• Artists by Category
  • Categories are Here!
  • Matrix Rádio
  • Matrix Home
  • Showcase Music
  • Add Videos/SC
  • Add Photos
  • Questions?
  • Sign up
  • Sign in
    Loading ...
View All Updates Mark All Read
  • Nana Nkweti

    THE INTEGRATED GLOBAL
    CREATIVE ECONOMY

    promulgated by
    The Brazilian Ministry of Culture

    fomented by
    The Bahian Secretary of Culture

    fomented by
    The Palmares Foundation
    for the promotion of Afro-Brazilian Culture

    fomented by
    The National Foundation of Indigenous Peoples

    I CURATE/pathways out

Network Node

  • Name: Nana Nkweti
  • City/Place: Tuscaloosa, Alabama
  • Country: United States

CURATION

  • from this node by: Matrix

Current News

  • What's Up? Finalist for the AKO Caine Prize for African Writing

    WALKING ON COWRIE SHELLS is a “boisterous and high-spirited debut” (Kirkus starred review), named a Most Anticipated Book selection for Brittle Paper, The Millions, and The Rumpus, this kaleidoscopic collection focuses on the lives of hyphenated-Americans with multi-culti roots in the United States and Africa.

    The book spans genres – literary realism, horror, mystery, YA, science fiction – and features complex, fully-embodied characters: tongue-tied linguistic anthropologists, comic book enthusiasts and even water goddesses. The stories aim to entertain readers while also offering a counterpoint to prevalent “heart of darkness” writing that too often depicts a singular “African” experience plagued by locusts, hunger, and tribal in-fighting.

Life & Work

  • Bio: Nana’s creative journey has been flavored by the lingua franca of her life experiences: the colorful creoles of her communities she has called home – the pidgin English and franglais of West Africa, the street patois of neighborhoods from Brooklyn to Washington, D.C.; undergraduate years preparing herself for a career in international law by studying Mandarin and hanzi in Qingdao, scaling the Great Wall, and chuckling at signs in Chinglish. Ten years of adhering to the maxim primum est non nocere as a Licensed Practical Nurse, gave her an appreciation of the tenacity of the human spirit and strengthened her Latin lexicon. Likewise, in law school she learned terms like actus reus and ad infinitum as she worked on human rights projects to end trafficking of women and children in the Mekong Delta region.

    All these life events inform the stories she crafts. Her settings are enhanced with imagery from her travels to far-flung locales like the Angkor Wat temple ruins of Cambodia and the 2010 World Cup tournament host cities in South Africa. Her characters are enriched by the insights into human nature gained at patients’ bedsides or through briefing legal cases on matters like civil rights and gender equality, and a rewarding stint as Managing Editor of lifestyle magazine, The AFRican, solidified her dedication to uplifting diverse narratives from the continent.

    When pried away from her keyboard sorcery, Nana interests are an eclectic, hi-low mashup like checking out Kara Walker’s sugar-mammy sphinx, “A Subtlety” installation one week then headbanging at Afropunk the next. Throughout her life hobbies have included years as an amateur painter and a flutist (she was a band geek who performed in the Cherry Blossom parade with a Nicheren Shoshu Buddhist marching band) to hand-crafting artist’s books at the Center for the Book. She generally loves travel, hunting rare finds in thrift shop bins, cultural jaunts to theaters/art houses/dance performances, all things geeky especially sci-fi flics - if it’s got an intergalactic spaceship or a spandexed superhero in it - she's there, and home decorating - her family teasingly calls her Martha, as in Stewart. She is currently kitting out her campus office in Jungalow-chic.

Contact Information

  • Management/Booking: LITERARY / TELEVISION / FILM representation
    Rachel Kim | 3 Arts Entertainment
    27 W 24th St Suite 301 | New York, NY 10010
    [email protected] | 212.213.4245

    LECTURES / READINGS / APPEARANCES
    Nana Nkweti
    [email protected]

    PRESS /PUBLICITY inquiries
    Caroline Nitz | Graywolf Press
    250 Third Avenue North, Suite 600 | Minneapolis, MN 55401
    [email protected] | 651-641-0077

Media | Markets

  • ▶ Book Purchases: http://bookshop.org/books/walking-on-cowrie-shells-stories/9781644450543
  • ▶ Book Purchases 2: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/walking-on-cowrie-shells-nana-nkweti/1137427269
  • ▶ Book Purchases 3: http://www.amazon.com/Walking-Cowrie-Shells-Nana-Nkweti/dp/1644450542
  • ▶ Book Purchases 4: http://www.target.com/p/walking-on-cowrie-shells-by-nana-nkweti-paperback/-/A-81089725
  • ▶ Twitter: nanankweti
  • ▶ Instagram: nanankweti
  • ▶ Website: http://www.nanankweti.com
  • ▶ Article: http://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/09/books/review/walking-on-cowrie-shells-nana-nkweti.html
  • ▶ Articles: http://www.nanankweti.com/press

Clips (more may be added)

  • 1:06:44
    Nana Nkweti and Karen Russell Virtual Event 06/01/2021
    By Nana Nkweti
    204 views
  • 0:52:25
    VCCA Fireplace Series 23: David Ebenbach & Nana Nkweti
    By Nana Nkweti
    177 views
  • 1:03:00
    Authors on Tap: Nana Nkweti and Alexia Arthurs
    By Nana Nkweti
    191 views
  • 0:56:28
    Writer on the Rise: Nana Nkweti, June 2021
    By Nana Nkweti
    228 views
Previous
Next

Nana Nkweti Curated
pathways in

  • 4 Africa
  • 4 Cameroon
  • 4 Fiction
  • 4 Short Stories
  • 4 University of Alabama Faculty
  • 4 Writer

What's Been Happening?

