Cultural Reads 29: The Henna Artist, Donkeyote & Neanderthals
Happy Tuesday All, And welcome to the Cultural Reads newsletter, a bi-weekly book, music, and movie recommendation from different countries all around the world. You can find all editions of the newsletter in the archive. In this week’s newsletter: India, Mongolia, Spain & Uzbekistan 🎙️ Magnolian (Mongolia) Magnolian is the second most popular Mongolian artist after folk-metal band The […]
Cultural Reads 28: Fado Music, Inuit Bear & African Sex Lives
Happy Tuesday All, And welcome to the Cultural Reads Newsletter! A bi-weekly book, music, and movie recommendation from different countries all around the world. In this week’s newsletter: Music from Portugal, Greenland & Senegal, a Brazilian movie, an African book, and culture from Indonesia and Japan 🎙️ How To Know And Feel Fado Music | Sara Paixao […]
Cultural Reads 27: Parallel Universe, Mali Prince & Track Books
Happy Tuesday All, And welcome to the Cultural Reads Newsletter! A bi-weekly book, music, and movie recommendation from different countries all around the world In this week’s newsletter: Track Reading Habits, Music from Mali, Brazil & Finland, Chinese-American Movie, and Podcast Wisdom. 📙 How To Keep Track of Your Reading Habits Do you already keep track of your […]
Cultural Reads 26: Rabbit Hole, Congolese Music & Prostitute Army
Happy Tuesday All, And welcome to the Cultural Reads Newsletter! A bi-weekly book, music, and movie recommendation from different countries all around the world. Last weekend I visited Down The Rabbit Hole. The festival has rock, pop, hip hop, and electronic music. Some highlights were Loyle Garner, Jarreau Vandal, Little Simz, and The War On Drugs. You can find the entire playlist here. Let’s […]
Cultural Reads 25: News from Africa, Pinkpop & Finding Music
Happy Tuesday All, And welcome to the Cultural Reads Newsletter! A bi-weekly book, music, and movie recommendation from different countries all around the world Last weekend I attended Pinkpop, a famous festival in the south of the Netherlands. Some of my highlights were Lost Frequencies, Maneskin & Chef’Special. This playlist contains the entire program. Up to the newsletter! This week we have: Egypt, Greece, […]
Cultural Reads 24: Vietnam War, Perfect Movie & Korean Thriller
Happy Tuesday All, And welcome to the Cultural Reads Newsletter! A bi-weekly book, music, and movie recommendation from different countries all around the world. In this week’s newsletter: France, Vietnam, Korea & Finding the Perfect Movie. 🎹 French Kiwi Juice (France) Today some House Music! French Kiwi Juice (FKJ) is a French multi-instrumentalist, singer, and musician known […]
Cultural Reads 23: Kyrgyz Love, Radio Everywhere & Afrobeats
Happy Tuesday All, And welcome to the Cultural Reads Newsletter! A bi-weekly book, music, and movie recommendation from different countries all around the world. In this week’s newsletter: Colombia, Nigeria & Chile, Kyrgyzstan, and World Wide Radio Channels 🎧 Afrobeats (Chile & Nigeria) This unexpected but outstanding performance features the Chilean band Newen Afrobeats and Seun Kuti, the […]
Cultural Reads 22: Tips Barcelona, Lao Tzu, Use Shazam
Happy Tuesday All, And welcome to the Cultural Reads Newsletter! A bi-weekly book, music, and movie recommendation from different countries worldwide. For those who watched the Eurovision Songfestival, it was nice to see Moldova get the 2nd vote from the audience. The band, Zdob si Zdub, is a famous Balkan group and was mentioned as one of […]
Cultural Reads 21: Love’s a Bitch, Climate and Jamaican Music
Happy Tuesday All, And welcome to the Cultural Reads Newsletter! A bi-weekly book, music, and movie recommendation from different countries all around the world. I was in Mexico last week and got to visit the Maya Temple Chichen Itza, one of the New 7 Wonders of the World. I, unfortunately, had to leave Mexico already, but I still […]
Cultural Reads 20: Malawi Windmills, Colombian Salsa & Instagram Movie
Happy Tuesday from Mexico, And welcome to the Cultural Reads Newsletter! A bi-weekly book, music, and movie recommendation from different countries all around the world. As you may have noticed, I got a new logo. I’m super hyped and want to give a huge shout-out to Salomé (the designer), Lynn for the intro, Clarisse for finalizing it, […]
