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Interview with Jun-Lin Yeoh, Artistic Director of the Rainforest World Music Festival 2012
Posted on May 13, 2012 | No CommentsThe new Artistic Director for the famed Rainforest World Music Festival in Malaysian Borneo is Jun-Lin Yeoh. Jun Lin comes from a classical music background. Those who are familiar with... -
Interview with Greg Gonzalez of Brownout
Posted on May 12, 2012 | No CommentsLatin funk band Brownout recently released Oozy, one of the most exciting Latin music albums in recent weeks. Brownout’s bass player Greg Gonzalez reveals details about this impassioned band. Brownout... -
The Pan-African Diva
Posted on April 11, 2012 | 1 CommentBordered by five countries, Ivory Coast has no shortage of neighboring influences, or languages come to that (over 75 are listed in the former French colony alone). Dobet Gnahoré draws... -
An Intimate Interview with Latin Piano Legend Larry Harlow
Posted on March 2, 2012 | No CommentsLarry “El Judio Maravilloso” Harlow of New York City is one of the legendary salsa piano players alive. He began climbing in his career when the term “salsa” was coined... -
An Intimate Interview with Mambo Master Tito Rodriguez Jr.
Posted on February 20, 2012 | No CommentsTito Rodriguez Jr. is the son of the legendary Latin orchestra leader and singer Tito Rodriguez Sr., from New York City who was also a timbales player (known as timbalero... -
Some Serious Skankin’ Ska
Posted on January 26, 2012 | No CommentsIt started with a half-baked plan to set some kind of world record, for the most horn players performing the skank in a ska song. Eight years down the track,... -
Peter Dunbar-Hall: World music needs to be taught in culturally responsible ways
Posted on January 24, 2012 | No CommentsPeter Dunbar-Hall is Chair of Music Education at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, and author of the books “Deadly Sounds, Deadly Places: Contemporary Aboriginal Music in Australia” and “Cultural Diversity... -
The Ethiopian Experience
Posted on January 24, 2012 | No CommentsEthiopian flavored music has certainly taken root down under. The Black Jesus Experience, one of a handful of excellent Australian bands exhibiting the influence, boasts unimpeachable bona fides, having forged... -
Kaïssa’s Joy
Posted on January 19, 2012 | 2 CommentsKaïssa greets me warmly at the door of her New York City apartment. She is a tall, thin, striking beauty with dark penetrating eyes. Born in Cameroon, she left at... -
Aaron Choulai’s Cross-Cultural Curiosity
Posted on January 3, 2012 | 2 CommentsUnique is an oft-misused adjective in this modern world, but in the case of the musical collaboration involving piano prodigy and composer Aaron Choulai, a Papua New Guinean choir from...