// INTERVIEWS
Footnotes in Gaza
Joe Sacco (United States)03/02/2010
African Soul Rebels 2010
Kalahari Surfers (South Africa)
We meet South Africa’s avant-garde radical Kalahari Surfers ahead of the upcoming African Soul Rebels UK tour with Oumou Sangare and Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou. “I’m an African and I’m a soul rebel. It’s logical...
13/01/2010
african soul rebels
No One Knows About Persian Cats : The Tehran Underground
Bahman Ghobadi (Iran, Kurdistan)
In 2008, the celebrated Kurdish-Iranian film-maker Bahman Ghobadi ventured into the Tehran underground and encountered a buzzing clandestine music scene. The discovery led him to make the “90% true” movie ‘No One Knows About Persian...
13/01/2010
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El Ultimo Trago
Buika (Spain)
Flamenco singer Concha Buika and Cuban piano maestro Chucho Valdés talk about the moving experience they shared recording this tribute to Chavela Vargas. Having featured her songs in several of his film soundtracks, Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar...
04/11/2009
I Speak Fula
Bassekou Kouyaté (Mali)
Bassekou Kouyate is fast becoming a household name among African music lovers worldwide. Kouyate has emerged from the shadows of Mali’s illustrious music scene armed with his ngoni, prodigious talent and a broad smile. On top of this, he...
07/10/2009
Desert rebels return
Tinariwen (Mali)
Tinariwen returned to the heart of the Malian desert to record their fourth album Imidiwan. On the eve of their UK tour, Mondomix meets founders Ibrahim Ag Alhabib and Hassan Ag Touhami. “I never thought that our music would one day go beyond...
30/09/2009
Wim Wenders Interview - October 2008
Buena Vista Social Club (Cuba)
As this month sees the release of 'Buena Vista Live at Carnegie Hall', director Wim Wenders talks about the magic combination of music and film and his experiences making the 1998 documentary 'Buena Vista Social Club'. Wim Wenders, what do you listen...
28/10/2008
Seun Kuti Interview - October 2007
Seun Kuti (Nigeria)
Seun Kuti, the youngest son of Afrobeat legend Fela, talks about his debut album Many Things, released in October. Recorded with Shrine veterans Egypt 80 and produced by Martin Meissonnier [Khaled, King Sunny Ade, Fela Kuti], Seun brings his own stamp...
28/10/2008
Gilberto Gil Interview - September 2008
Gilberto Gil (Brazil)
After five years as Minister of Culture, Brazilian music legend Gilberto Gil steps down from his government role. Mondomix took the opportunity to find out about Gil's vision for the democratization of culture; from Culture Hotspots to Creative Commons...
10/09/2008
Paris March 2008 Branly Museum
Mahsa Vahdat (Iran)
Mahsa Vahdat talks of the challenges of teaching a millenium-old music tradition to neophytes in the French capital. She compares the experience to those in Tehran where she is professor of the maqam traditions that have forged classical Persian music....
15/04/2008
Paris, March 2008.
Richard Bona (Cameroon, United States)
What characterises Richard Bona’s music career is his creative drive; his fecund exchanges with fellow-artists; and his unquenching desire to perform live. Bona’s concerts are adrenalin-pumping affairs punctuated by humour and innovation. Bona finally...
15/04/2008
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