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Watts has produced generations of jazz talent. For many musicians who witnessed the 1965 riots, their decayed and burning neighborhood revealed to the rest of the world on live TV screens bore no resemblance to the cultural and racial Eden their parent...
Umlilo On Rising Above Race, Gender, & the Mundane
South African journalist-turned-"future kawaii"-diva promotes androgyny, speaks against injustice, and boredom.
Visions of Dreamworlds and Mexico Blend in Mercedes Nasta's Spacey Cumbias
The Mexico City-based actor, composer, painter, and performer discusses her work.
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A crossover of music and visual art is taking place in San Luis Obispo. Artist Suzi Bliss, musician/ painter Vince Bernardy, and Blind Melon vocalist Travis Warren are creatives who congregate for collaboration.
Meklit's Ethio-Jazz Bridges Sonic Homelands
Meklit reflects on the duality of an Ethiopia where the economy is growing quickly but many still need to migrate across the Sahara and Mediterranean.
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Pulitzer Prize-winning jazz musician Randolph Denard Ornette Coleman, Jr. has died at age 85. Artbound reflects on Coleman's time in Los Angeles.
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Artbound chats with renowned pianist Herbie Hancock about sharing the stage with Miles Davis, working with Flying Lotus, playing the keytar and more.
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The Disneyland Band has been playing since opening day of the amusement park on July 17, 1955. Recently, Disneyland announced the last performance of the original assemble will be on July 16, a day before the 60th anniversary of the park.
Porter Shares Mexican Culture to Instill Historic Curiosity
Seven years after the debut of “Atemahawke,” their sophomore album “Moctezuma” is both a celebration and an examination of Mexico’s complex and rich history.
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Steven Schick is the first percussionist to serve as music director of the Ojai Music Festival in its 69-year history.
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From calendars to corridos, the image of the Soldadera lives strong in popular culture. Nao Bustamante's new artwork re-imagines dresses of female soldiers.
On The One - Bando
Puerto Rican group Bando is named after the Spanish Crown's proclamation and bans against the African race in the mid 1800s.
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