Featured on public television since February 2010, the travel-based music series MUSIC VOYAGER features host Jacob Edgar exploring thriving, exotic global music scenes to discover emerging talent. Edgar — an ethnomusicologist, cultural musician and music critic — travels all over the world to hear c…
The Magnolia Sisters talk about their GRAMMY nomination and Ann Savoy talks about being nominated against her son Wilson Savoy of the Pine Leaf Boys while another son is nominated for producing Cedric Watson's album. Hear some great music from the Magnolia Sisters and the Pine Leaf Boys that got them nominated in the zydeco/cajun category.
Find out what it takes to repair a GRAMMY, how Hillary Clinton took off with a GRAMMY, and how much pride The GRAMMY Man gets anytime he sees someone receive the award.
India.Arie gets personal and answers fan questions. Hear her talk about her GRAMMY Nominations, working with Stevie Wonder, and why she is so humble.
India.Aria and Dobet Gnahore perform "Palea" in Washington DC over MLK Weekend. Idan Raichel performs with them on the piano and Blue Miller on the guitar.
Music Voyager is helping the GRAMMYs tear down the walls between artists and fans. Here, India.Arie talks with our host Jacob Edgar about what it means to be nominated for a GRAMMY for her duet with Dobet Gnahore from her "Testimony, Vol 2: Love and Politics" album.
GRAMMY nominated Bela Fleck teaches a class at Swallow Hill Music in Denver on how to improvise on the banjo. Find out what improvising means to Bela and hear what it sounds like when he improvises!
Music Voyager visited where the GRAMMYs are made in Ridgeway, Colorado. Handcrafted by John Billings, the "GRAMMY Man", his wife, and two employees, the GRAMMY award is a labor of love. Learn the history of how the GRAMMY is made!
The Zydeco/Cajun GRAMMY nominated artists talk about their music on their road to a GRAMMY. We're following Cedric Watson on his road to the GRAMMY Awards, but along the way we also hooked up with all of the zydeco/cajun category GRAMMY nominees including Buckwheat Zydeco, Michael Doucet, the Magnolia Sisters and a little Pine Leaf boys thrown in there too! Find out what the artists have to say about why they play and why they stay in Louisiana.
Fans were asked to submit questions for Bela Fleck. Bela spent some time answering the questions on the tour bus from Denver to Beaver Creek with Music Voyager host Jacob Edgar.
The Music Voyager brings you the Cajun & Zydeco nominees for 2009 GRAMMY. Here is a taste of the Cedric Watson story...
Music Voyager's Road to a GRAMMY met up with Bela Fleck in Denver, Colorado. This is an exclusive unplugged performance of "Throw Down Your Heart" from the Paramount Theatre.
Music Voyager's Road to a GRAMMY begins in Denver, Colorado where Bela Fleck is playing at the Paramount Theatre tonight