Akon and Zouk

I do believe that there are a lot of influences in Akon's work and zouk for me is one of them. I tend to use a lot of Akon's work in my classes.

Lindale

Articles on Zouk and Hot Clips......... Does Akon (RnB Artist) really sing Zouk?

Hi All,

I found a couple of great articles on Zouk and Kizomba that I wanted to share with you.


This one goes into some detail about the view on zouk music, and also includes a map of where the music is mostly known and a few comments on the topic also.

In English.

http://theelephantschild.blogspot.com/2008/12/zouk.html

You can also have a look at Zouk Machines video clip for the song Maldon, a classic. One of the songs that used to play heaps in Porto Seguro when I was there many years ago.

The author also goes on to mention hearing zouk influences in Akons music whilst still being influenced by both RnB and Hip Hop.

A few comments on this blog are quite interesting. and theres quite alot of interesting articles on various genres of music.

http://theelephantschild.blogspot.com/



Theres is also another I discovered written in Portuguese about minority genres.


http://raizeseantenas.blogspot.com/2006/08/zouk-kizomba-som-da-kabilia-gneros.html

If you'd like to translate this page to the language of your choice visit:

http://translate.google.com/translate_t?hl=en



Visit this link for some cool Kizomba, Latin and RnB videos uploaded by a French Guy, originally from Madeira Island, there is an option to translate the site on the actual page, look for the little flags.

http://madereacores.blogspot.com/2006_02_01_archive.html


To find out more about Portugal, Madeira and Acores Islands and see the beauty of those Islands have a look at the photos on.


http://madereacores.blogspot.com/


A few modern Zouk and Zouk RnB Clips for you.














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Enjoy your weekend, and i'll leave you with this.

Does Akon really sing Zouk? What do you think?

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