All Blog Posts Tagged 'Africa' (11)

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My friend Stary is going to be famous. All you have to do is look at his work and the question becomes, ‘Why have I never heard of this artist before?’ Stary Mwaba: remember the name, you will not forget his work.…

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a recent live set from Klub Fabryka in Krakow, Poland was recorded and edited down to 2 hours for your enjoyment. it contains some of my best work to date, and is probably the single

most comprehensive example of my current Ancient Futurist club sound:…

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I went to Senegal to discover music. And I found Yoro – amazing heartfelt music written in the local Wolof language. What I also found is the tiny fishing village of Yoff.

Over the course of a few days, I observed the community from sunrise to dusk and the inseparable bond that they shared with the ocean. Early morning started with fishermen heading out to…

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The idea was a collective one and the fact we all came to the same conclusion independently just goes to show how in-sync we all are. My colleague Zenzele Chulu was not long back from his residency in Cameroon where he had been inspired by the work of Gody Leye and the Art Bakery who have their own newspaper, very simply produced. I had just come back from North Carolina where I became deeply enamoured of…

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If you have tuned in to watch a World Cup game since the competition started last Friday, you may have thought something was wrong with the sound on your TV, or that there was a massive beehive behind the screen. Actually what you hear is the sound of thousands of Vuvuzelas, which are plastic horns used in stadiums in South Africa. The sound that comes out of a Vuvuzela… Continue

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This one week intensive class will walk you step by step through the

process of making a gourd. These classes fill fast

and often by repeat students.. We have a lot of fun in this classes and

get very engaged in the detailed processes that come together to produce

very refined and functional banjos. Each step is demonstrated in great

detail starting with rough neck blanks and concluding in a very thorough

over view of set up work. I provide all materials to make… Continue

CreateCulture.org interview with Roberta Levitow

Director, Dramaturge, Teacher and Co-Founder of Theatre Without Borders - February 2010

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"Throw Down Your Heart" follows American banjo virtuoso Béla Fleck on his journey to Africa to explore the little known African roots of the banjo and record an album. I was turned on to this film when Culturalist@s Jeremy and Linda Beck attended the red carpet premiere as guests of Béla… Continue

If you are planning a trip to Africa and/or just want to increase your familiarity with the continent's music and culture we suggest two sites that we have recently become fans of. Voice of America's "African Music Treasure" goes to great lengths to provide cultural context with its music samples. This we greatly appreciate. For example, below is the opening of a recent posting from… Continue