World Music Institute - WMI PLUS at Home

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  • WMI PLUS At Home brings you into the personal environments of renowned artists from around the world as they share stories and music in an intimate conversation with a fellow musician, journalist, or ethnomusicologist.These talks were originally presented as live webinars, and you can watch videos of all of our past At Home sessions on our website and YouTube channel.WMI PLUS At Home events are supported by a grant from Con Edison and donations from world music lovers like you. We thank you! Podcast artwork courtesy of Cody Hudson - https://www.struggleinc.com
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  • Multi-Instrumentalist Jen Shyu with Rachel Cooper

    Multi-Instrumentalist Jen Shyu with Rachel Cooper
    Nov 22 2024

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    Jen Shyu is a versatile composer, vocalist, and multi-instrumentalist. Born in Peoria, Illinois to Taiwanese and East Timorese immigrant parents, her instruments include piano, violin, Taiwanese moon lute, Chinese erhu, Japanese biwa, and Korean gayageum. For this WMI Plus At Home, she was joined by Rachel Cooper, Director of Performing Arts and Culture as Diplomacy Initiatives at the Asia Society, as the two mapped Jen’s journey through music.

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    1 hr and 4 mins
  • Hurdy-Gurdy Player Ariel Ninas and Devon Léger

    Hurdy-Gurdy Player Ariel Ninas and Devon Léger
    Oct 4 2024

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    Ariel Ninas has been playing the hurdy-gurdy since 2001, incorporating a unique style based on traditional Galician music. His work blends elements of contemporary avant-garde aesthetics, including electronic, droning, and free improvisation. Here he demonstrates the medieval instrument, shares music, and chats with journalist and fellow hurdy-gurdy enthusiast Devon Léger.

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    1 hr and 4 mins
  • Thandiswa Mazwai with Farima Kone Kito

    Thandiswa Mazwai with Farima Kone Kito
    Aug 2 2024

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    Thandiswa Mazwai sits down with Farima Kone Kito to discuss her upbringing in Apartheid South Africa and shares insights on her latest album Sankofa, created in Soweto, Dakar, and NYC, in which she brings traditional music from across the African continent and archival Xsosa samples into the present in a collection that Songlines magazine praises as "eleven incredibly unique songs". Additionally, she reflects on the encouragement and inspiration she has received from fellow artists including Miriam Makeba, Hugh Masekela, and Salif Keita throughout her career.

    See Thandiswa in NYC on Nov 14, 2024 at (le) poison rouge

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    48 mins

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