The post was not added to the feed. Please check your privacy settings.
  • Nana Nkweti
    A video was posted re Nana Nkweti:
    Nana Nkweti and Karen Russell Virtual Event 06/01/2021
    • July 11, 2021
  • Nana Nkweti
    A video was posted re Nana Nkweti:
    VCCA Fireplace Series 23: David Ebenbach & Nana Nkweti
    Writer and VCCA Fellows Council member Clifford Garstang hosts this virtual event featuring authors and VCCA Fellows David Ebenbach (HOW TO MARS, Tachyon Publishing) and Nana Nkweti (WALKING ON COWRIE SHELLS, Graywolf Press) who read from their newly rele...
    • July 11, 2021
  • Nana Nkweti
    A video was posted re Nana Nkweti:
    Authors on Tap: Nana Nkweti and Alexia Arthurs
    On June 9th we helped celebrate Nana Nkweti’s new short story collection (and one of Javier’s favorite books this year) Walking on Cowrie Shells. Nana will be in conversation with Alexia Arthurs. Nana Nkweti is the author of Walking on Cowrie Shells:...
    • July 11, 2021
  • Nana Nkweti
    A video was posted re Nana Nkweti:
    Writer on the Rise: Nana Nkweti, June 2021
    Writers on the Rise is a spotlight reading series designed to uplift and amplify the diverse talent of a wide range of voices and creative visions. Nana Nkweti is an AKO Caine Prize finalist and alumna of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop. Her work has garner...
    • July 11, 2021
  • Nana Nkweti
    A category was added to Nana Nkweti:
    Fiction
    • July 11, 2021
  • Nana Nkweti
    A category was added to Nana Nkweti:
    Africa
    • July 11, 2021
  • Nana Nkweti
    A category was added to Nana Nkweti:
    Short Stories
    • July 11, 2021
  • Nana Nkweti
    A category was added to Nana Nkweti:
    University of Alabama Faculty
    • July 11, 2021
  • Nana Nkweti
    A category was added to Nana Nkweti:
    Cameroon
    • July 11, 2021
  • Nana Nkweti
    A category was added to Nana Nkweti:
    Writer
    • July 11, 2021
  • Nana Nkweti
    Nana Nkweti is matrixed!
    • July 11, 2021
View More
Loading ...
  • ENGLISH (pra Portuguese →)
  • PORTUGUÊS (to English →)

ENGLISH (pra Portuguese →)

 

WHO IS INSIDE THIS GLOBAL MATRIX?

Explore above for a complete list of artists and other members of the creative economy.


WHY BRAZIL?

Brazil is not a European nation. It's not a North American nation. It's not an East Asian nation. It straddles — jungle and desert and dense urban centers — both the equator and the Tropic of Capricorn.

 

Brazil absorbed over ten times the number of enslaved Africans taken to the United States of America, and is a repository of African deities (and their music) now largely forgotten in their lands of origin.

 

Brazil was a refuge (of sorts) for Sephardim fleeing an Inquisition which followed them across the Atlantic (that unofficial symbol of Brazil's national music — the pandeiro — the hand drum in the opening scene above — was almost certainly brought to Brazil by these people).

 

Across the parched savannas of the interior of Brazil's culturally fecund nordeste/northeast, where wizard Hermeto Pascoal was born in Lagoa da Canoa (Lagoon of the Canoe) and raised in Olho d'Águia (Eye of the Eagle), much of Brazil's aboriginal population was absorbed into a caboclo/quilombola culture punctuated by the Star of David.

 

Three cultures — from three continents — running for their lives, their confluence forming a scintillatingly unprecedented fourth. Pandeirista on the roof.

 

Nowhere else but here. Brazil itself is a matrix.

 


✅—João do Boi
João had something priceless to offer the world.
But he was impossible for the world to find...
✅—Pardal/Sparrow
PATHWAYS
from Brazil, with love
THE MISSION: Beginning with the atavistic genius of the Recôncavo (per "RESPLENDENT BAHIA..." below) & the great sertão (the backlands of Brazil's nordeste) — make artists across Brazil — and around the world — discoverable as they never were before.

HOW: Integrate them into a vast matrixed ecosystem together with musicians, writers, filmmakers, painters, choreographers, fashion designers, educators, chefs et al from all over the planet (are you in this ecosystem?) such that these artists all tend to be connected to each other via short, discoverable, accessible pathways. Q.E.D.

"Matrixado! Laroyê!"
✅—Founding Member Darius Mans
Economist, PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
✅—Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
President of Brazil


The matrix was created in Salvador's Centro Histórico, where Bule Bule below, among first-generation matrixed colleagues, sings "Chegou a hora dessa gente bronzeada mostrar seu valor... The time has come for these bronzed people to show their worth..."

Music & lyrics (Brasil Pandeiro) by Assis Valente of Santo Amaro, Bahia, Brazil. Video by Betão Aguiar of Salvador.

...the endeavor motivated in the first instance by the fact that in common with most cultures around our planet, the preponderance of Brazil's vast cultural treasure has been impossible to find from outside of circumscribed regions, including Brazil itself...

Thus something new under the tropical sun: Open curation beginning with Brazilian musicians recommending other Brazilian musicians and moving on around the globe...

