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IckMusic (Free subscription) | 04/06/2008
Hey! Let’s talk about drumming and rhythm and percussion, and give away a couple of CD’s: Mickey Hart’s 1991 collaboration with Airto Moreira and a number of amazing percussionists from around the world - Planet Drum; and Mickey’s latest project, Global Drum Project, a collaboration with some of the same legends, including Nigerian talking drum [...]
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Philadelphia Inquirer (Free subscription) | 14/04/2008
Invigorating, well-composed acid-salsa jams capped by stunningly expressive guitar solos to make your heart swell; confounding, cringe-worthy pop-rock collaborations to make your head itch (go on, scratch and wonder . . .). The challenge in sizing up Santana is doing justice to the dualities inherent in the artist. Still, it's an easy call what should be considered first and last.
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Starpulse News (Free subscription) | 31/03/2008
Grateful Dead percussionist Mickey Hart's innovative Planet Drum CD convened some of the world's finest drum talent for a collaboration that won the very first GRAMMY for world music- bringing together Nigerian drum legend Babatunde Olatunji,[...] Read more!
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Karl Blog (Free subscription) | 21/03/2008
If you've been feeling down and you've let the pressures of the world infiltrate your usual positive self, take some time out to reflect. In fact, take a day off from your usual routine. Treat yourself! Babatunde Olatunji famously said (though rarely credited): 'Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. And today? Today is a gift. That's why we call it the present.' So, unfold your day as
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AlexShalman.com (Free subscription) | 17/03/2008
Editor’s Note: This post was written by Adam Rothenhaus “Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. And today? Today is a gift. That's why we call it the present.” ~Babatunde Olatunji After seeing Alex’s photo of his Now Watch and reading his 55 Monumental Ways To Enjoy Life’s Greatest Pleasures one question kept jumping out at me. [...]
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Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 28/02/2008
BROCKTON - The occasion had all you would expect to find at African Festival and Marketplace: traditional foods, jewelry and trinkets, oils and clothing. And in the backdrop, the rhythm of African drumming, a foundation of the culture, pounded out for the Brockton community.
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Toronto Craft Alert (Free subscription) | 27/01/2008
Lisa's offering a new round of her creativity classes with a special TCA discount (how sweet!): “As a workshop leader, Lisa brings a sense of excitement and passion few can match. Her enthusiasm rubs off on the participants, now co-creators, in a world of movement and creativity carefully explored and unleashed in a safe, fun-filled experience. Lisa is both a masterful facilitator and a catalyst
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HubArts.com (Free subscription) | 13/11/2007
And here it is, the first Yule post of the season... "Peace On Earth - Holidays Around The World" is the title of this year's holiday concert program by the 150-voice Boston Gay Men's Chorus. “The world situation called out...
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All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 26/10/2007
Grateful Dead drummer Mickey Hart, tabla master Zakie Hussain and other eminent percussionists who comprise this time-honored outfit continue with their navigations of lifea(TM)s heartbeat. This studio session commemorates the fifteenth-anniversary of the influential Planet Drum (Rykodisc, 1991). Pristinely recorded, the artists use some of the latest and greatest studio processing techniques to augment...
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Man Eegee - Latino Politico (Free subscription) | 22/10/2007
Hi all. This is your friendly neighborhood tour guide, James (currently filling in for Nanette), ready to share with any and all visitors the 'haps in the 'hood. We'll stop by my pads first this time around. Over at the jazz joint (Nothing Is), there's some new music up for grabs, including some Flaming Drums (not literally - my place is not up to code for pyrotechnics - but rather a great early 1960s...
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Philadelphia Inquirer (Free subscription) | 19/10/2007
It's difficult to imagine how compelling and musical a percussion ensemble can be, how much it can "sing," until you give a listen to the Global Drum Project.
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THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS (Free subscription) | 13/10/2007
There's more to life than war, taxes and politics - and a lot of it's more fun, too! That's why every WEEKEND, here at THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS, we post some of the cultural things we're into, things we think you might also find entertaining, enriching, and stimulating. We just might turn you on to something cool. After all, the arts - ALL ARTS, not just fine arts - are a big part of what our liberty is...
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Casa Valdez Studios (Free subscription) | 27/08/2007
In 1960, Roach would record what would become his magnum opus, an unprecedented attempt to fuse his African-American social concerns with a spoken word/instrumental jazz suite, “Freedom Now Suite – We Insist!” The recording included Coleman Hawkins, arguably one of the inventors of the tenor saxophone solo, trombonist Julian Priester and trumpeter Booker Little, brass players who, like Sonny Rollins,...
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