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Mixtures
Mixtures 15x07 Bokante+LeonKeita+InEdit+GramophoneAllStars+REM

Mixtures

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2023 55:49


Aquesta setmana comencem amb el nou disc de la banda internacional Bokanté i la seva música multicultural, una segona novetat va ser gravada a finals dels 702 i publicada ara per Analog Africa i és la música de Leon Keita des de Burkina Faso, la descoberta és l'afrofuturisme de Faizal Mostrixx des de Uganda, parlem del festival de documentals musicals In-Edit i recomanem el concert de Gramophone All Stars i tenim un record pel single de REM de fa ara 30 anys.

CiTR -- The Saturday Edge
Sinead O'Connor R.I.P.

CiTR -- The Saturday Edge

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 29, 2023 247:02


Sad losses (Coop Radio DJ Roger Gale, Eagles' co-founder Randy Meisner, and the amazing Ms. O'Connor), plus a look back at the Mission Folk Music Festival, looking ahead to Filberg Festival, Canmore Folk Festival, Edmonton Folk Festival, Burnaby Blues & Roots, and Salmon Arm Roots & Blues Festival. Plus new releases from Molly Tuttle, Bokante, Genticorum, Allison Russell, Jourdan Thibodeaux, and William Prince - and a bit of a birthday self-indulgent flourish for me at the end!

FunX Latin
#123 - Latin Mix / Steven Brezet komt met salsa-album

FunX Latin

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 29, 2021 60:38


Percusionist en producer Steven Brezet is te gast in de FunX Latin podcast. Hij laat alvast muziek horen van zijn aankomende salsa-album World Traveler, waarop hij samenwerkt met een aantal internationale gasten waaronder Pedrito Martinez en Luisito Quintero. Steven heeft veel van de wereld gezien. Hij tourde met bands als Snarky Puppy, Koffie, Bokante en Bill Laurance. En hij verbleef lang in Cuba en Brazilië en speelde daar met de bekendste artiesten. In deze show hoor je zijn verhaal. Meer weten? StevenBrezet.com.

FunX Latin
#122 - Latin Mix / Steven Brezet komt met salsa-album

FunX Latin

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 29, 2021 60:38


Percusionist en producer Steven Brezet is te gast in de FunX Latin podcast. Hij laat alvast muziek horen van zijn aankomende salsa-album World Traveler, waarop hij samenwerkt met een aantal internationale gasten waaronder Pedrito Martinez en Luisito Quintero. Steven heeft veel van de wereld gezien. Hij tourde met bands als Snarky Puppy, Koffie, Bokante en Bill Laurance. En hij verbleef lang in Cuba en Brazilië en speelde daar met de bekendste artiesten. In deze show hoor je zijn verhaal. Meer weten? StevenBrezet.com.

Pa ceļam ar Klasiku
Par festivāla "Rīgas ritmi" jaunajām niansēm stāsta Māris Briežkalns un Mareks Ameriks

Pa ceļam ar Klasiku

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 28, 2021 17:40


Starptautiskais improvizācijas, džeza un globālās mūzikas festivāls "Rīgas ritmi 2021" norisināsies četras dienas un vairākās galvaspilsētas vietās vienlaikus, startējot jau 30. jūnijā. Uz sarunu aicinām festivāla mākslinicisko vadītāju Māri Briežkalnu un izdevniecības Jersika Records dibinātāju Mareku Ameriku, jo 2. jūlijā festivālā startēs arī Latvijas džeza mūzikas izdevniecības Jersika Records piedāvātā Jersika Records Stage mākslas centrā "Noass" uz AB dambja. Liene Jakovļeva: Latvijā atsācies koncertu un pat festivālu laiks, un šajā nedēļā vairāku festivālu virpulī karsts, sprigans, atraktīvs un piesātināts būs arī festivāls "Rīgas ritmi 2021". Māri, ar ko šis festivāls būs īpašs? Varbūt ar to vien, ka tas vispār notiks? Māris Briežkalns: Jā, arī ar to, ka tas vispār notiks... Turklāt festivāls sagatavots rekordīsā laikā, jo vēl pirms pāris nedēļām informācija mainījās no viena grāvja otrā, bet mēs cerējām... Arī pagājušogad festivālu tomēr noturējām – spēlēja latviešu mūziķi un bija daudz koncertu. Arī šogad festivāls notiks, un tas [jau atkal] būs starptautisks – būs mūziķi no Lietuvas, Amerikas, Spānijas un citām valstīm. Protams, rīkotājiem tas ir smags darbs un nervu pārbaude, bet svētki būs! Un būs gan tradīcijas, gan jaunumi. Vai žanriskais apzīmējums "improvizācijas, džeza un globālās mūzikas festivāls" jums vienmēr bijis līdzās? Šoreiz šis salikums mazliet pārsteidz. Māris Briežkalns: Jā, "globālā mūzika" ir jauns termins mūzikas industrijā. Šie trīs vārdi mums visu laiku ir bijuši, tikai globālās mūzikas vietā mums allaž bijusi world music. Pasaules mūzikas žanrs šobrīd kļuvis par globālu. Tas nozīmē, ka spektrs paplašinās? Māris Briežkalns: Jā, spektrs paplašinās, un tas ir arī jaunais trends, ko mēs ātri pārņēmām. Jo festivālā "Rīgas ritmi" pasaules mūzikas īpatsvars ir diezgan liels. Pasaules mūzikas jēdziens, iespējams, ir šaurāks nekā globālā mūzika. Viena no mūsu festivāla zvaigznēm, grupa Bokante, tieši rāda šo globālās mūzikas spektru un žanru – mūziķi šeit ir gan no Japānas, gan Francijas, Lielbritānijas, Amerikas un Gvadelupes un Zviedrijas. Tāpēc arī mums ir šie trīs vārdi - impro, jazz un global. Savukārt tas cipariņš "21", kas šogad klāt jūsu festivālam, arī ir ļoti, ļoti iespaidīgs. Māris Briežkalns: Ņemot vērā arī iepriekšējos festivālus, ko līdz Rīgas ritmiem esam sarīkojuši, faktiski jau 26 vasaru mums nav bijis... Katru vasaru ir šis pārdzīvojums. Jau otro gadu esam dabūjuši arī Eiropas Festivālu asociācijas balvu. Tā ka turpinām. Festivāla programmu meklējiet šeit! Šobrīd vaicāšu Marekam Amerikam: Jersika Records šajā festivālā pirmoreiz nāk klajā ar savu skatuvi... Mareks Ameriks: Jā, tas ir saviļņojoši, patīkami, ka tik ātri izdevniecībai radusies iespēja šādi eksponēties. Paldies Mārim Briežkalnam! 2019. gada festivālā "Jersikai" pirmo reizi bijai neliels, omulīgs stendiņš Kongresu namā. Šogad mums jau ir skatuve "Noasā" – veselas divas dienas ar māksliniekiem, kuri saistīti ar šo leiblu un tā atmosfēru. Tā ka šie ir svētki arī mums – maziņš festivāls festivālā. 2. un 3. jūlijs. Cik daudz vietas uz peldošās skatuves ir mūziķiem, un cik daudz – vakcinētajiem skatītājiem un klausītājiem? Mareks Ameriks: Kuģis ir diezgan liels, tā ir barža. Jūs pat nemanīsiet, ka uzkāpjat uz klāja. Tā ir diezgan plaša angārveida telpa, kurā būs skatuve, darbosies bārs, terase, zaļumi. Ja arī uznāktu neliels lietus, koncerti notiks iekštelpās. Kādi mākslinieki pārstāvēs jūsu izdevniecību? Būs ne tikai mūzika, arī kino. Mareks Ameriks: Jā, jo arī mēs cenšamies savas aktivitātes izpaust video valodā, kas šodien ir trends - visu atspoguļot arī video valodā. Tapušas jau nelielas dokumentālas īsfilmas, būs arī pirmizrāde zinātniskās fantastikas mākslas īsfilmai, ko uzņēmis franču režisors Teo Ponsē, iespaidojoties no Auziņa, Arutjunjana un Čudara mini albuma The Maze – klausoties šo mazo platīti, konkrēti B pusi, viņam radās iedvesma. "Ieva un Labirints", tā saucas šī 10 minūšu garā filma.

Percussion Loft
Episode 6: Jamey Haddad

Percussion Loft

Play Episode Listen Later May 6, 2021 102:38


Jamey Haddad is known as one of the most prestigious drummer/percussionists in the world today. He's worked with some of music's most influential artists, including Paul Simon, Sting, Yo-Yo Ma, Dave Liebman, Herbie Hancock and many more. Our conversation covers his amazing performing and teaching career, his work with Paul Simon and we also features tracks from his bands Under One Sun and Bokante (which also features members of Snarky Puppy).

SCFB 216: The Regina Carter Show (the vault)

"SOMETHING...came from Baltimore"

Play Episode Listen Later May 3, 2021 28:56


SOMETHING came from Baltimore the Podcast" is now has it's own show called, "Something came from Baltimore THE SHOW!" You can hear the show on exclusively on "TheBocX.com" Thursday's at 7:00pm EST. I recommend that you check out this radio station, it has a sound that I really love. There is something special going on. This was my first interview EVER! So I was so excited and I waited and waited and waited for her to call me, and I was supposed to call her. I never made that mistake again. So, she really only have 15 minutes left to chat and we knocked it out. The radio used an editor at the station to edit the interview and I did not like it. This is mine....I like it! LISTEN TO THE STATION: "TheBocX.com Buy the Music: http://reginacarter.com/ Remember to subscribe to SOMETHING came from Baltimore! Listen and share with your friends. Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCj7HKmMrFB4vAQm3SKzvftA Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tomfunproductions Itunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/something-came-from-baltimore/id1400504427 Anchor: https://anchor.fm/somethingcame-from-baltim Check out my "best of" songs from last decade 2010-2019 on Spotify...I think you will be surprised. https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3HW55xTnilg2m73Vb5l7Jn?si=NSQ6fm8FRJOAiiZB1y_O6g&fbclid=IwAR3D3pu-FhoumTMm_qvOlg4WDXVz41N0lafmuR675fGJj2txW1ylYusrXZ0 Tom Gouker's Little Bio: Fast forward, I worked at 88.9 FM WXPN, Philadelphia PA, home of the NPR Radio Show called, "Live@the World Cafe" for 14 years. I also worked in the Broadcasting Department at "QVC" for 5 years. I DJ under the name DJ Normal in the bar circuit in Baltimore, MD for 4 years. I had radio show at Morgan State Radio 88.1 FM, Baltimore MD, called, "Jazz 101". "Jazz 101" had interviews with musicians to explain why jazz is so special. The "Cool Jazz" format of the station changed and I lost my show and I continued with interviews with musicians on my on podcast called, "SOMETHING came from Baltimore". SCFB is now over 150 episodes strong with interviews with John Doe, Swingadelic, Gerald Albright, Samite, Bokante, Kat Edmonson, Al Di Meola, Auntie Hammy, The Beatles Guru, Bodega, The Homeless Gospel Choir, Orrin Evans, GoGo Penguin, Warren Wolf, Joey Alexander, and so much more! The podcast keeps growing as "SOMETHING came from Baltimore". Thank you France and Germany! Future Projects: Film - Script for "I'm Falling to Pieces". Podcast, "Why Is It Good?" and a limited episode podcast "Beatles Come to America" with co-host The Beatles Guru Brooke Halpin. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/somethingcame-from-baltim/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/somethingcame-from-baltim/support

SCFB 177: The Arrested Development Show featuring Speech

"SOMETHING...came from Baltimore"

