http://wpr.org/higherground/ Higher Ground features Jonathan Overby's weekly blend of new and legendary artists from around the globe. His three hour broadcast airs on Saturday evenings on Wisconsin Public Radio and celebrates a soulful mix of World Music. en-us © 2009 Wisconsin Public Radio webmaster@wpr.org (Webmaster) Wisconsin Public Radio webmaster@wpr.org (Webmaster) Fri, 6 Nov 2009 15:12:49 -0500 http://wpr.org/higherground/podcasts/images/hg_logo_140x24.jpg http://wpr.org/higherground/ 140 24 no Jonathan Overby Jonathan Overby interviews Canadian jazz vocalist Chantal Chamberland. Jonathan Overby interviews Canadian jazz vocalist Chantal Chamberland about the increasing attention she's receiving for her work, including her latest CD release entitled "Other Woman". She's recently been nominated as Female Vocalist of the Year by the Canadian Smooth Jazz Awards. http://wpr.org/higherground/ http://wpr.org/higherground/podcasts/hgd-801-chamberland.mp3 Fri, 6 Nov 2009 14:57:06 -0500 29:30 Chantel,Chamberland,Overby,Jazz,Higher Ground Jonathan Overby Jonathan Overby interviews Jorge Gomez, director of the Latin band Tiempo Libre Jonathan Overby interviews pianist Jorge Gomez, musical director of the Latin band Tiempo Libre. They talk about the history of Afro-Cubano music and how the band was formed. Tiempo Libre has been nominated for two Grammy awards. http://wpr.org/higherground/ http://wpr.org/higherground/podcasts/hgd-800-gomez.mp3 Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:31:07 -0500 28:23 latin,music,overby,tiempo,libre Jonathan Overby Jonathan Overrby interviews Miguel Ivery - aka DJ Seduce Jonathan interviews Miguel Ivery aka 'DJ Seduce' founder and owner of Afro:Baile Records who talks about his new album release - a compilation called "I love Bossa Nova". http://wpr.org/higherground/ http://wpr.org/higherground/podcasts/hgd-797-Ivery.mp3 Sun, 25 Oct 2009 17:36:16 -0500 31:58 Music,Ivery Seduce,Bossa,Nova Jonathan Overby Jonathan talks to internationally known Reggae artist Taj Weekes. Jonathan talks to internationally known Reggae artist Taj Weekes who was born and raised on the island of St. Lucia. By age 18 he was playing music in Toronto and then moved to New York where he formed his band Adowa. In 2005, they released their first album "Hope & Doubt", and in 2008 their latest album called "Deidem" which won an award for "Best Reggae Album". http://wpr.org/higherground/ http://wpr.org/higherground/podcasts/hgd-794-weekes.mp3 Tue, 22 Sep 2009 18:09:56 -0500 27:48 Overby, Weekes, Reggae, Deidem Jonathan Overby Jonathan Overby interviews composer and salsa performer Robert Figueroa Jonathan Overby interviews Robert Figueroa, a well-known composer and perfomer in the salsa brava movement. Figueroa has honed his skills on stages from Puerto Rico to Milwaukee, Wisconsin where he lives. He has pursued the integration of traditional Afro-Caribbean rhythms and techniques to popular music genres such as Jazz and R & B and even Hip Hop. He is the lead vocalist and composer for the original salsa project Nabori. http://wpr.org/higherground/ http://wpr.org/higherground/podcasts/hgd-792-figueroa.mp3 Wed, 16 Sep 2009 11:30:37 -0500 31:18 Figueroa,Nabori,Salsa,Overby,WPR Jonathan Overby Jonathan interviews composer and instrumentalist Stephen Kent. Jonathan interviews composer and instrumentalist Stephen Kent, one of the premier Didgeridoo virtuosos in the contemporary world. Born in the England and raised in East Africa, Kent has pioneered the use of the ancient Australian Aboriginal instruments. http://wpr.org/higherground/ http://wpr.org/higherground/podcasts/hgd-789-kent.mp3 Fri, 28 Aug 2009 16:48:13 -0500 32:49 Overby, Music, Kent, Didgeridoo, Australian Jonathan Overby Jonathan talks to guitarist, singer, songwriter and producer Freddy Clarke. Jonathan talks to guitarist, singer, songwriter and producer Freddy Clarke. He is the leader of the fusion band Wobbly World based in Menlo Park with musicians and singers from Pakistan, Bulgaria, Vietnam, Morocco, Lebanon and the United States. He's been playing a unique style of flamenco/classical guitar for over 40 years. http://wpr.org/higherground/ http://wpr.org/higherground/podcasts/hgd-782-clarke.mp3 Thu, 25 Jun 2009 17:21:45 -0500 32:21 Overby, Clarke, Wobbly World, Fusion Jonathan Overby Jonathan interviews Juan Medrano Cotito about the Peruvian Cajon Jonathan interviews Juan Medrano Cotito, an artist of international prestige. His fine skills performing his instrument, the Peruvian Cajon, have allowed him to obtain recognition as a world class musician in genres such as Traditional, Word Music, Fusion and Electronic Music. http://wpr.org/higherground/ http://wpr.org/higherground/podcasts/hgd-781-cotito.mp3 Fri, 19 Jun 2009 14:04:54 -0500 28:45 Cajon,Cotito,Overby Jonathan Overby Jonathan Overby talks to composer and author Dr. Carl MaultsBy Jonathan Overby talks to Dr. Carl