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Illmind- Filipino-American Multi-Platinum Music Producer and Innovator
World Music Foundation Podcast - May 18, 2022 04:42 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsMany articles, films, and interviews have been made about Illmind’s extraordinary career producing many albums for several of the top names in Hip-Hop today. This isn’t one of those interviews. In this week’s episode, John digs deep into the early experiences and upbringing that shaped Ramon Iba...
Daniel Nebiat: Eritrean Krar Master & Founding Member Of The Juno Award Winning Okavango African Orchestra
World Music Foundation Podcast - May 09, 2022 19:46 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsJuno award-winning, Eritrian krar player, Daniel Nebiat joins John to talk about his journey playing the krar. From growing up in the midst of a war for independence to working with African legends, Daniel Nebiat shares the ways he had to persevere, adapt, and innovate to continue pursuing his p...
We Will Return Soon! (Upcoming Episodes Trailer)
World Music Foundation Podcast - August 25, 2021 12:29 - 4 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsLike all of us, the global pandemic has hit The World Music Foundation hard. We're excited to return soon and we're excited to share with you a sneak peek of upcoming episodes along with some updates on what we've been up to.
Rhymefest: American Rapper, Writer, Community Organizer, and Explorer
World Music Foundation Podcast - February 11, 2020 19:41 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsIn this week’s episode John meets with American rapper and prolific creator, Che “Rhymefest” Smith to discuss Hip-Hop, his upcoming album, and Hollywood acting debut, along with topics ranging from Chicago’s youth, spirituality, various life changing trips around the world, and much more. Rhymef...
Wu Fei: Genre-bending Composer, Guzheng Virtuoso & Vocalist From Beijing
World Music Foundation Podcast - January 27, 2020 14:00 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsWu Fei describes herself as an ancient soul trapped in a feisty woman's body. Hailing from Beijing, China, Wu Fei is a multi-talented musician and composer known for playing and improvising on the traditional Chinese guzheng as well as improvisational singing and piano. Fei talks to John about h...
Louis York: American Griots, Weirdo Workshop Founders, and Multi-GRAMMY Nominated Musicians
World Music Foundation Podcast - December 16, 2019 13:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsThis week's episode takes us to Nashville, TN, USA where John visits Weirdo Workshop, the music label and creative headquarters for our guests, Louis York, to speak with them about their new album and everything that's brought them to this point in their careers. Louis York is the powerful duo a...
Roberto Fonseca: Cuban Pianist, Composer, and Bandleader
World Music Foundation Podcast - November 11, 2019 14:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsSelf-proclaimed "crazy, romantic musician", Roberto Fonseca, speaks with John about his recently released 9th solo album, Yesun, along with the life experiences and musical training that have brought him to this point in his musical journey. Roberto is a GRAMMY nominated, Cuban pianist, multi-in...
Femi Kuti: Afrobeat Legend And Concerned Citizen Of The World
World Music Foundation Podcast - November 04, 2019 14:00 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsAs a renowned Afrobeat and Jazz musician with four GRAMMY nominations, Femi Kuti is well-respected around the world for opening minds through the power of his music. John spoke with Femi from the Shrine in Lagos, Nigeria, where he shared the details of his musical upbringing and the importance o...
Goat Picnic: Hill Country Music of North Mississippi
World Music Foundation Podcast - October 21, 2019 12:00 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsJohn travels down to Coldwater, MS for the 69th Annual Goat Picnic in honor of fife & drum legend, Otha Turner. What started off as something else, ends up being a a good handful of great conversations with musicians (and even some audience members) about the Hill Country Music of Northern Missi...
Mei-Ann Chen: Award-Winning Taiwanese-American Conductor & Music Director
World Music Foundation Podcast - September 23, 2019 13:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsPraised for her dynamic, passionate conducting style, Taiwanese-American conductor Mei-Ann Chen is acclaimed for infusing orchestras with energy, enthusiasm and high-level music-making, galvanizing audiences and communities alike. In our conversation we follow her musical evolution from shy viol...
Mile of Music Festival Part 2: Afro-Cuban, Mariachi, Ghanaian Drumming, and Menominee Flute Interviews & Workshops
World Music Foundation Podcast - September 09, 2019 13:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsLast week, we spoke with Brian & Leila Pertl, and members of the Music Education Team, who have helped design the Mile of Music Festival, especially the cultural education components. This week, we’re speaking with the teaching-musicians themselves to learn about Afro-Cuban Drumming, Mariachi, G...
