QUOTE OF THE YEAR:
"To say that globalization provides opportunities for growth and development to poor countries is like saying that slavery provided interesting employment opportunities to black Africans." - Carmelo Ruiz-Marrero
Influences
Haciendo Punto en Otro Son, John Coltrane, Ruben Blades, Bob Marley, Batacumbele, The Fania All Stars, Stevie Wonder, D'Angelo, Karim Ziad, Fela Kuti, Tribe Called Quest, De La Soul, Joan Manuel Serrat, Rafael Cepeda, Giovani Hidalgo, Cachete Maldonado, Anthony Carrillo, Nikki Marrero, Mike Clark, Airto Moeira, Alex Acuna, Tite Curet Alonso, La Sonora Poncena and any musician out there playing with their soul.
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Check out Jen Kearney & The Lost Onion live at Boarding House Park - Lowell, MA - 9/1/06
Peep The Nate Wilson Group live at Strangecreek 2007:
And here is a cool little drum session with my boy James Cohen from Syracuse, NY, summer 2007:
Yahuba! What's up brother? I wanted to let you know that I'm playing tonight at The Middle East Upstairs with The Golden Bloom (special duo show). We go on at 7:30. I hope you can make it.
"Be Here Now" Festival Scheduled for Starks, ME, August 14-16
Starks, Maine -- The hill at Harry Brown's Farm will come ALIVE
with music, giant puppets, belly dancing, and fire twirling three days during tie "Be Here Now" Festival this August.
Organizers hope to build on the success of “Harry Hoe-Down,” the first festival held on the site this season, where thousands of people braved the late June rains to bring to life Harry Brown's vision of “free people assembling freely.” An icon of Maine's counter-culture, Brown has been hosting festivals on his land for nineteen years to support efforts to legalize marijuana in Maine.