Music of the World with Stephen Kent – June 4, 2015
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Music from around the world.
11:00 AM Pacific Time: Thursdays
In a musical journey that began in England in the late 1970’s, composer, performer, multi-instrumentalist and radio DJ Stephen Kent has blazed a trail across five continents, living at various times in East Africa, the UK, Spain, Australia and the USA. His musical scores, composed for theatre, circus and dance companies, have received international acclaim and his work as a performer and recording artist has established him as a unique talent in the global music scene. He is one of the foremost exponents of the Australian Aboriginal Didjeridu in contemporary music.
After something of a forced hiatus in his presence on the KPFA airwaves he is now producing Music of the World (4th Saturdays 9-11am) AND Off the Beaten Path (3rd, 4th, 5th Mondays – 10pm-Midnight)!
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Music from around the world.
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Music from around the world.
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Music from around the world.
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Music from around the world.
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With the upcoming visit to Northern California of blind Aboriginal Australian singer/songwriter GURRUMUL and the ongoing situation, rampant on the ground in Australia, of government-enforced shutdowns and evictions of Aboriginal communities from their traditional homelands (info: SOSBlakAustralia.com), Music of the World focuses on contemporary Aboriginal music.
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Music for Earth Day and then follows the theme of last week’s show, Music of Kenya, with a live appearance by Bay Area based Kenyan artist Sila in the KPFA studio.
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In the aftermath of the devastating attacks on a University in the north of the country his morning’s Music of the World with Stephen Kent features music from Kenya, from the traditional sounds of the Masai to the Obokano of the Gusii people in rural Kenya to the Benga beats and styles of the contemporary … Continued
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