Interview with Gabriela Golder

Over at 80+1 I just published my interview with Gabriela Golder of the Arrorró project to document and analyze as many lullabies from around the world as possible. Head on over and you can watch both Georgia and me singing lullabies. Here’s a teaser: I...

Hoy, mañana, y lo que viene

La primera vez que conocí Georgia en Londres, ella me explicó su estilo de poppletrotting (su appellido es Popplewell y ‘trot’ en inglés es trotar). Poppletrotting es una forma de viajar. Sin estrés, sin discusiones, con...
Jamaica

Jamaica

It was the half hour sliver of clock that is neither day nor darkness. But nobody realized. Not the prostitutes nor the cocktail waitresses nor my taxi driver, cheerfully escorting one more stranger back to the airport, back to where he came from. “Where do you...

Getting to Know the World, One Song at a Time

Rock music as counterculture in India, a review of the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ concert in Serbia, the Reggae Compassionate Act in Jamaica, underrated rap in Kazakhstan, and much more can be found in today’s music section. You can follow what fellow bloggers...