For the preservation of song
A Tree With Roots Music is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that records, films, and shares traditional music from communities around the world, working alongside the musicians who carry it. We’ve documented music in Thailand, Nepal, the Solomon Islands, and Trinidad & Tobago.
The Hill Tribes Project
We’re raising $8,500 to return to the highlands around Chiang Mai, Thailand, and record the elders who carry the songs of the Karen, Hmong, Akha, Lahu, and other hill tribe communities.
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Here’s the 32-minute trip report from the Solomon Islands, a short film that recently made its U.S. premiere at the Rhode Island International Film Festival.
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Raul Landaeta & his daughter Vanessa performed for us in a quiet dining area at the popular fast food chain in Port-of-Spain! We had arranged for a meeting with cuatro maestro Raul Landaeta at the Venezuelan embassy in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad. The plan was to record…
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ATWR visited the cuatro maestro Robert Munro at his home in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad to meet him. While sipping on rum & cokes, his apprentice and friend Dominic Thompson arrived for an impromptu performance of several songs, the last of which Robert showed us the way…
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We were warmly welcomed to stay overnight at the Melanesian Brotherhood in Tabalia, West Guadalcanal, to be sure to be ready to capture the early Sunday morning Mass. Novices spend three years before graduating to Brothers and as part of their daily cycles, rehearse these…
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