by Matt Pakulski | Aug 11, 2021
Photo by Avi Breeck Yea Big Yea Big is Stefen Robinson, sometimes solo, sometimes in collaboration. He’s a father, partner, teacher, multi-instrumentalist music-maker, Buddhist pacifist-anarchist, living in Bloomington, IL. His music runs the gamut from hip-hop...
by Matt Pakulski | Aug 11, 2021
Photo credit goes here Dereck Higgins Nebraskan Dereck Higgins takes equal parts Kraftwerk, Prince and the Missouri River to come up with his own unique take on modern electronic music. He does this by laying down waves of sound that produce propulsive energy, which...
by Matt Pakulski | Jan 24, 2018
ED MARSHALL PHOTOGRAPHY The Intersection of Ritual, Improvisation, Global Rhythms and Music-Technology Turning Jewels into Water, a beat-and-ritual-based project from percussionist Ravish Momin (founder of Tarana) in collaboration with Haitian experimental electronic...
by Matt Pakulski | Jul 21, 2017
Vemund Brune-Hareide Music has long been regarded as “The Universal Language.” It is the world’s mother tongue, understood by all. The name QWANQWA (literally meaning “language” in Amharic) was chosen for this meaning. Qwanqwa, based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, is...
by Jessica Kelley | Feb 1, 2016
Photo by Pete Lee Debo Band is a 11-member group led by Ethiopian-American saxophonist Danny Mekonnen and fronted by charismatic vocalist Bruck Tesfaye. Since their inception in 2006, the band has won raves for their groundbreaking take on Ethiopian pop music (think...
