Songster

A "songster" is a wandering musician, usually but not always African-American, of the type which first appeared in the late 19th century in the southern United States.

Songsters in American culture

The songster tradition both pre-dated and co-existed with blues music. It began soon after the end of slavery and the Reconstruction era in the United States, when African-American musicians became able to travel and play music for a living. Black and white musicians shared the same repertoire and thought of themselves as "songsters" rather than "blues" musicians.

Songsters generally performed a wide variety of folk songs, ballads, dance tunes, reels and minstrel songs. Initially, they were often accompanied by non-singing "musicianers", who often played banjo and fiddle. Later, as the guitar became more widely popular, the songsters often accompanied themselves.

The Salvation Army

The Salvation Army is a Christian denominational church and an international charitable organization structured in a quasi-military fashion. The organization reports a worldwide membership of over 1.5 million, consisting of soldiers, officers and adherents known as Salvationists. Its founders Catherine and William Booth sought to bring salvation to the poor, destitute and hungry by meeting both their "physical and spiritual needs". It is present in 127 countries, running charity shops, operating shelters for the homeless, and providing personal hygiene products and disaster relief and humanitarian aid to developing countries.

The theology of the Salvation Army is derived from that of Methodism although it is distinctive in institution and practice. The Army's doctrine is typical of evangelical Protestant denominations. The Army's purposes are "the advancement of the Christian religion… of education, the relief of poverty, and other charitable objects beneficial to society or the community of mankind as a whole."

The International

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Ashish Garg

Ashish Garg is an education futurist. She studies emerging trends in K-12 education and its impact on the future of learning. A strong advocate of the ‘innovation ready over career ready' paradigm, she is better known for her 'Discover Tomorrow Progressive Principals Workshops'.

As an education futurist she studies the emerging global trends and the challenges and opportunities they throw up in the context of K-12 education. She believes that human capacity to dream and to lead enriched and fulfilled lives in the future depends on the choices we make today and that ‘future is not something that happens to us, it is something we create.’ Within this context her quest for a ‘preferred’ future as compared to a ‘possible’ or ‘probable’ future drives her work and commitment to the future of learning.

A former member of the UN ICT Task Force, her experiences with ‘tech in ed’ and 'youth development’ give her a unique perspective on defining the future of learning. She advises and consults with country governments, education boards and progressive school leaders; across India, Middle East and Africa.

Báalam

Daniel R. aka Báalam is a Psytrance promoter/producer/DJ, born in Mexico City in 1979, and currently based in Manitoba Canada.

Biography

Báalam first entered into the music scene at the age of 17 as a drummer for several rock projects.

He was the founder of a major promoter of psytrance music in Sonora, México, Caffix, where his work included organizing events, and promoting national and international artists.

In charge of the areas of design and promotion he has worked and shared the stage with artists including: Mubali, Hyperfrequencies, Neuromotor, Deeper In Zen, Naked Tourist, Audiopathik, Christer, Unreal 303, Duendo Matka, Xikwri Neyrra, Skunks Of Satan, Master Pain, Kali Aritka, Chris Organix among others.

After co-hosting a rock show in the early 2000s (decade) on Radio Bemba XHCD-FM (now known as Zoom 95), a community radio station in Hermosillo, he started a new show "Trance Nation" (2005–2006) broadcasting music from the Psytrance scene.

In 2007, Báalam started a new independent and underground record label "Caffix Records", dedicated to promoting psychedelic culture and new artists from the local scene and overseas.