The Jakarta Post - Tue, 08/19/2008 10:43 AM | People

KUALA LUMPUR: Dangdut singer Inul Daratista gave Indonesians celebrating Independence Day in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, a treat on Sunday, after her two Malaysian concert dates were canceled for security reasons.
“I’m so glad I could delight you all,” Inul told the audience of about 1,000 packed in the Indonesian embassy grounds. They were mostly Indonesian migrant workers, students and embassy officials.
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Tags: dangdut live, dangdut music, ethno music, inul
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Posted in Dangdut Folksonomi on Sep 7th, 2008
Sun, 09/07/2008 9:46 AM | Entertainment
On that very same day 46 years ago, Ringo Starr joined the not-yet-legendary Beatles, the fourth of the Fab Four, to become one of the luckiest young musicians in the 1960s.
But this time it was a windy Friday afternoon in Liverpool, and walking across the alley leading to the Cavern Club was not Ringo Starr, although looking a lot like him, but Indonesian-born Beni Pratama.
To his left and right walked three other band members, all sporting gray suits carefully tailored to mimic what the real Beatles wore for the cover of their Please Please Me album. These young men were Genuine Pluck.
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Tags: beethoven, ethno music, indonesian music
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