was born Abt. 1899 in New Mexico.
Notes for MYRON TIBBETS:
1920 Census, Omaha, NEB Douglas Co. ED 62, right next door to parents. Mary Frost 83, is living with Myron & his wife. Railway Conductor.
1930 Multnomah Co. OR , Portland District 344, HH 180, Mail carrier for the US Post Office
Children of MYRON TIBBETS and ALICE MAY are:
i. EDITH M.3 TIBBETS, b. 1921, Nebraska.
ii. ROBERT M. TIBBETS, b. Abt. 1926, Oregon.
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Give Us Your Hands If We Be Friends…
Audiences leapt to their feet night after night throughout this past closing weekend of A Midsummer Night's Dream: the Musical. It was just the kind of reception that the company had been hoping for from their very first rehearsals – and one that was often repeated throughout the run of the show. Apparently, there was much magic in the music, and many of those who entered the theater new to Shakespeare left wondering what took everyone so long to infuse it with catchy tunes.
"It really makes it so accessible," one theater-goer said, grinning from ear to ear as she left the theater humming "So Happy Together." Another patron noted that he had been to the show three times. "I never saw the same play twice," he said, referring to the energy and acrobatics of the actors and the music. "It was different each time." Another audience member was regretful that she waited until closing to see the show because it was something she would have liked to share with others and to see again. "Oh, well," she said. "I'm sad it's over."
She's not the only one. After months of time spent in these characters, it takes a minute sometimes for the actors to step away – not only from the show, but from each other. "I'll miss everyone," says Sandy Campbell with a bittersweet smile, as the actors gathered in the lobby to greet family and friends after the final performance. "This show has really grown and we've grown together."
Savvy Scopelleti agrees. "It's really blossomed," she says.
Eddie Yaroch weighs in. "The best stage entrance in any play I've ever done," he says, referencing his cruising "Life Could Be a Dream" basketed bicycle ride.
Taylor Peckham admits that he now considers himself a Shakespeare veteran. Remarkably, this stint as Puck (as well as being the musical director of the entire show), was Taylor's first experience performing the Bard. "And I'm not the only one," he says, puckishly, looking across the lobby at David McBean, Sandy Campbell, and Lauren King.
Tom Stephenson ponders the nomadic nature of theatre as he glances around the bustling lobby. "It's always like this," he says. "You develop camaraderie for such a short, intense time. Then you may not see someone for three years, until you do another show together. But, we'll always have this – this show will always connect us."
It is certainly hard to let go of something that has been such an investment of time, talent, and energy. But it has to happen. And in the theatre world, it happens quickly. The company is already looking forward to beginning rehearsals for the next production, Hamlet, which opens in January. And no, Hamlet will not be a musical, even though the question has been posed by at least one audience member at almost every performance.
But there is one more step to complete before this next journey can begin.
Silently observing the festivities in the lobby, electric drill in hand, Michael McKeon, set designer, waits patiently for his cue. "Strike," as it's known in the theatre world, is usually a group effort, taking place immediately after the last show, when everyone comes together to dismantle the set. Already some actors have changed into sweats and sneakers to help with the impending task. There is no room for sentimentality about holding onto things in this place. Once the last bow is taken, it is time to move on.
Spotting Sean Cox, co-artistic director of the company, Michael calls out over the crowd, "Is it time?"
A few hours later – sets broken, curtains packed, rope swings untied – it's as if nothing has happened here. The stage is once again bare, awaiting its next adventure. — T.T.
The Ever-Auspicious Opening Evening
The opening night of A Midsummer Night's Dream: the Musical is at last upon us.
Despite months of casting and development, weeks of rehearsal, and days of previews, it is tonight's performance has been circled on everyone's calendar from the very beginning. That's definitely enough to make theatre people a little nervous. But, it might make them a little superstitious as well.
