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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... -
Interview with Musician and Fusionist Jim Matus
Posted on December 28, 2011 | No CommentsMusician and composer Jim Matus is involved in several of the most interesting world fusion projects taking place in the United States. He reveals his projects and musical background in... -
Cuban Pianistic Prodigy
Posted on December 19, 2011 | No CommentsWhile his name might only be familiar to a American jazz aficionados, Fabian Almazan, at 27, is already being compared with some of the finest Cuban jazz pianists of the... -
Wu Man Has the World on a String
Posted on December 5, 2011 | No CommentsWu Man, ‘the princess of pipa’, has single-handedly established her instrument on the world stage in recent years via solo performances and a series of cross-cultural collaborations. While it boasts... -
Interview with Natacha Atlas
Posted on November 28, 2011 | No CommentsWorld music innovator Natacha Atlas talks about her most recent remix album and her career. Were you involved in the selection of the remixers on Mounqaliba Rising – Remixes? Actually... -
The Original Afro Rockers
Posted on October 27, 2011 | No CommentsThey weren’t aware of it at the time of course, but when Osibisa burst onto the British rock scene in the early ‘70s brandishing their “crisscross rhythms that explode with...
