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

BPBS Arts & Media Presents:

Die Geister performing at Žižkovská Noc!

The 8th Annual (recurring) DREAMS!!!

$10 Pre-sale tickets to the 8th Annual (recurring) DREAMS film scoring event on Saturday, October 20th are now available at People's Records, Wildwood Music, The Sanctuary and through BPBS Arts & Media (email: bpbsartsandmedia@gmail) Get yours early and receive a special gift at the door!!!

Die Geister At The North Country Fair!

Die Geister With Six Organs Next Week!!!

20 years ago...  I was living with my girlfriend in a Northtown Arcata apartment.  Ben had just released his first material as Six Organs of Admittance and was beginning work on his second album when he moved into our spare room.  I would take great delight in listening to him rehearse and record from across the hall.  The sounds that crawled out from beneath that bedroom door were entirely new to me, foreign and unfamiliar.  I would attempt to emulate what I heard, and in turn, developed my own unique musical personality as a result.  After a few months Ben relocated from Humboldt to Santa Cruz, where his artistic career truly began to shine.

Observing Six Organs' early successes, from close and afar, provided me with the confidence to approach Music as a life-long journey, rather than a hobby...  To identify as a Musician, rather than a cashier, or barista, or florist.  There has been no greater influence upon Die Geister Beschwören (or Datura Blues for that matter,) than Six Organs of Admittance.  So it goes without saying that this upcoming opportunity to share a stage with a former mentor will be a very special and sincere experience!

~Oryan Peterson-Jones