Steelpan Artist, Educator, and Artistic Director for the Cultural Academy for Excellence Josanne Francis stops by to talk CAFE, Steel on Wheels, and Parallel Intersections (03:00), the impact of the pandemic on her life and career (29:45), growing up in Trinidad (36:00), her undergrad years at Southern Miss and studying under John Wooton (53:30), her master’s degree years at Northern Illinois University and studying under Liam Teague (01:17:00), and hangs in there for the Random Ass Questions (01:36:00).
Finishing with a Rave on the 1982 film Ashes and Embers (01:50:40).
Links:
Cultural Academy for Excellence
The Strathmore Artist-in-Residence Class of 2018
“Flight of the Bumblebee” - Rimsky-Korsakov
“Charlotte Street” - Ray Holman
“Open Window” - Robert Chappell
Concerto for Steelpan and Orchestra - Jan Bach
“Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 - Franz Liszt
“Heal The World” - Michael Jackson
“We Are the World” - Michael Jackson
Raves: