
Happy Holidays from Musical Pairings @ eating/sf! For us, like many others, the arrival of the winter holidays means spending some time traveling. At the time of posting, Kasey and I are in flight from San Francisco on our way to Ohio to celebrate Christmas with my family. And when I have to spend time traveling in a car, plane, train or boat, I find that music makes the time go by a little easier. So with that in mind, I put together Musical Pairings @ eating/sf's "the december mix." Chock full of delicious new [...]

Today concludes our Argentina coverage, and we are ending with one of the last and best places we explored during our vacation: Salta. Truly, Salta was amazing, and exceeded our every expectation. The Salta and Jujuy provinces are what you'd get if you were able to mash Sonoma, Nashville and Death Valley all in to one very safe, beautiful and extremely livable area. You have subtle, crisp and refreshing white wines (torrontes) from Cafayate, Cachi, and Valles Calchaquies. You have the heart of Argentina's famous folklorica and center of easily discoverable music at the many peñas [...]

Filed under: Around the World For a guy who comes off as not verbally oriented, Chango Spasiuk sure got chatty last week toward the end of a show at the Getty Center' s Harold M. Williams Auditorium, high on a hill overlooking Los Angeles' West Side. The Argentine accordionist had gone through nearly 90 minutes leading his three-man band with nary a word, save for a few thank yous in a tentative, if heartfelt, English to the appreciative crowd. The monkish quietness, enhanced by the blissful-mystic countenance [...]

It's the last day of WFMU's 50th Anniversary fundraising Marathon ! Tune in to catch Sunday's DJs doing their thing to the utmost with special co-hosts and prizes galore. They've also put together a fine batch of DJ Premiums . Any of these handcrafted CDs are available for a pledge of $75 or more. This is your chance to support WFMU -- a huge thanks to everyone who has contributed over the course of these past two weeks! And be sure to tune [...]
Anniversaire oblige, nous y avons eu droit : témoignages de facteurs, d'universitaires et de journalistes en colère, tout y est passé. L'apogée des ces discussions de fond fut celle sur plusieurs plateaux télé, où une question a émergé de façon récurrente : Que faut-il penser des ces T-shirts quand on sait ce qu'on sait, quand on voit ce que l'on voit... ? Le sourire en coin, j'ai repensé à ce
The liner notes explain the music within as such, "Take an exhilarating musical trip to Argentina ...Invite some friends over, press play and wine, dine and dance into the early hours. Inspiration for this sexy compilation comes from: Composer Astor Piazzolla , singers Carlos Gardel and Eva Peron , Che Guevara , the tango, percussive rhythms, passion and desire..." That's being said, what I found sounded world's apart from the welcoming description provided. A mix from a country that boasts itself as the originator of the [...]