Where by the seemingly magical mathematics of the small world phenomenon, and in the same way that most human beings are within some six or so steps of most others, all in the matrix tend to proximity to all others...

The difference being that in the matrix, these steps are along pathways that can be travelled. The creative world becomes a neighborhood. Quincy Jones is right up the street and Branford Marsalis around the corner. And the most far-flung genius you've never heard of is just a few doors down. Maybe even in Brazil.

"I am thrilled to receive your email! Thank you for including me in this wonderful matrix."
✅—Susan Rogers
Personal recording engineer: Prince, Paisley Park Recording Studio
Director: Music Perception & Cognition Laboratory, Berklee College of Music
Author: This Is What It Sounds Like: What the Music You Love Says About You

"Many thanks for this - I am  touched!"
✅—Julian Lloyd Webber
That most fabled cellist in the United Kingdom (and Brazilian music fan)

"I'm truly thankful... Sohlangana ngokuzayo :)"
✅—Nduduzo Makhathini
Blue Note recording artist

"Thanks, this is a brilliant idea!!"
✅—Alicia Svigals
Founder of The Klezmatics

"This is super impressive work ! Congratulations ! Thanks for including me :)))"
✅—Clarice Assad
Compositions recorded by Yo Yo Ma and played by orchestras around the world

"Thank you"
(Banch Abegaze, manager)
✅—Kamasi Washington


RESPLENDENT BAHIA...

...is a hot cauldron of rhythms and musical styles, but one particular style here is so utterly essential, so utterly fundamental not only to Bahian music specifically but to Brazilian music in general — occupying a place here analogous to that of the blues in the United States — that it deserves singling out. It is derived from (or some say brother to) the cabila rhythm of candomblé angola… …and it is called…

Samba Chula / Samba de Roda

Mother of Samba… daughter of destiny carried to Bahia by Bantus ensconced within the holds of negreiros entering the great Bahia de Todos os Santos (the term referring both to a dance and to the style of music which evolved to accompany that dance; the official orthography of “Bahia” — in the sense of “bay” — has since been changed to “Baía”)… evolved on the sugarcane plantations of the Recôncavo (that fertile area around the bay, the concave shape of which gave rise to the region’s name) — in the vicinity of towns like Cachoeira and Santo Amaro, Santiago do Iguape and Acupe. This proto-samba has unfortunately fallen into the wayside of hard to find and hear…

There’s a lot of spectacle in Bahia…

Carnival with its trio elétricos — sound-trucks with musicians on top — looking like interstellar semi-trailers back from the future…shows of MPB (música popular brasileira) in Salvador’s Teatro Castro Alves (biggest stage in South America!) with full production value, the audience seated (as always in modern theaters) like Easter Island statues…

…glamour, glitz, money, power and press agents…

And then there’s where it all came from…the far side of the bay, a land of subsistence farmers and fishermen, many of the older people unable to read or write…their sambas the precursor to all this, without which none of the above would exist, their melodies — when not created by themselves — the inventions of people like them but now forgotten (as most of these people will be within a couple of generations or so of their passing), their rhythms a constant state of inconstancy and flux, played in a manner unlike (most) any group of musicians north of the Tropic of Cancer…making the metronome-like sledgehammering of the Hit Parade of the past several decades almost wincefully painful to listen to after one’s ears have become accustomed to evershifting rhythms played like the aurora borealis looks…

So there’s the spectacle, and there’s the spectacular, and more often than not the latter is found far afield from the former, among the poor folk in the villages and the backlands, the humble and the honest, people who can say more (like an old delta bluesman playing a beat-up guitar on a sagging back porch) with a pandeiro (Brazilian tambourine) and a chula (a shouted/sung “folksong”) than most with whatever technology and support money can buy. The heart of this matter, is out there. If you ask me anyway.

Above, the incomparable João do Boi, chuleiro, recently deceased.

 

 

PORTUGUÊS (to English →)

 

QUEM ESTÁ DENTRO DESTE MATRIX?

Explore acima para uma lista completa de artistas e outros membros da economia criativa global.


POR QUE BRASIL?

O Brasil não é uma nação européia. Não é uma nação norte-americana. Não é uma nação do leste asiático. Compreende — selva e deserto e centros urbanos densos — tanto o equador quanto o Trópico de Capricórnio.

 

O Brasil absorveu mais de dez vezes o número de africanos escravizados levados para os Estados Unidos da América, e é um repositório de divindades africanas (e sua música) agora em grande parte esquecido em suas terras de origem.

 

O Brasil era um refúgio (de certa forma) para os sefarditas que fugiam de uma Inquisição que os seguia através do Atlântico (aquele símbolo não oficial da música nacional brasileira — o pandeiro — foi quase certamente trazido ao Brasil por esse povo).

 

Através das savanas ressequidas do interior do culturalmente fecundo nordeste, onde o mago Hermeto Pascoal nasceu na Lagoa da Canoa e cresceu em Olho d'Águia, uma grande parte da população aborígine do Brasil foi absorvida por uma cultura caboclo/quilombola pontuada pela Estrela de Davi.

 

Três culturas — de três continentes — correndo por suas vidas, sua confluência formando uma quarta cintilante e sem precedentes. Pandeirista no telhado.

 

Em nenhum outro lugar a não ser aqui. Brasil é um matrix mesmo.

