Interviews

Some selected interviews here from the archives...

Interview on NPR's "The Takeaway"

Interview about Close to the Edge on the Marc Steiner Show

Personal profile and interview in Indian Link

Interview about Close to the Edge on ABC's Radio National

Interview about Close to the Edge with Amoeba Music Website 

Cited by Dan Berrett in The Chronicle of Higher Education article on hip hop and teaching

Interview about Close to the Edge on The Michael Eric Dyson Show

Interview about Close to the Edge with Boston radio TRGGR Radio 91.1FM

Interview about Close to the Edge with Texas Public Radio station KERA

"Hip-Hop, Global Culture, and Doughnuts." Interview with Chicago's Doughnut Vault


Article about Close to the Edge in New York's Daily News 

Interview with Michael Ratner and Michael Smith about Who Can Stop the Drums?, Law and Disorder Radio, WBAI, August 2010.

Video and print interview about Cuban hip hop with Nicole Velasco for Frank 151 magazine

Interview with Sonali Kolhatkar on KPFK’s Uprising Radio about Who Can Stop the Drums?, June 2010.

Who Can Stop the Drums? cited in New York Times article by Simon Romero, “Artists Embellish Walls with Political Visions,” April 11, 2010.

Cited by Christine Armario in CBS News article, “Cuban Salsa Band, Los Van Van Plays Miami,” February 4, 2010.

Interview with Laura Flanders on GRITtv regarding Honduras Coup and Latin America, December 2009. 

Interview with Martin Savidge on Worldfocus, online radio show regarding Chávez and Venezuelan politics, February 2009.

Interview with Laura Flanders on GRITtv regarding US/Venezuela conflict, September 2008.

Interview with Against the Grain on KPFA about Venezuela, 2007.

Report by Brooke O’Neill about Cuba Represent! in The University of Chicago Magazine. “Cuban Crescendo: Young rappers raise their voices – and Castro’s government listens,” Mar/Apr ’07, Volume 99, Issue 4.

Interview with The Story on American Public Radio about Cuba Represent!, January 2007