“Axis of Love” at Miami’s North Beach Bandshell
for Songlines Magazine The rain fell on the open-air North Beach Bandshell in Miami, but Houston-based Riyaaz Qawwali ensemble braved the weather. The carpet they sat…
Lin Zhaohua’s Coriolanus: Heavy Metal Shakespeare in China – for MTV Iggy
Words by Maria Bakkalapulo (Twitter @mbakkalapulo) How do you modernize and make a Shakespeare play feel even more epic? Throw in some thrashing guitars to take…
Zee Avi, Malaysia’s YouTube Star
Words by Maria Bakkalapulo (Twitter @mbakkalapulo) Original broadcast on The World (PRI/ BBC). Twenty six-year-old Malaysian native Zee Avi has had a meteoric rise. Avi says she struggled…
NAT GEO MUSIC – RWMF 2012
This July Nat Geo Music correspondent Maria Bakkalapulo joined 20,000 festival-goers in the Borneo jungle for for the 15th anniversary of Malaysia’s long-running Rainforest World Music…
Flying High in Bali
Words by Maria Bakkalapulo (Twitter @mbakkalapulo) Original broadcast on NPR’s Only A Game. In the Balinese summertime, when the easterly winds are blowing in from the…
Live From The Rainforest World Music Festival
Words by Maria Bakkalapulo (Twitter @mbakkalapulo) Original Broadcast on NPR’s Weekend Edition. For the full radio story, please visit NPR’s site – CLICK HERE TRANSCRIPT: (The below is…
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