Welcome to Seattle World Beat. I am spinning off the music and dance information at LarrySwanson.com and putting it here.
I’m very busy in my massage practice these days, so I’m not sure how quickly this site will come together. I plan to write about Seattle-based world music people and groups and about touring world beat performances that come to the Seattle area.
I’ll cover African, Afro-Cuban, Latin, Indian, Middle Eastern, Celtic, Balkan, and other world beat concerts and shows in Seattle as best I can. If I’ve omitted one of your favorite groups or shows, please let me know.
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Hey, nice site. I enjoyed perusing it and learning all about world music while listening to Soul Sacrifice. But tell me…what’s that white Swedish-looking boy doing up there on your masthead??
You ever hear the Middle Eastern drummer Hamsa al-Din? I was mesmerized by something of his that came over the radio one morning.
Good luck with this.
Larry! You have outdone yourself! This is incredible and awesome and fantastic and beautiful and useful and brilliant and on and on and on! Thank you for putting it all in one place! BRAVO!
I want to send you much love and thanks for creating this amazing and quite valuable resource! When you see all this data culled onto one site, it is mind-blowing to realize how much the community has grown over the years. The site is brilliant, as is the creator. Cheers.
Thanks for the kind words, everyone. I’ll do my best to keep earning your appreciation.