BELGIUM

Katie Cothran

Myp3

Popular genres in Belgium/Genres populaires en Belgique

Blues, Folk ,Reggae, World Music Alternative, Grunge, Punk, Wave Dance , Funk , Industrial , Hip,

Triphop Pop and Rock

Instruments

Baritone saxophone: member of the saxophone family, commonly used in funk, blues and sometimes rock bands.

Doedelzak: generic term for bagpipe, regularly used in Belgium. Used in song genres such as: alternative, folk, and blues, also used in traditional Belgium songs and events.

Muchosa: traditional Belgium bagpipe, used in genres such as folk, blues and traditional Belgium songs.

Pipasso: belgian bagpipe found in Belgian province of Hainaut.

Saxophone: also known as a sax, invented by Belgian instrument maker Adolphe Sax. Most commonly associated with Jazz and Classical music.

Schäferpfeife: German bagpipe, used in folk, classical and jazz songs.

Belgian artists/ Artistes belges

Selah Sue:Selah Sue is a Belgian musician

and songwriter. Her debut album, Selah Sue was a major success, selling over 400,000 copies in Europe, 200,000 in France alone.

Genre: Pop and R&B.Instruments in songs: guitar,

base guitar, drums and piano.Songs: Raggamuffin, Selah Sue

, Crazy Vibes, This World, Summertime and Zanna.

Links to videos/radio stations

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-IunmW3wI5Q – link to Raggamuffin/Selah

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJtM7SRo6l8&feature=relmfu – link to This World/ Selah

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJtM7SRo6l8&feature=relmfu – link to Fade Away/Selah

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ffVG0jkG5g – link to Crazy Vibes/Selah

http://www.surfmusic.de/country/belgium.html - online Belgian radio station

http://www.listenlive.eu/belgium.html - European radio stations, streaming Belgian channels, live on the interent

http://radiostationworld.com/locations/belgium/radio_websites.asp?m=~bra – Radio stations, Brussels; Belgium , station has various music genres for live streaming .

http://tunein.com/radio/Belgium-r100304/ - Online Belgian radio station