Making Guitars in A Malawi Refugee Camp
L.G. Patron lives in the Dzaleka refugee camp in Malawi, a complex of shelters and dwellings that has housed refugees from several […]
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All The Information You Need
The people who claim that addressing the climate crisis will “cost too much” have no clue about what things really cost. We […]
The Oldest Human Cultural Survival
When I was living in India and studying music, my daily lessons would go on for hours at a time. My teacher, […]
From Frog To Tip
If you play a bowed instrument, you may already have discovered that there’s a big problem: Professional violin bows are made from […]
Saturday’s Endangered Music: Sunda and the Indonesian Chamber Traditions
Years ago, a Dutch lady loaned me an lp of music from Indonesia. While I had already heard and admired the island […]
On Nurturing Long-Term Understanding
Mary Pipher: “All of us are community educators, whether we know it or not. With our every word and action, we have […]
Punking Global Climate Change
Thanks to Laura McLay for pointing me to this gem, in (of all places) the Wall Street Journal: Mick Jones: The initial […]
Music. Music. Music.
Once I was working with a group of high-school students in a classroom that was undergoing minor renovations. I had asked them […]
Every Morning You Greet Me
Edelweiss, edelweiss — Every morning you greet me.
Climate is a Feminist Issue
Christopher Hitchens, in his critique of Mother Teresa, articulated a phrase that’s been running through my mind a lot recently. The full […]