![Scottish Songs For Today And A Presentation of the Scots Dialect [Videos]](http://globetribune.info/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/scottish-pound-note.jpg)
In addition to English and Scottish Gaelic, Scots English, which is related to ilder forms of English is widely spoken in Scotland. Following is the first installment of a documentary presenting the Scots dialect, as well as some songs based upon the poetry of Robert Burns, Scotland’s national poet. Robert Burns poetry link Followong is [...]
![Nafafi, Iranian Rapper Faces Fatwa Death Threats [Videos]](http://globetribune.info/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Shahin_Najafi_03.jpg)
Iranian rapper Shahin Najafi fled Iran in 2005, narrowly escaping a sentence of 100 lashes as well as imprisonment. He is penetrasting and irreverent in his treatment of Iran’s theocratic society, as well as its icons, His songs address both religious figures in Iran today as well as deceased imams who are revered by [...]
![A Great Rock Band From Montenegro in the Former Yugoslavia [Videos]](http://globetribune.info/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/montenegro.gif)
Montenegro was the smallest of Yugoslavia’s six republics, with a population about a quarter of that in Brooklyn.It is also home to Grim, a band that was founded in 1999 and is classified as gothic heavy metal. Following are some songs from Grim. Copyright protected by Digiprove © 2012 Rudi StettnerAll Rights ReservedOriginal content here is published under these license terms: X License Type:CommercialLicense [...]
![Song of the Day: “Treat Your Mother Right by Mr. T [Video]](http://globetribune.info/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Penguins.jpg)
In honour of Mother’s Day, Globe Tribune is pleased to present this song by Mr. T. I dedicate this song to my own mother and to the mother of my children, two women who put up with me for so many years, who kept me off the streets and could sink me if I [...]
![Musician of the Day: Suzanna Lubrano [Videos]](http://globetribune.info/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/suzan-street-klein-def.jpg)
Suzanna Lubrano is a singer of Cape Verdean nationality who currently lives in Rotterdam inthe Netherlands. She was born in 1975 and sings in Cape Verdean Creole, as well as Dutch and English. It is amazing to me that she is not already a megastar in America.
![Songs in Honour of VE Day [Videos]](http://globetribune.info/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Yugoslav_partisans.jpg)
The following musical selection is dedicated to the brave soldiers in all armies and guerilla forces who contributed to the defeat of Nazism in World War Two. May their memory be a blessing. The following song is by Leonard Cohen. It is called The Partisan. The following song, “Bella Ciao” is an Italian partian song. [...]
Following is an acapella rendition of Stevie Wonder’s song “As” It is entirely free of any instrumentation. Any sounds of instrumentation are made with the human voice.
![Song of the Day:Somebody that I Used to Know (A cappella cover) by Sam Tsui [Video]](http://globetribune.info/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/sam-tsui-header-from-MySpace-photo-cropped.jpg)
During the 33 days after the second day of Passover, many observant Jews do not listen to instrumental music. Following is some a cappella music from Sam Tsui and Matisyahu Following is an a cappella version of “One Day” by Matisyahu.
![Musicians of the Day Sofia Jannok and Maddji [Videos]](http://globetribune.info/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Sofia-janok.jpg)
There are less than 50,000 speakers of the Sami family of languages, which is split up into various dialects, not all of which are mutually intelligible. One tool of promoting the survival of a language is to produce popular music in that language. Sofia Jannok is a gifted singer who advances the survival of Sami [...]
![Musical Focus of the Day: Sri Lanka [Videos]](http://globetribune.info/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/sri-lanka-flag.gif)
A few days ago, I took a ride with a taxi driver from Sri Lanka, who was from the Tamil minority in that nation of 20 million people. The Sri Lankan population of around 20 million is about 75% Sinhalese and about 12% Tamil. Sinhalese, the majority language has its own alphabet and is not [...]
