The popular Burmese rock band Iron Cross is using music to challenge the nation's infamously repressive regime. Writer and radio producer Scott Carrier recently visited Burma, and he reports that in ...
For seven hundred years, serpentine songs of glorious kings, ancient wealth, and deep love have echoed at weddings and social occasions in Myanmar (Burma). Though steeped in musical and literary ...
Dawn sings couple of Burmese songs for her blog readers. Global Voices stands out as one of the earliest and strongest examples of how media committed to building community and defending human rights ...
Myanmar activist Sann Minn Paing released a song on YouTube a year after his parents were killed by junta forces. His Facebook post announcing the song and his demand for justice went viral, ...
COLUMBIA — While the usual Sunday service at Broadway Christian Church was well underway, a new service for Burmese refugees began. Down the hall and to the right, stairs led down to the basement ...
BANGKOK (AP) — Prisoners inside Myanmar’s most notorious jail held a protest Friday, singing popular songs opposing the military government and chanting political slogans, according to nearby ...
In the green tree canopies of forested areas in Myanmar, you might wake up to the sounds of skywalker gibbons singing love songs. Gibbons start their day with passionate duets. Though these love songs ...
It wasn't quite a pilgrimage, but writer and radio producer Scott Carrier learned much from his recent journey to Asia. One revelation: a popular band in Burma, that in the grand tradition of rock and ...