The Nile Project Playing Old Town School Of Folk Music 3/15/2015

Something interesting happens when you listen to music in a language you don’t speak. Your brain can’t decipher the syllables, so it focuses instead on the delivery to get a sense of what’s happening. You may not get it exactly right, but you can understand shouts of elation or the heavy-hearted wails of sadness. There are great musicians all over the world, and most of … Continue reading The Nile Project Playing Old Town School Of Folk Music 3/15/2015

Kate Quinby-Tribute To Water

When I think of world music, I never think of American names. For some reason the idea of “world” music sends me to Africa and Amadou & Mariam or AR Rahman in India. I suppose that thought process is, itself, quite American-too shortsighted about the world around us to think that making music in this genre isn’t something that only “they” do. Really, all music … Continue reading Kate Quinby-Tribute To Water