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Blues dancing originated in the dances brought to America by enslaved Africans, who followed sub-Saharan African music traditions.There is no documented evidence across the history of pre-colonial sub-Saharan African dance for sustained one-on-one mixed-gender partnered dancing; African cultures apparently considered this type of dancing to be inappropriate.
Soedjarwoto Soemarsono (July 14, 1948 – January 9, 1988), better known by his stage name Gombloh, was an Indonesian singer and songwriter.He received the Nugraha Bhakti Musik Indonesia award from the Association of Singer Artists, Songwriters and Recording Music Arrangers of the Republic of Indonesia (Indonesian: Persatuan Artis Penyanyi, Pencipta Lagu dan Penata Musik Rekaman Republik ...
Nike Ardilla — Indonesian rock, pop rock, blues, pop metal singer; Niki — R&B singer, record producer; Nidji — Pop rock band; Noah — Alternative pop/rock band; Norazia — Funk/soul/pop singer; Novita Dewi — Indonesian pop/rock/gospel singer, grand champion of Astana International Song Festival 2005 in Kazakhstan
Agnes Monica Muljoto (born 1 July 1986), known professionally as Agnez Mo (stylized in all caps), is an Indonesian singer and actress.Born and raised in Jakarta, she is known as a bilingual singer who records in both Indonesian and English.
Blues is a music genre [3] and musical form that originated amongst African-Americans in the Deep South of the United States around the 1860s. [2] Blues has incorporated spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts, chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads from the African-American culture.
Orkes Melayu singer Ellya Khadam switched to dangdut in the 1970s, and by 1972, she was the number-one artist in Indonesia. Her success, along with that of Rhoma Irama, meant that by 1975, 75 per cent of all recorded music in Indonesia was of the dangdut genre, with pop bands such as Koes Plus adopting the style. [citation needed]
Didi was born in Surakarta, Indonesia in 1966. Didi's father, Ranto Edi Gudel, was a comedian and singer-songwriter who often performed at the traditional ketoprak tobong theatrical stage. His brother Mamiek Prakoso [ id ] was also a comedian. [ 3 ]
"Bengawan Solo" (lit. "Solo River") is an Indonesian song written by Gesang Martohartono in 1940. The song is a description of the longest river in Java, Solo River.The song became popular in Indonesia during the Second World War and was one of the songs promoted nationally in the newly-independent country after the war.