Berkeley World Music Festival Bonanza

I wasn’t really sure what to expect from the Berkeley World Music Festival. I guess I thought it would be a street fair filled with Enya enthusiasts and tie-dye vendors. I was wrong*, and covering it was probably the coolest thing I’ve done this year (besides, of course, spending seven hours watching less than half of Berlin Alexanderplatz).

I wrote a review of the event, which you can read here. There’s even an online audio slideshow that I narrated, which you can access underneath the “Share Article” link in the comment box.

“Things of Import” this week addresses the festival too, kind of, but it’s mostly about the people I met and conversations I had while hanging around on Telegraph. I really liked how it turned out (and so far it’s my mom’s favorite), so go check it out online.

*About the Enya enthusiasts. There were some, I’m sure, but they weren’t an overwhelming majority. And because this is Berkeley, there were still about eighteen guys selling stuff in tie-dye.