Well-known are the traditional superstitions of the theatre that date back to Shakespeare's day and before. For instance, it is bad luck to whistle in the theatre, mostly because in the past whistling was used to communicate between the sailors who were hired to run the ropes and flies from the catwalks during a show. A misplaced whistle could be a dangerous thing. And of course, most people know never to say the real name of Shakespeare's "Scottish play" in a theatre; however, if you ask any actors what the "cure" for this misstep is, you will get a different answer each time: "Turn in a circle three times, throw salt over your shoulder, go outside and curse. Or is it run around the theatre three times? Wait, do you throw the salt over your right or left shoulder?" And, yes, it's true that everyone says "break a leg" instead of "good luck" before a show.
Given the superstitious nature of this environment, we thought it might be fun to see how some of our actors approach opening night, or any of the regularly superstitious habits they practice to through the run of the show. As we are also doing a play about magic and mystery, it seemed only fitting that we find out about the magic that takes place offstage as well.
At first glance, most of the company denied having any opening night traditions or habits at all. However, eventually some ritualistic practices did emerge. And, one thing is very clear – every actor has very specific feelings about opening night.
"It's like a roller coaster," says Eddie Yaroch (Peter Quince). "There is this terrific tension, like you are clacking up the metal chain that leads to your first line on stage. Once that first line is said, everything lets go and the show runs itself." Traditionally, Eddie will repeat his first line to himself over and over again as he's getting ready to go on, anticipating that moment.
Tom Stephenson (Bottom) agrees. "It's like being the groom at a wedding. Excitement and terror before you go on, then lots of fun after you're on stage."
They both decided that opening night audiences were the best: "It's opening night – the crowd cheers for you."
Other actors focus more on their preparation for their roles to shake the performance nerves. Rin Ehlers (Helena) takes a walk through her blocking upon arrival at the theatre to solidify her character's journey in her mind. Savvy Scopelleti (Snout) tunes into the perspective of her character – an immigrant needing to belong – by repeating a handful of key phrases to herself in her Russian accent during the hours before going onstage.
There is also something to be said for camaraderie among cast members. Especially on opening or closing night, Lauren King (Hermia) feels it's important to acknowledge the company's journey and usually tries to make little gifts or write little notes for her castmates. "The first professional show I ever did, someone did that for me," Lauren says. "I've never forgotten that."
Brian Mackey (Demetrius) and Kevin Koppman-Gue (Lysander) share similar approaches to dealing with their opening night nerves. "I like to be social and joke around with everyone until the second before I step onstage," says Kevin. "The more I'm in my head about the show, the more chance there is for me to flub up." Brian also tries to avoid the nervousness that infiltrates the dressing rooms as showtime nears. "People are pacing," he says. "I read Sports Illustrated."
"There' s something special about opening night," says Taylor Peckham (Puck/Musical Director). "I like to get dressed up and celebrate it."
We couldn't agree more, Taylor. Here's to an auspiciously amazing opening night. Break a leg!!
'Twas the Night Before Previews…
Dateline: Rehearsal. Wednesday, August 29, 745 pm
'Twas the night before previews
And in the Clayton E. Liggett
Were just the sounds of fine-tuning
And a director shouting, "I dig it!"
The rope swings were hung
From the stage grid with care
In hopes that "knot spacing"
Was finally secure.
Patrick was tucked
In the sound booth and gave
Life to the piano
When Taylor would wave.
And what was there left
on the list to complete?
Sharon just smiles and says,
"I can't feel my feet."
The actors run round
In costumes and curls
Rehearsing their harmonic
Poetic pearls.
It was nigh around eight
When the last rehearsal began
The bower finally hung
As the actors filed in.
The company's final attempt
To make everything right
Knowing tomorrow's first preview
Would be a memorable night.


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When Google introduced the Nexus One in 2010, its first flagship smart phone, the tech press corp breathlessly wondered if it was the "iPhone killer?"
Nobody really talks that way anymore. It turns out there was no iPhone killer. Instead, the battle for mobile supremacy evolved into a war of attrition, as manufactures and software makers fought and scraped for each percentage point of market share, device by device, version by version.
Rarely are there radical leaps forward these days. Instead, the contest is a series of shuffling steps on speed, performance, touch and design.
Enter the Nexus 5, which Google introduced on Thursday morning, along with the much awaited update of its Android operating system. The device fits squarely into the industry's recent pattern.
