Strunz & Farah: Costa Rican-Iranian Global Fusion Guitar Duo
World Music Foundation Podcast
Release Date: 06/24/2019
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_outlineOriginally from Costa Rica and Iran respectively, Jorge Strunz and Ardeshir Farah have brought the musical influences of their native lands into their highly virtuosic, rhythmic, and improvisation-rich original instrumental compositions, inspiring fans and many guitarists worldwide. Their meeting in 1979 in Los Angeles, where they are still based, marked the first time that Latin American and Middle Eastern music, along with other important elements, came together on the guitar. Our conversation touches on all of these points and more. Enjoy!
Here’s an external link to every Musical Mention in this episode:
0:16 Strunz & Farah
1:32 Caldera
2:21 Vittorio Monti – Csárdás
2:25 Hungarian Gypsy music
2:28 Paco De Lucia
2:33 Sabicas
2:54 Plectrum
5:12 Flamenco
5:16 The Beatles
7:39 Jazz Fusion
10:49 Surf Music
11:04 The Animals
11:34 The Ventures
11:36 The Shadows
11:40 Cliff Richard
12:21 Persian Music
14:18 Carlos Montoya
14:39 Mario Escudero
14:57 Electra Records
15:10 Calypso
16:05 Pete Seeger
16:08 The Kingston Trio
16:10 Peter, Paul and Mary
16:48 America Folk
17:35 RCA Victor Records
17:37 ABC Paramount
17:39 Bob Theile
17:44 John Coltrane
18:27 John McLaughlin
18:29 Mahavishnu Orchestra
18:30 Chick Corea
18:33 Miles Davis – Bitches Brew
19:09 Capitol Records
20:14 Indian Music
20:15 Harihar Rao
20:20 Ravi Shankar
20:24 L. Subramaniam
20:37 Richard Bock
20:47 Jean-Luc Ponty
20:48 Wes Montgomery
20:54 Fantasy/Milestone Records
21:58 Luis Conte
22:07 Mosaico (album)
22:30 Ganesh Records
22:47 Persian Musicians
22:54 Frontera (album)
22:55 Manoochehr Sadeghi
22:58 Santur
23:04 Guitarras (album)
23:09 Hayedeh
23:33 Mirage (song)
24:11 Jazz Fusion
24:12 Jazz
24:13 Blues
24:14 Rock
24:20 Persian rhythms
24:21 Persian melodies
24:26 Tar
24:27 Santur
24:27 Oud
24:34 Reng (song)
24:37 Manoochehr Sadeghi
24:38 Majid Ghorbani
24:40 Randy Tico
24:40 Bass guitar
24:50 Mirage (song)
24:53 Iranian Percussion
25:04 Persian āvāz
26:27 Tale of Two Guitars (Album)
26:42 Folk (Persian)
26:43 Pop (Persian)
26:44 Keyavash Nourai
26:50 Violin
26:57 Chaharmezrab
27:22 Ethnic Persian modal
27:59 Chaharmezrab
28:02 Plectrums
28:48 Kayhan Kalhor
28:51 Kamancheh
28:54 Yo-Yo Ma
28:55 Silk Road Ensemble
29:01 Hossein Alizadeh
29:03 Setar
29:40 Tar
29:44 Sahba Motallebi
31:00 Flamenco
31:01 El Regalito (song)
31:10 Palmas
32:11 Spanish
32:46 Latin America
32:51 Cumbia
32:55 Mexico
32:55 Columbia
33:09 Diego Alvarez
33:12 Venezuela
33:14 Afro-Latin
33:15 Afro-Andean
33:19 Cajon
34:07 Juanito “Long John” Oliva
34:08 Cuban
34:13 Rhythms
34:34 Africa
35:44 Hubert Laws
35:45 Stanley Clarke
35:46 Katisse Buckingham
40:34 ABA Structure
43:31 Wild Muse (album)
43:36 Camino Real
43:54 Nengue Hernandez
44:10 Flamenco
45:01 Carlitos Del Puerto
45:18 Chick Corea
45:19 Barbra Streisand
45:47 Thomas Brooman
45:48 World Music
47:29 Mosaico (album)
48:54 Primal Magic (album)
48:57 Américas (album)
51:28 Iranian Music
52:21 Viguen
53:45 Accordion
56:22 Tales of Two Guitars (album)