Thomas Brooman, Co-Creator Of The Term World Music & Co-Founder Of WOMAD Festival
World Music Foundation Podcast
Release Date: 06/10/2019
Illmind- Filipino-American Multi-Platinum Music Producer and Innovator
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Many articles, films, and interviews have been made about Illmind’s extraordinary career producing many albums for several of the top names in Hip-Hop today. This isn’t one of those interviews. In this week’s episode, John digs deep into the early experiences and upbringing that shaped Ramon Ibanga Jr - AKA !llmind - as a musician and planted the seeds of what has become a life’s quest towards community building. After years of social innovation within the Producer Community, we catch up with this 2x GRAMMY Award winning artist just days before he speaks at Gary Vaynerchuck’s VeeCon...
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Daniel Nebiat: Eritrean Krar Master & Founding Member Of The Juno Award Winning Okavango African Orchestra
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Juno award-winning, Eritrian krar player, Daniel Nebiat joins John to talk about his journey playing the krar. From growing up in the midst of a war for independence to working with African legends, Daniel Nebiat shares the ways he had to persevere, adapt, and innovate to continue pursuing his passion for music. Currently based in Toronto, he is a founding member of the Okavango African Orchestra, where he and African musicians from six other countries create original music for traditional instruments that have historically had little or no interaction. Whether he’s talking about krar,...
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We Will Return Soon! (Upcoming Episodes Trailer)
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Like all of us, the global pandemic has hit The World Music Foundation hard. We're excited to return soon and we're excited to share with you a sneak peek of upcoming episodes along with some updates on what we've been up to.
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Rhymefest: American Rapper, Writer, Community Organizer, and Explorer
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In this week’s episode John meets with American rapper and prolific creator, Che “Rhymefest” Smith to discuss Hip-Hop and his Hollywood acting debut, along with topics ranging from Chicago’s youth, spirituality, various life changing trips around the world, and much more. Rhymefest's upcoming album is titled Love Lessons Part 1. This episode also includes the world-premier of an amazing track from the upcoming album, featuring Black Thought (aka Tariq Trotter of The Roots) & Raheem DeVaughn.
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Wu Fei: Genre-bending Composer, Guzheng Virtuoso & Vocalist From Beijing
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Wu Fei describes herself as an ancient soul trapped in a feisty woman's body. Hailing from Beijing, China, Wu Fei is a multi-talented composer and guzheng virtuoso, known also for her improvisational singing and piano playing. Fei talks to John about transitioning from China to the U.S., how both countries have influenced her and her music, and what it was like to hear American music for the first time in her teenage years. She also discusses her critically acclaimed original work "Hello Gold Mountain."
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Louis York: American Griots, Weirdo Workshop Founders, and Multi-GRAMMY Nominated Musicians
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This week's episode takes us to Nashville, TN, USA where John visits Weirdo Workshop, the music label and creative headquarters for our guests, Louis York, to speak with them about their new album and everything that's brought them to this point in their careers. Louis York is the powerful duo of multi-GRAMMY nominated songwriting and production team, Claude Kelly and Chuck Harmony. Their debut album is titled American Griots and it's a sonic adventure that's deserving of their incredible backstory.
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Roberto Fonseca: Cuban Pianist, Composer, and Bandleader
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Self-proclaimed "crazy, romantic musician", Roberto Fonseca, speaks with John about his recently released 9th solo album, Yesun, along with the life experiences and musical training that have brought him to this point. Roberto is a GRAMMY nominated, Cuban pianist, composer, producer and bandleader, and on this album he experiments with a wide range of musical forms. Roberto also talks about his tenure with the Buena Vista Social Club and this forever changed his approach to music making.