It's a good modern smart phone on specs — true 4G LTE speeds, a Qualcomm Snagdragon 800 processor, a 8MB rear camera with image stabilization — but there wasn't a lot on the hardware side to quicken the pulse.
The more interesting — and ultimately revealing — stuff was on the software side.
Google's mobile strategy has always been about drawing people into its services, and retaining its hold on Web search even as people spend more of their online time within smart phone and tablet apps. But it has perhaps never been more evident then in the release of Android 4.4, known as KitKat, and its implementation on the Nexus 5.
The new phone, developed with LG, highly prioritizes access to Google's own tools, featuring the search bar across each screen. Google Voice Search can be instantly called up by saying, "OK Google." Google Now, the company's tool for offering unprompted but useful information based on what it knows about the user, can be accessed with a single swipe to the right.
"We wanted to focus on what Google does best: instant access to information and letting computers do the hard work for you," said Johanna Wright, vice president of mobile search at Google, at a press event at the company's San Francisco offices on Thursday morning.
Indeed, many of the features introduced Thursday take advantage of Google's core strengths, including access to massive amounts of online data, vast networks of servers and sophisticated machine learning algorithms.
Sundar Pichai, Google's senior vice president in charge of Android, stressed the company is bringing "Google smarts, the power of what we do in the cloud, across your entire experience."
Google has layered its search capabilities into the phone dialer, allowing users to directly ring up a business with a keyword search. The company's Hangouts app now allows instant insertion of Google's maps to indicate a person's location, or photos from Google Drive and other cloud storage providers.
Among other things, Google Now has been able to alert users — based on their calendar entries and real-time traffic information — when they're at risk of being late for a meeting. It can serve up their boarding pass when they arrive at the airport.
But additional "cards" revealed on Thursday can surface posts from infrequently updated blogs that a user has shown interest in, and provide timely information when they arrive at particular landmarks. That might include providing geyser eruption schedules when a person walks up to Old Faithful at Yellowstone National Park (if that person, for some odd reason, wanted to stare at their smart phone at that moment).
Pichai also showed off an upcoming feature: In the next few weeks, Google's mobile searches will begin to return results not just from the Web, but from information within apps loaded onto a person's phone.
A search for a restaurant, for instance, could produce standard search results, as well as a direct link into the section of the OpenTable app allowing a person to make reservations for that night.
Google is initially working with 10 app developers on this feature, including OpenTable, Moviefone, Etsy, Trulia and IMDB. The company will make the feature available to other developers in the next few months.
"We are starting to bring apps and the web together," Pichai said.
In other words, Google might have found a clever way of mitigating the risks in the rise of apps for a company that makes the vast majority of its money through searches on the open Web.
The other major advance in KitKat was finding a way to help bring the latest Android version to potentially billions of people in the developing world. Specifically, the company took great technical pains to make sure the software, and apps developed for it, can work seamlessly on cheaper phones with less memory. That is to say, the sort of phones that are popular in countries like Brazil, India and Mexico, where use of Android is growing three times faster than in developed markets.
"It's stunning growth and we want to make sure it works great," Pichai said.
But it's also clearly an attempt to reduce fragmentation of the operating system. Millions of devices running varied flavors of Android create serious challenges for developers, who are forced to create multiple versions with different features and experiences.
Going forward, Google is offering a tool kit that will allow developers to "degrade apps gracefully" when loaded onto lower-end phones. Google did this for its own apps, for example, automatically altering the user interface of the Chrome browser.
"We truly care about getting Android to work for the next five billion people," Pichai said.
Other updates and details:
- The Nexus 5 is available today, unlocked and without a contract, on Google Play.
- It starts at $349 for the 16 GB version.
- The 4G LTE Nexus 5 features a 5-inch, full HD display with two cameras.
- For challenging lighting conditions, the company also introduced a new HDR+ mode that allows users to take a burst of photos that are automatically processed together into a single balanced image.
- The software includes a new "immersive" design for things like games and books, where the usual Android control buttons drop away to allow a full-screen experience.
- Google has decreased word recognition errors in Google Voice Search by 25 percent in the last year.


