G’Bye Mugabe crosses music boundaries by mixing funk, bossa nova, jazz and rock and roll. Featuring a spoken word bridge, backed by a call and response flute, G’Bye Mugabe has been an instant success since it’s release. It depicts the political struggles in Zimbabwe, Africa. Robbie Cree – vocals, keyboard, rhythm guitarJeff Sullivan – electric …
[Editor’s note: The photo above, taken by Robbie Cree, is lovely and a touch dramatic, but it was taken several years ago in Ecuador and has nothing whatosever to do with the band’s upcoming single.] Here’s the latest from Portland expat, Robbie Cree, master of the Ojos Feos band. We sure miss him, and his …
I never met Dr. Wouter Nolet. The 90 minute drive into the African bush, to visit Masanga Hospital, was not pleasant. My colleague, a plastic surgeon from Ireland, had arranged for the four of us to make the journey in the back of a small ambulance, as the Land Rover, owned by the Holy Spirit …
To the best of my recollection, I can’t recall ever being tear-gassed. My first instinct should have been to turn around and run away from the plaza, like everyone else, screaming and covering their mouths. The old, indigenous woman, with the multiple petticoats and black pork pie hat, sitting at her usual location half-way up …