I play many different genres of music from all over the world and throughout the history of recorded music. You will hear a lot of a cappella and polyphonic vocals and a fair amount of polyrhythmic percussion.
Listen to the delightful sounds of Colombia: currulao, bullerenge, joropo, vallenato, champeta, and cumbia, among others
Exploring the development and spread of Congolese rumba from the early 1970's up too relatively recently
Tracing the development of early Congolese rumba music
Relatively recent recordings of great multicultural groups pushing or crossing the boundaries.
We sample the variety of music from Suriname, from Afro-Carribean folk and dance music to North Indian derived songs
Ghanaian dance band highlife music has developed into a variety of rich and lively forms since its beginnings in the early 20th century
Tracing the development of Ghanaian Palm Wine Music
Crimean Tatar, Circassian, Georgian, Armenian, and Azerbaijani music
More great multicultural covers of well known tunes
From Gwo Ka and Chouval Bwa to Begin to Calypso to Zouk, the music of the islands of the Lesser Antilles are endlessly fascinating.