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Folly Lodge 16-1 (8-12) In touch, ridden over 2f out, soon outpaced, kept on final furlong, 5th of 9, 6l behind Kasumi (8-12) at Pontefract 1m lst fll stk (1) gd in Jun.
Cha Cha Cha 2-1fav (9-11) Tracked leader, ridden over 3f out, headway to lead over 1f out, headed inside final furlong and no extra close home, 3rd of 7, 2l behind Kings Point (9-6) at Musselburgh 7f hcp 0-85 (4) gf in Jun.
Passion Fruit 25-1 (9-12) Held up, ridden and some headway on inside over 1f out, never dangerous, 6th of 11, 7l behind Kafuu (9-11) at Warwick 7f hcp 0-85 (4) gf.
Tender The Great (IRE) 25-1 (9-6) Mid-division, headway to challenge over 1f out, soon faded, 9th of 11, 7l behind Habshan (9-10) at Newmarket 1m hcp 0-90 (3) sft.
Musical Beat 16-1 (9-8) Took keen hold behind leaders, effort 3f out, soon beaten and eased, last of 8, 23l behind Princess Taylor (9-8) at Thirsk 1m fll hcp (3) frm in Jun.
Misphire 12-1 (9-10) Held up, headway on inside 3f out, ridden to lead just over 1f out, ran on and driven out, won at Warwick 7f fll hcp (4) sft beating Ken's Girl (8-12) by 1l, 7 ran.
Naughty Frida (IRE) 5-1 (9-2) Tracked leaders, ridden over 1f out, kept on to take 2nd post, 2nd of 8, 3/4l behind Rydal Mount (9-12) at Goodwood 7f fll hcp (4) gf in Jun.
Persian Sea (UAE) 8-11fav (8-12) Tracked leader, led over 2f out, pushed clear final furlong, won at Newcastle 7f mdn fll (5) gs in Jun beating Rhadegunda (8-12) by 6l, 9 ran.
Just Like A Woman 12-1 (8-4) Held up towards rear, headway 2f out, soon hard driven, stayed on strongly, no chance with winner, 2nd of 13, 3/4l behind Red Dune (8-11) at Newmarket 7f 3yo fll hcp 0-100 (2) gd.
Debonnaire 10-1 (9-8) Took keen hold in touch, effort over 2f out, soon ridden and weakened over 1f out, last of 9, 7l behind La Coveta (9-4) at Newbury 7f fll hcp (4) gf.


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Spaniards are reacting angrily to the EU finance deal agreed in Brussels earlier today with protestors gathering in Puerto Del Sol, Madrid, and in other Spanish cities, and voicing their anger on Twitter. Greek reaction is also negative.
Theodora Oikonomides
@IrateGreek: Do ppl out there realize that Spain getting a bank bailout without austerity means SYRIZA will get 60% in elex?
Spain appeared to have won big concessions on its debt-support by emphasizing its "too big to fail" status. On offer is $125 billion of aid for its stricken banks with no austerity terms. Spanish reaction on Twitter however is heavily focused on the interpretation of the terms, read outside Spain as a deal but not a bailout:
Mario Tascon @mtascon
Foreign journalists are still learning translate "financial support" to "bailout" #rescate
Albert Rivera @Albert_Rivera
The Eurogroup statement is clear: Spain is responsible for returning the money. So this we will all pay.
The general Twitter reaction to Spain's negotiators is also negative. Angry protestors have set up a Twitter handle #rajoycobarde - Rajoy (the Spanish Prime Minister) coward.
The main thrust of comments on the deal centers on the fact that, however the Eurogroup and Spain's politicians dress up the rescue, it is a bailout of inept banks that Spain's tax payers will have to pay back.
Almudena Santana @AlmudenaSntana
The money you give the FROB Europe and distribute it to banks is counted as debt. The conclusion? # Ransom paid by citizens
The terms of the rescue, however are not all that clear at this stage. If it was the EU's intention to test market reaction before coming to a final agreement, this could well backfire as the Spanish public digests the news and as anger grows, not least at the size of the rescue:
Brussels 15M @15MBruselas Spain has signed the largest mortgage in history putting 45 million Spanish as ransom
Jose Antonio Garcia @joseagarciaf
100 thousand million euros for the # rescue of Spanish banks .... And who rescues me me?
