Cumbancha Records (and Chiwoniso contest)

I had the pleasure to drive over to Charlotte, Vermont last week to do a profile of Jacob Edgar's Cumbancha Records. He's been the A&R guy for Putumayo for 8 years. Jacob started his own label in Charlotte to work with individual artists, rather than the compilations of Putumayo (he still work for Putumayo, though.)

While I was there, Jacob's newest artist, Chiwoniso Maraire of Zimbabwe, was rehearsing for the first time with her new band. The story I produced aired this morning on NCPR. And be sure to listen to the web-exclusive interview with Jacob about the business of world music.

I have an extra copy of Chiwoniso's new CD, Rebel Woman. I'll give it away to the first person who e-mails me, david-at-ncpr-dot-org. Good luck!