[FA Worldmusic] (Mis)adventures in musical diplomacy

[Steve Hochman]

Still... his efforts in music can't be as bad as Bush's dancing in  
Africa (and eslewhere)....



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On Jul 2, 2008, at 1:26 PM, Marco Werman wrote:

> Check out today's edition of The World.  We feature Ambo Cason singing
> before 10,000 Paraguayans in Ascuncion.  I appreciate your conclusion,
> but as we found, in an era when the US is suffering from the worst
> global public opinion ever, it seems that almost any effort gets  
> credit,
> even if there are some mistakes.
> Marco
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: fa-worldmusic-bounces+marco.werman=bbc.co.uk at folk.org
> [mailto:fa-worldmusic-bounces+marco.werman=bbc.co.uk at folk.org] On  
> Behalf
> Of Mark Gorney
> Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2008 3:21 PM
> To: fa-worldmusic at folk.org
> Subject: [FA Worldmusic] (Mis)adventures in musical diplomacy
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> I don't know if anyone's been following this story but probably a  
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> in whirled music, US ambassador to Paraguay James Cason (formerly head
> of the US interests section in Havana), cut an album of Guarani folk
> songs:
> http://www.miamiherald.com/457/story/582020.html
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> Audio interview: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7484512.stm
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> but apparently he didn't quite get it right:
> http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080627/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/paraguay_us_singin
> g_am
> bassador
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> Moral of the story: especially given the terrible history of the US in
> Latin America, if you're going to genuinely respect the culture of a
> place, take the time to make sure you're doing it properly, otherwise
> you're just perpetuating the same culture of ignorance, and some would
> say imperialism.
> Or maybe US Gov't. personnel just don't make good singers?
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> When Cason was in Cuba, he never did any son.
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> Mark Gorney
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