In review--Global Masks & Myth-makers
World Will Clipman Myths & Masks (DVD/Educational) Will Clipman/Independent Will Clipman, master drummer/myth-maker/educator is the busiest musician I know. If he’s not touring with R. Carlos Nakai’s band in Russia, appearing in concert in Phoenix, or recording with any of the Canyon Records musicians, he’s educating children about global cultures. His educational DVD Myths & Masks features homemade percussion instruments, homemade masks and poetic myths about tribal people in Africa, Australia, and the American Southwest. The purpose of Clipman’s delightful DVD revolves around representing humanity through stories that unite us and define this great blue planet where we reside. Clipman opens his concert with a djembe solo which sets the mystical space where Clipman shares his global myths. With each masks representing Burkina Faso, the Australian Aborigines, the Kalihari Bushmen and the Pima Indians Clipman transforms i...