Mario Calire: News/Journal

Playing with a great young band, Outernational March 11th in NYC at the Knitting Factory. Come down and check out the rock.

Here's the online version of a feature on Ozomatli in Mix magazine.

http://mixonline.com/live/tourprofiles/audio_ozomatli_3/index.html

For my friends in the musical instrument biz, you can find me at 1pm Saturday at the Ludwig booth. I will be "signing" "autographs" for those of you who stop by. Or just come over and point and make fun of me....

Jiro Justin and I were recently featured in the December issue of Modern Drummer magazine. You can read it on their web site if you don't have a copy...

http://www.moderndrummer.com/updatefull/200001621

My friend and fellow drummer Perry Ostrin has just started a drumming podcast. You can find an interview with myself and Jiro Yamaguchi on his site. Special interruptions courtesy of Wil-Dog...


http://perrysdrummingpodcast.mypodcast.com/

The newest Ozomatli album, "Don't Mess With the Dragon", just hit the shelves last week - Go buy it at Starbucks if they tore down your local record shop! It goes great with that VentitriplesoyFrappamochachinowhatevvah you like....

Check out the May issue of Drum Magazine for a feature on yours truly. It's the one with the great Vinnie Paul on the cover.

Some great photos in there that I must give thanks to my buddy Anthony Rich for. Nice work dude!

Check out Ozomatli this week on Leno. Friday March 30th, set your Tivo!

Thursday, March 15 you can catch Ozomatli on DirecTV live from SXSW in Austin, Texas. Tune into channel 101 around 2pm if you have DirecTV. If you miss it, they will be rebroadcasting it so keep your eyes peeled.

Here's some press regarding Ozomatli's recent trip to Nepal. The last link is in Nepali, let me know what that one says....

http://www.blog.com.np/united-we-blog/2007/02/17/ozomatli-in-nepal-music-makes-you-lose-control/

http://www.kantipuronline.com/kolnews.php?&nid=101031
http://www.kantipuronline.com/kolnews.php?nid=100943
http://www.kantipuronline.com/kolnepalinews.php?nid=100906

OZOMATLI TO PERFORM IN INDIA AND NEPAL AS U.S. CULTURAL AMBASSADORS

posted on 02.06.2007

Since their inception over ten years ago, Ozomatli's mission has been to globally spread a message of peace and understanding through diversity in music. From February 11th thru 21st, Ozomatli will be extending their devotion to polyglot urban sound clashing all the way to India and Nepal, representing the United States as Cultural Ambassadors on a Fullbright-Hays grant from the State Department.

As guests of the US Embassy in India, the three time Grammy award winning band will take part in free public concerts, musical workshops, master classes, and community outreach. The theme of the program is music education, devised to appeal to Indian youth, and to advance mutual understanding between the United States and India.

They will be visiting the Arya Anathalaya Orphanage and School, the Prayas Juvenile Aid Center and the Ravi Shankar Institute for Music and Performing Arts in New Delhi. They will also have the unique opportunity to perform the first ever live concert at Nek Chand's Rock Garden in Chandiargh, a sculpture garden and amphitheatre built entirely of industrial waste items, and a world ecological landmark.

In Nepal, the theme will be "Unity in Diversity", to celebrate the newly ratified Peace Accord, ending 10 years of turmoil and isolation. They will be doing various workshops through the Umbrella Foundation, an organization that works with 5 orphanages which are currently overrun with children who have been affected by the last 10 years of conflict. They will also work with local student / youth musical groups on the theme "Constructive Ways To Make Your Voices Heard", teaching disenfranchised youth ways to integrate their social messages into music.

Ozomatli are an LA based, multiethnic, multiracial group who are a living example that music can transcend any cultural or social boundary. Ozomatli has long been devoted to outreach and community involvement, and these performances and workshops - in Delhi, Bangalore, Chandigarh and Kathmandu - are a further extension of that commitment.

Ozomatli releases their fourth full length studio album, "Don't Mess With The Dragon" April 3rd in the US on Concord Records.

check out the all new www.ozomatli.com!!

I was interviewed for a new show on XM radio called "Musicians Radio". You can hear it on XM or go directly to their website to stream or podcast it. My segment is in the section called the "Rhythm Method". You can find it at www.musiciansradio.com

Enjoy!

Hey all, the new Brett Dennen (www.brettdennen.com) album "So Much More" will be out September 19. I played on a few tracks and I'm really happy with how it turned out. Brett is a great talent and I'm sure we'll be hearing more and more from him in the coming months. He's out on tour opening for Sheryl Crow and John Mayer so check him out if you are going to see that show.

From Vater.com - a feature about the recording process for the newest Ozomatli album. Enjoy!

http://www.vater.com/education/behindthescenes/InTheStudio/Calire/InTheStudio_Calire.cfm

Check out these links to Ozo in the news from different gear/tech publications!

Creative Mac
http://www.creativemac.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=38565

Digital Producer
http://www.digitalproducer.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=38565

Hollywood Industry
http://www.hollywoodindustry.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=38565

Digital Pro Sound
http://www.digitalprosound.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=38565

Oceania
http://oceania.digitalmedianet.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=38565

DMN Newswire
http://www.dmnnewswire.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=38565

Ozomatli will be backing up the
legendary Herb Alpert on the Jay Leno show next Thursday, March 16th,
performing a track from his newly released remix album "Whipped Cream
and Other Delights: Re-Whipped". Set your Tivo if you have one!

Ozomatli is hard at work on a new album, getting ready to record our follow up to "Street Signs". KC Porter and Ozo producing, Robert Carranza engineering. I'm really looking forward to putting down some new Ozo music!
Also doing some recording with Brett Dennen, he's a great artist and you should check him out. That's about it, more news to come shortly!

Ozomatli's "Live At The Fillmore" was selected by Drummer Magazine (UK) as their CD of the month for Dec. 05. It took me a while to get it posted but you can check it out in the press section. Dig!

Ozo just played our second of three sold-out shows at the Fillmore tonight, it was awesome as usual. What a great venue and great atmosphere.
Recently played up in Vancouver and got to hang with Kim Urhahn, David, and Ronn Dunnett. I just added some great new pics courtesy of Ronn- thanks for letting me use them man! Great work!