Where are we? In the country formerly known as East Timor. This new democracy is so young that Berklee’s Earth Stringband is the very first U.S. band to tour there—breaking new ground on the Rhythm Road.
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Rhythm Road 3: The Earth Stringband comes to Cambodia
September 30, 2011 – 1:47 pm
This installment of the Earth Stringband’s Southeast Asian tour with the U.S. State Dept./Jazz at Lincoln Center is all about the videos. These guys (all Berklee alumni) did some amazing things in Cambodia. They composed an old-time tune from Lao folk melodies:
A Weird Al for the Justin Bieber generation?
September 29, 2011 – 4:09 pm
We here at Berklee Blogs Central were excited to learn today that Berklee students Emily Luther and Charlie Puth have won Perez Hilton’s Adele cover contest with their duet arrangement of “Someone Like You.” (It’s really pretty. We’ll wait while you click on over.) The Puth-watchers on staff were not surprised by the win. I Some [...]
Rhythm Road 2: The Earth Stringband says hi to Thai(land)
September 25, 2011 – 3:31 pm
In this installment of the Earth Stringband’s epic musical trip with the U.S. State Dept./Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Rhythm Road project, the band. . . Teaches Thai schoolchildren how to play an American classic.
Rhythm Road 1: The Earth Stringband lao-ves Laos
September 15, 2011 – 12:50 pm
The Earth Stringband is blogging from the Rhythm Road.