Category: Blog
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Greetings from Bangkok, Thailand
Hello everyone and happy new year! I am now traveling in Thailand, Cambodia and India. I will be reporting in […] Read More »
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‘Chandra Shekar’ By Barabajaba Percussion Ensemble Hawaii
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3irv2xaal4 This is a music video by the Barabajaba Percussion Ensemble from Big Island of Hawaii. Read More »
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“Kassa” from Lavaroots drum and dance performance in Hawaii
This is a performance by the Lavaroots ensemble on the Big Island of Hawaii and is called Kassa, which is […] Read More »
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Female Drummers and Dancers with Bolokada and group
Female West African dancers (formerly of Guinea West Africa’s famous Ballet Merveilles) drum, dance and dance solo with master djembe […] Read More »
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Bolokada Conde in class
This is from a drum class given by Bolokada Conde star of Les Percussions Du Guinea, in Oakland at the […] Read More »
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“Tiger I” from Miles Dean world jazz CD by Michael Pluznick
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnieYJfolko This video features Bangkok’s inner city, architecture and temples along with a nice sunset and other Asian and Thai […] Read More »
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Best of Michael Pluznick photo collage from Youtube
This video is a compilation of some of the best photos from past Michael Pluznick world music and world jazz […] Read More »
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Djembe Drum Facebook group
I have started a Djembe Drum group on Facebook! Read More »
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Spectac (big show) in Conakry Guinea
This video features master drummer Jaques, a unique djembe player performing with his friends and piers in a West African […] Read More »
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Dance of Dambala
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPHqfUCNoGY From the new Barabajaba CD, “Rise Up”. This cut features the traditional Afro Haitian rhtyhm “Yan Valu”. Drums […] Read More »
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History of the djembe part one
According to the Bamana people in Mali, the name of the djembe comes directly from the saying “Anke dje, anke […] Read More »