What’s To Come for Sierra Nevada World Music Festival 2004

Sierra Nevada World Music Festival turns 11 years old in 2004, and it’s grown into an event of epic proportions. Organizer Warren Smith of Epiphany Artists –using his 35 years of experience in the industry and an encyclopedic knowledge of music–has always managed to book acts with wide-ranging styles from around the world into a cohesive event, while his wife Gretchen and her crew have organized a festival that maintains a peaceful, family-friendly atmosphere.  Read more... (726 words + 2 images)

CD Reviews: The Boot Box June 2004

Suzzana Owiyo: Mama Africa, ARC Music, 2004

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Rating: A

The musical genre is “Luo pop” from Kenya. You can look it up, but I’ll tell you what it—or rather this example of it—sounds like to me. To my ears it sounds like some of the best musical bits plucked from here and there across Africa (and a few other places) and then lovingly amalgamated into something truly potent. It’s not unique music as much as uniquely blended music, for a sparkling, beautiful and surprisingly consistent whole. Probably wholesome too.  Read more... (4811 words + 10 images)