News
Anytime we happened to be mentioned or featured in the news for any of our performances, events or projects, we will post it here. Credit will always be given to those who write articles, take the photos, and which publication it came from.
Musical connections across the Internet
Tuesday, 30 June 2009
BATH — Bath resident Barbara vanBok has collaborated with distinguished Brazilian musician Lulu Camargo on two singles, and a third is in the works. But vanBok didn’t have to leave Bath to make the long-distance project happen, nor did Camargo have to leave Sao Paulo.
The genesis of the musical and technological accomplishment was rooted in a chance friendship that began more than two decades ago. Now, by passing instrumental and vocal tracks back and forth via the Internet, the duo has generated at least two truly international songs.
Echoes of West Africa rumble through Bath
Saturday, 14 April 2007
Bath, ME
The sound of a West African drum ensemble isn't native to these parts.
But to call it "foreign" brings the connotation of distance and separation between West African villagers and people like Bath residents Eric and Barbara vanBok.
Interestingly, it is with folks like the vanBoks that West African drum legend Famoudou Konate sees the future of his art, which is several hundred years old.