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Meeting of the Parties to the Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context
Shaking off the EU is only part of the story. There are UN tentacles too. Ultimately it may be necessary to accept that the world is changing and national self-determination is and probably always was a romantic dream.
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Migrants from Europe to the new world took their traditional music with them. The slaves transported from Africa also took their musical traditions with them. In the course of time these various strands fused and blended and developed into some wonderful new music in both North and South America and here is a small selection from what appears to be a never ending stream of creativity.
Ry Cooder and the Buena Vista Social Club:
John Hartford:
Tish Hinojosa:
John Hartford (see above) said that the banjo was the only truly American instrument, appearing around about 1840. That may or may not be true, there are theories that it is African and other theories that it comes from Portugal or Spain. Whatever, it has evolved to become a 'signature' instrument of Bluegrass music.
One of the best banjo players is undoubtedly Bela Flek who takes it out of Bluegrass and produces something quite extraordinary -
Guadalupe Pineda:
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In response - or riposte - to the Steeleye Span recording shared here a few days ago, JD offers a "Celtic Connection" selection, commenting, "Music from the Celtic fringe is so exuberant and joyous". Ready for that!
From Scotland:
... Bretagne:
... Asturias:
... Galicia "(yes, I know they are French but the tune is almost the Galician 'national anthem')":
... and finally, from Ireland (with a Scottish singer):
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From an alphr interview with Michael Gough, chief design officer in the Applications and Services Group (ASG) at Microsoft.
Take sound. There are people here who focus full-time on the personality of sound. Cortana is not going to be successful unless she is trusted, so what’s the voice of trust? What’s the vocabulary of trust? What’s the cadence of interaction to trust a voice? That’s a design problem, a really hard one.
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