Multi-instrumentalist and composer Rick Walker

Musical explorer Rick Walker pauses for a moment to retrace some of the ground he's traversed in the last 35 years, from his early days as a punk/ska/new wave drummer to a serious student of world percussion traditions to electronica and looping to jazz. We surveyed his career while listening to a lot of musical examples and chatting about such things as: -His early involvement in the “world music” movement of the '80s -Playing with the late guitarist Bob Brozman -A paternal blessing from Babatunde Olatunji -Falling in love with looping -Rhythm, repetition and trance -Singing and other really scary things