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2020 30:37


SOMETHING came from Baltimore the Podcast" is now has it's own show called, "Something came from Baltimore THE SHOW!"  You can hear the show on exclusively on "TheBocX.com" Thursday's at  7:00pm EST.  I recommend that you check out this radio station, it has a sound that I really love.  There is something special going on. This is a cool interview lesson.  I told Speech that the interview would be 30 minutes and in the middle of a sentence at 30 minutes, Speech hung up on me.  I called back and he never picked up and I realized it was not a mistake.  However, I love his message, his mind, and his music. Buy the Album: https://www.arresteddevelopmentmusic.com/ LISTEN TO THE STATION:  "TheBocX.com Remember to subscribe to SOMETHING came from Baltimore!  Listen and share with your friends. Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCj7HKmMrFB4vAQm3SKzvftA Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/tomfunproductions Itunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/something-came-from-baltimore/id1400504427 Anchor: https://anchor.fm/somethingcame-from-baltim Check out my "best of" songs from last decade 2010-2019 on Spotify...I think you will be surprised. https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3HW55xTnilg2m73Vb5l7Jn?si=NSQ6fm8FRJOAiiZB1y_O6g&fbclid=IwAR3D3pu-FhoumTMm_qvOlg4WDXVz41N0lafmuR675fGJj2txW1ylYusrXZ0 Tom Gouker's Little Bio: Fast forward, I worked at 88.9 FM WXPN, Philadelphia PA, home of the NPR Radio Show called, "Live@the World Cafe" for 14 years.  I also worked in the Broadcasting Department at "QVC" for 5 years. I DJ under the name DJ Normal in the bar circuit in Baltimore, MD for 4 years.  I had radio show at Morgan State Radio 88.1 FM, Baltimore MD, called, "Jazz 101". "Jazz 101" had interviews with musicians to explain why jazz is so special.  The "Cool Jazz" format of the station changed and  I lost my show and I continued with interviews with musicians on my on podcast called, "SOMETHING came from Baltimore". SCFB is now over 150 episodes strong with interviews with John Doe, Swingadelic, Gerald Albright, Samite, Bokante, Kat Edmonson, Al Di Meola, Auntie Hammy, The Beatles Guru, Bodega, The Homeless Gospel Choir, Orrin Evans, GoGo Penguin, Warren Wolf, Joey Alexander, and so much more! The podcast keeps growing as "SOMETHING came from Baltimore".  Thank you France and Germany! Future Projects:  Film - Script for "I'm Falling to Pieces".  Podcast, "Why Is It Good?" and a limited episode podcast "Beatles Come to America" with co-host The Beatles Guru Brooke Halpin. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/somethingcame-from-baltim/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/somethingcame-from-baltim/support

SCFB 172: Massimo Farao Show: The Stephen King of Jazz

"SOMETHING...came from Baltimore"

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 30, 2020 30:38


Massimo Farao is the Stephen King of Jazz.  He just released EIGHT new albums since August 2020.  We are going to play one song from each album.     SOMETHING came from Baltimore the Podcast" is now has it's own show called, "Something came from Baltimore THE SHOW!"  You can hear the show on exclusively on "TheBocX.com" Thursday's at  7:00pm EST.  I recommend that you check out this radio station, it has a sound that I really love.  There is something special going on.  LISTEN TO THE STATION:  "TheBocX.com  Remember to subscribe to SOMETHING came from Baltimore!  Listen and share with your friends.  Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCj7HKmMrFB4vAQm3SKzvftA  Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/tomfunproductions  Itunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/something-came-from-baltimore/id1400504427  Anchor: https://anchor.fm/somethingcame-from-baltim  Check out my "best of" songs from last decade 2010-2019 on Spotify...I think you will be surprised. https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3HW55xTnilg2m73Vb5l7Jn?si=NSQ6fm8FRJOAiiZB1y_O6g&fbclid=IwAR3D3pu-FhoumTMm_qvOlg4WDXVz41N0lafmuR675fGJj2txW1ylYusrXZ0  Tom Gouker's Little Bio: Fast forward, I worked at 88.9 FM WXPN, Philadelphia PA, home of the NPR Radio Show called, "Live@the World Cafe" for 14 years.  I also worked in the Broadcasting Department at "QVC" for 5 years. I DJ under the name DJ Normal in the bar circuit in Baltimore, MD for 4 years.  I had radio show at Morgan State Radio 88.1 FM, Baltimore MD, called, "Jazz 101". "Jazz 101" had interviews with musicians to explain why jazz is so special.  The "Cool Jazz" format of the station changed and  I lost my show and I continued with interviews with musicians on my on podcast called, "SOMETHING came from Baltimore". SCFB is now over 150 episodes strong with interviews with John Doe, Swingadelic, Gerald Albright, Samite, Bokante, Kat Edmonson, Al Di Meola, Auntie Hammy, The Beatles Guru, Bodega, The Homeless Gospel Choir, Orrin Evans, GoGo Penguin, Warren Wolf, Joey Alexander, and so much more! The podcast keeps growing as "SOMETHING came from Baltimore".  Thank you France and Germany!  Future Projects:  Film - Script for "I'm Falling to Pieces".  Podcast, "Why Is It Good?" and a limited episode podcast "Beatles Come to America" with co-host The Beatles Guru Brooke Halpin. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/somethingcame-from-baltim/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/somethingcame-from-baltim/support

SCFB 171: Lafayette Gilchrist- NOW!

"SOMETHING...came from Baltimore"

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 23, 2020 21:45


The friend of the pod Lafayette Gilchrist is back with a brand new album called, "NOW". It is a super sized album, 16 tracks with over 2 1/2 hours of music. Buy the Album: https://lafayettegilchrist-morphius.bandcamp.com/ LISTEN TO THE STATION: "TheBocX.com Remember to subscribe to SOMETHING came from Baltimore! Listen and share with your friends. Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCj7HKmMrFB4vAQm3SKzvftA Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tomfunproductions Itunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/something-came-from-baltimore/id1400504427 Anchor: https://anchor.fm/somethingcame-from-baltim Check out my "best of" songs from last decade 2010-2019 on Spotify...I think you will be surprised. https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3HW55xTnilg2m73Vb5l7Jn?si=NSQ6fm8FRJOAiiZB1y_O6g&fbclid=IwAR3D3pu-FhoumTMm_qvOlg4WDXVz41N0lafmuR675fGJj2txW1ylYusrXZ0 Tom Gouker's Little Bio: Fast forward, I worked at 88.9 FM WXPN, Philadelphia PA, home of the NPR Radio Show called, "Live@the World Cafe" for 14 years. I also worked in the Broadcasting Department at "QVC" for 5 years. I DJ under the name DJ Normal in the bar circuit in Baltimore, MD for 4 years. I had radio show at Morgan State Radio 88.1 FM, Baltimore MD, called, "Jazz 101". "Jazz 101" had interviews with musicians to explain why jazz is so special. The "Cool Jazz" format of the station changed and I lost my show and I continued with interviews with musicians on my on podcast called, "SOMETHING came from Baltimore". SCFB is now over 150 episodes strong with interviews with John Doe, Swingadelic, Gerald Albright, Samite, Bokante, Kat Edmonson, Al Di Meola, Auntie Hammy, The Beatles Guru, Bodega, The Homeless Gospel Choir, Orrin Evans, GoGo Penguin, Warren Wolf, Joey Alexander, and so much more! The podcast keeps growing as "SOMETHING came from Baltimore". Thank you France and Germany! Future Projects: Film - Script for "I'm Falling to Pieces". Podcast, "Why Is It Good?" and a limited episode podcast "Beatles Come to America" with co-host The Beatles Guru Brooke Halpin. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/somethingcame-from-baltim/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/somethingcame-from-baltim/support

SCFB 170: The Simon Below Show

"SOMETHING...came from Baltimore"

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 16, 2020 31:05


Welcome to SOMETHING came from Baltimore The Show. Tonight we are going to Germany to chat with a new artist, pianist Simon Below. At 25, the Simon Below Quartet just released an adventurous and experimental album called, “Elements of Space”. Buy the Album: https://https://www.simonbelow.com/quartett LISTEN TO THE STATION: "TheBocX.com Remember to subscribe to SOMETHING came from Baltimore! Listen and share with your friends. Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCj7HKmMrFB4vAQm3SKzvftA Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tomfunproductions Itunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/something-came-from-baltimore/id1400504427 Anchor: https://anchor.fm/somethingcame-from-baltim Check out my "best of" songs from last decade 2010-2019 on Spotify...I think you will be surprised. https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3HW55xTnilg2m73Vb5l7Jn?si=NSQ6fm8FRJOAiiZB1y_O6g&fbclid=IwAR3D3pu-FhoumTMm_qvOlg4WDXVz41N0lafmuR675fGJj2txW1ylYusrXZ0 Tom Gouker's Little Bio: Fast forward, I worked at 88.9 FM WXPN, Philadelphia PA, home of the NPR Radio Show called, "Live@the World Cafe" for 14 years. I also worked in the Broadcasting Department at "QVC" for 5 years. I DJ under the name DJ Normal in the bar circuit in Baltimore, MD for 4 years. I had radio show at Morgan State Radio 88.1 FM, Baltimore MD, called, "Jazz 101". "Jazz 101" had interviews with musicians to explain why jazz is so special. The "Cool Jazz" format of the station changed and I lost my show and I continued with interviews with musicians on my on podcast called, "SOMETHING came from Baltimore". SCFB is now over 150 episodes strong with interviews with John Doe, Swingadelic, Gerald Albright, Samite, Bokante, Kat Edmonson, Al Di Meola, Auntie Hammy, The Beatles Guru, Bodega, The Homeless Gospel Choir, Orrin Evans, GoGo Penguin, Warren Wolf, Joey Alexander, and so much more! The podcast keeps growing as "SOMETHING came from Baltimore". Thank you France and Germany! Future Projects: Film - Script for "I'm Falling to Pieces". Podcast, "Why Is It Good?" and a limited episode podcast "Beatles Come to America" with co-host The Beatles Guru Brooke Halpin. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/somethingcame-from-baltim/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/somethingcame-from-baltim/support

SCFB 168: The Joey DeFrancesco Show

"SOMETHING...came from Baltimore"

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 2, 2020 30:38


SOMETHING came from Baltimore the Podcast" is now has it's own show called, "Something came from Baltimore THE SHOW!" You can hear the show on exclusively on "TheBocX.com" Thursday's at 7:00pm EST. I recommend that you check out this radio station, it has a sound that I really love. There is something special going on. I am a big fan of Joey DeFrancesco I used to watch him when he was a young guy in Philadelphia with his Dad at the Orltibz Jazzhaus. It was in Northern Liberties which was totally run down at the time and down right scary, but you would hear the music a block away and when you opened the doors, there really was not a stage, but the band was basically in your face it was a long room and you had to walk around the band to get to a seat. Papa John and Joey D had duel Hammond B, it was pretty awesome. What did not make the interview was that I saw Joey in a Soul Food Restaurant in Atlantic City and he said that was one of the worst sets up ever and they still talk about it. It was a mess, I paid $25 to sit behind the band. "In the Key of the Universe" was my favorite album of 2019, I will always be a fan of Joey D's. Buy the Album: https://www.joydefrancesco.com/music LISTEN TO THE STATION: "TheBocX.com Remember to subscribe to SOMETHING came from Baltimore! Listen and share with your friends. Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCj7HKmMrFB4vAQm3SKzvftA Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tomfunproductions Itunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/something-came-from-baltimore/id1400504427 Anchor: https://anchor.fm/somethingcame-from-baltim Check out my "best of" songs from last decade 2010-2019 on Spotify...I think you will be surprised. https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3HW55xTnilg2m73Vb5l7Jn?si=NSQ6fm8FRJOAiiZB1y_O6g&fbclid=IwAR3D3pu-FhoumTMm_qvOlg4WDXVz41N0lafmuR675fGJj2txW1ylYusrXZ0 Tom Gouker's Little Bio: Fast forward, I worked at 88.9 FM WXPN, Philadelphia PA, home of the NPR Radio Show called, "Live@the World Cafe" for 14 years. I also worked in the Broadcasting Department at "QVC" for 5 years. I DJ under the name DJ Normal in the bar circuit in Baltimore, MD for 4 years. I had radio show at Morgan State Radio 88.1 FM, Baltimore MD, called, "Jazz 101". "Jazz 101" had interviews with musicians to explain why jazz is so special. The "Cool Jazz" format of the station changed and I lost my show and I continued with interviews with musicians on my on podcast called, "SOMETHING came from Baltimore". SCFB is now over 150 episodes strong with interviews with John Doe, Swingadelic, Gerald Albright, Samite, Bokante, Kat Edmonson, Al Di Meola, Auntie Hammy, The Beatles Guru, Bodega, The Homeless Gospel Choir, Orrin Evans, GoGo Penguin, Warren Wolf, Joey Alexander, and so much more! The podcast keeps growing as "SOMETHING came from Baltimore". Thank you France and Germany! Future Projects: Film - Script for "I'm Falling to Pieces". Podcast, "Why Is It Good?" and a limited episode podcast "Beatles Come to America" with co-host The Beatles Guru Brooke Halpin. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/somethingcame-from-baltim/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/somethingcame-from-baltim/support