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"I paid for this, I'm taking it home with me," is what we imagine multi-millionaire actress Keira Knightley said to herself as she sneaked a partly drunk bottle of wine out of a Birmingham pub last night.
The 29-year-old failed to hide the bottle of vino stowed away in her handbag from passers by as she left The Hare and Hounds pub in Birmingham on Tuesday night.
She's been watching her husband James Righton play a gig with his band, The Klaxons, and clearly couldn't manage a whole bottle of wine to herself.
The star is becoming pretty famous for her frugality, making a name for herself shopping at the local Tesco and repeatedly recycling the Chanel wedding dress she married James in.
Keira isn't the only cash conscious celeb. Sex And The City actress Sarah Jessica Parker recently told Parade Magazine she refuses to spoil her son and relies on hand-me-downs.
"[My son] only wears hand-me-downs because I've got all these older nephews," she said.
"I think it's incumbent on my husband and me to really stress and to show James Wilkie by example what it means to owe your community something and that he is not entitled to the benefits of our hard work."
Lady Gaga is another surprising penny pincher! We know, riiight!? Back in December she tweeted about her bargain buys: "Why do people look at me like I'm crazy when I use coupons at grocery (stores) or try bargaining at retail, IM FROM NEW YORK WHERE IS THE SALE RACK."
MORE! Not every celeb spends a small fortune on their whip, and here's the proof!


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Taylor Swift Kicks Of 'Speak Now' Tour Under Open AirJanuary 26th, 2011 - 2:10 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
The year 2011 is sure exciting for pop sensation Taylor Swift as she embarks on the world tour with her new album Speak Now in style from Mexico. The 21-year old started off from the Royal Caribbean's Allure of the Seas ship, which has gained much recognition as being the largest passenger ship ever made.
While only about a hundred Taylor fans got the golden opportunity to be a part of that performance, staged at the ship's Aqua Theatre, it did not hurt the singer obviously. The singer said she was very excited with the beginning, given the fact that the atmosphere was very different with people cheering her from all around the place, and not just seated in stiff chairs like in an auditorium!
Post this, Taylor will tour Asia and Europe in February and March respectively. And then she will return for the biggest leg in America and Canada spanning between June and September.
While at the ship in Mexico, she played her best tracks along with some delightful other hits too, including I'm Yours by Jason Marz. In case you did not know, the chance to be a part of the members witnessing the performance was thrown open to people by being a part of 'Taylor Swift' series of contests!
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- Taylor Swift talking babies - Oct 31, 2010
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- Taylor Swift releases the video of 'Sparks Fly' - Aug 11, 2011
- Taylor Swift or Justin Bieber- Whom Do Audience Prefer To Listen To? - Oct 28, 2010
- Taylor, Bieber working together again - Jul 12, 2012
- I'll always have a crush on Lautner: Taylor Swift - Oct 13, 2010
- Swift donates 2.5 mn pounds - May 18, 2012
- Britney Spears arrives in Rio de Janeiro - Nov 14, 2011
- Swift excited about spring tour - Aug 31, 2012
- Taylor Swift wins entertainer of the year award - Apr 03, 2012
- Taylor Swift to perform at Grammy awards - Jan 13, 2012
- Taylor Swift takes to the skies and seas for promotion of new album - Oct 23, 2010
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Ofcom publishes proposals for white space devices
Regulator Ofcom takes steps towards enabling devices to use the gaps between spectrum bands – so-called 'white spaces' – for connectivity
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"White space" is the gap between frequencies of radio spectrum unused by licensed broadcasters.
The industry believes using these frequencies could enable boosted performance for Wi-Fi networks or encourage machine-to-machine (M2M) devices, such as a smart meters in the home transmitting data on how much energy has been consumed.
However, UK regulator Ofcom wants to ensure using white space doesn't interfere with any other spectrum-based technology.
It has proposed a new database which white space devices will have to contact before connecting over white space. The database will then grant permission to the devices and define a limit on the power levels to ensure there is no interference with neighbouring spectrum.
