From WOMEX: Accordion Meditations of Danças Ocultas
The accordion is one of those instruments (along with the bagpipe) that contains its own hand-pumped air supply. In the case of the accordion, the bellows can create and support very long lingering...
View ArticleThey Don’t Call Him Papa Wemba For Nothing!
Papa Wemba was already a huge star in the Congo when I was just getting my feet wet in world music over twenty-five years ago. I first encountered Congolese popular music through the recordings of Tabu...
View ArticleThe Visceral Glory of Home-Made Music: De Temps Antan
The French-rooted communities in Canada and Louisiana have become treasure houses of culture, and that culture summons up a way of life where people worked hard, loved hard, and danced just as hard. A...
View ArticleEmily Portman Trio performs “Sunken Bells” at WOMEX
Emily Portman Trio performs “Sunken Bells” at WOMEX from Michal Shapiro on Vimeo. My deep love for British folk music stems back to my first Young Tradition albums, which landed in the USA and...
View ArticleBlitz the Ambassador at WOMEX:”Akwaaba” Means Welcome”
x With Chanuka,Christmas and Kwanzaa in full swing we might all need a little energy boost, so here’s some super-positive fuel from Blitz the Ambassador from his set at WOMEX 2011 in Copenhagen. The...
View ArticleFrom WOMEX: Accordion Meditations of Danças Ocultas
The accordion is one of those instruments (along with the bagpipe) that contains its own hand-pumped air supply. In the case of the accordion, the bellows can create and support very long lingering...
View ArticleThey Don’t Call Him Papa Wemba For Nothing!
Papa Wemba was already a huge star in the Congo when I was just getting my feet wet in world music over twenty-five years ago. I first encountered Congolese popular music through the recordings of Tabu...
View ArticleThe Visceral Glory of Home-Made Music: De Temps Antan
The French-rooted communities in Canada and Louisiana have become treasure houses of culture, and that culture summons up a way of life where people worked hard, loved hard, and danced just as hard. A...
View ArticleEmily Portman Trio performs “Sunken Bells” at WOMEX
Emily Portman Trio performs “Sunken Bells” at WOMEX from Michal Shapiro on Vimeo. My deep love for British folk music stems back to my first Young Tradition albums, which landed in the USA and...
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