SEASON 2, EPISODE 6:
EBLIS ÁLVAREZ
YOUR HOST:
JOURNALIST AND MUSICIAN
LAWRENCE LANAHAN
season 2, episode 6
EBLIS ÁLVAREZ
The man behind Meridian Brothers on his highly organized method for producing his scrambled takes on Latin American musical traditions.
Eblis Álvarez's music under the Meridian Brothers banner mines cumbia, salsa, and other traditions, but his outlandishly creative imagination and skill with electronics produces music that exists beyond any particular genre.
Eblis Álvarez. Photo: Christopher Broholm
REARRANGED considers the meaning we take from songs by examining an underappreciated aspect of their creation: the arrangement.
Produced and distributed by Osiris Media.
In this episode, we discussed Judah Adashi's compositions "my heart comes undone," "Art and the Rain," and a forthcoming recording of his "Broken Hallelujah" by the Atlantic Guitar Quartet.
Judah teaches composition at the Johns Hopkins Peabody Institute, including the courses "Art and Activism" and "Listening to Baltimore."
Below are some pictures from my visit to Adashi's "Listening to Baltimore" class. Thanks to Erricka Bridgeford and Tawanda Jones for welcoming me into their discussion.
Thanks to Osiris Media for marketing and distribution.
Rearranged theme music composed and recorded by Lawrence Lanahan.
Tawanda Jones (right) and several students in Judah Adashi's "Listening to Baltimore" class at the Johns Hopkins Peabody Institute.
Judah Adashi (center) speaks to the class.
Fourth floor, Leakin Hall, Johns Hopkins Peabody Institute.
Tawanda Jones (right) and several students in Judah Adashi's "Listening to Baltimore" class at the Johns Hopkins Peabody Institute.