Juan Carlos Jaramillo Juan Carlos Jaramillo read Law and Music in his native Colombia. After graduating in 1986 he worked as a lawyer in the fields of music copyright and intellectual property. By then he had started writing on music in leading newspapers in Bogota. In 1989 he joined the national broadcasting corporation, Radio Nacional de Colombia, where he gathered experience in programming, recording live concerts and folk music festivals. In the early 90's he combined post graduate studies in Musicology at King's College, London with freelance work at the 大象传媒 Latin American Service.
In 1993 he became a staff member where he has worked in Current Affairs and Features and eventually World Service Music since 1999. He has produced, among other things, series on Latin American music, both folk and Classical as well as produced and presented a series both in English and Spanish on Latin American folk music instruments. Juan Carlos plays the piano and sings, but he especially enjoys playing Colombia's folk music on the accordion.
Katherina Lobeck Katharina Lobeck is a musician (flautist) and freelance journalist with a particular interest in African music. She has been writing for fRoots since 1999, her articles have also appeared in Songlines, Blue Rhythm and World Entertainment Network (WEN). She's currently writing her PhD about the music of the Fulbhe Guinea's at the School of Oriental and African Studies, (SOAS), London.
Lucy Duran Lucy Duran, presenter of 大象传媒 Radio 3's "World Routes", is an ethnomusicologist and lecturer in music at the School of Oriental and African Studies. She was born in New York into a musical family and lived also in Chile and Greece where her early years were filled with folk music. Though she specialised in Indian and Greek music, the music of West Africa and Cuba became the focus of her research after hearing a recording of the kora. She studied with a kora maestro in the Gambia and has worked with musicians like Youssou N'Dour, Ali Farka Toure and Mory Kante.
In the eighties Lucy presented Radio 4's "Kaleidoscope" as well as many location features including "Talking Drum" and "Latins in the USA" (Sony silver award, 1994). She spent long periods in Mali researching the music and has produced several albums of kora music including Songhai 2 (NAIRD award-winner 1994) and Kulanjan (Folk Roots album-of-the-year, 1999). She received the Andy Kershaw Radio 2 Folk Award 2000.
Mark Ellingham Mark Ellingham is the Publisher of Rough Guides, which he set up 20 years ago. He edits, with Simon Broughton, the door-stopping, two volume reference book, The Rough Guide to World Music.
Juan Carlos Jaramillo read Law and Music in his native Colombia. After graduating in 1986 he worked as a lawyer in the fields of music copyright and intellectual property. By then he had started writing on music in leading newspapers in Bogota. In 1989 he joined the national broadcasting corporation, Radio Nacional de Colombia, where he gathered experience in programming, recording live concerts and folk music festivals. In the early 90's he combined post graduate studies in Musicology at King's College, London with freelance work at the 大象传媒 Latin American Service.
Katharina Lobeck is a musician (flautist) and freelance journalist with a particular interest in African music. She has been writing for fRoots since 1999, her articles have also appeared in Songlines, Blue Rhythm and World Entertainment Network (WEN). She's currently writing her PhD about the music of the Fulbhe Guinea's at the School of Oriental and African Studies, (SOAS), London.
Lucy Duran, presenter of 大象传媒 Radio 3's "World Routes", is an ethnomusicologist and lecturer in music at the School of Oriental and African Studies. She was born in New York into a musical family and lived also in Chile and Greece where her early years were filled with folk music. Though she specialised in Indian and Greek music, the music of West Africa and Cuba became the focus of her research after hearing a recording of the kora. She studied with a kora maestro in the Gambia and has worked with musicians like Youssou N'Dour, Ali Farka Toure and Mory Kante.
Mark Ellingham is the Publisher of Rough Guides, which he set up 20 years ago. He edits, with Simon Broughton, the door-stopping, two volume reference book, The Rough Guide to World Music.