by Jeremy Cohen | Dec 14, 2010 | Blog
Check out my Fall African Drumming class at Westfield State University performing the Ewe war piece Atsiagbekor (commonly referred to as Agbekor) at our recital this past Friday. The video quality leaves something to be desired — and I should have tuned my atsimevu...
by Jeremy Cohen | Nov 27, 2010 | Blog
This will be the first of several posts exploring the interplay between music, language and sound, particularly as it relates to African drumming. We’ll start by addressing the notion of “drum language.” In my view, drum language can be placed into...
by Jeremy Cohen | Oct 25, 2010 | Blog
Welcome to the newly launched ThisWorldMusic blog! Jeremy Cohen here, composer, percussionist and TWM Founder/Director. I’ll be blogging in Product this space about West African music & dance, cultural tourism/travel, and education — global,...
