event Playing For Change
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Wed Nov 4
8 pm,
Playing For Change at The Pabst Theater
Recording little-known, amateur musicians in their home environments is an idea that goes back to Alan Lomax combing the American South for the unknowing architects of blues, folk, and country music back in the 1930s and ’40s. In an age where studio tools are available to anyone with access to a laptop computer, the opportunity for serendipitously discovering a Muddy Waters or Lead Belly in the middle of nowhere might appear to be gone. But Grammy-winning producer and engineer Mark Johnson has found that simply isn’t the case with his Playing For Change project, which has traveled the world in search of street musicians who share their artistry under often trying conditions. This tour assembles nine of those musicians, who hail from New Orleans, Israel, Ghana, and Zimbabwe, among other places.
The Pabst Theater 144 E Wells St, Milwaukee, WI
Recording little-known, amateur musicians in their home environments is an idea that goes back to Alan Lomax combing the American South for the unknowing architects of blues, folk, and country music back in the 1930s and ’40s. In an age where studio tools are available to anyone with access to a laptop computer, the opportunity for serendipitously discovering a Muddy Waters or Lead Belly in the middle of nowhere might appear to be gone. But Grammy-winning producer and engineer Mark Johnson has found that simply isn’t the case with his Playing For Change project, which has traveled the world in search of street musicians who share their artistry under often trying conditions. This tour assembles nine of those musicians, who hail from New Orleans, Israel, Ghana, and Zimbabwe, among other places.
Updated 10/19/2009