SCFB 167: The Kat Edmonson Show

"SOMETHING...came from Baltimore"

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 26, 2020 33:08


SOMETHING came from Baltimore the Podcast" is now has it's own show called, "Something came from Baltimore THE SHOW!" You can hear the show on exclusively on "TheBocX.com" Thursday's at 7:00pm EST. I recommend that you check out this radio station, it has a sound that I really love. There is something special going on. So, here is the second episode featuring Kat Edmonson, she has just released an amazing album of Disney covers called, "Dreamers Do" Buy the Album: http://katedmonson.com/ LISTEN TO THE STATION: "TheBocX.com Remember to subscribe to SOMETHING came from Baltimore! Listen and share with your friends. Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCj7HKmMrFB4vAQm3SKzvftA Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tomfunproductions Itunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/something-came-from-baltimore/id1400504427 Anchor: https://anchor.fm/somethingcame-from-baltim Check out my "best of" songs from last decade 2010-2019 on Spotify...I think you will be surprised. https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3HW55xTnilg2m73Vb5l7Jn?si=NSQ6fm8FRJOAiiZB1y_O6g&fbclid=IwAR3D3pu-FhoumTMm_qvOlg4WDXVz41N0lafmuR675fGJj2txW1ylYusrXZ0 Tom Gouker's Little Bio: Fast forward, I worked at 88.9 FM WXPN, Philadelphia PA, home of the NPR Radio Show called, "Live@the World Cafe" for 14 years. I also worked in the Broadcasting Department at "QVC" for 5 years. I DJ under the name DJ Normal in the bar circuit in Baltimore, MD for 4 years. I had radio show at Morgan State Radio 88.1 FM, Baltimore MD, called, "Jazz 101". "Jazz 101" had interviews with musicians to explain why jazz is so special. The "Cool Jazz" format of the station changed and I lost my show and I continued with interviews with musicians on my on podcast called, "SOMETHING came from Baltimore". SCFB is now over 150 episodes strong with interviews with John Doe, Swingadelic, Gerald Albright, Samite, Bokante, Kat Edmonson, Al Di Meola, Auntie Hammy, The Beatles Guru, Bodega, The Homeless Gospel Choir, Orrin Evans, GoGo Penguin, Warren Wolf, Joey Alexander, and so much more! The podcast keeps growing as "SOMETHING came from Baltimore". Thank you France and Germany! Future Projects: Film - Script for "I'm Falling to Pieces". Podcast, "Why Is It Good?" and a limited episode podcast "Beatles Come to America" with co-host The Beatles Guru Brooke Halpin. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/somethingcame-from-baltim/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/somethingcame-from-baltim/support

SCFB 165: San Gabriel 7: "Red Dress and Relationships"

"SOMETHING...came from Baltimore"

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 19, 2020 19:44


San Gabriel 7 is a Blues, Funky, Jazz Band from the LA area, they have been around for years but this album they joined up with Femi Knight on vocals and she cooked up some great lyrics. I can only compare this band to Steely Dan, awesome musicians and layers of disarming mystery woven into the lyrics. The album is called, "Red Dress" come listen in and enjoy the party. Buy the Album: http://www.sgsjazz.com/ LISTEN TO THE STATION: "TheBocX.com Remember to subscribe to SOMETHING came from Baltimore! Listen and share with your friends. Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCj7HKmMrFB4vAQm3SKzvftA Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tomfunproductions Itunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/something-came-from-baltimore/id1400504427 Anchor: https://anchor.fm/somethingcame-from-baltim Check out my "best of" songs from last decade 2010-2019 on Spotify...I think you will be surprised. https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3HW55xTnilg2m73Vb5l7Jn?si=NSQ6fm8FRJOAiiZB1y_O6g&fbclid=IwAR3D3pu-FhoumTMm_qvOlg4WDXVz41N0lafmuR675fGJj2txW1ylYusrXZ0 Tom Gouker's Little Bio: Fast forward, I worked at 88.9 FM WXPN, Philadelphia PA, home of the NPR Radio Show called, "Live@the World Cafe" for 14 years. I also worked in the Broadcasting Department at "QVC" for 5 years. I DJ under the name DJ Normal in the bar circuit in Baltimore, MD for 4 years. I had radio show at Morgan State Radio 88.1 FM, Baltimore MD, called, "Jazz 101". "Jazz 101" had interviews with musicians to explain why jazz is so special. The "Cool Jazz" format of the station changed and I lost my show and I continued with interviews with musicians on my on podcast called, "SOMETHING came from Baltimore". SCFB is now over 150 episodes strong with interviews with John Doe, Swingadelic, Gerald Albright, Samite, Bokante, Kat Edmonson, Al Di Meola, Auntie Hammy, The Beatles Guru, Bodega, The Homeless Gospel Choir, Orrin Evans, GoGo Penguin, Warren Wolf, Joey Alexander, and so much more! The podcast keeps growing as "SOMETHING came from Baltimore". Thank you France and Germany! Future Projects: Film - Script for "I'm Falling to Pieces". Podcast, "Why Is It Good?" and a limited episode podcast "Beatles Come to America" with co-host The Beatles Guru Brooke Halpin. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/somethingcame-from-baltim/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/somethingcame-from-baltim/support

SCFB 164: The Warren Wolf Show

"SOMETHING...came from Baltimore"

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 12, 2020 35:29


"SOMETHING came from Baltimore the Podcast" is now has it's own show called, "Something came from Baltimore THE SHOW!" You can hear the show on exclusively on "TheBocX.com" Thursday's at 7:00pm EST. I recommend that you check out this radio station, it has a sound that I really love. There is something special going on. So, here is my first episode of "SCFB THE SHOW" it is a great interview with Baltimore's own, Warren Wolfe. Warren just released a new album on the Mack Avenue Label called, "Reincarnation" and we get to hear some of his tunes on the show. Buy the Album: http://www.warrenwolfmusic.com/ LISTEN TO THE STATION: "TheBocX.com Remember to subscribe to SOMETHING came from Baltimore! Listen and share with your friends. Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCj7HKmMrFB4vAQm3SKzvftA Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tomfunproductions Itunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/something-came-from-baltimore/id1400504427 Anchor: https://anchor.fm/somethingcame-from-baltim Check out my "best of" songs from last decade 2010-2019 on Spotify...I think you will be surprised. https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3HW55xTnilg2m73Vb5l7Jn?si=NSQ6fm8FRJOAiiZB1y_O6g&fbclid=IwAR3D3pu-FhoumTMm_qvOlg4WDXVz41N0lafmuR675fGJj2txW1ylYusrXZ0 Tom Gouker's Little Bio: Fast forward, I worked at 88.9 FM WXPN, Philadelphia PA, home of the NPR Radio Show called, "Live@the World Cafe" for 14 years. I also worked in the Broadcasting Department at "QVC" for 5 years. I DJ under the name DJ Normal in the bar circuit in Baltimore, MD for 4 years. I had radio show at Morgan State Radio 88.1 FM, Baltimore MD, called, "Jazz 101". "Jazz 101" had interviews with musicians to explain why jazz is so special. The "Cool Jazz" format of the station changed and I lost my show and I continued with interviews with musicians on my on podcast called, "SOMETHING came from Baltimore". SCFB is now over 150 episodes strong with interviews with John Doe, Swingadelic, Gerald Albright, Samite, Bokante, Kat Edmonson, Al Di Meola, Auntie Hammy, The Beatles Guru, Bodega, The Homeless Gospel Choir, Orrin Evans, GoGo Penguin, Warren Wolf, Joey Alexander, and so much more! The podcast keeps growing as "SOMETHING came from Baltimore". Thank you France and Germany! Future Projects: Film - Script for "I'm Falling to Pieces". Podcast, "Why Is It Good?" and a limited episode podcast "Beatles Come to America" with co-host The Beatles Guru Brooke Halpin. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/somethingcame-from-baltim/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/somethingcame-from-baltim/support

SCFB 163: Vanessa Collier "Heart on the Line"

"SOMETHING...came from Baltimore"

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 7, 2020 15:54


Music Star on the Rise alert. I have Vanessa Collier on the phone with me today on Something came from Baltimore. Vanessa is my first artist that I interviewed for the podcast twice. The first time, was back in June 25, 2019 the episode was called, Vanessa Collier is gonna back you cry. The interview was more of a fandom expression, Vanessa’s latest album, “Honey Up” was released in 2018, so I just wanted to chat with her about her young career. In the Baltimore area, Vanessa OWNS the blues scene as her blankets the tristate with live shows, and they sell out. Vanessa is always picking up awards, two years in a row 2019 and 2020 she won the Best Instrumental Horn award. And today, I got stuff to chat about, Vanessa Collier just released a follow up to “Honey Up” and it is called, “Heart on the Line” released on August 21,2020. This collection is mint R&B soul with some good blues. Vanessa plays the sax put on this recording, she focuses on my the vocals, and the tunes are catchy and solid. Buy the Album: https://www.vanessacollier.com/ Remember to subscribe to SOMETHING came from Baltimore! Listen and share with your friends. Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCj7HKmMrFB4vAQm3SKzvftA Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tomfunproductions Itunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/something-came-from-baltimore/id1400504427 Anchor: https://anchor.fm/somethingcame-from-baltim Check out my "best of" songs from last decade 2010-2019 on Spotify...I think you will be surprised. https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3HW55xTnilg2m73Vb5l7Jn?si=NSQ6fm8FRJOAiiZB1y_O6g&fbclid=IwAR3D3pu-FhoumTMm_qvOlg4WDXVz41N0lafmuR675fGJj2txW1ylYusrXZ0 Tom Gouker's Little Bio: Fast forward, I worked at 88.9 FM WXPN, Philadelphia PA, home of the NPR Radio Show called, "Live@the World Cafe" for 14 years. I also worked in the Broadcasting Department at "QVC" for 5 years. I DJ under the name DJ Normal in the bar circuit in Baltimore, MD for 4 years. I had radio show at Morgan State Radio 88.1 FM, Baltimore MD, called, "Jazz 101". "Jazz 101" had interviews with musicians to explain why jazz is so special. The "Cool Jazz" format of the station changed and I lost my show and I continued with interviews with musicians on my on podcast called, "SOMETHING came from Baltimore". SCFB is now over 150 episodes strong with interviews with John Doe, Swingadelic, Gerald Albright, Samite, Bokante, Kat Edmonson, Al Di Meola, Auntie Hammy, The Beatles Guru, Bodega, The Homeless Gospel Choir, Orrin Evans, GoGo Penguin, Warren Wolf, Joey Alexander, and so much more! The podcast keeps growing as "SOMETHING came from Baltimore". Thank you France and Germany! Future Projects: Film - Script for "I'm Falling to Pieces". Podcast, "Why Is It Good?" and a limited episode podcast "Beatles Come to America" with co-host The Beatles Guru Brooke Halpin. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/somethingcame-from-baltim/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/somethingcame-from-baltim/support

SCFB 162: Discover Vanessa Coiller - "She is gonna make you cry!"

"SOMETHING...came from Baltimore"

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 1, 2020 36:20


Listen to a previous episode of SCFB with Vanessa Coiller. She has a great new album and you can listen to it on episode 163. But, today check her out, I promise she is gonna make you cry! The blues world has a new face in town and it is Vanessa Collier. For real, in the DMV, Vanessa Collier can be booked in 3 different locations in 3 days only 20 miles apart….and they all sell out. Vanessa is touring on her lastest recording, “Honey Up” and on “SCFB” we chat about the wonderful live recording “Blue Caravan 2017” with Big Daddy Wilson. Listen to, “You’re Gonna Make Me Cry”, “Sweating Like a Pig, Singing Like an Angel”, and “The Fault Line”. She is a superstar locally, and in the world of blues, Vanessa was the 2019 Winner of the “Instrumentalist of the Year – Horn” and Nominated for “Best Contemporary Female Blues Artist” the same year. If you don’t know Vanessa’s work, then check out this interview on “SOMETHING…came from Baltimore” And, while you are at it, subscribe, share, and make comments. Buy the Album: https://www.vanessacollier.com/ Remember to subscribe to SOMETHING came from Baltimore! Listen and share with your friends. Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCj7HKmMrFB4vAQm3SKzvftA Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tomfunproductions Itunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/something-came-from-baltimore/id1400504427 Anchor: https://anchor.fm/somethingcame-from-baltim Check out my "best of" songs from last decade 2010-2019 on Spotify...I think you will be surprised. https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3HW55xTnilg2m73Vb5l7Jn?si=NSQ6fm8FRJOAiiZB1y_O6g&fbclid=IwAR3D3pu-FhoumTMm_qvOlg4WDXVz41N0lafmuR675fGJj2txW1ylYusrXZ0 Tom Gouker's Little Bio: Fast forward, I worked at 88.9 FM WXPN, Philadelphia PA, home of the NPR Radio Show called, "Live@the World Cafe" for 14 years. I also worked in the Broadcasting Department at "QVC" for 5 years. I DJ under the name DJ Normal in the bar circuit in Baltimore, MD for 4 years. I had radio show at Morgan State Radio 88.1 FM, Baltimore MD, called, "Jazz 101". "Jazz 101" had interviews with musicians to explain why jazz is so special. The "Cool Jazz" format of the station changed and I lost my show and I continued with interviews with musicians on my on podcast called, "SOMETHING came from Baltimore". SCFB is now over 150 episodes strong with interviews with John Doe, Swingadelic, Gerald Albright, Samite, Bokante, Kat Edmonson, Al Di Meola, Auntie Hammy, The Beatles Guru, Bodega, The Homeless Gospel Choir, Orrin Evans, GoGo Penguin, Warren Wolf, Joey Alexander, and so much more! The podcast keeps growing as "SOMETHING came from Baltimore". Thank you France and Germany! Future Projects: Film - Script for "I'm Falling to Pieces". Podcast, "Why Is It Good?" and a limited episode podcast "Beatles Come to America" with co-host The Beatles Guru Brooke Halpin. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/somethingcame-from-baltim/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/somethingcame-from-baltim/support

SCFB 161: Billy Childs - "20 Questions and Acceptance"

"SOMETHING...came from Baltimore"

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 26, 2020 21:56


In 2017, Billy recorded, Rebirth and picked up a Grammy Award for Best Jazz album in 2018. I loved "Rebirth" and ranked it in my Top 3 albums of the year. So, I was excited to learn that Billy Childs just released a new recording on August 28, 2020 on the Mack Avenue Record label called, "Acceptance” and just like "Rebirth", it is a memorable and an instant classic recording. This is a fun interview with Billy Childs, were we play "20 Questions" at first he was reluctant but by the end of the interview we chatted for over an hour, and went deep into topics he normally does not get a chance to talk about. Buy the Album: http://billychilds.com/ Remember to subscribe to SOMETHING came from Baltimore! Listen and share with your friends. Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCj7HKmMrFB4vAQm3SKzvftA Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tomfunproductions Itunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/something-came-from-baltimore/id1400504427 Anchor: https://anchor.fm/somethingcame-from-baltim Check out my "best of" songs from last decade 2010-2019 on Spotify...I think you will be surprised. https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3HW55xTnilg2m73Vb5l7Jn?si=NSQ6fm8FRJOAiiZB1y_O6g&fbclid=IwAR3D3pu-FhoumTMm_qvOlg4WDXVz41N0lafmuR675fGJj2txW1ylYusrXZ0 Tom Gouker's Little Bio: Fast forward, I worked at 88.9 FM WXPN, Philadelphia PA, home of the NPR Radio Show called, "Live@the World Cafe" for 14 years. I also worked in the Broadcasting Department at "QVC" for 5 years. I DJ under the name DJ Normal in the bar circuit in Baltimore, MD for 4 years. I had radio show at Morgan State Radio 88.1 FM, Baltimore MD, called, "Jazz 101". "Jazz 101" had interviews with musicians to explain why jazz is so special. The "Cool Jazz" format of the station changed and I lost my show and I continued with interviews with musicians on my on podcast called, "SOMETHING came from Baltimore". SCFB is now over 150 episodes strong with interviews with John Doe, Swingadelic, Gerald Albright, Samite, Bokante, Kat Edmonson, Al Di Meola, Auntie Hammy, The Beatles Guru, Bodega, The Homeless Gospel Choir, Orrin Evans, GoGo Penguin, Warren Wolf, Joey Alexander, and so much more! The podcast keeps growing as "SOMETHING came from Baltimore". Thank you France and Germany! Future Projects: Film - Script for "I'm Falling to Pieces". Podcast, "Why Is It Good?" and a limited episode podcast "Beatles Come to America" with co-host The Beatles Guru Brooke Halpin. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/somethingcame-from-baltim/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/somethingcame-from-baltim/support

SCFB 160: Brenda Nicole Moorer- Marrow "a band-aid for the soul recording"

"SOMETHING...came from Baltimore"

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 19, 2020 21:07


Brenda Nicole Moorer is triple threat, a stunning model, and in demand working actress, a jazz singer who is channeling 70’s R&B retro vibes from legendary soul singers Minnie Riperton , Melba Moore, and Phyllis Hyman. The album is on the Ropeadope Record Label and it is called, "MARROW". "MARROW" is a band-aid for the soul, it uplifts and chills you out, like legendary albums for the 70’s…it feels good. Keep Brenda Nicole Moorer on your radar, she is an a fast track to stardom similar to Gregory Porter and Janette Monet Buy the Album: https://www.brendanicolemoorer.com/ Remember to subscribe to SOMETHING came from Baltimore! Listen and share with your friends. Check out my "best of" songs from last decade 2010-2019 on Spotify...I think you will be surprized. https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3HW55xTnilg2m73Vb5l7Jn?si=NSQ6fm8FRJOAiiZB1y_O6g&fbclid=IwAR3D3pu-FhoumTMm_qvOlg4WDXVz41N0lafmuR675fGJj2txW1ylYusrXZ0 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCj7HKmMrFB4vAQm3SKzvftA Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tomfunproductions Itunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/something-came-from-baltimore/id1400504427 Anchor: https://anchor.fm/somethingcame-from-baltim Tom Gouker's Little Bio: Fast forward, I worked at 88.9 FM WXPN, Philadelphia PA, home of the NPR Radio Show called, "Live@the World Cafe" for 14 years. I also worked in the Broadcasting Department at "QVC" for 5 years. I DJ under the name DJ Normal in the bar circuit in Baltimore, MD for 4 years. I had radio show at Morgan State Radio 88.1 FM, Baltimore MD, called, "Jazz 101". "Jazz 101" had interviews with musicians to explain why jazz is so special. The "Cool Jazz" format of the station changed and I lost my show and I continued with interviews with musicians on my on podcast called, "SOMETHING came from Baltimore". SCFB is now over 150 episodes strong with interviews with John Doe, Swingadelic, Gerald Albright, Samite, Bokante, Kat Edmonson, Al Di Meola, Auntie Hammy, The Beatles Guru, Bodega, The Homeless Gospel Choir, Orrin Evans, GoGo Penguin, Warren Wolf, Joey Alexander, and so much more! The podcast keeps growing as "SOMETHING came from Baltimore". Thank you France and Germany! Future Projects: Film - Script for "I'm Falling to Pieces". Podcast, "Why Is It Good?" and a limited episode podcast "Beatles Come to America" with co-host The Beatles Guru Brooke Halpin. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/somethingcame-from-baltim/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/somethingcame-from-baltim/support

