[Video link] We’re in a home studio. Lupa (in the baseball cap and black t-shirt) runs it as a drop-in recording and music workshop facility for the local kids, as well as the headquarters of his crew, FB7. Bibiana translates as rapper Fly So High explains why Un-Convention in Medellín is so important to them. [...]
Tagged: Medellin, unconvention
Ruth, Martín & Me in downtown Medellín To say a trip was “life-changing” is an awful cliché. But I’ve been trying to think of other ways to describe my time in Colombia, and I keep coming back to that one phrase as a fair and accurate description. I met such inspirational people, went to such [...]
This is much more important than it looks I quite often speak about Music as Culture, and it’s the title of a panel session I’m going to be hosting in Colombia at Un-Convention Medellin next month. I was asked to write a short piece to explain the concept, to be put into a conference booklet, [...]
Tagged: Medellin, Music as Culture, unconvention
I’m going to be speaking at this event – though not in Spanish, I suspect. Really looking forward to it…
Tagged: Colombia, Medellin, unconvention
I’m off to Medellin, Colombia with Ruth (above), Jez and a few other friends in May, for an Un-Convention event. Really looking forward to it. Should probably learn a bit of Spanish before I go though…
Categories: Music
Tagged: Medellin, unconvention
