Banjos
Tuesday, July 17th, 2007 Posted in News | No Comments »Not too long ago we got Paul Brown (whom many of you have heard reading the news on NPR) to come out and put some clawhammer banjo on the recording project. He did a great job and said that learning and playing on the Nepali song was surprisingly like Appalachian Old-Time. He said the music […]
Abigail Washburn! Aaron & Matthew Olwell!
Friday, May 4th, 2007 Posted in News | No Comments »Well, here is yet another exciting post from Tara and Danny on the CD recording project. We have recorded Aaron Olwell on the wooden flute and his brother Matthew Olwell on Appalachian style foot percussion in Charlottesville, VA. From there we recorded Abigail Washburn’s vocals in Wilkesboro, North Carolina. She did an amazing job of […]
Curtis Burch and Tim O’Brien!
Monday, March 5th, 2007 Posted in News | No Comments »This is an update from Tara and Danny. We just got back to Virginia from a fun-filled week of recording bluegrass musicians for the MMP’s CD project. (Since we are multi-tracking the recording, we are able to add people here for the US side of the fusion project.) First we went to Bowling Green, Kentucky, […]
Danny’s CD Release Party and MMP Fundraiser
Friday, February 2nd, 2007 Posted in News | 1 Comment »Hey folks, Danny’s celebrating the release of his new CD, “Roots and Branches” with a concert at The Old Stone School in Hillsboro, VA on February 10th. If you’re in the area, come on down and check out the rockin’ lineup of phenomenal musicians. Zan McLeod (guitar and bouzouki), Ralph Gordon (bass), Nate Leath and […]
Plane Tickets, Tikkas, and T-Shirts
Monday, December 4th, 2006 Posted in News | No Comments »We’re about finished with this musical ramble here in Nepal. We say our goodbyes, with lots of red tikka powder on our foreheads, kattak scarves and marigold leis presented at wellwishing ceremonies. The Gandharba Culture and Arts Organization just gave a press conference demanding better representation for Dalit (untouchable) castes in Nepali parliament. We hope […]
Old Songs in Changing Times
Thursday, November 30th, 2006 Posted in News | No Comments »In the Kathmandu valley, there are 800 year old religious shrines next to internet cafes. Barefoot sadhus walking side by side with modern businessmen. Loudspeakers on the sidewalk play Nepali Hip Hop as well as the old sarangi tunes. During our two months here in Nepal, we’ve worked to document the endangered songs of the […]