APEX Hour at SUU
9/10/20: David Berri on Economics and Music

APEX Hour at SUU

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2020 48:04


[00:00:01] Hey everyone, this is Lynn Vartan, and you're listening to the A.P.E.X. Hour on KSUU Thunder 91.1. In this show you get more personal time with the guests who visit Southern Utah University from all over, learning more about their stories and opinions beyond their presentations on stage. We will also give you some new music to listen to and hope to turn you on some new sounds and new genres. You can find this here every Thursday at 3 p.m. or on the web at suu.edu/apex. But for now, welcome to this week's show, here on Thunder 91.1. [00:00:46] Okay, everyone, well, this is just the coolest thing ever. So this is the A.P.E.X. Hour and this is the Fall 2020 edition and we're trying something new. I'm trying something for the very first time. I'm so excited to be here. I'm actually doing this radio show live over the air and also on a Zoom call, with one of our very own faculty members. So I'd love to welcome in David Berri. Welcome, Dave. [00:01:15] Hello, everybody![00:01:17] That's so awesome. How are you doing today? You sound like you are fighting a little bit with the computer. [00:01:23] Yes, we are all adjusting to teaching via Zoom. I am doing all of my teaching this semester from my living room, which is, by the way, phenomenally cool. I don't know if I'll ever come back to SUU. Living room teaching is easily the best teaching ever. My morning class, Zoom crashed in the middle of it. So, actually, no, it wasn't Zoom that crashed, the entire computer crashed. [00:01:49] Oh my gosh! [00:01:51] It crashed, but I have two laptops, so I was able to do a second laptop and continue. But Windows did tell me later it decided to update during the class and it crashed the computer. [00:02:02] I see. So that's probably what happened. Well, hopefully. [00:02:06] Thank you, Windows.[00:02:07] Our time together will go much better than that. [00:02:10] I hope so. [00:02:12] Well, I'd love  to start with you just telling us a little bit about your background. And I should preface this by saying the reason we're having this conversation is because this semester I'm teaching a brand new music business class, and that's really cool and really exciting and I love it. But the thing is that I put a call out to colleagues and friends to say, "Hey, is anybody interested in collaborating and finding any cross references or different things that we can talk about that have to do with entrepreneurial ship in the arts?" And Dave Berri said, "I'd love to talk to you about any crossovers and blends between sports economics and the arts." So that's kind of how today's talk came to be. So, Dave, tell us a little bit about yourself and what you do. [00:03:03] OK, so this is what I do. My primary area of research is sports economics. And I've been doing this or I would say twenty five years or so. And I've written books and I've written a textbook and I've done lots of academic articles and I've done lots of writing for the popular media. I get interviewed a lot by the national media. I was on NPR like three or four times this summer. So this is sort of what I do. I do a lot of stuff with sports. And so you said, "Hey, do you have any comments on music and business?" Oddly enough, I started off life as a music minor. [00:03:38] Oh, I didn't know that! [00:03:40] Yes. And I was really awful at it. That's not something that I was good at. I had this idea that I would be a musician. I like singing and I like music. But it turns out that requires an awful lot of effort. And I was not liking that. So effort, not something I want to do. So I would say sports economics became my default because it was easier than the music was going to be for me. I did spend my last year writing a book for my history class and the history - what I do, it's a first year history class and so I incorporate a lot of references to music and movies throughout the book, so my book has links to like, one hundred or more than one hundred music videos, all things from my own personal collection of things that I listen to. So music's like a big part of my life, but I'm not good enough to actually do much with it beyond listening. So when you talked about this whole thing with, you know, music and business, I was thinking, you know, there's a lot there's a lot of connections between sports and business. And so I was thinking, you know, what would be some lessons from sports that you would want to convey to musicians? You know, and I think when you think back on sports. When we look at sports, we tend to think about the sports that have, already have an audience that, you know, Major League Baseball, National Football League, they already have an audience and people sort of look at this and say, "Well, there's always been an audience for that." But when you study the history of sports, you learn there is, historically there was no audience. I just finished a book on the economics of the Super Bowl and one of the stories we tell in that is the very first title game in the NFL was in 1932. They came up with this idea because the NFL didn't have any money. They were very poor. 90 percent of their first 40 franchises failed completely. They went out of business. There's only four franchises left from the early history of the NFL. They had franchises all over America and they all failed. [00:05:51] Wow! [00:05:53] They were very poor. So in 1932, when the season ended, they had two teams that had one loss, and they got like, a marketing idea. They said, "Why don't we have those two teams play each other in a title game to be the champions of 1932?" Well, the problem was one of the teams was the Chicago Bears and they decided they'd be the home team, but the problem was it was December. They had just had a major blizzard in Chicago. And they were like, nobody's going out to Wrigley Field and watch a football game in a blizzard. So we're going to move indoors. We're going to move it in to the Chicago Blackhawks arena. Well, that doesn't work so well either, because a hockey rink is only like 60 yards long. So OK, we're gonna rewrite the rules so that we can have a football game on 60 yards. So what we'll do is once you cross midfield or the 30 yard mark, we're gonna move you back 10 yards to make the field longer. We're going to make it so that you can't kick field goals because that would be too easy. You have to score touchdowns or nothing. And so they just made up a bunch of rules so that they could do this game. They got like 11,000 fans to show up, and what I thought was really interesting about the game is the star quarterback for the opposing team, which was the Portsmouth Spartans, and they became the Detroit Lions later on, but they were in Portsmouth at the time. Their star quarterback couldn't come. And the reason why he couldn't come is he was the head basketball coach at Colorado College and his college president told him, "You can't get time off from your basketball job to go play in a football game that wasn't actually on the schedule. So you can't go. I'm not going to give you release time for that." So the very first title game, the star quarterback couldn't show up because he had another job. [00:07:33] Wow, that's insane. [00:07:35] So that's where the NFL starts. It starts at that point. There's no fans. Nobody cares about this. And why don't anybody care? And I think this is what's relevant to music. They don't have any emotional attachment. Nobody knew a Chicago Bear was. Nobody knew what a Portsmouth Spartan was. And so therefore, they weren't interested in seeing these teams play because they don't know what they're looking at. They had stars from college. Red Grange played for the Chicago Bears. And he was a major star. But the Chicago Bears were not a major star. It would be like creating a music group with famous people that, you know, but calling it something totally different and saying it's the same people. Is it the same people? Are you sure? Because I remember that person from that group. And now they're in a totally different group. And I don't know what this group is. So maybe I'll like their music and maybe I won't because I don't know who they are. I would imagine when Paul McCartney goes from the Beatles to the Wings initially, people are like, "I don't know what a Wing is. I know what the Beatles were." What kind of music are you doing with the Wings? And I bet you he had trouble with his audience at first because people were like, "I don't know what that is, what actually is a Wing? I knew what a Beatle was."[00:08:47] Yeah. [00:08:47] And this is something that when you're when you're engaged in the entertainment industry, I think you have to be cognizant of the idea that you've got to create an emotional attachment to your audience. They have to care about you. It's much easier to do that when it's an individual because people can connect with individuals. So individual stars, if it was Paul McCartney by himself. And that's how Paul- actually, Paul McCartney mentioned this later on. He was in the Beatles, then he was in the Wings and then it was just him and he actually mentioned this. I remember seeing him at a concert in the 1980s and I think he mentioned this. He said "The people who are backing me up have been with me longer than the Wings were with me. It's my group. But we don't call that a group anymore, we just call it me." Because he learned if it's me, I can sell out a football arena. If it's the group, people don't know what that is. [00:09:44] Well, that's a really interesting thing. Do you think that young musicians should build their career off of their name rather than an entity then? [00:09:53] I think that is something to understand, that if you're going to build it off an entity, you got to understand nobody is going to know what your group is initially. It's much easier to connect to a person. And that is typically, isn't that, I mean, has that been your experience, if you think about how people market groups, that usually, they center in on one specific member of the group and focus on that person? In fact, I'm trying to think of it. What's the group, No Doubt, right? [00:10:23] Yeah. Gwen Stefani. [00:10:26] Gwen Stefani, right? She actually has a song about that. Isn't that the whole song, the whole song is that everyone in the media is focusing in on her, and the group is like, "What about us?" People in the group are like, "Well, if we focus on Gwen Stefani, we sell tickets and if we focus on you, nobody knows what a No Doubt is. They know what Gwen Stefani is.". [00:10:44] Yeah. [00:10:45] "Oh, you are the backup people." And they're like, "I thought we were like a group." "No, she's the group. You're a nobody." [00:10:55] Yeah, that's a great point. Wow. But how do you build an emotional connection? I mean, in your experience in sports, how does that come about? How does one do that? [00:11:06] Well, in terms of team sports, the history is it takes decades, which is probably something you don't want to hear. [00:11:13] No, not at all![00:11:15] So in team sports, it does take decades to do this. The NBA started in 1946. Today they draw about 17, 18,000 fans a game. As recently as the late 70s, early 80s, attendance was under 10,000 fans again. [00:11:34] Right. Wow, even that late. [00:11:36] 40 years into it, it took them well over 40 years to get to 10,000 fans. Same thing in baseball when Babe Ruth was playing. He often played before very small crowds. The Yankees drew, but a lot of people did not. The problem is in sports, it's a generational thing: you become a sports fan because of your parents. And so you learn about what teams you like. That's what you grew up with. It's hard for an adult to suddenly become a fan of a team. They don't have any history with it. So they don't know what they're rooting for. I've been cursed in my life with always being a Detroit Lions fan. I grew up in Detroit. That's the team I followed as a kid. They're awful. They never win. They're never going to win. They just disappoint every year. We haven't started the season yet. So right now, every Detroit Lions fan is like, "I think we're gonna be winner this year." And they're going to start playing on Sunday and about one quarter into that first game, when they're down by two touchdowns, we're all going to realize it's just the same team that we've always rooting for. They're going to be losers. They're always going to losers. I haven't lived in Detroit in nearly 40 years. I could never live in Detroit. I've lived in the western United States for a very long time, for almost this entire century, I've been in the West. I've tried to find teams to root for in the West. That would make a hell of a lot more sense. I can't! I don't have any connection with them. You know, I look at like the Chargers or the Cardinals or the Raiders. I'm like, but that's that's not my team, I don't know that team. And I don't want to get to know that team. I don't have any history with them. I have a history with this stupid team that I follow. And I don't want to start following this other team because they never were the team I followed. So I don't feel any kind of connection with them. [00:13:19] Well, I wonder if there's something there. I mean, you know, you were saying that it takes decades and of course, that's true, but I wonder if there's a way to sort of develop that personal connection early with an audience and then turn them into those fans and let it grow over time. [00:13:36] Yeah, I think in terms of musicians, obviously this has to happen a lot quicker because clearly, a good example of this, is if you follow K-Pop Korean music. [00:13:48] Right. [00:13:49] Blackpink is is phenomenally huge. And obviously they've only been around for like a couple of years. They only have like about twenty-five songs and they have a phenomenally huge following. So they, they were able to make a connection with obviously, millions of people very quickly. There are other K-Pop groups that are very similar to blackpink. ITZY's a really good example of that. They're very similar to Blackpink. They have a following. It's not Blackpink, it's not quite the same thing. It's close. My wife, by the way, cringes in the fact that I know this stuff. [00:14:24] That's a badge of honor, are you kidding? I'm sorry. What was that? [00:14:31] In my book, I actually put in some links to K-Pop songs. I started listening to this like, a year ago. I really enjoy this. This music is fascinating to me.[00:14:39] That's great. Well, but what do you think it is that separates one group from another? And what do you think it is that really gets one group? You know, what makes them different? [00:14:47] That's such a good question. I don't know that we know exactly the answer to that. I think a lot of music companies are desperately trying to find the formula that allows them to say, "If you do it this way, that works." Typically, what you see in music is a lot of imitation, right? Come up with a way of doing things and other people follow the same type of thing, because the music company is saying, "You know, that works for them. Why don't you do something like that?" And then the artist's like, "But that's not me. I'm not that person. And I want to do my own music and that music" and the music company's like, "Yeah, but your music doesn't have an audience and there's no one's made a connection with you yet."And so, music is replete with stories of musicians saying, "I want to do it this way," the company says, "I need you to do it that way," and then they have these big giant fights. And what we always hear is that the stories where the musician was right. So [Toby Keith,] that's the story of the song, "How Do You Like Me Now?" So he was already a star to some extent, and he goes to his music company, says, I want to do the song called "How Do You Like Me Now?" And his music company's like, "No, that's awful. I don't want you doing that. That's offensive. People are going to get [offended]. That's the image we have of you is of this big, good looking cowboy guy. And you're doing this in your face, obnoxious thing that's totally different from your image. So no, don't want you doing that." Well, the story he tells us, he went to the company. He had to buy back his song because they owned it. And then he released it himself. And it became a phenomenally huge hit and it totally changed direction of his career. So we we have this, Toby Keith has this idea about how he thinks his music should go, and then the music company is like, "No, no, no, no, that's not it." And so they have this big fight. And what we learned from that is both parties probably don't know, they don't know what's going to work. They both have different ideas about what's going to work and they're both guessing. And Toby Keith's case, I guess I would be willing to bet if you went to those music executives that you were clearly wrong on the Toby Keith thing." They would say, "Yes, we were. I admit it. But these other artists want to do these things. And we told them not to. And they did this over here. And they're also huge hits and so on. These people were totally right. Yeah. [00:17:01] That's so cool. Thanks for sharing that. Well, I'm going to take a musical break now, but let's get back and talk more, I have some more questions for you. This is so fascinating to see these cross references between sports, economics, sports culture, music culture, and who knew that you had such a background in music. I just love this. Well, as always, on the A.P.E.X. Hour, I like to play some new music for you, and I tend to really go towards world music. So this script that I've been listening to is Bokante. And the song we're going to listen to is called "Maison en Feu." So let's take a listen, and just as a reminder, you're listening to KSUU Thunder 91.1. [00:22:01] All right. Well, welcome back, everyone. You're listening to KSUU Thunder 91.1. This is the A.P.E.X Hour. That song you were listening to was by a group called Bokante, B-O-K-A-N-T-E, and that song was "Maison en Feu" or "House on Fire" in French. So I'm here speaking with Dave Berri. Welcome back, Dave. [00:22:55] Glad to be back. [00:22:56] All right. So we're talking about the intersection between sports, economics and music, entrepreneurial activities. And we've been talking about how you want to have, you really want to build an emotional connection to your audience, and that's a great way to build an audience, and some thoughts and ideas about how the individual versus the group, it's a little easier to back an individual as opposed to a group. I'd like to get into a little bit of discussion about identity, you know, because I know when we think of athletes and we think of sports and we think of teams, the identity of that team or the identity of that of that particular athlete is so much of what we are drawn to. And I think music and musicians, it's the same. And I was just wondering, you know, what are your thoughts on that from an economical standpoint or from a building standpoint or how important is identity, do you think? [00:23:53] I think it's everything in terms