Tag: toumani
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.
Toumani Diabaté
The griots are the curators of West African history, storing thousands of stories and songs in their memory.
Elsewhere on MikePadgett.com …
Estrella Morente
A shining light of modern flamenco comes to Brussels, bringing three centuries of tradition and a modern sensibility.
- Originally published: 16 Mar 2011 in Concerts
Berlin
Living without walls: the city of Berlin thrives on its differences.
- Originally published: 30 Mar 2009 in Europe
Ronde van Vlaanderen
A ronde to remember: atop the Muur van Geraardsbergen for the great cobbled Classic.
- Originally published: 5 Apr 2010 in Europe
Body Worlds in Brussels
People donate their bodies to Gunther von Hagens. He exhibits his work. Other people get upset. I wanted to find out why.
- Originally published: 5 Oct 2008 in Museums & Galleries
Atonement
This adaptation of the novel is both period piece and manipulative melodrama.
- Originally published: 4 Feb 2008 in Film
Who you gonna call?
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.
Shameless self-promotion
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.