American visa rules are now so complicated (and expensive) that it's become increasingly difficult for musicians to enter the country. Today: a look at a proposal to speed up the visa process. And Iranian rocker Raam, from Hypernova, shares his visa nightmare. Also: Minneapolis band Cloud Cult talks about performing with painters on stage, and plays live in our studio.
Faster Visa Process For Artists Could Be On The Way
When multiple Grammy winner Amy Winehouse applied for a US visa they said "no, no, no." And the British star behind the hit "Rehab" is just one in hundreds of foreign artists who have been denied entry into the country recently. We’ll discuss the art world’s visa problem with Washington ...
When Movies Pulsed to the Beat of Jazz
Before 80-piece orchestras milked the last drop out of every film, jazz scores were all the rage in American films, and they were wildly up front. As MoMa opens an exhibit this week on the golden age of original jazz scores for film, WNYC’s Sara Fishko reports on that vibrant ...
Cloud Cult
Minneapolis musician Craig Minowa finds musicians playing boring to watch. So his band, Cloud Cult, performs with visual artists who create paintings onstage. And we’ll see how that works for real, when we get a live performance.
Cloud Cult perform Fri. Apr. 18 at Bowery Ballroom at 8pm.
Cloud Cult perform Fri. Apr. 18 at Bowery Ballroom at 8pm.