KEXP Tomorrow Night!
In preparation for our big show at the Columbia City Theater on Thursday night, the Kora Band will be appearing tomorrow on KEXP’s “The Best Ambiance”, a great and very comprehensive radio show about the music of Africa hosted by Jon Kertzer. We’ll be talking and performing around the 7:00 hour, so if you’re in [...]
Red Poppy in San Francisco Friday!
I’m in California for Thanksigiving, and took the opportunity while here to book a gig in San Francisco at one of my favorite venues, the Red Poppy Art House. I first played at this venue a few years ago with Devin Phillips, and really enjoyed the vibe, so I’m excited to be back! I’ll be [...]
Post-Colonial African Groove of the Week #9 – Badiene
The post-colonial groove returns from its hiatus to feature one of the greatest stars in modern African music, Youssou N’Dour, from Senegal. Youssou has been an immensely popular force on the world music scene internationally for many years, having gotten his start in the ’70s with Super Etoile de Dakar. He has been instrumental in [...]
PJCE Audio
Yes, I’ve been swamped with much activity lately, as usual, and have been very slack about updating here. I will make yet another effort to get it together! I’ve been in the studio this week with the excellent Sam Howard Band, we’re finishing up recording a new full-length album for Diatic Records this afternoon. It’s [...]
Lots of Seattle Time!
So I’ve been spending lots of time this month in Seattle, working with the Kora Band as well as with my ongoing occasional duo project with Kane Mathis, as well as some gigs with Chad McCullough. It’s been fun so far, especially the train rides, which I find to be a pretty productive time for [...]