[FA Worldmusic] immigration woes part 2: who will be next?!?

[Paul Harding]

Speaking of these bands, does anyone know if the new Kasai
Allstars new album is going to hit the US any time soon? 
They were my favorite on Congotronics 2 and I can't wait
to hear more!!

Paul Harding



> FYI. Konono no 1 and Kasai Allstars' European tours were
> canceled this
> month due to UK and Schengen visa issues. They were
> scheduled to carry out
> extensive European tours this summer.
>
> Angel Romero
> World Music Central
>
>> I find the tone of the Boy George coverage I've seen odd
>> too. Which,
>> for the record, I blogged about today at the CBC Radio
>> 2's blog.
>> http://www.cbc.ca/radio2/blog/
>>
>> But I just touched on the issue in a general way. I know
>> much has
>> been written about immigration matters in this group --
>> but does
>> anyone know of a comprehensive online source of info on
>> this that one
>> could steer/link others to?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Li
>> On 25-Jun-08, at 1:10 PM, Mark D. Moss / Sing Out!
>> wrote:
>>
>>> At 08:28 PM 6/24/2008, Timothy Bisig wrote:
>>>> http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/06/24/boygeorge.visa/index.html
>>>>
>>>> will the madness never end?
>>>
>>> I've just gotten my 6th press release about Boy
>>> George's visa
>>> troubles, and I've got to say that I'm less than
>>> enthused by the
>>> prospects of having our *very* real and serious
>>> barriers to cultural
>>> exchange adopt this story -- or, for that matter Papa
>>> Wemba's visa
>>> trouble following his conviction for illegal immigrant
>>> smuggling --
>>> as any kind of cause celeb. I do get that Boy George is
>>> innocent
>>> until proven guilty, but the charges against him
>>> ("imprisoning a man
>>> in his home") certainly seem pretty serious, and I
>>> *can* understand
>>> why he could be seen as legitimate cause to deny him
>>> the visa. (It's
>>> certainly not "madness." Please.)
>>>
>>> Doesn't taking up this argument empower the
>>> isolationists who can
>>> easily brush this off with a chuckle and a simple "of
>>> course"? I'd
>>> rather focus the discussion on the serious artists --
>>> without pending
>>> criminal charges -- who are being denied visas or who
>>> are being
>>> extorted for crippling processing fees, etc. Is it just
>>> me? Or do
>>> others agree that we lose every time we let the story
>>> shift to
>>> examples where reasonable people likely couldn't figure
>>> out why
>>> denying such a visa is a problem?
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