Mile of Music Festival Part 1: Cultivating An Inclusive View Of Local Music
World Music Foundation Podcast - September 02, 2019 13:00 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsWe were delighted to discover the Mile Of Music Festival, which curates international music workshops alongside concerts of Americana and Folk music. Several of the Americana acts were imported nationwide and even internationally, but all of the international music is taught by people from withi...
Jess Sah Bi & Peter One: Ivory Coast Guitar & Vocal Duo
World Music Foundation Podcast - August 12, 2019 13:00 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsJess Sah Bi & Peter One, musicians from Côte d'Ivoire in West Africa, recall hearing the harmonies and guitars of Simon and Garfunkel and Cat Stevens for the first time and how that impacted their music from that point onward. In our conversation they take us through the creation of their landma...
Pamyua: The Most Famous Inuit Band In The World
World Music Foundation Podcast - July 29, 2019 12:00 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsPamyua’s musical footprint, spanning two decades and several countries, is a testament to the ongoing vibrancy of Inuit music, the group members, and their unique heritage. Brothers Phillip and Stephen Blanchett speak from the heart on issues of identity, culture and music expressed through Pamy...
Zeshan B: Chicago-Born Opera-Trained Indian Muslim Soul Singer
World Music Foundation Podcast - July 16, 2019 00:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsChicago’s own Zeshan B’s fearlessness as an individual translates into music that knows no boundaries and takes from a wider range of influences than we may be used to hearing in one musician’s discography. In 2017 he released Vetted, his debut album, to critical acclaim. He made his national TV...
Strunz & Farah: Costa Rican-Iranian Global Fusion Guitar Duo
World Music Foundation Podcast - June 24, 2019 12:00 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsOriginally from Costa Rica and Iran respectively, Jorge Strunz and Ardeshir Farah have brought the musical influences of their native lands into their highly virtuosic, rhythmic, and improvisation-rich original instrumental compositions, inspiring fans and many guitarists worldwide. Their meetin...
Aashish Khan - Living Legend of Indian Classical Music and Master of Sarode
World Music Foundation Podcast - June 17, 2019 15:48 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsAashish Khan is the eldest exponent of an Indian Classical music lineage that reaches all the way back to the court of Mughal emperor Akbar the Great. He takes us back to the creation of his pioneering Indo-Jazz fusion band, Shakti, in the early 1970s, he shares about his new project Shringar, a...
Thomas Brooman, Co-Creator Of The Term World Music & Co-Founder Of WOMAD Festival
World Music Foundation Podcast - June 10, 2019 12:00 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsThomas Brooman has always had a vision of a smaller musical world -- from his early years spent among fellow awe-struck concertgoers during the European Rock-&-Roll boom, to his later work cultivating a collective of artists as co-founder of the globally inspired World of Music Arts and Dance fe...
Paramount Records: the Rise, Fall, and Resurrection
World Music Foundation Podcast - June 03, 2019 13:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsOur second episode brings us to a small town in the Northern part of the U.S. where we, surprisingly, find a deep Blues history. We follow Paramount Records through the peak of success, recording landmark artists that changed Western popular music forever, but this music, at several times, was a...
Dave Pietro, American Jazz Saxophonist
World Music Foundation Podcast - May 27, 2019 13:00 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsDave Pietro’s curiosity and workmanship have been the foundation of his decade’s long career as an internationally touring musician. He explains the value of truly listening— even if what you’re hearing confuses or frightens you at first. We touch on his gigging history starting in New York, his...
Scarlo's International House of Music - Episode 73 - FEATURED ARTIST: Serge Gainsbourg! All Euro BEAT, POP, GARAGE and YÉ-YÉ!!
Scarlo's International House of Music - September 20, 2017 00:19 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsEpisode 73 this week features SERGE GAINSBOURG as our FEATURED ARTIST OF THE WEEK! Serge Gainsbourg, born Lucien Ginsburg, was the son on Jewish Ukrainian immigrants who fled to France during Nazi occupation during WW2. He learned the piano growing up, which set him off on a career steeped in mu...
Scarlo's International House of Music - Episode 72 - FEATURED ARTIST: Kourosh Yaghmaei! Iranian's BEST Folk-Rock Genius! And of course... more GREAT WORLD MUSIC!
Scarlo's International House of Music - September 13, 2017 00:12 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsOn episode 72 of the show Geoff and I are traveling to the Middle of the East to jam out to our FEATURED ARTIST - KOUROSH YAGHMAEI!! Kourosh grew up in Tehran, learning to play the Rock songs of the Ventures, Monkees, Rolling Stones and the Beatles, and performing at his school, at social events...