 


✅—João do Boi
João tinha algo inestimável pro mundo.
Mas ele era impossível pro mundo encontrar...
✅—Pardal/Sparrow
CAMINHOS
do Brasil, com amor
A MISSÃO: Começando com a atávica genialidade do Recôncavo (conforme "RESPLANDECENTE BAHIA..." abaixo) e do grande sertão — tornar artistas através do Brasil — e ao redor do mundo — descobriveis como nunca foram antes.

COMO: Integrá-los num vasto ecosistema matrixado, juntos com músicos, escritores, cineastas, pintores, coreógrafos, designers de moda, educadores, chefs e outros de todos os lugares (você está neste ecosistema?) de modo que todos esses artistas tendem a estar ligados entre si por caminhos curtos, descobriveis e acessíveis. Q.E.D.

"Matrixado! Laroyê!"
✅—Membro Fundador Darius Mans
Economista, doutorado, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
✅—Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
Presidente do Brasil


O matrix foi criado no Centro Histórico de Salvador, onde Bule Bule no clipe, entre colegas da primeira geração no matrix, canta "Chegou a hora dessa gente bronzeada mostrar seu valor..."

Música & letras (Brasil Pandeiro) por Assis Valente de Santo Amaro, Bahia. Vídeo por Betão Aguiar de Salvador.

...o empreendimento motivado na primeira instância pelo fato de que em comum com a maioria das culturas ao redor do nosso planeta, a preponderância do vasto tesouro cultural do Brasil tem sido impossível de encontrar fora de regiões circunscritas, incluindo o próprio Brasil.

Assim, algo novo sob o sol tropical: Curadoria aberta começando com músicos brasileiros recomendando outros músicos brasileiros e avançando ao redor do globo...

Onde pela matemática aparentemente mágica do fenômeno do mundo pequeno, e da mesma forma que a maioria dos seres humanos estão dentro de cerca de seis passos da maioria dos outros, todos no matrix tendem a se aproximar de todos...

Com a diferença que no matrix, estes passos estão ao longo de caminhos que podem ser percorridos. O mundo criativo se torna uma vizinhança. Quincy Jones está lá em cima e Branford Marsalis está ao virar da esquina. E o gênio distante que você nunca ouviu falar tá lá embaixo. Talvez até no Brasil.

"Obrigada por me incluir neste matrix maravilhoso!"
✅—Susan Rogers
Engenheiro de gravação pessoal para Prince: Paisley Park Estúdio de Gravação
Diretora: Laboratório de Percepção e Cognição Musical, Berklee College of Music
Autora: This Is What It Sounds Like: What the Music You Love Says About You

"Muito obrigado por isso - estou tocado!"
✅—Julian Lloyd Webber
Merecidamente o violoncelista mais lendário do Reino Unido (e fã da música brasileira)

"Estou realmente agradecido... Sohlangana ngokuzayo :)"
✅—Nduduzo Makhathini
Artista da Blue Note

"Obrigada, esta é uma ideia brilhante!!"
✅—Alicia Svigals
Fundadora do The Klezmatics

"Este é um trabalho super impressionante! Parabéns! Obrigada por me incluir :)))"
✅—Clarice Assad
Composições gravadas por Yo Yo Ma e tocadas por orquestras ao redor do mundo

"Thank you"
(Banch Abegaze, empresário)
✅—Kamasi Washington


RESPLANDECENTE BAHIA...

...é um caldeirão quente de ritmos e estilos musicais, mas um estilo particular aqui é tão essencial, tão fundamental não só para a música baiana especificamente, mas para a música brasileira em geral - ocupando um lugar aqui análogo ao do blues nos Estados Unidos - que merece ser destacado. Ela deriva (ou alguns dizem irmão para) do ritmo cabila do candomblé angola... ...e é chamada de...

Samba Chula / Samba de Roda

Mãe do Samba... filha do destino carregada para a Bahia por Bantus ensconced dentro dos porões de negreiros entrando na grande Bahia de Todos os Santos (o termo refere-se tanto a uma dança quanto ao estilo de música que evoluiu para acompanhar essa dança; a ortografia oficial da "Bahia" - no sentido de "baía" - foi desde então alterada para "Baía")... evoluiu nas plantações de cana de açúcar do Recôncavo (aquela área fértil ao redor da baía, cuja forma côncava deu origem ao nome da região) - nas proximidades de cidades como Cachoeira e Santo Amaro, Santiago do Iguape e Acupe. Este proto-samba infelizmente caiu no caminho de difíceis de encontrar e ouvir...

Há muito espetáculo na Bahia...

Carnaval com seu trio elétrico - caminhões sonoros com músicos no topo - parecendo semi-reboques interestelares de volta do futuro...shows de MPB (música popular brasileira) no Teatro Castro Alves de Salvador (maior palco da América do Sul!) com total valor de produção, o público sentado (como sempre nos teatros modernos) como estátuas da Ilha de Páscoa...

...glamour, glitz, dinheiro, poder e publicitários...

E depois há de onde tudo isso veio... do outro lado da baía, uma terra de agricultores e pescadores de subsistência, muitos dos mais velhos incapazes de ler ou escrever... seus sambas precursores de tudo isso, sem os quais nenhuma das anteriores existiria, suas melodias - quando não criadas por eles mesmos - as invenções de pessoas como eles, mas agora esquecidas (pois a maioria dessas pessoas estará dentro de um par de gerações ou mais), seus ritmos um constante estado de inconstância e fluxo, tocados de uma forma diferente (a maioria) de qualquer grupo de músicos do norte do Trópico de Câncer... fazendo com que o martelo de forja do Hit Parade das últimas décadas seja quase que doloroso de ouvir depois que os ouvidos se acostumam a ritmos sempre mutáveis, tocados como a aurora boreal parece...