of, in terms of what you do in terms of building an audience. I think it's everything to, if you're going to grow your business, you've got to find a way to get the person who's listening to the music or watching the sporting event to somehow form some kind of connection to what they're seeing, because what the audience is doing is they're living out their life in terms of the artist. So that's really, so if you think about a song connecting with you, typically songs connect with you because it talks about something in your life that you can relate to. [00:24:28] Right. [00:24:29] So that's the key is is is you have to find a way to get the person to basically live their life through you. I think it's has got to be very bizarre, both from the artist's perspective and the athlete's perspective, is that they are constantly then for the rest of their lives, meeting people who feel like "I am you. I know you. I've listened to your music. I've lived your life." And then they're looking at them, "I don't have any idea who you are.". [00:24:58] Yeah. [00:24:59] Like, well, you know, when you wrote about, like Miley Cyrus has done this in the last few years, right? So she has these songs when she's in love and getting married that are all about, "I'm in love and I'm getting married and this is forever." And then if you listen to her songs from the last six months, they're like, "I will never be with you again and I hate you." Are we talking about the same person here? Because that's a totally different message. And what she's doing is "This is my life and I'm writing about that." And so now everybody who listens to that music is like "I've lived your life. I've lived this experience." And they're like, "But you didn't. I did that." But I'm relating it through, and so that's what has to in order for an artist to be successful, they got to make that kind of connection where people feel like they've done that, like, you know. And the same thing happens in sports. When your sports team wins, you win. And when they lose, you lose. And you see that when people, when the sporting, when the team they follow loses, they get mad. They're unhappy. You're like, "But you didn't lose anything. You weren't playing. What do you care? Your life is the same, whether they win or not." It's like, "It's not the same. I was really counting on winning that and now I'm sad. "[00:26:16] Well, actually, you wrote an article on that, right? And it's I think it's kind of in, is it in the article that's titled "The Lasting Effects of Testosterone", where you talk about sports fans are definitely impacted by the outcomes of the games we observe? [00:26:31] Absolutely. Absolutely. I mean, I think that's absolutely what's going on when it comes to sports is that people are very much living their lives and experiences. And this is one of the things that sporting teams take advantage of this. So the way in which, one of things that people may not be aware of is that in the United States, professional sports is heavily subsidized by the government. So when you walk into a stadium or an arena, the odds are the government at least helped pay for some of that or in some cases entirely for the entire thing. The Indianapolis Colts play an arena that was totally built by the government for them,. [00:27:06] Really?[00:27:07] According to the team's specs, the team goes to the government, says, "I want an arena that looks like this and I want you to build it for me the way I want it." And the reason why they can do that is because they say, "If you don't, we are leaving. And then all of your voters are gonna say, 'you took away my life.'" [00:27:30] Right. [00:27:32] "Living my life through this team, and now it's gone." And this is not like music, right? If Miley Cyrus suddenly moved off to France, her fans wouldn't care in the slightest, I don't care where you live. But if the Indianapolis Colts moved to San Antonio, everyone in Indiana would be like, "Well, that's not the Colts." Even if they were called the San Antonio Colts. They'd be like, "It's still not the Indianapolis Colts. That's a different team. I'm not rooting for a team. I root for my team. I don't have a team now. Now I'm sad." And so this is something that you have to be aware of is that these people are they're living their lives through the art that they follow and the sports they follow. This is all part of their lives and their identity is wrapped up in this thing. [00:28:15] I'm curious about you know, in modern times, it seems that we see some vulnerability in athletes, you know, as a even more of a way to connect. And I wonder if you noticed that also. I've been watching the French Open. Sorry, not the French Open, the U.S. Open; French Open's coming up. But I've been watching the U.S. Open and they've been talking about especially the female athletes who are moms and and just the connection that that has really brought out the enthusiasm that that has brought out and not that that's a vulnerability, but that that opening up a bit, I, I feel like I'm seeing that more with athletes. And I wonder if you're seeing that and then I'm thinking about how that's applicable to musicians. [00:28:59] I think it is the case that certainly one of things that you're saying right now is athletes are coming out a lot more on social issues than they were before. [00:29:06] Right. [00:29:07] And so, there's some cynicism people have with respect to that, that that's a good marketing ploy. And so I don't think that's, I don't think, certainly in Colin Kaepernick's case, that did not turn out to be a great marketing ploy. But it is the case that you can't create a bigger connection with people by saying, "I'm on your side on this issue." And likewise, when you come out on the on the side of the issue that you're not on, it creates a wedge with you and your fans. The tennis star Djokovic came out. He wanted to create, he wants to create a union that's only for men in tennis. [00:29:46] Right. [00:29:47] Really a very tone deaf, this is not the time he would do that. We've had the Me Too movement for a while. It's really, and so he's created a lot of hostility among his fan base because they're like, "Well, that's really not what we believe in or we want." And so I think it is a case that it's, people are following athletes for issues beyond just what's they're seeing on the field. [00:30:11] Yeah. [00:30:12] So you can make this kind of connection by saying, "Look, I'm into the same issues that you're into. I think the same things that you think. I thought about these things."[00:30:20] So if you were coaching, let's say, a young athlete right now, it just, you know, or or a young musician, you know, how, what advice would you give them in terms of building their identity part? I mean, you know, obviously the craft is going to be specific to whatever you're doing, specific to what musical instrument or what band or what sport or what event that you're doing. But on the side of sort of creating your your character, creating everything else around it, what advice would you give a young athlete or musician? [00:30:56] I would emphasize that you're your audience goes beyond your abilities. In the way I would illustrate that is think about, I'll give you two musicians from 60, 70 years ago, Andy Williams, Frank Sinatra. Who's the more talented singer? [00:31:15] Well, I mean, I guess it's a personal preference. What would you say? [00:31:19] Let me ask you this. If you were in a room and it was a blind audition - I don't want you to think about Frank Sinatra, a young Frank Sinatra. Frank Sinatra post, "I had my throat ripped out.". [00:31:31] Well, that's a different story. [00:31:33] The Sinatra from 1965. Andy Williams from 1965. Blind audition. Who sings better at that point? [00:31:41] Yeah, I think I would say Andy Williams. [00:31:43] Andy Williams by far. So not even close. Andy Williams was a way better musician at that point than Frank Sinatra. Who has a bigger audience? [00:31:49] Frank Sinatra.[00:31:52] Why does Frank Sinatra have a much bigger audience? Because the kind of music he did was he would tell stories and he would connect with his audience. Andy Williams would sing songs very, very well. I mean, he hit the notes exactly right. But the problem is you'd listen to him and go, "I can't believe that's you. I don't think that story. This is not autobiographical. You're not singing about yourself. You're singing notes. You were just performing the notes." And Frank Sinatra would stand up there and say, "Let me-" He would do this on his albums. He would introduce the song. "I want you to understand the song I'm singing." Standing in a saloon, "And the woman I was with just left me. This is the song I'm going to sing about this." And you'd be like, "I can imagine you doing that. I can see you in the saloon singing that song. I get that." Andy Williams could never pull that off. He didn't have the personality for it. And so if you're thinking about "How do I build my audience," you got to make this connection with them where you understand "When I'm singing the song, I'm telling a story. I'm not just a singer. I'm an actor. I'm acting out the words." And I think Sinatra would emphasize that in interviews. You've got to be an actor. You're going to believe what you're saying, that this is you. I am singing the song. It's about me. And I want you to understand that I'm taking you on this trip with me and whether I'm hitting all the notes exactly right, that's not really the most important thing. Important thing is that you understand that you're with me on a trip. [00:33:25] I love that. I think storytelling is a key. It certainly is a key. And that goes right along. You'd have to bring your audience right inside the circle. Is it the same with sports? Is that storytelling element just as important? [00:33:39] I think it is. I think when you're watching a sporting event and you see that the athlete is is emotionally connecting with what's going on, where they're frustrated when things aren't going well and they're excited when things do go well. So in baseball, they don't like it when somebody hits a homerun and they stand there and they stare at it. The players and the coaches get infuriated when you do that. But the fans say "That's the greatest thing in the world!" Because the fans, that's what they're thinking! And, you know, you go back in the history of sports and you think about the athletes who had the biggest fall. Muhammad Ali was very big into marketing. He understood that. He understood that you've got to create the mind of the person who's going to watch this fight. Me and Joe Frazier don't like each other. And he would do that. And one of the things that you would pick up in interviews with him is that a lot of that was playacting. He goes, "I don't have any feelings about Joe Frazier. I don't really care." It'll be so much better if when we get in the ring together that people are taking sides and they're rooting for one or the other of us because then they care. But if it's just two guys fighting, I don't care about that. I need to know that that you both care about this, that there's some kind of animosity going on here. And I need you to create that for me. And if you do that, it makes this whole thing and makes the emotional experience so much better for us. We'd much rather watch two tennis players who don't like each other play tennis than two tennis players who are just out there going through the motions. [00:35:19] That's true. [00:35:21] It's like, yeah, you're technically correct. You did everything right. You hit the forehands right. You did all great. But I never felt like you were emotionally into it. I think you're just, you're just going through the motions out there. I need to know that you care about what's happening here. [00:35:37] Well, it comes down to feeling once again, I'm going to play one more song and then maybe we'll come back and just do another few minutes of a couple of quick things before our time is up. So the next song I have for you, oh, this is a great, this is a couple of musicians, Terri Lyne Carrington, amazing. John Patitucci, amazing bass player. They've come together, and this song is called "People Get Ready." You are listening to KSUU Thunder 91.1. [00:41:09] All right, everyone, welcome back to the A.P.E.X. Hour KSUU Thunder 91.1. That song was "People Get Ready." I just love that feel. I love those sounds. I love that groove. And that's a few artists, but namely Terri Lynn Carrington, John Patitucci two of my favorites. And the song was called "People Get Ready." This is the A.P.E.X. Hour. I am back and I am in the studio via Zoom with Dave Berri. Welcome back Dave. [00:41:38] Glad to be back. [00:41:39] We are talking about all the different things that you can find that are relationships between sports economics and musician entrepreneurialship. One of the things we got to talking to over the break was kind of about different themes in music as musicians and also in athletes. So in athletes, you kind of see good guy athletes, bad guy athletes. And then you are mentioning in musicians that you tend to think that some really disparate musicians can be all exactly the same. They're essentially doing the same thing. Can you talk about that a little bit?[00:42:13] Well, let's let's think about that for a second. I think if you think about Frank Sinatra, one of his classic songs is "My Way", which, by the way, if you've seen YouTube videos of this, he admits he hated that song. There's actually a great YouTube video where he introduces the song and he says, right after he says it, he says, "God, I hate this song. I really hate this song." And the audience goes, Why? "I've been doing it for 10 years and I hate it. It's a horrible song." But the song sort of captures with the way we think about Sinatra that he was an individual standing on his own against the world. He has a number of other songs that are very similar in theme. "That's Life" is like that. It's a very, it's a song where I'm standing alone and I'm against the world. Toby Keith, very similar artist, has a lot of songs, same kind of theme. Toby Keith stands against the world, against everyone else. Iggy Azalea. Exactly the same way. She has a whole host of songs where she says the same thing. Nicki Minaj doesn't sing. Cardi B doesn't sing. A lot of rap artists do exactly the same kind of thing. And so when you think about rap musicians and Frank Sinatra, you're like, "That's totally different."[00:43:19] I know that's wild. [00:43:21] Yeah. But you listen to the lyrics and you listen to what they're saying and how they're connecting with their audience, they're all connecting in the same way: "Look, the person who listens the song is an individual who stands on their own against the world, and that's who I am. That's who you should be." And so that's a theme that comes all the way, the K-Pop group, Blackpink, a lot of their songs are the same exact thing. They had a song that just came out this summer. "How Do You Like That?" That's the song. "How Do You Like That?" It's the same song! It's the same song as "How Do You Like Me Now?" From Toby Keith. A totally different genre, totally different group. And I think you see the same thing in sports where you have these athletes who very much adopt a persona. Michael Jordan had this persona, "Everyone's against me." Michael Jordan, in his Hall of Fame speech, basically listed every single person he ever had a problem with. That was the entire speech going all the way back to, like, grade school. [00:44:21] Oh, wow. [00:44:22] His whole life is spite. That's the only thing that motivated him. He did an interview when he was 40 years old playing for the Washington Wizards, and they asked him, "Why are you still playing?" And he said, "There are people out there who don't believe in me." And they're like, "People think you're the greatest player that ever played. Who's out there that doesn't believe in you anymore?" But in his mind, he created this image that people are against me and I'm standing against them. [00:44:47] That's amazing. That's such an amazing thing, and I think that, I'm sure it's the same in sports, you probably see the same thing in sports. [00:44:55] Yes. So I think that's, I think people are motivated by that. I think spite is a huge motivation for people. It helps motivate people to do what they're doing. "I'm doing this because people believe I can't do this."[00:45:07] Well, cool. Well, thank you so much, Dave. We are almost out of time here, but I have my last two favorite questions to ask you. This has been so much fun. I really appreciate you spending the time. And this has been so cool to find these really unusual connections between things. But I have two personal fun questions. My first question is, if you met the yourself from 10 years ago in a bar fight, who would win that fight? [00:45:35] I'm in a lot better shape than I was 10 years ago. [00:45:37] Really? [00:45:38] Yeah. Yeah. Oh yeah. Yeah, I, yeah. I've actually been in a bar fight. [00:45:44] You have? [00:45:45] Yes. I've been in a bar where, I've been in a bar where a fight has happened. They are a chaotic experience, I will say that. So typically bar fights are always a toss up, but I'm in better shape than I was 10 years ago, so I'm going to put my money on me right now. [00:46:02] Cool. OK. And then my other question for you is what's, and I ask this to all of my guests, what's turning you on this week? And this is just a fun way for people to get to know other things about our guests. It could be a TV show. It could be a movie. It could be whatever you want. What is turning you on? [00:46:20] Well, I mentioned earlier Korean music. I've really been into that. But the thing that's exciting me this particular week for us is we launched school at SUU. We're doing this whole thing where you can teach on Zoom online. And I'm learning that I really love this idea that I get to teach out of my living room. I'm thinking that's the coolest thing ever. I wish I was doing this a long time ago. Sit in my chair in my living room and lecture. Wow, that's so damn, we couldn't do that. That technology didn't exist when I started teaching. This is amazing. When I started teaching, the only technology we had was chalk, so this is really cool![00:46:56] Well, thank you so much for that. Well, it's been such a pleasure talking to you. Stay on the line. I'll say goodbye to you afterwards. But I'm going to play my little outro. And on behalf of all of our students and everybody listening, thanks so much, Dave Berri. I really appreciated you being here. [00:47:13] Glad to be here. [00:47:14] All right. Well, we will see you for the beginning of this season. And here's our goodbye.[00:47:18] Thanks so much for listening to the A.P.E.X. Hour here on KSUU Thunder 91.1. Come find us again next Thursday at 3 p.m. for more conversations with the visiting guests at Southern Utah University, and new music to discover for your next playlist. And in the meantime, we would love to see you at our events on campus. To find out more, check out suu.edu/apex Until next week, this is Lynn Vartan saying goodbye from the A.P.E.X. Hour here on Thunder 91.1. 

