Tag: rodrigo y gabriela

Rodrigo y Gabriela

Two thrash metallers turned acoustic pickers who busked their way to stardom.

Originally published: 1 Dec 2008 in Concerts

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Valencia

You’re only as old as you feel: the modernisation of an ancient Catalan city.

  • Originally published: 11 May 2007 in Europe

Trier

Germany’s oldest city, Trier was an important centre of the Roman Empire and sometime home to the Emperor himself.

  • Originally published: 14 Nov 2011 in Europe

Sierra Maestra in concert

Perhaps they were jetlagged: a muted performance from a highly praised Cuban outfit.

  • Originally published: 29 Jul 2007 in Concerts

Buena Vista Social Club

All rockumentaries should be like this: memorable film on the great cultural discovery of the late 90s.

  • Originally published: 4 Nov 2007 in Film

Afrocubism

Visa problems stopped an Afro-Cuban soundclash in 1996, so producers recorded Buena Vista Social Club. Now after 14 years, the original project is here.

  • Originally published: 21 Nov 2010 in Concerts

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Hello you, I'm Mike Padgett. I'm not a Princeton curator, Knoxville mayoral candidate, Kentuckian pastor or Arizona journalist, I just share the same name. In fact, I am a consultant working in user experience and information design.

I also enjoy travel, concerts, films and walking.

I'm originally from Yorkshire, England but nowadays I live in Belgium. My current favourite Belgian beer is Black Albert.

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Dopeology.org

Over a year in the making, Dopeology.org is my latest personal project: a topology of doping in thirty years of European pro road cycling.

I collected information from thousands of sources, then I modelled and published it via a lightweight user interface.

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