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Classically trained, Russel Walder began playing the oboe at age ten. At 17, he performed at Carnegie Hall with america Youth Symphony, after that became a member of them for a global tour. Several short years later on, he began monitoring with Oregon and started dabbling in jazz, pop, and …

The five men and three women from the Oregon-based Balafon Marimba Outfit have a high energy, multilayered, method of the music of Africa as well as the Caribbean. Performing on home-made musical instruments, the group roars using a highly-percussive strength. While nearly 1 / 2 of their materials originates from …