The Legacy of Cumbia Sabanera: Carmelo Torres
Among all the variety of cumbias that have traveled across the Americas, the Cumbia Sabanera is one of my favorites. Its tempo, cadence, instruments, and lyrics...
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Music on the Porches: Sampling Somerville Porchfest 2018
The organizers of the Somerville Porchfest made a wise decision moving the festival to Sunday (5/13) due to the rainy weather that has characterized the beginni...
Looping Bodies at the Utopia Warehouse
Port warehouses are spaces full of creative possibilities. Despite having a scale that usually surprises us by its brutality, these giant rectangular constructi...
El Runner: The Champeta Posters Man
Next to the the foot of La Popa hill and close to the Cienaga Las Quintas, there is Bazurto, the central market of Cartagena de Indias. Known by its giant size,...
Exploring Polyphony: The Multiple Voices of the Motet
When music combines multiple human voices, melodies, and rhythms, it can gain a powerful expressiveness that is complex, rich, and misterious. Contemporary West...
A Conversation with Youth Musicians from Boston’s Boys & Girls Clubs
One of my favorite things about co-hosting a radio show is to have diverse guests and engage in dynamic conversations. Interviews ON AIR have a special feeling ...
The New Music Industry: Transformations, Challenges, and Opportunities
During the past two decades the music industry has experimented deep transformations as a result of the massive adoption of digital technologies and the evoluti...