"White space represents a fundamentally different approach to using spectrum by searching and recycling unused gaps in the airwaves," said Ed Richards, CEO of Ofcom.
"This could prove critical in averting a global spectrum capacity crunch, as consumers demand more bandwidth over different devices."
Ofcom is asking for feedback on the proposal and will run its consultation process until 10 January 2013. After this date, it will take its proposals to the European Union, but Ofcom believes if all goes to plan, white space technologies could launch within the year.
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New for 2012, the Switchback is Harley-Davidson's version of a reversible jacket. It's a cruiser that can be ridden to the Rock Store for a burger or across the country to Daytona.
"We were hearing from a lot of women and aging riders: 'I love to tour, but I don't want an 800-pound motorcycle,'" said Jennifer Hoyer, media relations manager for Harley-Davidson in Milwaukee.
Harley's answer: A 718-pound addition to the Dyna family that can be packed like a mule or prettied up for town with an easy-to-detach windshield and saddlebags. Both accessories can be removed in 45 seconds by riders who have never handled a wrench. No tools are required.
Starting at $15,999, the Switchback is powered with the same Twin-Cam 103-cubic-inch engine that Harley is using on all its Softails and Touring bikes and most Dynas. Tuned for low-end torque that makes it easier to haul this hog from a dead stop, the 103 is air-cooled, fuel injected and relatively fuel efficient. Harley clams it gets 42 miles per gallon.


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Witness 8 Is Ready For Her Close-Up
Rachel Jeantel, identified by the State and defense in opening statements as the young woman who was on the phone with Trayvon Martin minutes before the shooting, is ready to take the stand. (She tweeted the photo above this weekend, with the caption "court nails.") Apparently, the state intends to call her as a witness after all.
So who is Rachel Jeantel? Smoking Gun reviews her twitter account, but only tells half the story. [More...]
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Late Extra! Bomb outrage in London!
When his beloved is killed in a terrorist atrocity committed by the sinister Bookman, young poet Orphan becomes enmeshed in a web of secrets and lies. His quest to uncover the truth takes him from the hidden catacombs of London on the brink of revolution, through pirate-infested seas, to the mysterious island that may hold the secret to the origin not only of the shadowy Bookman, but of Orphan himself....
©2012 Lavie Tidhar (P)2012 Audible Ltd
"The Bookman is a delight, crammed with gorgeous period detail, seat-of-the-pants adventure and fabulous set-pieces." (The Guardian)
"This is a steampunk gem...Bring on a sequel, Tidhar! I'm craving to know what happens after the ending!" (SFF World)
"The Bookman pokes at the fat and waddled body of steampunk with its walking cane and leaves it on the roadside with its fresh take on Victorian London without losing any steam on its way" (Loudmouth Man)
"Mysterious parallel dimension adventure"
The world of fictitious characters mingles with historical personages providing a vivid backdrop for an adventure to find out what is real and what is fiction.
"Strange and Ambitious"
The Bookman, like many other "steampunk" novels, draws it's inspiration from the work of Jules Verne, H. G. Wells and other Victorian-era authors. There's a dash of Edgar Rice Burroughs in this novel as well and Lavie Tidhar references real historical figures (Verne himself makes an appearance), machines, etc. He's thrown all of these influences and inspirations in a literary blender and come up with a novel I found simultaneously original and inevitably derivative. At times it works swimmingly. Tidhar writes with flair and the story moves at a rapid pace. However, I could never quite connect with the book's protagonist, Orphan and the book incorporates so many disparate-but-familiar elements that I'm afraid it all felt a little too contrived in the end. Nevertheless, it's an entertaining and valiant effort, a love letter to some of the works I most enjoyed reading when I was growing up, and the audiobook is well read by narrator Jonathan Keeble.
I rated it 3 stars but I'd give it 3.5 if that was an option.
"Fantastic Adventure"
The story was engaging, a perfect boys adventure story. The narration was simply brilliant! I will look for this narrator again
"Narration is annoying...."
