final pop music around the world

Khaen

a reed mouth organ used in luk thung and folk musics from Isan

Lèse-majesté

insulting of a monarch or other ruler; strict laws in Thailand

Computer Crime Act

 restricts digital rights by blocking websites and removing content, has been widely protested for its ability to silence and prosecute political dissidents for sharing comments online, defined broadly to include all offenses "likely to cause damage to the public", offenses increased after 2014

Isan

the northeastern region of Thailand (rural and culturally Lao)

Luk krung

 popular music genre representative of Bangkok’s urban class (“child of the city”)

Luk thung

popular music genre representative of Isan’s rural class (“child of the field”)

Songs for Life

protest music in the 1970s, associated with student democracy movements that blended folk and rock influences to advocate for social change.

Caravan

the first songs for life band, “Man and Buffalo”, inspired by Bob Dylan

Carabao

 a later songs for life band, “Made in Thailand”

Faiyen

a thai pop music group living in exile for calling an end to lèse-majesté

Rap Against Dictatorship

 a rap music group censored under the Computer Crime Act

Songlines

 paths which can be traced across the continent, linking sacred spirits that have returned to the land 

Assimilation

enacted through adopting a culture's customs, language, and norms 

Residential school

Schools set up to remove culturally distinct practices from indigenous children's lives and replace them with new ideas 

Didgeridoo

 A wind instrument made from a hollowed-out wooden tube from N. Australia

Indigeneity

the state of being Indigenous, or related to Indigenous-ness

Mestizaje

racial or cultural mixing

Torres Strait

 strait between Australia and New Guinea, includes 274 small islands in Australia 

powwow

A gathering for dancing singing and socializing

EDM

 music designed for social dance in club settings. Melodies, vocals, and sound effects are layered over a steady beat. Songs may be lengthy. Electronic sounds predominate

Reggae

 internationally popular Jamaican music derived from Jamaican indigenous music & dance with Rastafarian influences

Throat singing

Inuit vocal technique where a singer simultaneously uses their mouth and throat to produce multiple pitches or sounds at once. Often has a guttural or growling timbre

The Halluci Nation ( a tribe called red)

 Canadian EDM group that mixes hip-hop,reggae, moombahton, and dubstep

JB the First Lady

• Canadian Indigenous hip-hop and spoken word artist, emcee, beat-boxer, activist, cultural dancer, and youth educator from the Nuxalk and Onondaga Nation 

-Believes her songs are a way of capturing oral history

- Challenges subjects like residential schools, and missing and murdered Indigenous women

Cumbia

 Colombian dance music w/ influences of African, Euro, Indigenous music

Alux Nahual

1 of most prominent Rock band in central america. Alex Nahual means “Spirit of the Goblin”. Band formed at 1979, Guatemalan Peace Sign treatys

Rebeca Lane

Rapper born in 1984 civil war, Vocal Queer woman who recognized gender disparities and challenged heteronormative norms

MC

To host, introduce performers, and engage the audience during an event

Breakdance

dance that is an element of hip hop, group dancers from crews, individual dancers show physical and artistic skill, very popular element in Guatemala City

DJ

Spins or Plays live, may also create and mix recorded sound

Graffiti

a form of visual art practiced on city walls, visual aesthetic, use of public space 

Rigoberta Menchu

activist dedicated her entire advocating for indigenous rights