Durand Jones and The Indications had just finished an insane year of touring. We had spent seven or 10 months on the road. No more partner, no more band, and I was in a new city where I didn’t know many people. I was heading into the unknown, literally and emotionally, that was ...
Many of those abuses have been blamed on Eritrean soldiers, whose presence on the ground suggests that Abiy’s much-lauded peace deal with Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki set the stage for the two sides to wage war against the TPLF – their mutual enemy. ...
Papa Grows Funk grew out of a group of musicians who would jam on Monday nights. There’s a nice set of interviews with with the Papa Grows Funk members on YouTube, including athree part interviewwith Yamagishi in Japanese. If I remember correctly, the saxophone player wrote the song “Yak...
It’s since grown to thousands of members and ten employees, Smith says. “You have to adapt, and you have to listen to your audience, and you have to understand your passions and what you’re good at,” she adds. “And I think from there, the rest will follow....