MaultsBy who is a composer, arranger, organist, and author, and who has scored sacred and secular music for concert, musical theatre, film, and television. MaultsBy has also authored books, articles, and theatre pieces on the interrelation of music, culture, and religion. http://wpr.org/higherground/ http://wpr.org/higherground/podcasts/hgd-773-maultsby.mp3 Tue, 28 Apr 2009 18:02:02 -0500 32:05 Maultsby,Music,Sacred,Overby Jonathan Overby Jonathan interviews DJ Seduce, founder of Afro:Baile Records Jonathan interviews DJ Seduce, founder of Afro:Baile Records, a world music record label specializing in the nu-age sounds of global music. Since 2007 this Arizona native has taken his love for world beats and created his own unique sound and style, drawing on heavy influences of Africa, Brazil, Cuba, Jamaica and Western Europe. http://wpr.org/higherground/ http://wpr.org/higherground/podcasts/hgd-772-seduce.mp3 Tue, 14 Apr 2009 17:54:59 -0500 31:30 DJ,Seduce,Music,Overby Jonathan Overby Jonathan Overby talks to Italian musicologist Stefano Zenni Jonathan Overby talks again to Stefano Zenni, a renowned Italian musicologist, about the relationship between the composers and musicians of Europe and African-American music. He says there's a direct link between rhythms in European and those found in African-American music. http://wpr.org/higherground/ http://wpr.org/higherground/podcasts/hgd-759-zenni.mp3 Mon, 26 Jan 2009 14:46:27 -0500 34:32 Zenni,African,Music,Overby Jonathan Overby Jonathan Overby interviews Marissa Moorman about music and dance in Angola Marissa Moorman is an assistant professor of African History at Indiana University-Bloomington. Her research explores the dynamic relationship between politics and cultural practices (like music and dance) in late colonial and independent Angola. Increasingly, her work focuses on the technologies and imaginations that propel music and dance practices across and around the Atlantic. http://wpr.org/higherground/ http://wpr.org/higherground/podcasts/hgd-756-moorman.mp3 Thu, 15 Jan 2009 03:51:15 -0500 31:45 Moorman,African,Angola,Overby Jonathan Overby Jonathan Overby talks to Greg Barz about East African music Jonathan Overby talks to Greg Barz, associate professor of ethnomusicology in the Blair School of Music at Vanderbilt University. He is the producer of the 2007 Grammy-nominated album "Singing for Life: Songs of Hope, Healing, and HIV/AIDS in Uganda" released by Smithsonian Folkways that draws on his field recordings in East Africa of the music of HIV+ women's groups. http://wpr.org/higherground/ http://wpr.org/higherground/podcasts/hgd-755-barz.mp3 Fri, 26 Dec 2008 04:45:31 -0500 32:27 Music,HIV,African,Barz Jonathan Overby An interview with Sheila Shigley, a member of the Celtic singing group Navan Jonathan talks with Sheila Shigley, a member of the traditional Celtic singing group NAVAN featuring Shigley, Amy Curl, Paul Gorman and Elizabeth Simcock. Navan is a visionary Celtic quartet performing exclusively in the native Celtic tongues. http://wpr.org/higherground/ http://wpr.org/higherground/podcasts/hgd-753-navan.mp3 Fri, 5 Dec 2008 05:25:00 -0500 29:55 navan,music,celtic,overby Jonathan Overby Jonathan Overby talks to Stefano Zenni, renown Italian musicologist Jonathan Overby interviews Stefano Zenni, the most renowned musicologist in Italy on jazz and African-American music. He is President of the Italian Society of African-American Musicology and editor of the Jazz section of the monthly Il Giornale della Musica. He has published books on Louis Armstrong, Herbie Hancock, Charles Mingus. http://wpr.org/higherground/ http://wpr.org/higherground/podcasts/hgd-752-zenni.mp3 Mon, 1 Dec 2008 02:17:06 -0500 31:31 Zenni,Music,Jazz,Overby Jonathan Overby Jonathan Overby talks to Kia Karlen, member of Klezmer band Yid Vicious Jonathan talks to Kia Karlen about the origins of Yid Vicious. Karlen is a member of the seven-piece band which was formed in 1995 in Madison, WI in order to "ameliorate the woeful dearth of klezmer in America's otherwise pleasant heartland." Klezmer is Yiddish folk music, music for dancing and celebrating. http://wpr.org/higherground/ http://wpr.org/higherground/podcasts/hgd-751-yidvicious.mp3 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:21:59 -0500 30:17 Klezmer,Yiddish,World,Overby Jonathan Overby Jonathan Overby interviews flutist Wendy Hymes Jonathan interviews flutist Wendy Hymes who is known to exert definitive interpretations of standard repertoire from the Baroque era to 20th-century composers. She also sets the pace in intercultural music, performing at festivals in Ghana, Nigeria and England. Her new CD, "African Art Music for Flute," features music by composers from Ghana, Nigeria, South Africa and Uganda. http://wpr.org/higherground/ http://wpr.org/higherground/podcasts/hgd-750-wendy-hymes.mp3 Mon, 20 Oct 2008 12:12:19 -0500 30:02 Wendy,Hymes,Baroque,Flute