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Femi Kuti: Afrobeat Legend And Concerned Citizen Of The World
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John spoke with Afrobeat icon Femi Kuti from the Shrine in Lagos, Nigeria, where he shared his life-changing transition from the Saxophone to the Trumpet and the effect this has had on his music and his thoughts. Femi is the son of Afrobeat pioneer Fela Kuti, and is considered a torch-bearer to his father’s legacy, but in this interview Femi explains why he believes that his mother, Remilekun Taylor, is actually 90% responsible for who he is.
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Goat Picnic: Hill Country Music of North Mississippi
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John travels down to Coldwater, MS for the 69th Annual Goat Picnic in honor of fife & drum legend, Otha Turner. What started off as something else, ends up being a a good handful of great conversations with musicians (and even some audience members) about the Hill Country Music of Northern Mississippi, USA.
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Mei-Ann Chen: Award-Winning Taiwanese-American Conductor & Music Director
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Mei-Ann Chen is acclaimed for infusing orchestras with energy, enthusiasm. In our conversation we follow her musical evolution from shy violin player in her birth country, Taiwan, to dynamic, trailblazing, internationally sought-after conductor. Mei-Ann also shares the inspirational interaction with Martin Luther King that inspired the creation of the MacArthur Award-winning, Chicago Sinfonietta, the nations most diverse orchestra, of which she is the principle conductor and music director.
info_outlineThomas Brooman has always had a vision of a smaller musical world -- from his early years spent among fellow awe-struck concertgoers during the European Rock-&-Roll boom, to his later work cultivating a collective of artists as co-founder of the globally inspired World of Music Arts and Dance festival (WOMAD). We talk about the relationship between musicians and international markets and get a behind-the-scenes look into his involvement in the creation of the term ‘World Music’- in all of its complexities.
Here’s an external link to every Musical Mention in this episode:
0:13 WOMAD World of Music, Art, and Dance Festival
1:51 Cheb Khaled
4:26 Punk Rock
5:41 Bossa nova
5:44 Samba
9:38 Institute of Contemporary Arts in London
10:28 Topic Records
10:28 GlobeStyle Record
10:30 Ben Mandelson
10:33 Roger Armstrong
10:36 African music
13:17 Giuseppe Verdi
13:17 Ludwig van Beethoven
13:17 Maurice Ravel
15:01 Ian Anderson
15:03 fRoots Magazine
16:05 Blues
16:06 Bluegrass
16:28 Saxophone
16:29 Guitar
16:58 Qawwali
17:07 Harmonium
19:18 Ravi Shankar
19:23 Hugh Masekela
19:29 Grazing in the Grass
19:53 WOMAD First Festival 1982
19:55 Echo and the Bunnymen
20:17 The Beat
20:25 The Drummers of Burundi
20:36 Pete de Freitas
20:54 All My Colours (Zimbo)
22:20 WOMAD Blues and Rhythm Fest 1989
22:30 Ali Farka Toure
22:30 Taj Mahal
23:54 Youssou N’Dour
25:06 Billy Cobham
25:22 Real World Studios
25:41 Asere
27:35 Remmy Ongala
29:08 S.E. Rogie
31:09 Gaucho drum
31:31 Ringo Starr
31:36 The Beatles
32:09 Drum Set
35:09 4/4 time signature
36:00 Rock and Roll
36:04 Blues
39:33 Bristol Colston Hall
39:36 The Jimi Hendrix Experience
39:40 Pink Floyd
39:42 The Nice
39:45 Keith Emerson (of Emerson, Lake & Palmer)
39:46 The Move
39:52 Amen Corner
40:10 Rolling Stones
40:23 Festival for progressive Blues
40:41 Fleetwood Mac
40:45 Led Zeppelin
41:02 Blues
41:57 Pop Music
42:03 Rolling Stones
42:04 Grand Funk Railroad
42:30 Rock Fest (either 1999 or 2000)
43:11 Pandit Sandip Burman
43:20 Blues Harmonica
43:30 Indian Classical
43:46 Raag Bilawal
45:26 time signature
45:28 phrasing
45:29 cadence
45:29 melody