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Immigrant Songs: Meklit
photo by Eric Gonzalez Alfaro Immigrants move to a new country for a guarantee: That life can be better in ways that were impossible in the home country. This is certainly true for Meklit Hadero, an...
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Immigrant Songs: Chimurenga Renaissance
photo by Dave Lichterman (view set) Seattle duo Chimurenga Renaissance is generating heat in both International Music and Hip-Hop. They are musical royalty and prodigal sons who have managed to...
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Immigrant Songs: Chhom Nimol & Dengue Fever
photo by Morgen Schuler (view set) Named after one of the most feared diseases that travelers to the Far East can contract, Dengue Fever is responsible for rekindling interest in a music that was...
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Immigrant Songs: Blitz the Ambassador
photos by Chrispy Harrison (view set) On this installment of Immigrant Songs, I had the great pleasure of interviewing the Ghanaian-American Hip Hop artist Blitz the Ambassador. Blitz (a.k.a. Samuel...
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Immigrant Songs: Chicano Batman
Chilly with Chicano Batman // photo by Dagmar Sieglinde Patterson For this installment of Immigrant Songs, I was blessed to have Los Angeles group Chicano Batman live in the KEXP studios. They’ve been...
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Immigrant Songs: Kultur Shock
photos by Melissa Wax (view set) There are many paths that lead one to emigrate and there are many roads to becoming a musician. When you combine the two, you often find a unique beast that exists in...
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Immigrant Songs: La Santa Cecilia
photo by David Rzegocki “We carry it now as a badge of honor,” says Miguel Ramirez, percussionist of Los Angeles group La Santa Cecilia, “to say that we are immigrants or children of immigrants.” After...
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Immigrant Songs: Winston Jarrett
photo by Renata Steiner (view set) Can you believe there was once a time where Reggae wasn’t a word everyone recognized? In the musical world you have to really be in awe of how a sound from a tiny...
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Immigrant Songs: Mako & Munjuru
photo by Chris “Chrispy” Harrison (view set) One of the cornerstones of Wo’Pop, and what has kept it a unique program is its focus on emerging global music and genres. This focus on the new is...
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Immigrant Songs: Elia
Ignacio Izquierdo of Elia with Chilly Elia is the most recent project of Seattle-based singer, musician and producer Ignacio Izquierdo. The name comes from Elia Liut, an Italian aviator, who was the...
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