Field Recordings Archive Project

Wednesday, August 21, 2019

DB20 Soul Retreat!


Over the weekend of August 15th-18th, 2019, members of Datura Blues (from the Arcata, Seattle and Portland incarnations,) gathered in Trinity County, CA to record a 20th anniversary album.  This is one of many fabulous photos taken by Sarah Jean Hart.

Monday, August 12, 2019

DB20 Soul Retreat Week!

DB20 year anniversary festivities kick off this week!!!  Here's a little slideshow of photos from the past 20 years, set to the song Beast, Please Be Still from Datura Blues' 2003 album Master The Tempest Is Raging! 


Wednesday, June 26, 2019

BPBS Arts & Media Presents:

The Premiere of ¡Gracias, Santiago!
 With Special Guest Sublime Frequencies and Hisham Mayet
Also showing:
 Vodoun Gods On The Slave Coast 
 

¡Gracias, Santiago! is a hypnotic journey into the sights, sounds, colors, movements and culture of Carnaval in Cuba. This 26 minute experimental documentary was filmed on location in Santiago de Cuba. The filmmakers, Oryan Peterson-Jones and Andrew Pritchard, will be on hand to introduce their movie and for a brief Q and A session afterwards.
www.beastpleasebestill.blogspot.com

Vodoun Gods On The Slave Coast explores the ceremonial splendor of sacred dance and ritual in Benin, the birthplace and cradle of Vodoun. Formerly known as Dahomey, Benin was also called the Slave Coast due to its importance in the trans-Atlantic slave trade.
www.sublimefrequencies.com

Friday, February 15, 2019

BPBS Arts & Media going to Senegal!


In January 2018, Nick Jennings traveled to Senegal... 

Within a few days he discovered the country was alive with music. Everywhere he went, local musicians welcomed him into their world with overwhelming hospitality.  Unfortunately, having only a mobile phone with a bad microphone meant a lot of missed opportunities to document his experiences.  What little footage he was able to collect received  positive feedback, including a video of his new friend Salliou playing the Cas Cas that soon went viral (see below.)

Nick was inspired to return with better cameras, audio recording and video equipment, and his enthusiasm did not fall upon deaf ears.  Upon hearing about the project, Oryan Peterson-Jones and Andrew Pritchard from BPBS Arts & Media (who just completed the first of two documentaries about Cuban musicians,) also signed on.  

The goal is to document the many amazing musicians that Nick met during his first trip to Senegal, pay them for their performances and put together a high quality music documentary.  In the long run, we hope to establish a platform to not only introduce the music of Senegal to the world but also send funds back to the musicians. 

info@musicofsenegal.com
bpbsartsandmedia@gmail.com




Sunday, February 3, 2019