Taller Leñateros is a Mayan / mestizo arts collective from Chiapas, Mexico. I have one of their many fans since I first stumbled upon their workshop in San Cristóbal de las Casas in 2003 and held in my hands their book “Conjuros y Ebriedades” (cover at left). It’s an amazing thing, a collection of Mayan [...]

I really enjoy playing with audio. I remember back in middle school I used to use old Mac programs to warp the voices of my friends and do all kinds of adolescent trickery. That evolved over the years, and I’ve been into doing field recordings and ambient mixtapes since 2006. Then came Sonidero Verbobala and [...]

I wouldn’t be nearly as interested in Facebook if it weren’t such a great tool for helping me do what I do… manage both my own shows and Verbobala’s as well. But of course just about everyone who complains about “La Face” secretly loves it. So maybe I should just keep quiet like. In the [...]

Here’s an excellent project proposal by a friend and collaborator of mine, sound sculptor Glenn Weyant of Tucson, Arizona. Glenn is using an interesting and trustworthy website called Kickstarter to raise $3,000 for the production of a new double-disc edition of his most famous work, the Anta Project. For the Anta Project, Glenn plays the [...]

The following article marks my return to The Noise, an arts and culture monthly newspaper published in Northern Arizona. I wrote for them in 2006 and 2007, and they recently asked me back to their pages, which I am very grateful for. Thanks Chuck and Meredith! Expect new writing on Colombia for the next three [...]