Portanto, há o espetáculo, e há o espetacular, e na maioria das vezes o último é encontrado longe do primeiro, entre o povo pobre das aldeias e do sertão, os humildes e os honestos, pessoas que podem dizer mais (como um velho bluesman delta tocando uma guitarra batida em um alpendre flácido) com um pandeiro (pandeiro brasileiro) e uma chula (um "folksong" gritado/cantado) do que a maioria com qualquer tecnologia e dinheiro de apoio que o dinheiro possa comprar. O coração deste assunto, está lá. Se você me perguntar de qualquer forma.

Acima, o incomparável João do Boi, chuleiro, recentemente falecido.

 

 

  • Jeremy Danneman Clarinet
  • Sônia Guajajara Terra Indígena Arariboia
  • Cashmere Cat Songwriter
  • Chick Corea Piano
  • Papa Mali Singer-Songwriter
  • Shalom Adonai Samba de Roda
  • Yotam Silberstein New York City
  • Andrew Huang Toronto
  • Béco Dranoff New York City
  • Joe Lovano Jazz
  • Yazhi Guo 郭雅志 Jazz
  • Jam no MAM Salvador
  • Arturo O'Farrill Piano
  • Jorge Pita Candomblé
  • Howard Levy Harmonica
  • Julia Alvarez Middlebury College Faculty
  • Justin Stanton Composer
  • Amy K. Bormet Jazz
  • Alexandre Gismonti Composer
  • Nigel Hall New Orleans
  • María Grand Singer
  • Brian Blade Composer
  • Shalom Adonai Brazil
  • Gêge Nagô Bahia
  • Glória Bomfim Singer
  • Robby Krieger Los Angeles
  • Harish Raghavan Multi-Cultural
  • Ken Coleman Essayist
  • Byron Thomas Programmer
  • Plínio Fernandes Classical Guitar
  • Seu Regi de Itapuã Samba de Roda
  • Martín Sued Argentina
  • Brian Stoltz Guitar
  • Willie Jones III Drumming Instruction
  • Zisl Slepovitch Singer
  • André Becker Música Clássica, Classical Music
  • Gord Sheard Jazz
  • Evgeny Kissin Piano
  • Arifan Junior Percussão, Percussion
  • Yoron Israel R&B
  • Flora Purim Jazz
  • Michael Kiwanuka Record Producer
  • Olivia Trummer Jazz
  • Danilo Caymmi Film Scores
  • Arthur Verocai Guitar
  • Atlantic Brass Quintet Brass Ensemble
  • Carl Allen Jazz
  • Tshepiso Ledwaba Clarinet
  • Negra Jhô Salvador
  • Jeremy Pelt New York City
  • Doug Wamble Composer
  • Ricardo Bacelar Compositor, Composer
  • Bill Hinchberger Journalist
  • Milad Yousufi Afghanistan
  • Chris Dingman Composer
  • Onisajé Bahia
  • Bruno Monteiro Gestor Público, Public Servant
  • Mateus Aleluia Salvador
  • The Umoza Music Project Rap
  • Mart'nália Percussion
  • Renell Medrano Photographer
  • Jamael Dean Los Angeles
  • Andrew Huang Guitar
  • Ben Monder Jazz
  • Mona Lisa Saloy New Orleans
  • Lauren Martin New York City
  • Willy Schwarz Songwriter
  • Cainã Cavalcante Brazilian Jazz
  • Errollyn Wallen Contemporary Classical Music
  • Pallett Iran
  • Philip Cashian Royal Academy of Music Staff
  • Grégoire Maret Harmonica
  • Daymé Arocena Havana
  • Augustin Hadelich Violin
  • John Doyle Dublin
  • Peter Dasent Piano
  • Rodrigo Caçapa Record Producer
  • Papa Mali New Orleans
  • Gonzalo Rubalcaba Piano
  • Aderbal Duarte Guitar
  • Leon Bridges Record Producer
  • Alex Clark Journalist
  • Camille Thurman Jazz
  • G. Thomas Allen Countertenor
  • Oriente Lopez Director de Musica, Music Director
  • James Gadson R&B
  • Jaimie Branch Trumpet
  • Daru Jones Hip-Hop
  • Manolo Badrena Afro-Latin Music
  • Kathy Chiavola Bluegrass
  • Estação Primeira de Mangueira Rio de Janeiro
  • Şener Özmen Multimedia Art
  • Celsinho Silva Pandeiro
  • Tatiana Eva-Marie Swing
  • Arturo Sandoval Trumpet
  • Theo Bleckmann Singer
  • Nancy Viégas Salvador
  • John Francis Flynn Irish Traditional Music
  • Ofer Mizrahi Tel Aviv
  • Rachael Price Tin Pan Alley
  • William Parker Bass
  • Reena Esmail Composer
  • Ivan Bastos Música Afro-Baiana, Afro-Bahian Music
  • Billy O'Shea Science Fiction
  • Beth Bahia Cohen Lyras
  • Cale Glendening Cinematographer
  • Tambay Obenson Cultural Critic
  • Doug Wamble Jazz
  • Martyn DJ
  • Bodek Janke Jazz
  • Massimo Biolcati App Developer
  • William Parker Jazz
  • Mono/Poly Electronic Music
  • Milad Yousufi Calligrapher
  • Rogério Caetano Rio de Janeiro
  • Brian Cross aka B+ Brazilian Music