Scarlo's International House of Music - Episode 71 - FEATURED ARTIST: Pan Ron . Slinky, Sexy, Fun, and FUNKY vixen from as far east as Cambodia!
Scarlo's International House of Music - September 06, 2017 01:18 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsOn episode 71 of our show this week Geoff and I dive into Cambodia to check out our featured artist this week... PAN RON! Putting out hundreds of songs in such a short amount of time, Pan Ron was prolific and powerful, solidifying herself as one of the leading singers in the East. Not only did s...
Scarlo's International House of Music - Episode 70 - FEATURED ARTIST: Jackie Mittoo! Hear the Studio One Music Slinger slash Reggae Keyboard Maestro Himself!
Scarlo's International House of Music - August 29, 2017 13:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsThis is Episode 70 of Scarlo's International House of Music, and Geoff and I are tipping the hat to Jackie Mittoo this week! Jackie Mittoo was one of the musical directors for Studio One records - one of the most important Reggae music labels in Jamaica! And don't let me forget to tell you he's ...
Scarlo's International House of Music - Episode 69 - FEATURED ARTIST: Los Dandy's!!! Mexican Bolero... Plugged in! Also great songs from Brazil, Italy, Japan, Singapore, Benin... and MORE!
Scarlo's International House of Music - August 22, 2017 22:06 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsThis week Geoff and I recognize with special specialness LOS DANDY'S! Episode 69 is full of that great WORLD FUNK FLAVA, ready to get you swingin' your head and tappin' your toes... and dare I say... MOVING YOUR HIPS? Aside from these extraordinary Mexican loverboys we're featuring, we've got gr...
Scarlo's International House of Music - Episode 68 - ELECTRIC AFRICA! Over 1 HOUR of PURE AFRICAN ELECTRONIC MUSIC!
Scarlo's International House of Music - August 15, 2017 22:41 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsOn this week's show Geoff and I dive DEEP into ELECTRONIC AFRICAN MUSIC! Here we explore songs that dip the toes and DIVE right into all facets of Electronic. Some of it is dance-y, some of it is poetic, some of it is straight FUNKY while some other songs merely flirt with synths and drum machin...
Scarlo Wapittaluigi's International House of Music - Episode 67 - FEATURED ARTIST: Pop Yeh Yeh Malaysian Sensation... ADNAN OTHMAN! Also hear great songs from Mexico, Brazil, India, Camaroon, Spain... and more!
Scarlo's International House of Music - August 08, 2017 13:00 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsThis week on our show ADNAN OTHMAN gets the Featured Artist Special Treatment (tradmark pending*)! Adnan Othman connected with his audience by playing in Major chords, which was how a lot of popular Western music was played at the time, but was able to also fulfill the desire of those who wanted...
Scarlo Wapittaluigi's International House of Music - Episode 66 - FEATURED ARTIST: SELDA!!! Political Turkish Psych-Folk Warrior full of POWER and PASSION! Also on the show: Os Mutantes, Ngozi Family, Chaino, M. Ashraf... and more!!!
Scarlo's International House of Music - August 01, 2017 13:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsOn our show this week Geoff and I explore Super-Political Psych-Folk warrior SELDA! An extremely outspoken liberal activist in Turkey, Selda was the student of engineering physics until she decided to pursue musical service to the Turkish people. With her powerful and passionate voice, she highl...
Scarlo Wapittaluigi's International House of Music - Episode 65 - FEATURED ARTIST: Cuban Mambo Sensation... Beny Moré!!! Latin Grooves, Psychedelic Fuzz, Bollywood Blasts... Everything the BEST WORLD MUSIC PODCAST can provide!
Scarlo's International House of Music - July 25, 2017 13:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsThis week Geoff and I put on our Mambo Shoes (is that a thing?) and feature BENY MORÉ!!! Beny Boy was a cuban-born singer/guitarist who moved to Mexico City where he found fame and fortune, but not without a long hard road of street hustling and performing in small, tiny clubs. He touched the li...
Scarlo Wapittaluigi's International House of Music - Episode 64 - FEATURED ARTIST: FRANCOISE HARDY!!! French yé-yé sensation, actress extraordinaire, and fashion icon! The BEST WORLD MUSIC PODCAST... Ever!
Scarlo's International House of Music - July 18, 2017 13:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsThis week on Episode 64... our featured artist is none other than FRANCOISE HARDY! The French yé-yé princess who inspired the likes of Bob Dylan, Serge Gainsbourg, and Mick Jagger! But it didn't stop there... Peter Sellers and Jean-Luc Godard also featured her in their films... but then there wa...
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