music

Spelling with Van Morrison and John Lee Hooker

"G-l-o-r-i-a is how you spell classic rock," writes Eamonn Fitzgerald.

Komal at a video lauch show in Karachi in July. Photo by MTV

Komal Rizvi: Pakistan's answer to Rihanna

This is not the Pakistan of disastrous floods or Taliban terror. In one episode of her new reality TV show, Komal Rizvi attends a party in Karachi, where illegal alcohol flows freely and the beautiful people chat in English rather than Urdu.

A student practices the saxophone in the Oakland School for the Arts. Photo: Jan Stuermann

Sax at school

A student practices the saxophone in the Oakland School for the Arts in California. The saxophone is also known as the "sax" and saxophone players are called "saxophonists". The instrument is associated with jazz and early rock and roll.

Travelogs 9/2010: The Isle of Wight

Who exactly is... M.I.A.?

Who exactly is Maya Arulpragasam? She was born in London but lived in Sri Lanka until the age of eight. Her music is catchy, but if you listen closely, what M.I.A. sings about can be disturbing.

Read all about it! The August Spotlight

Eamonn Fitzgerald writes: "Find out what's coming in the August Spotlight."

Singing the code of life - Difficult

A 40-member choir sings a song written from the sequence of each person's DNA in a monument to our similarities and differences. How do codes work? From the notation of music to the mapping of genetic code.

Italian dictator Benito Mussolini playing the violin. Photo by Central Press/Getty Images

Want to buy Mussolini's fiddle? It's for sale

Alfredo Halegua was born in Uruguay and lives in Washington, DC. He's a well-known sculptor and a part-time violin dealer. He bought a fiddle 30 years ago for $50,000. Today, he is asking $400,000 for it. It once belonged to someone infamous.

All I do, I do by ear - Medium

Bluesman Pinetop Perkins features large in the August edition of Spotlight and Spotlight Audio. Review the words we use to count things — all, every, each, some, any — as you learn more about this legendary musician.

A New Orleans musician. Photo: Jan Stuermann

The sound of Treme

Treme is a popular television show set in the Tremé neighbourhood in New Orleans. The series begins three months after Hurricane Katrina and shows ordinary New Orleanians, including musicians and Mardi Gras Indians, trying to rebuild their lives.

Login

Spotlight jetzt testen!
Die aktuelle Zeitschrift kommt kostenlos zu Ihnen nach Hause.

Free newsletter

Friend us on Facebook:

<small>Business Minimax 2</small> <br>English for Business Writing / Negotiating / Telephoning

Business Minimax 2 English for Business Writing / Negotiating / Telephoning

Jetzt erhältlich: Ein neues Business-Minimax-Set! Jeder Titel fasst zu einem ausgewählten Thema Vokabeln, Wendungen und Regeln zusammen: Korrespondenz, Telefonieren und Verhandeln.