SCFB 159: Immanuel Wilkins - "Omega and Cheesesteaks"

"SOMETHING...came from Baltimore"

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 12, 2020 22:44


Imagine: What if you were 22 years old and you just released your debut album and it is a hit? How would you feel? That is a question that I get to ask Immanuel Wilkins, who is a 22 year saxophonist from Philly, who happen to meet up with pianist Jason Moran, who latter will produce his first album, and will get a “green light” from Don Was the boss of the Blue Note Jazz label. The album is called, OMEGA and it was released on August 7, 2020 and a month a later, you have a hit on your hands Today on the phone I have Immanuel Wilkins and we will chat about OMEGA, cheese steaks, and Mary Turner. My name is Tom Gouker and I am your host of SOMETHING came from Baltimore. Buy the Album: http://www.immanuelwilkins.com/ Remember to subscribe to SOMETHING came from Baltimore! Listen and share with your friends. Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCj7HKmMrFB4vAQm3SKzvftA Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tomfunproductions Itunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/something-came-from-baltimore/id1400504427 Anchor: https://anchor.fm/somethingcame-from-baltim Tom Gouker's Little Bio: Fast forward, I worked at 88.9 FM WXPN, Philadelphia PA, home of the NPR Radio Show called, "Live@the World Cafe" for 14 years. I also worked in the Broadcasting Department at "QVC" for 5 years. I DJ under the name DJ Normal in the bar circuit in Baltimore, MD for 4 years. I had radio show at Morgan State Radio 88.1 FM, Baltimore MD, called, "Jazz 101". "Jazz 101" had interviews with musicians to explain why jazz is so special. The "Cool Jazz" format of the station changed and I lost my show and I continued with interviews with musicians on my on podcast called, "SOMETHING came from Baltimore". SCFB is now over 150 episodes strong with interviews with John Doe, Swingadelic, Gerald Albright, Samite, Bokante, Kat Edmonson, Al Di Meola, Auntie Hammy, The Beatles Guru, Bodega, The Homeless Gospel Choir, Orrin Evans, GoGo Penguin, Warren Wolf, Joey Alexander, and so much more! The podcast keeps growing as "SOMETHING came from Baltimore". Thank you France and Germany! Future Projects: Film - Script for "I'm Falling to Pieces". Podcast, "Why Is It Good?" and a limited episode podcast "Beatles Come to America" with co-host The Beatles Guru Brooke Halpin. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/somethingcame-from-baltim/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/somethingcame-from-baltim/support

SCFB 158: Dan Rosenboom's Punk Rock Jazz!

"SOMETHING...came from Baltimore"

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 5, 2020 24:39


Dan Roseboom is a well accomplished trumpet player who has worked for the great movie directors of the last decade. In his solo work, you get this cool "punk rock" jazz recording called, "Parts on an Infinite Line" Why is it punk rock? You will have to listen to the interview to find out. Buy the Album: https://danrosenboom.com/ Remember to subscribe to SOMETHING came from Baltimore! Listen and share with your friends. Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCj7HKmMrFB4vAQm3SKzvftA Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tomfunproductions Itunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/something-came-from-baltimore/id1400504427 Anchor: https://anchor.fm/somethingcame-from-baltim Tom Gouker's Little Bio: Fast forward, I worked at 88.9 FM WXPN, Philadelphia PA, home of the NPR Radio Show called, "Live@the World Cafe" for 14 years. I also worked in the Broadcasting Department at "QVC" for 5 years. I DJ under the name DJ Normal in the bar circuit in Baltimore, MD for 4 years. I had radio show at Morgan State Radio 88.1 FM, Baltimore MD, called, "Jazz 101". "Jazz 101" had interviews with musicians to explain why jazz is so special. The "Cool Jazz" format of the station changed and I lost my show and I continued with interviews with musicians on my on podcast called, "SOMETHING came from Baltimore". SCFB is now over 150 episodes strong with interviews with John Doe, Swingadelic, Gerald Albright, Samite, Bokante, Kat Edmonson, Al Di Meola, Auntie Hammy, The Beatles Guru, Bodega, The Homeless Gospel Choir, Orrin Evans, GoGo Penguin, Warren Wolf, Joey Alexander, and so much more! The podcast keeps growing as "SOMETHING came from Baltimore". Thank you France and Germany! Future Projects: Film - Script for "I'm Falling to Pieces". Podcast, "Why Is It Good?" and a limited episode podcast "Beatles Come to America" with co-host The Beatles Guru Brooke Halpin. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/somethingcame-from-baltim/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/somethingcame-from-baltim/support

SCFB 157: Chris Frantz Talking Heads/Tom Tom Club Icon!

"SOMETHING...came from Baltimore"

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 29, 2020 34:19


Dreams come true!   I can't explain what a fan that I am of Talking Heads and Tom Tom Club and it is AWESOME! that I get to chat with drummer Chris Frantz who just published a book about his career called, "REMAIN IN LOVE".  It is a great story about love, art, and a whole lot of music.  I was greeking and we talked for an hour, I had to cut it down and I hope that you like the final interview.  To Purchase :  "REMAIN IN LOVE" https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250209221 Remember to subscribe to SOMETHING came from Baltimore!  Listen and share with your friends. Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCj7HKmMrFB4vAQm3SKzvftA Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/tomfunproductions Itunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/something-came-from-baltimore/id1400504427 Anchor: https://anchor.fm/somethingcame-from-baltim Tom Gouker's Little Bio: I am nothing more than a big music fan.  As a child I was the "one with the records" and I would DJ all the school "sock hops".  In college, I was the radio programmer, and wrote a music column. Fast forward, I worked at 88.9 FM WXPN, Philadelphia PA, home of the NPR Radio Show called, "Live@the World Cafe" for 14 years.  I also worked in the Broadcasting Department at "QVC" for 5 years. I DJ under the name DJ Normal in the bar circuit in Baltimore, MD for 4 years.  I had radio show at Morgan State Radio 88.1 FM, Baltimore MD, called, "Jazz 101". "Jazz 101" had interviews with musicians to explain why jazz is so special.  The "Cool Jazz" format of the station changed and  I lost my show and I continued with interviews with musicians on my on podcast called, "SOMETHING came from Baltimore". SCFB is now over 150 episodes strong with interviews with John Doe, Swingadelic, Gerald Albright, Samite, Bokante, Kat Edmonson, Al Di Meola, Auntie Hammy, The Beatle Guru, Bodega, The Homeless Gospel Choir, Orrin Evans, GoGo Penguin, Warren Wolf, Joey Alexander, and so much more! The podcast keeps growing as "SOMETHING came from Baltimore" gets over 250-500 spins a day and for some reason we are popular in France!  Thank you France! If you listen to the interviews you can hear that I am struggling grouping sentences and stringing thoughts together.  I have dyslexia all my life, and in my 20's I thought it would define me and I placed limitations on what I could do.  I always wanted to be a school teacher, but I was afraid that I would be found out.  Through the years, I have worked through the limitations, and I love music and this podcast so much that I can't be stopped! Future Projects:  Film - Script for "I'm Falling to Pieces".  Podcast, "Why Is It Good?" and a limited episode podcast "Beatles Come to America" with co-host The Beatles Guru Brooke Halpin. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/somethingcame-from-baltim/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/somethingcame-from-baltim/support

SCFB 156: DATA LORDS Maria Schneider Orchestra

"SOMETHING...came from Baltimore"

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 22, 2020 23:01


DATA LORDS - A Story of Two Worlds - One Clutters the Mind, the Other Clears It - One Seduces and Exploits, the Other Nurtures - One Ultimately Isolates, the Other Truly Connects - One Clamors for Our Attention, the Other Simply Awaits It - One Force-Feeds Answers, the Other Inspires Questions - One Manipulates Our Thoughts, the Other Grants Freedom of Thought To Purchase : DATA LORDS https://www.mariaschneider.com/ https://www.artistshare.com/Projects/Experience/1/510/1/Maria-Schneider-Data-Lords?v=2 Remember to subscribe to SOMETHING came from Baltimore! Listen and share with your friends. Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCj7HKmMrFB4vAQm3SKzvftA Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tomfunproductions Itunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/something-came-from-baltimore/id1400504427 Anchor: https://anchor.fm/somethingcame-from-baltim Tom Gouker's Little Bio: I am nothing more than a big music fan. As a child I was the "one with the records" and I would DJ all the school "sock hops". In college, I was the radio programmer, and wrote a music column. Fast forward, I worked at 88.9 FM WXPN, Philadelphia PA, home of the NPR Radio Show called, "Live@the World Cafe" for 14 years. I also worked in the Broadcasting Department at "QVC" for 5 years. I DJ under the name DJ Normal in the bar circuit in Baltimore, MD for 4 years. I had radio show at Morgan State Radio 88.1 FM, Baltimore MD, called, "Jazz 101". "Jazz 101" had interviews with musicians to explain why jazz is so special. The "Cool Jazz" format of the station changed and I lost my show and I continued with interviews with musicians on my on podcast called, "SOMETHING came from Baltimore". SCFB is now over 150 episodes strong with interviews with John Doe, Swingadelic, Gerald Albright, Samite, Bokante, Kat Edmonson, Al Di Meola, Auntie Hammy, The Beatle Guru, Bodega, The Homeless Gospel Choir, Orrin Evans, GoGo Penguin, Warren Wolf, Joey Alexander, and so much more! The podcast keeps growing as "SOMETHING came from Baltimore" gets over 250-500 spins a day and for some reason we are popular in France! Thank you France! If you listen to the interviews you can hear that I am struggling grouping sentences and stringing thoughts together. I have dyslexia all my life, and in my 20's I thought it would define me and I placed limitations on what I could do. I always wanted to be a school teacher, but I was afraid that I would be found out. Through the years, I have worked through the limitations, and I love music and this podcast so much that I can't be stopped! Future Projects: Film - Script for "I'm Falling to Pieces". Podcast, "Why Is It Good?" and a limited episode podcast "Beatles Come to America" with co-host The Beatles Guru Brooke Halpin. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/somethingcame-from-baltim/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/somethingcame-from-baltim/support

