We have a new record coming out in August on Daptone Records. We’ll be touring the world playing songs, old and new. Please check out a sneak preview of “Sare Kon Kon” at Rollingstone.com.

I’m thrilled to be performing with Antibalas in Brazil in mid April, with two shows in São Paulo and one in Recife. Here are the details: Thu Apr 19  Sao Paulo, Brasil – Cine Joia TICKETS Sat Apr 21  Sao Paulo, Brasil – Centro Cultural da Juventude TICKETS Sun Apr 22  Recife, Brasil – Abril [...]

Together with my Dubspot colleague musician/educator Patrick Cupo, we’ll be doing a demonstration at the convention center exhibit hall on Saturday from 1-1:45PM integrating music, technology, and education. Just a few hours later up at Beauty Bar, I’ll be DJing the Trunk Funk Party:

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  Another fresh SXSW (open) event at the Carver Library with amazing performers, comics, discussions about race, immigration and what it means to be American. I’ll be DJing.  

Since 2009 I’ve been working with and consulting with Dubspot, a digital music production school in New York City, with a global online component. The school has grown and expanded over this past year and evolved from one densely packed classroom to several state-of the art classrooms and offices. This video shows the transformation:

For those under a rock or caught up in other distractions, the Tucson Unified School District has continued its assault on Ethnic Studies (in a 60% Latino district, plus all the other nonwhite students) and has published a list of banned books which strips teachers of the right to teach a plethora of others, not [...]

I just stumbled across GigPosters.com and several dozen images from shows and festivals that I’ve performed at in the past with Antibalas. Click on each image to enlarge and see further info about the event and designer. Here are some of my favorites: