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Dahlak Brathwait Launches Go Fund Me Campaign for “Adapting History”

2013 Fellow Dahlak Brathwait has launched a GoFundMe campaign along with producer Amadeu Gocalves to help fund the development of an educational music performance for young people in the Sacramento area. “Adapting History” is an oral telling of American music through history and American history through music. Dahlak uses spoken word poetry and hip-hop sampling techniques to narrate and re-imagine the complex history of the United States. The project was created in collaboration with the Mondavi Center at UC Davis, and received support from the U.S. State Department and Found Sound Nation. Read more about “Adapting History” and how you can help support the project here.  
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Guataca Interviews Mafer Bandola

Venezuelan music publication Guataca ran an extensive feature on  María Fernanda Gonzalez (aka Mafer Bandola). In it, she talks about her experience at OneBeat 2014, where she met her future LADAMA bandmates, and OneBeat Colombia, where she served as a member of the production team. Regarding LADAMA’s success, Mafer says: “One of the best things has been that thanks to the international projection that LADAMA offers me , the bandola llanera is in TED chat videos in English and Spanish, in Tiny Desk videos , in the WOMEX , WOMAD and is in the reviews of NPR , also on ESPN in Spanish , which are places where I had not arrived before. “ Read the full interview here. Watch LADAMA’s exhilarating NPR Tiny Desk performance here.