All the world is singing
A few of my friends and I have been working on a music project for sometime. While some of these friends are talented musicians, I have been drawn to music not by any measure of my talent but by seeing the impact that good music and wonderful songs can have on peoples' lives. While visiting a bookstore recently, it was natural for me to pick up this appropriately titled book called "All the world is singing". The book contains 45 exciting stories about indigenous music from different parts of the world and how they have impacted lives. The story about Estonia was pretty heartening as it told about how music had been instrumental in leading the nation to its freedom. Another story from Pakistan about two blind men and their life-songs was touching and it was as interesting to listen to some qawali songs from that region. Did I mention that the book comes with a CD and you can listen to some of the songs, look at pictures of persons mentioned in the stories (all tru...