Bobby Owsinski's Inner Circle Podcast
Episode #325 – Deezer Coming On Strong, My Top 10 DAWs, And Tour Manager Felicity Hall

Bobby Owsinski's Inner Circle Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 7, 2020 44:25


NEWS Streaming service Deezer making movesMy top 10 DAWs GUEST Tour manager Felicity Hall Felicity Hall has been a tour manager for the last 10 years in a male dominated world. During that time she’s worked with Snarky Puppy, Bokante, Delain, Public Service Broadcasting, and a whole lot more. Felicity has also been running an online series about managing life on the road on Crowdcast called Tour Management 101. During the interview we talked about dealing with sexism on the road, working through supposedly impossible scenarios, the difficulties in keeping people happy on tour, the differences between rock and jazz tours, and much more. On the intro I’ll take a look at some of the latest moves from the Deezer music streaming service, and my top 10 DAWs.On the intro I’ll take a look at some breakthroughs in online concerts, and some things we don’t miss about the studios of old. var embedVars = { epId: 45123437, backgroundColor: 'white', height: '600px', showSpeakers: true };

Bobby Owsinski's Inner Circle Podcast
Episode #325 – Deezer Coming On Strong, My Top 10 DAWs, And Tour Manager Felicity Hall

Bobby Owsinski's Inner Circle Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 7, 2020 44:25


NEWS Streaming service Deezer making moves My top 10 DAWs GUEST Tour manager Felicity Hall Felicity Hall has been a tour manager for the last 10 years in a male dominated world. During that time she’s worked with Snarky Puppy, Bokante, Delain, Public Service Broadcasting, and a whole lot more. Felicity has also been running […]

Galaxy Tenants
Galaxy Tenants | Episode 007 | Breakfast with Roosevelt Collier

Galaxy Tenants

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 23, 2020 40:29


Episode 007 features breakfast with pedal steel master Roosevelt Collier, as well we feature a track from Roosevelt Collier & Andy Hall and Bokante! Recorded: Wednesday, April 22, 2020 Location: Kissimmee, FL Musical Contributions from: Roosevelt Collier, Andy Hall, Bokante, Pete Wall & J. Picard Patreon: www.patreon.com/GalaxyTenants

Enlighten: Uplift & Inspire
Episode 88 Bob Lanzetti, Snarky Puppy guitarist, composer

Enlighten: Uplift & Inspire

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2019 63:09


My guest today is Bob Lanzetti. Bob is a gifted guitarist and composer. Bob has been a member of the 3-time Grammy award winning group Snarky Puppy since the band formed in 2004. In addition to traveling the world with Snarky Puppy, Bob also performs with the West African influenced band Bokante, as well as his own band performing his original compositions.  When not on the road, Bob has a monthly residency at Rockwood Music Hall, in NYC where he invites different special guests to collaborate with his band. Bob started a meditation practice in 2014 when he had a desire to be better at music, more creative and productive, less living inside his head. His practice has grown to offer more than he first intended, tapping into a state of contentment, even a humility and gratitude for pure existence and consciousness. Speaking of consciousness, Bob talks about a video he watched on You Tube, that that moved him deeply, called “How Wolves Change Rivers”. Check the links below for the wolf story and Bob’s website to see details of Bob’s 2 week tour with his band from October 16 - November 1. He’ll be at Rockwood Music Hall in NYC on 10/28 and his final show on 11/1 is at the Riverwalk Cafe in NH. Enjoy the podcast! Links: boblanzetti.com Facebook Instagram snarkypuppy.com bokante.com YouTube: How Wolves Change Rivers

Everyone Loves Guitar
Bob Lanzetti Interview - Snarky Puppy, Bokante, Robben Ford - Everyone Loves Guitar #325

Everyone Loves Guitar

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 20, 2018 106:46


Bob’s won 3 Grammy’s as one of the guitarists in Snarky Puppy. He’s also an in demand NYC session guitarist performing and recording with many artists including Bokanté, Michelle Willis, Cory Henry, Ghost-Note (Robert “Sput” Searight/Nate Werth), Lucy Woodward, Musiq Soulchild, Bilal, Banda Magda, Underground System, Jerry Granelli, Robben Ford, and others Bob explains how NOT getting into the colleges he wanted to attend, turned out to literally be the best thing that happened to him, musically… changing his motivation to succeed from “fear of something,” to a “love of something”... jamming with Joe Walsh & Bobby McFerrin… pizza, bagels, tomato sauce, trusting you can do something, and more. REALLY cool call with an incredibly successful and hard-working player Subscribe https://www.everyonelovesguitar.com/subscribe/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EveryoneLovesGuitar/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/everyonelovesguitar/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/ELovesGuitar

Speaking of the Arts
Episode 38: Social Media Tips and Tricks with GroundUP Music

Speaking of the Arts

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 23, 2018 47:30


I could not be more excited to share this episode with you. I had the opportunity to speak with Jamie Marguiles today who is the label director at GroundUP Music. GroundUP is known for releasing incredible music from groups like Snarky Puppy, Bokante, Banda Magda, and so many more. I wanted to hear from Jamie all about how she and her team approach social media. If you haven’t checked out GroundUP music on Instagram or Facebook you are missing out. They do a fantastic job rolling out killer content each day and have developed a very loyal fan base. In our conversation, we cover all sorts of useful things like how to manage a content schedule, best practices for Facebook and Instagram and why Instagram is the best platform for musicians now. We talk about ways to effectively promote tour dates through each platform and much more. Here are just a few of the themes we cover: *How to manage social media content and plan content schedules in advance *Best practices for Facebook and Instagram *Killer tips for how to promote tour dates *How to utilize Instagram Stories *Why Instagram is the best platform for musicians to be on now *The importance of authenticity *Why Twitter is generally less important for new musicians now *Do artists still need a website? *Email lists for bands on tour and what not to do Get your pen and paper ready because you are going to come away with great tips and tricks. So, without further ado, please enjoy my conversation with Jamie Marguiles.

Coming Up Next
E105 | Michael League (Bokante)

Coming Up Next

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 24, 2017 36:30


Snarky Puppy's frontman, Michael League comes back to the chat cave to talk about his new project, Bokante. Bokanté – meaning ‘exchange’ in Creole – is eight outstanding musicians from four continents. Their debut album, Strange Circles, goes from a Zeppelin-esque blues stomp to folkloric Caribbean kaladja. Lyrically, it reflects struggles we all face, and what Bokanté wants to see in the world – connection, unity and love through exchange. And now, they’re taking that sound around the world. You can purchase their album at www.bokante.com

Coming Up Next
E105 | Michael League (Bokante)

Coming Up Next

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 24, 2017 36:30


Snarky Puppy's frontman, Michael League comes back to the chat cave to talk about his new project, Bokante. Bokanté – meaning ‘exchange’ in Creole – is eight outstanding musicians from four continents. Their debut album, Strange Circles, goes from a Zeppelin-esque blues stomp to folkloric Caribbean kaladja. Lyrically, it reflects struggles we all face, and what Bokanté wants to see in the world – connection, unity and love through exchange. And now, they’re taking that sound around the world. You can purchase their album at www.bokante.com

Don't Give Up Your Day Job's Podcast
Episode #43 Malika Tirolien

Don't Give Up Your Day Job's Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 12, 2017 74:03


Malika Tirolien is an extraordinary singer and songwriter who gained international acclaim when she sang on Snarky Puppy’s album Family Dinner. She grew up in Guadeloupe before relocating to Montreal. She soon established herself on the local jazz scene and performed with many great bands including Groundfood and The Brooks. Since her performance with Snarky Puppy, Malika has released her own album Sur la voie ensoleillée (2014) and most recently a new band called Bokante with Snarky Puppy’s Michael League. They are currently touring the world promoting the new album. Just before you listen to the episode, check out her legendary performance here: https://youtu.be/UUWsAL92feU

CiTR -- The Saturday Edge
Vin Garbutt R.I.P.

CiTR -- The Saturday Edge

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 10, 2017 251:01


Tributes to Vin Garbutt - English singer who passed away this week. Also to Gregg Allman and Jimmy LaFave, and some Pogues for a woman who requested them last week in memory of her recently departed hubbie. Features on Mr. Dave (Lindley) and new releases from Oumou Sangare and Bokante booke-ended the show, which ran into overtime.

Bass Lessons Melbourne 'Player Profile' Podcast
Ep. 20 Michael League - Snarky Puppy

Bass Lessons Melbourne 'Player Profile' Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later May 4, 2017 36:50


Michael League, bass player for Snarky Puppy, Bokante and Forq, is a modern master of the instrument and one of the hardest working band leaders around. Comfortable in a number of genres on electric, upright and key bass, Mike is not only a world class musician, but a prolific composer, record label executive and all round expert in the modern music industry. It was truly and honour to get to sit down with Michael while he was in Melbourne for two shows with Snarky Puppy and it was great to hear him talk about running a band like Snarky Puppy, the current state of the industry, his vintage P bass, thoughts on gospel music and much more! http://groundupmusic.net/ http://www.basslessonsmelbourne.com http://www.facebook.com/bassguitarlessonsmelbourne http://www.pickpocketfunk.com

Coming Up Next
E085 | Malika Tirolien (Singer)

Coming Up Next

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2017 42:10


Bokanté is the new band from Grammy Award winning musician, Michael League (Snarky Puppy), fronted by Malika Tirolien. Growing up in the Caribbean, Malika made the move to Montreal at the age of 18 in pursuit of a career as a singer. While supporting Snarky Puppy, she met Michael League. Flash forward a few years, and Bokante is born. Bokanté – meaning ‘exchange’ in Creole – is eight outstanding musicians from four continents. Their debut album, Strange Circles, goes from a Zeppelin-esque blues stomp to folkloric Caribbean kaladja. Lyrically, it reflects struggles we all face, and what Bokanté wants to see in the world – connection, unity and love through exchange. And now, they’re taking that sound around the world. You can catch them in Australia at WOMADelaide on the 11th and 12th of March. Tickets available at womadelaide.com.au.   

Coming Up Next
E085 | Malika Tirolien (Singer)

Coming Up Next

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2017 42:10


Bokanté is the new band from Grammy Award winning musician, Michael League (Snarky Puppy), fronted by Malika Tirolien. Growing up in the Caribbean, Malika made the move to Montreal at the age of 18 in pursuit of a career as a singer. While supporting Snarky Puppy, she met Michael League. Flash forward a few years, and Bokante is born. Bokanté – meaning ‘exchange’ in Creole – is eight outstanding musicians from four continents. Their debut album, Strange Circles, goes from a Zeppelin-esque blues stomp to folkloric Caribbean kaladja. Lyrically, it reflects struggles we all face, and what Bokanté wants to see in the world – connection, unity and love through exchange. And now, they’re taking that sound around the world. You can catch them in Australia at WOMADelaide on the 11th and 12th of March. Tickets available at womadelaide.com.au.