  • Luciano Matos Produtor Musical, Music Producer
  • Pasquale Grasso Italy
  • Melanie Charles Flute
  • Yola England
  • Gabrielzinho do Irajá Partideiro
  • Marcos Sacramento Samba
  • Christopher James New York City
  • Milford Graves Jazz
  • Darrell Green Drums
  • Berkun Oya Director
  • Jas Kayser London
  • Nicole Mitchell University of Pittsburgh Faculty
  • Guto Wirtti Multi-Instrumentalist
  • Melissa Aldana Composer
  • Walter Pinheiro Brazil
  • Anders Osborne New Orleans
  • Anna Mieke Singer-Songwriter
  • Ronell Johnson Tuba
  • Tia Surica Samba
  • Makaya McCraven Jazz
  • Andrew Huang Record Producer
  • John Medeski Keyboards
  • Armen Donelian New School Faculty
  • VJ Gabiru Fotógrafo, Photographer
  • Guilherme Varella Autor, Author
  • Piti Canella Brasil, Brazil
  • Joey Alexander Composer
  • Siphiwe Mhlambi South Africa
  • Renata Flores Peru
  • Maria Rita Bossa Nova
  • Marcello Gonçalves Samba
  • Zisl Slepovitch Jewish Music
  • The Weeknd Toronto
  • Milad Yousufi Poet
  • Parker Ighile Multi-Cultural
  • Caridad De La Luz Poet
  • Donald Vega Piano Instruction
  • Yo La Tengo Film Scores
  • Léo Brasileiro Produtor Musical, Music Producer
  • Bodek Janke Tabla
  • Catherine Russell New York City
  • McCoy Mrubata South Africa
  • Roy Nathanson Classical Music
  • Zeca Baleiro Brasil, Brazil
  • Tiganá Santana Cantor-Compositor, Singer-Songwriter
  • Joel Ross Vibraphone
  • Mario Caldato Jr. Record Producer
  • Karsh Kale कर्ष काळे Multi-Cultural
  • Ashley Page Music Management
  • Andrew Finn Magill Forró
  • Liam Farrell 'Dr L' Ireland
  • Gerald Clayton Los Angeles
  • Asali Solomon Essayist
  • Tigran Hamasyan Singer
  • Nettrice R. Gaskins Ford Global Fellow
  • João Callado Rio de Janeiro
  • Negra Jhô Bahia
  • Glória Bomfim Samba de Roda
  • Arifan Junior Rio de Janeiro
  • Tigran Hamasyan Piano
  • Alicia Svigals Klezmer Fiddle
  • Bob Lanzetti Brooklyn, NY
  • Gringo Cardia Architect
  • Vijith Assar Software Engineer
  • Ken Avis Music Writer
  • Darcy James Argue Jazz
  • Moses Sumney Soul
  • Jonga Cunha Radio Presenter
  • Soweto Kinch Birmingham, UK
  • Cashmere Cat DJ
  • Mickalene Thomas Painter
  • Issac Delgado Havana
  • Ryuichi Sakamoto Electronic Music
  • Anna Webber Saxophone
  • Tom Green Scotland
  • Merima Ključo Accordion
  • Swizz Beatz Songwriter
  • Sérgio Mendes MPB
  • Alicia Keys Singer-Songwriter
  • Peter Erskine Jazz
  • Trilok Gurtu Indian Classical Music
  • Robert Everest Samba
  • John Patrick Murphy Ethnomusicologist
  • Di Freitas Violin
  • Jonathon Grasse California State University, Dominguez Hills Faculty
  • Bob Reynolds Jazz
  • Pedrão Abib Brasil, Brazil
  • Guiga de Ogum Bahia
  • Mou Brasil Bahia
  • Greg Spero Film Scores
  • Tom Zé Singer-Songwriter
  • Rahim AlHaj Oud
  • Phineas Harper Architecture Critic
  • João Callado Composer
  • Miguel Atwood-Ferguson Television Scores
  • César Orozco Composer
  • Sharay Reed Composer
  • Tero Saarinen Finland
  • Howard Levy Latin Jazz
  • Roberto Mendes Chula
  • David Kirby Journalist
  • Louis Marks Ropeadope
  • Sarz Hip-Hop
  • 小野リサ Lisa Ono Multi-Cultural
  • Luiz Brasil Bahia
  • Dan Trueman New Instrument Creator
  • Keith Jarrett Jazz
  • Amanda Tropicana Brasil, Brazil
  • Airto Moreira Percussão, Percussion
  • Vanessa Moreno Brazil
  • César Camargo Mariano Record Producer
  • Thiago Espírito Santo Educador, Educator
  • Siba Veloso Maracatu
  • Dr. Lonnie Smith Hammond B-3
  • Silas Farley Ballet
  • Perumal Murugan Short Stories
  • Terell Stafford Composer
  • João Callado Brazil
  • Nublu New York City
  • Miroslav Tadić Film, Theater, Dance Scores
  • Tank and the Bangas R&B
  • Beth Bahia Cohen Berklee College of Music Faculty
  • Swami Jr. Violão de Sete
  • Maria Struduth Cachoeira
  • Jovino Santos Neto Flute
  • Karsh Kale कर्ष काळे Tabla
  • Steve Cropper R&B
  • Mingo Araújo Brazil
  • Chad Taylor Composer
  • Nicholas Daniel England
  • Manuel Alejandro Rangel Classical Guitar
  • Merima Ključo Author
  • Ricardo Markis Compositor, Composer
  • Bill T. Jones Theater Director
