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Monday, October 22, 2012

Kabul alternative music festival 'Sound Central'

Kabul Afghanistan? Having an alternative music festival? If you are like me, you don't hear much about Kabul Afghanistan. Aside from the occasional report of a soldier being killed what do we hear? It's in a valley about 120mi/200km west of the Pakistan border, mid-line of the country. For practical purposes, it is at the center of the road system for the country. The continued presents of a strong military has made Kabul relatively safe. So much so it is actually growing, doubled in size in the last 5 years, 5 million and growing. The politics are still spoon down your throat but I will try to be optimistic and say something good seems to be happening.

The Sound Central Music Festival. I don't know where they get the "alternative" from? It's Rock. I don't care if it's slash, thrash, death or hard edged, it's like a breath of fresh air to me:  http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-19825685

The local kids seem to be eating it up. That's nice to see. They promise to keep doing it. I will look forward to keeping an eye on the phenomenon.  

Here's a couple more links: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZyWfPNh658&feature=colike
http://soundcentralfestival.com/
https://vimeo.com/51842350
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzyq4yoIfK8

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