I read the 2nd book in the Bookman Histories, Camera Obscura, last year and really enjoyed it. I was excited to go back and read the book that started it all. Unfortunately this book was just okay for me; I had trouble engaging with the characters and the story just seemed to drag on and on.
I listened to this on audiobook which I do not recommend. The narrator distinguished between voices of different characters well, but his choices for voices were often shrill and obnoxious. There were character voices in the book that made me flinch with their shrillness. Definitely don't listen to this on audiobook.
This book tells the story of Orphen. He is a poet who wants nothing more than to live our his life with his beloved Lucy. When Lucy is murdered by the terrorist The Bookman, Orphen goes on a quest of revenge. He will either get Lucy back, kill the Bookman, or die trying. Unfortunately for Orphen he becomes deeply embroiled in a plot full of alien lizard races and automatons.
As with Camera Obscura, I enjoyed the wonderfully creative world here. The British Empire is run by a lizard race, automatons are struggling for their rights, and the Bookman seems to have eyes and agents everywhere. Unfortunately since I was introduced to this world in Camera Obscura, while I still enjoyed it, some of the novelty had worn off for me.
I had a lot of trouble engaging with Orphen. His is kind of whiny and weak as a character; he is a poet at heart and spends a lot of time whining about loosing Lucy. He wants to take action but is continually swept up in events that are bigger than he is. By his own omission for most of the book he is a pawn.
The majority of the storyline revolves around political struggles between the lizard folk, the Bookman, the Automatons, and the British people. If you like politics you may really enjoy this. I personally am not big on politically focused books and constantly had trouble staying engaged in the story.
The story takes many side trips along the way. You may find yourself suddenly emerged in a history of this or that when you thought you were on an adventure to a different locale. This lead to the storyline being somewhat ambiguous and convoluted. I was listening to this and constantly found my mind wandering and missing parts of the story because I just couldn't stay interested in what was going on.
As I said the writing wanders a bit and the pacing is slow. There is some wonderful descriptive writing throughout though and the dark and bleak environments really come alive. There is an oddly heavy science fiction element to this steampunk story as well.
Overall an okay book. The world is wondrous and creative and the descriptions very well done. The main character of Orphan was a weak one though and I had trouble staying engaged. The story was ambiguous at times and wandered quite a bit, again I had trouble staying focused on what was going on at points because I just didn't care. The story was very political in nature, which I don't care much for. If you love steampunk stories and are interested in a politically motivated steampunk story that is a bit ambiguous you might like this book. Personally I would recommend Cherie Priest's Clockwork Century series over this one.
"Enjoyed it very much"
Book itself is not bad - much better that I expected really. An eclectic patchwork of real names (not only of "Victorians" but also of people who lived much later) and book characters with no real connection to their personalities. But it was a great fun to hunt out familiar names and titles. And some pieces, like Bookman's lair description, were as music to ears of a bookmaniac and collector as myself. (Music, which, I must add, had a little air of Walter Moers's "City of Dreaming Books" for me.)
Jonathan Keeble's reading is a little bit TOO dramatic, but in the end it was a nice listen. It's a pity, that the second book is read by a woman narrator. Actually, it was rather unpleasant surprise for me. I don't like women voices much and I doubt I'll buy the sequel. (Also I think that it should be a good courtesy to give all the books of the series to read to one narrator.)
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The Dallas Stars wrapped up six days of practices Friday morning, and now it is on to opening night against the Phoenix Coyotes at American Airlines Center on Saturday night.
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Aside from the raising of my three godlike children, I've never collaborated on anything that's made me as proud as the work I've done on Time Magazine's iPad app. So please forgive me when I take umbrage at Jeff Jarvis's recent remarks, which struck me today like fighting words.
Jarvis, a former Time Inc.-er, can be forgiven for the disgruntled, I-hate-my-ex-wife tone that creeps into his rhetoric, whenever he discusses his former employer. But I don't forgive him for continuing to kick the fetid corpse of Web 2.0, long after the crowd itself has wandered away. It's tiresome, dude, and intellectually dishonest given that you're still stumping for your Google book. You need to get out from behind your CRT a little more and try to connect with the current thinking in new media.
Google is a great business—for Google. We all know that it has made Google an enormous amount of money for itself and its shareholders. And I have no doubt that Google ads and the attendant freeconomy keep bloggers like you in cigs and the occasional bottle of Midnight Train. The notion, however, that ALL media must be free, and linkable, and remixable and open not only doesn't work for large, news-gathering organizations, it's turning out that it's not even what all readers/consumers want. There is no single recipe for success in the media business, professor.
Yes, the Time Magazine app costs $4.99. The rationale: The app offers 100% of the print magazine, plus photo galleries, video and other iPad-only goodies. While the pricing was not my decision, and I opposed it, I was wrong: It turns out to have been a smart move. While I'm not allowed to say how many copies we've sold to date, I can tell you it's sold about 10X what I had predicted to my peers. (Admittedly, I had predicted a small number. Still, I was shocked by how wrong I was.) Advertiser enthusiasm was even more surprising—clearly, they, too, see that the tablet gives them a bigger, richer canvas than the Web. And they need to understand how to use it as much as we do.
This thing is a hit, not only for us, but for every publisher who's been charging for a decent iPad app.
The fact is, people are willing to pay for content when it's delivered in the way they want. And when, in a month or so, we're able to offer subscriptions, I have no doubt that our business will grow and grow and grow as the number of people with iPads and other tablets explodes.
Finally, on the question of how Time's app is doing versus its peers. (PED's piece was equally misleading.) Our app was indeed the bestselling and top-grossing magazine app during the week of the iPad's launch, but we quickly fell off the list in the second week. Why? Because our app was (until today) produced anew weekly. That meant that the counter that measures unit sales reset to zero with the arrival of every new issue. By comparison, monthly mags have only produced one issue, so all four weeks of unit sales are included under one app.
If you took all of our issues and added them together so it would be an apples to apples comparison, I'm sure we'd still be the top selling and top grossing mag app.
Big deal. It's hardly meaningful at this point.
But directionally, in terms of what readers are telling us and what we're learning about this new platform, we're fairly ecstatic. While I was hedging my bets going into this "appgazine" experiment a year ago, I'm not anymore: Tablets will indeed save the day for many publishers as they complete the transition to extremely profitable digital media.
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Apple Invites Pulitzer Winner to Resubmit His Rejected iPhone App
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RIM chief says there's no market for tablets, touch-only phones
Wired Can't Quit Adobe, Pours Cash Into Flash-less iPad App
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The simple analytics of oligopoly banking in developing economies
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Roma (Gypsy) Music What is Roma Music? Rajasthan, India Egypt and Turkey Thank you for your time! Gypsies are traveling people - semi-nomadic.
They are often looked down upon for not having a permanent home.
However, not all gypsies are criminals. The people we refer to as Gypsies originated in northern India.
Somewhere around 1200 A.D.
After an invasion by outsiders, some of the Rajasthani people began migrating. Roma music picked up much of its style and flair while in the Anatolia region. The Balkans, and the Rest of Europe Romani people and music were influenced by and in return influenced the local music.
Bela Bartok, Zoltan Kodaly and the beginnings of Ethnomusicology.
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Europe. How to define Roma Music If Roma music does not come from a place, how can we say what is and isn't Roma music?
History: It's a shared story...
Profession Egypt and Turkey Through archaeological evidence and the development of music, we can trace this migration to Egypt and the Turkey.
The term "gypsy" derives
from Egypt. Bulgaria, Romania, and Hungary! This is where Romani people begin to be noticed by the wider world.
Major transformation in musical style.
Roma music after this time incorporates a lot of folk music from the Balkans. In Europe, Roma music mixes with diatonic, Western style classical music and local songs and dances: like the flamenco in Spain.
Roma music has arrived in America with early in our history. It has even mixed with Punk Rock. Europe and America Instruments http://worldmusic.nationalgeographic.com/view/page.basic/genre/content.genre/roma__gypsy__music_778/en_US Schnieder, David E. Bartok, Hungary, and the Renewal of Tradition: Case Studies in the Intersection of Modernity and Nationality. Berkley, University of California Press: 2006.
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