  • Rob Garland Guitar
  • Merima Ključo Los Angeles
  • Kim Hill Songwriter
  • Burkard Polster Monash University Faculty
  • Nelson Latif Violão de Sete
  • Dónal Lunny Ireland
  • Júlio Lemos Brazil
  • Hilton Schilder South Africa
  • Gerald Albright R&B
  • João Parahyba Brazil
  • Tyler Gordon Painter
  • Melissa Aldana New York City
  • Neo Muyanga Contemporary Classical Music
  • Adanya Dunn Toronto
  • Neo Muyanga African Music
  • Bobby Vega Funk
  • Alicia Keys Art Collector
  • Rudy Royston Classical Music
  • Tonynho dos Santos Cantor-Compositor, Singer-Songwriter
  • Nicole Mitchell Jazz
  • Marquis Hill R&B
  • Ronell Johnson Trombone
  • Rodrigo Caçapa Viola Brasileira
  • Maciel Salú Maracatu
  • Criolo São Paulo
  • TaRon Lockett Los Angeles
  • Anne Gisleson Writer
  • Monarco Samba
  • Lô Borges Brasil, Brazil
  • Papa Grows Funk New Orleans
  • Aaron Goldberg Jazz
  • Shez Raja Bass
  • Gregory Porter Jazz
  • Joyce Moreno MPB
  • Magary Lord Singer-Songwriter
  • Gabriel Policarpo Brazil
  • Taylor Eigsti Piano
  • Etan Thomas Motivational Speaker
  • Gabriel Policarpo Percussion
  • Kimmo Pohjonen Accordion
  • Leigh Alexander Writer
  • Jean Rondeau Classical Music
  • Soweto Kinch Hip-Hop
  • Linda May Han Oh Film Scores
  • Lula Galvão Brasília
  • Gêge Nagô Brazil
  • Gamelan Sekar Jaya Indonesia
  • Adam Shatz Cultural Critic
  • Steve Cropper Songwriter
  • Rosângela Silvestre Choreographer
  • Demond Melancon Big Chief
  • Gui Duvignau Brooklyn, NY
  • Sting Singer-Songwriter
  • Andrés Beeuwsaert Buenos Aires
  • Kirk Whalum Jazz
  • Oriente Lopez La Habana, Havana
  • Laércio de Freitas Actor
  • Ravi Coltrane Composer
  • Roosevelt Collier Lap Steel Guitar
  • Pedrito Martinez Batá
  • Luiz Antônio Simas Professor
  • Ben Allison Radio Program Scores
  • Fred Dantas Salvador
  • Casey Benjamin R&B
  • Brigit Katz Journalist
  • Nigel Hall Funk
  • Cécile McLorin Salvant Jazz
  • Celso de Almeida MPB
  • Sarah Jarosz Guitar
  • Henry Cole Puerto Rico
  • Luê Soares Brasil, Brazil
  • Doug Adair Braver Angels
  • Orquestra Afrosinfônica Brasil, Brazil
  • Curly Strings Tallinn
  • Joshue Ashby Panama
  • Mike Compton Folk & Traditional
  • Stephanie Foden Toronto
  • Plinio Oyò Samba de Roda
  • Guilherme Kastrup Record Producer
  • Alex Conde Jazz
  • Simon McKerrell Glasgow Caledonian University Staff
  • Delbert Anderson Diné
  • Africania Bahia
  • Romero Lubambo MPB
  • Choronas Choro
  • Miroslav Tadić Contemporary Classical Music
  • Wadada Leo Smith Trumpet
  • Woody Mann Guitar
  • Nguyên Lê Record Producer
  • Brian Lynch Record Label Owner
  • Gary Clark Jr. Austin, Texas
  • Helado Negro Brooklyn, NY
  • Tigran Hamasyan Composer
  • Miles Okazaki Composer
  • Carlos Blanco Violão Clássico, Classical Guitar
  • Etienne Charles Composer
  • Cássio Nobre Viola Brasileira
  • Logan Richardson New York City
  • Omar Hakim Drums
  • Susana Baca Peru
  • Lucian Ban Romania
  • João Rabello Guitar
  • King Britt University of San Diego Faculty
  • Greg Kot Music Critic
  • Ajurinã Zwarg Brazil
  • Jim Farber Journalist
  • Nathan Amaral Brazil
  • Julian Lage Jazz
  • Julia Alvarez Latin American Literature
  • Rhuvaal Argyll
  • Alain Mabanckou Congo-Brazzaville
  • Tony Trischka Composer
  • Román Díaz Percussion
  • Ajeum da Diáspora AFROBIZ Salvador
  • Ênio Bernardes Samba
  • Nikki Yeoh London
  • Archie Shepp Paris, France
  • Tonho Matéria Samba Reggae
  • Frank Negrão Funk
  • Laura Beaubrun Haitian Dance Instruction
  • John McEuen Singer-Songwriter
  • Walter Blanding Saxophone
  • Leonard Pitts, Jr Public Speaker
  • Alicia Keys New York City
  • Choronas São Paulo
  • Mike Compton Songwriter
  • Carwyn Ellis Wales
  • Nicholas Daniel Oboe
  • Oren Levine St. Croix
  • Mariana Zwarg Saxophone
  • David Kirby Writer
  • Jorge Ben Singer-Songwriter
  • Gabriel Policarpo Samba
  • Hendrik Meurkens Vibraphone
  • Rebeca Omordia Piano
  • James Elkington Record Producer
  • NEOJIBA Bahia
  • Sabine Hossenfelder Author
  • Kaia Kater Folk & Traditional
  • Steven Isserlis Artistic Director
