APT - Music Voyager
APT - Music Voyager
American Public Television
Featured on public television since February 2010, the travel-based music series MUSIC VOYAGER features host Jacob Edgar exploring thriving, exotic global music scenes to discover emerging talent. Edgar — an ethnomusicologist, cultural musician and music critic — travels all over the world to hear cutting-edge musicians and immerse himself in their cultures. In the series' first episode, Edgar ventures to Mumbai, Delhi to create a hit Bollywood song with vocalist Sona Mohapatra and meet Kailash Kher, one of India's most prolific performers, producers and musical stars. Kher also brings the members of his hit band Kalisa into the studio for a private, intimate performance with Edgar. Other episodes include journeys to Jamaica, New Orleans, New York and Chicago. Produced by TantraWW, Inc. Distributed by American Public Television.
Webisode 14
The Magnolia Sisters talk about their GRAMMY nomination and Ann Savoy talks about being nominated against her son Wilson Savoy of the Pine Leaf Boys while another son is nominated for producing Cedric Watson's album. Hear some great music from the Magnolia Sisters and the Pine Leaf Boys that got them nominated in the zydeco/cajun category.
Jan 30, 2010
2 min
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Webisode 13
Find out what it takes to repair a GRAMMY, how Hillary Clinton took off with a GRAMMY, and how much pride The GRAMMY Man gets anytime he sees someone receive the award.
Jan 25, 2010
2 min
Video
Webisode 12
India.Arie gets personal and answers fan questions. Hear her talk about her GRAMMY Nominations, working with Stevie Wonder, and why she is so humble.
Jan 22, 2010
6 min
Video
Webisode 11
India.Aria and Dobet Gnahore perform "Palea" in Washington DC over MLK Weekend. Idan Raichel performs with them on the piano and Blue Miller on the guitar.
Jan 22, 2010
2 min
Video
Webisode 10
Music Voyager is helping the GRAMMYs tear down the walls between artists and fans. Here, India.Arie talks with our host Jacob Edgar about what it means to be nominated for a GRAMMY for her duet with Dobet Gnahore from her "Testimony, Vol 2: Love and Politics" album.
Jan 20, 2010
2 min
Video
Webisode 09
GRAMMY nominated Bela Fleck teaches a class at Swallow Hill Music in Denver on how to improvise on the banjo. Find out what improvising means to Bela and hear what it sounds like when he improvises!
Jan 20, 2010
3 min
Video
Webisode 08
Music Voyager visited where the GRAMMYs are made in Ridgeway, Colorado. Handcrafted by John Billings, the "GRAMMY Man", his wife, and two employees, the GRAMMY award is a labor of love. Learn the history of how the GRAMMY is made!
Jan 19, 2010
2 min
Video
Webisode 07
The Zydeco/Cajun GRAMMY nominated artists talk about their music on their road to a GRAMMY. We're following Cedric Watson on his road to the GRAMMY Awards, but along the way we also hooked up with all of the zydeco/cajun category GRAMMY nominees including Buckwheat Zydeco, Michael Doucet, the Magnolia Sisters and a little Pine Leaf boys thrown in there too! Find out what the artists have to say about why they play and why they stay in Louisiana.
Jan 10, 2010
3 min
Video
Webisode 06
Fans were asked to submit questions for Bela Fleck. Bela spent some time answering the questions on the tour bus from Denver to Beaver Creek with Music Voyager host Jacob Edgar.
Jan 9, 2010
11 min
Video
Webisode 05
The Music Voyager brings you the Cajun & Zydeco nominees for 2009 GRAMMY. Here is a taste of the Cedric Watson story...
Jan 4, 2010
4 min
Video
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