CBC Radio 2 Blog: 'The blog Africlassical makes note' of Nathaniel Dett Chorale at Inauguration

CBC Radio 2 Blog

The Week In The Music Blogosphere

Posted by Li Robbins on Jan-11-09 at 06:00 PM 

As the week at Radio 2 has been focussed on Obama's Playlist, it seems appropriate to start off this week's roundup with the news that Canada's Nathaniel Dett Chorale will be performing at two Obama-inauguration related events in Washington D.C. -- singing at the Smithsonian on Martin Luther King Day (Jan. 19) and at a party at the Canadian Embassy on Jan. 20th. Kudos! The blog Africlassical makes note of this good news, and Good Deed A Day ends a post with a video of the group in performance with Jackie Richardson.  It's pretty great.  [R. Nathaniel Dett is profiled at AfriClassical.com]

CBC Radio 2 Blog: “Africlassical, Musicians & Technology, Arts Education”

AfriClassical is honored by this post from Canada's CBC Radio 2, a network which has long brought classical music to Canadians, and also to millions of nearby listeners across the U.S. border:
CBC Radio 2
Posted by Li Robbins on July 15, 2008 at 11:30 AM

Possibly the best thing to come out of the proliferation of blogs is the exploration of specifics. For instance, a blog like Africlassical, which is a companion to a website devoted to the "African Heritage in Classical Music."

Or Hugh Sung's blog, all about "helping musicians adopt technology to enhance their art and lifestyle."

And Dewey21C, a brand new blog about arts education.

It's dedicated to "the belief that the arts are part of our genetic code. That the arts are in the DNA of every child, and that our job as teachers, parents, mentors, advocates, and administrators is to provide quality, sustained arts learning pathways for every child to develop fully as a human being. "

Hear hear. And that's just what emerged from the wide world o'bloggin' this morning.