Paradigms

California Worldfest celebrates it’s 20th anniversary with a fantastic lineup of musicians from around the world. Meet some of them and hear their music in this episode of Paradigms, along with curator of the festival Julie Baker. Guests: Cat Coore of Third World, Sahba Motallebi, and Autumn & Rodrigo of Salt Petal.

Music by: Prem Joshua and Chintan, Boz Scaggs, Third World, Sahba Motallebi, and Salt Petal.

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Beekeeper Allen Engle talks about his fascination with bees, some aspects of beekeeping, and the phenomenon of “colony collapse” that is occurring.

Central Oregon Beekeeping Association • Are Neonicotinoids Killing Bees? • Advocates Drop Millions of Dead Bees on EPA Doorstep

Music by: Herb Albert & The Tijuana Brass, The Bears, Taj Mahal, George Gershwin, Freakwater, Jefferson Starship, Troels B. Folmann, and Bees.

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Kareem Roustom is a composer of contemporary Concert Music. Born in Damascus, Syria, Kareem moved to the US as a boy with his family. Now a renowned composer, Kareem’s music carries the flavor of his homeland with, as he says “reflections of his life so far.”

Music by: Lulacruza provided the intro music, and Kareem Roustom composed music performed by: Boston Children’s Chorus, for the 2008 Damascus Festival Chamber Ensemble Kinan Azmeh – Clarinet, Maias Alyamani – violin, Wissem BenAmar – Viola, Hassan Moataz – cello, the Crossings Choir, and the Pittsburgh Symphony under Fawzi Haimor.

Visit Kareem’s site on Soundcloud.

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Beninghove’s Hangmen is an instrumental downtown NYC-based sextet with a truly unique sound. Called “NYC’s most cinematic noir band” by the NY Music Daily, they have been featured on Comedy Central, IFC, and more. Bryan Beninghove and Baruch discuss personal, professional, and worldly things.

Music by: Boz Scaggs, Beninghove’s Hangmen, Tom Waits, and Mahmoud Ahmed.

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The 2016 Curry Stone Design Prize goes to The Society for the Promotion of Area Resource Centers (SPARC); formed in 1984 and began working with the most vulnerable and invisible of Mumbai’s urban poor – the pavement dwellers. In this interview with Dr. Sheela Patel, we learn about SPARC and what progress is being made by pavement dwellers in Mumbai, India, and in other cities where SPARC is active, to improve their living conditions.

Music by: EarthRise Sound System, Old Crow Medicine Show, Miriam Makeba, The Beatles, Masood Ali Khan ft. Suzanne Sterling, and MC Yogi.

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