Jake Adelstein is an American journalist and author based in Japan. His work includes Tokyo Vice (adapted into an HBO Max series), The Last Yakuza, and Tokyo Noir. Adelstein's latest book, The Devil Takes Bitcoin:… Read the rest of the article: The Tokyo Vice author digs into cryptocurrency's darkest chapters
Moroccan Tape Stash is an excellent blog that features music from Moroccan cassettes and aims to spread appreciation for Moroccan music and artists. The blog has been around since 2011… Read the rest of the article: Moroccan Tape Stash preserves Morocco's cassette music heritage
Richard Evans Schultes (1915-2001), the father of ethnobotany, is regarded as one of the most important plant explorers of the 20th century. Schultes made numerous explorations, new species discoveries and… Read the rest of the article: Plant explorer Richard Evans Schultes' Amazonian Travels interactive map
Sahel Sounds is a record label, a recording project and artist collective focused on the culture in the West African Sahel. While based in Portland, Oregon, founder Christopher Kirkley frequently… Read the rest of the article: Interview with founder of Sahel Sounds, a West African music label
John Tefteller is a well-known rare blues record collector. In 2013, Tefteller purchased "Alcohol and Jake Blues" by Tommy Johnson (1930), a very rare blues 78 rpm record, on eBay… Read the rest of the article: Interview with Rare Blues Collector John Tefteller, who bought a $37,100 record
Jazz genius Thelonious Monk was often known for his laconic mumbling and other idiosyncrasies beside his legendary compositions, technique, and contributions to jazz. But in this short clip, Monk is… Read the rest of the article: Monk digs Johnny Griffin's Pants
Tokyo is a sound-saturated city: bustling traffic, train station announcements, people everywhere, the barrage of loud adverts, drunk salarymen singing in the Ginza streets at night, and even the loud… Read the rest of the article: Tokyo Listening – an interview with author Lorraine Plourde