  • Dave Eggers Writer
  • Kim André Arnesen Norway
  • Hugo Rivas Tango
  • Eric Alexander Composer
  • Daniel Bennett Jazz
  • Caterina Lichtenberg Author
  • Oteil Burbridge Southern Rock
  • Luciano Calazans Bass
  • Capinam Letrista, Lyricist
  • Nate Smith Ropeadope
  • Gilson Peranzzetta Composer
  • China Moses Jazz
  • Tom Bergeron Frevo
  • Anouar Brahem Composer
  • Matthew Guerrieri Washington, D.C.
  • Bobby Fouther Painter
  • Victor Gama Multi-Cultural
  • Weedie Braimah Djembefola
  • Hopkinson Smith Baroque Guitar
  • Saileog Ní Cheannabháin Irish Traditional Music
  • Gilberto Gil Salvador
  • Monarco Cavaquinho
  • Mike Marshall Guitar
  • John Santos Cape Verde
  • James Andrews Jazz
  • Francisco Mela Cuba
  • Nei Lopes Rio de Janeiro
  • Jura Margulis Musik und Kunst Privatuniversität der Stadt Wien Faculty
  • Varijashree Venugopal Composer
  • Wolfgang Muthspiel Composer
  • Walmir Lima Bahia
  • Arson Fahim Afghanistan
  • Mika Mutti Salvador
  • Adenor Gondim Brazil
  • Carlos Malta Rio de Janeiro
  • Jeremy Danneman New York City
  • Arson Fahim Classical Music
  • David Hoffman Documentary Filmmaker
  • Flora Purim Percussion
  • Jay Blakesberg San Francisco
  • Don Byron Dance Performance Scores
  • Mickalene Thomas Video Artist
  • 9th Wonder Raleigh, North Carolina
  • Oscar Bolão Samba
  • Roberto Fonseca Composer
  • Lô Borges MPB
  • Nêgah Santos Percussion
  • Djuena Tikuna Indigenous Brazilian Music
  • Urânia Munzanzu Cultura Afro-Baiana, Afro-Bahian Culture
  • Richard Galliano Bandoneon
  • Marcus Strickland Brooklyn, NY
  • Arto Tunçboyacıyan Armenian Folk Music
  • Garth Cartwright Journalist
  • Timothy Duffy Folklorist
  • Cacá Diegues Rio de Janeiro
  • Tito Jackson Singer-Songwriter
  • Nick Douglas Writer
  • Yasushi Nakamura Japan
  • David Sacks MPB
  • Talita Avelino Salvador
  • Donnchadh Gough Ireland
  • Liam Farrell 'Dr L' Guitar
  • Taj Mahal Multi-Cultural
  • Steve Coleman Saxophone
  • Christopher Nupen Filmmaker
  • Reggie Ugwu Pop Culture Reporter
  • Jamel Brinkley Novelist
  • Rick Beato Educator
  • Larry Achiampong Multidisciplinary Artist
  • Greg Kurstin Record Producer
  • Shaun Martin Record Producer
  • Bernardo Aguiar Pandeiro Instruction
  • Paulo Dáfilin Composer
  • Henrique Cazes Samba
  • Seu Jorge MPB
  • Luciano Calazans Brazil
  • Luiz Santos Multi-Cultural
  • Anthony Hervey Trumpet
  • Zé Luíz Nascimento Percussion
  • Chris Acquavella Composer
  • Gustavo Caribé Santo Amaro
  • Rebeca Tárique Bahia
  • Quatuor Ebène Classical Music
  • John McLaughlin Composer
  • Rhiannon Giddens Writer
  • Jakub Knera Writer
  • Tessa Hadley Short Stories
  • Armandinho Macêdo Brasil, Brazil
  • Cécile McLorin Salvant Composer
  • Olga Mieleszczuk Warsaw
  • Lalah Hathaway Record Producer
  • Pedro Martins Brasília
  • Marcel Camargo Composer
  • Matt Dievendorf Washington, D.C.
  • Gilmar Gomes Salvador
  • Ambrose Akinmusire Trumpet
  • Turíbio Santos Choro
  • Gui Duvignau Multi-Cultural
  • Paulo Aragão MPB
  • Karla Vasquez Los Angeles
  • Wajahat Ali Writer
  • Django Bates Bern University of the Arts Faculty
  • Les Thompson Old-Time Music
  • Tom Oren Israel
  • Aditya Prakash Ropeadope
  • Stefan Grossman Folk & Traditional
  • Roots Manuva Dub
  • Della Mae Bluegrass
  • Turtle Island Quartet San Francisco, California
  • Vijith Assar Tech Writer

 'mātriks / "source" / from "mater", Latin for "mother"
A real mother for ya!

 

Copyright ©2023  -  Privacy  -  Terms of Service  -  Contact  - 

Open to members of the worldwide creative economy.

You'll use your email address to log in.

Passwords must be at least 6 characters in length.

Enter your password again for confirmation.

This will be the end of your profile link, for example:
http://www.matrixonline.net/profile/yourname

Please type the characters you see in the image. May take several tries. Sorry!!!

 

Matrix Sign In

Please enter your details below. If are a member of the global creative economy and don't have a page yet, please sign up first.

 
 
 
Forgot Password?
Share