When my friend Lisa (who put the “T” in “trip”) came to visit many years ago, she found a pop-rai compliation I had and spent the next two weeks listening to “Ma-Nsal” nonstop. Because she is awesome. (Also awesome: This World Is Africa post on Khaled, the king of rai.)
Month: June 2015
Ragtime
This list is dedicated to Mark’s friend Carmen, who—in addition to also being the adopted child of a single parent, because, of course—played a mean ragtime. You haven’t lived until you’ve seen an 11-year-old Asian girl busting out some Scott Joplin.