Anti police brutality anthem 
Lyrics and music by Evan Ubiera

Vocals - Raquel Joan
Keys - Alexis J. Marcelo
Baritone Saxophone - Michael Kammers
Guitars - Evan Ubiera
Bass - Mario Padrón
Percussion - Iván Torres Jr.
Drums - Uriel Monroig

Hey!

SHE'S NO LONGER HERE

Crazy

A version of Ibrahim Sow's "Crazy", a tune he wrote with guimbri and percussion, and we arranged for a guitar, bass, keys, drum, percussion, voice format in Tinsaedu.

Crazy (live)

World music group I played in in the early oughts.

No Presidents

Every year on Sierra Leone’s Independence Day in late April, musicians and revelers descend upon Freetown from throughout the country. Parades and celebrations traverse the city, joining diverse neighborhoods with processional music, including one particular local style called bubu, a trance-inducing sound played by groups of young men blowing interlocking hocketed breath patterns into bamboo tubes. Bubu resonates with other African diasporic horn traditions, rara and gaga especially. It has long been a part of the cultural fabric of Sierra Leone, yet its deeper story has so far eluded scholarly examination. This program, supported by original fieldwork and by interviews with scholars Connie Nuxoll, David Skinner, Michael Gallope and John Nunley, begins a serious exposition and investigation of the intriguing mythology and history that surrounds this unique, hypnotic music, through a focus on musician Ahmed Janka Nabay, widely recognized in Sierra Leone and beyond as “the Bubu King.” Georges Collinet is away on assignment: Our guest host is Sahr Ngajuah, the musician and actor who starred in the Broadway show, Fela!.

Produced by Wills Glasspiegel and Drew Alt.

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[APWW #690]

Distributed 6/20/2017 [Originally aired in July 2014]

Proving the Bubu Myth: Janka Nabay, War and Witchcraft in Sierra Leone

Base de Catalié y repiques

Cat magi comencé

Composition/production by Yasser Tejeda (Guitambú Music).
Recorded by Yasser Tejeda, Mario Castro and Otoniel Nicolas.

Mix and Master: Yasser Tejeda & Alberto Santamaria

To see how this was recorded, check it out here: /Para ver como se grabó todo:  https://youtu.be/fpcFxgNhCF0 

Thanks! Gracias

El Mambo Violento

NYC area based guitarist from Jersey City, raised in the Dominican Republic, who has played with a wide variety of people mostly in rock and world music contexts. He has studied with jazz guitarist Richard Padrón ( Paquito, Zé Luis ) and worked as a sideman with everyone from world musician Dawn Drake, Cuban trumpeter Eudy Fernandez, to Haitian singer Erol Josué. He is committed to delivering a passionate and warm experience through his playing, whether grooving or creating off the top. 

He has performed at Bulgaria's Bansko Jazz Festival, for Reddit's Hispanic Heritage Month celebrations, the DuSable Museum of Chicago, and the Bronx' SummerStage. In addition he has also given guitar workshops in the Dominican Republic. 

Out of his experience playing in NYC Afro-beat groups, Evan developed an interest in finding his own connection to similar rhythms. As a founding member of Boombox Repair Kit (DR indie rock), and later through his participation in ensembles like Pa'lo Monte (DR fusion) he was able to work with tropical styles in guitar-forward contexts, and share his love for lesser known styles from the islands. 

In 2015, Evan formed his own ensemble, San Simón, where pop, rock, and soul intertwine with traditional popular styles from the Spanish-speaking Caribbean. This project serves as an exploration of an evolving connection to his own roots, as well as an opportunity to juxtapose it with his own experiences and musical interests.

Crazy

Evan Ubiera

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