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Lecture: DOOM (Madrid 2011) from Red Bull Music Academy on Vimeo.

We’re gone next week, so watch this and this;

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Tough Bond Teaser from Village Beat on Vimeo.

We are delighted to announce that Wandering Rhythms has been voted the ‘most exciting new show’ by our peers at CJSF Radio.  We are proud to share this award with Nation to Nation, which received the same number of first-place votes.  There are loads of great new shows airing on CJSF, so it is a huge honour to receive this award, especially since it was chosen by the radioheads themselves.  Thank you.

This is a tremendous vote of confidence, a reminder that there are ears open to the unexpected, to the ever-shifting sounds of a beautiful, musical world.  We shall continue to seek a sonic balance amongst all races and places, in the hopes of accelerating the breaking-down of artificial walls that separate us.  I hope we sound inspired.  We are.

A couple o’ tracks from the last show that really warmed my brain..

Gone Forever by Chrissy Zebby Tembo & Ngozi Family (1974)

A very simple tune, but something about it makes me feel extremely nostalgic for things past.

Wallou! by the Guelewar Band of Banjul (1980)

These guys were renegades in the West African music scene of the late ’70s.  Latin grooves, Afro-delic vocals, synth solos!  Fusion in the best sense of the word.  Why don’t bands like this reunite?

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What we strive to get past on our show.
All love.
Happy Monday… going to see sbtrkt tomorraa.. HOLLA

“I think if one loves music then one will want to investigate and celebrate the common ground and uniqueness found in different music.  To me this is a way of going beyond the confines of traditions and embracing the world.  Ultimately we may realize that the world is one big family — the differences we make between people/music are only because of our own limited awareness”

– Prashant John, Indo-Canadian multi-instrumentalist and founder of the band Lehera