FRIDAY, JULY 1.
PROGRAM # 7818 12:00 PM PT
Sounds of California: Martin Goicoechea.
A conversation with Martin Goicoechea, a renowned Basque poet who came to the US as a sheepherder and is currently a staple in Basque festivals around the country. A winner of the National Endowment for the Arts’ National Heritage Fellowship Award, Goicochea practices the ancient art of the bertsolari (poets), keeping his Basque art alive in his adopted land. Through his “improvised verse singing,” he addresses politics, war, culture and love in rhyming stanzas.
Guests: Martin Goicoechea, Basque Poet, among four bertsolaritza artists honored with NEA’s National Heritage Award, Washington, DC.
Photo: Chelis Lopez.
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