Carleton University (ON) Ethnomusicologist and Director of Fine Arts Kathy Armstrong stops by to talk about her job, teaching West African drumming and dance, Baobab, and traveling and learning in Ghana for many years (03:30), her recent Canadian Percussion Network Conference presentation and the importance of Global Percussion Studies in standard Western Percussion tradition (21:45), growing up in the Scarborough area of Toronto, her early musical influences (including Soul and Funk music), her wonderful public school music background, the idea of “rhythmic tapestry”, and her experiences in the Girl Guides of Canada (36:10), attending the University of Toronto, studying with members of NEXUS, her post-undergrad experience and branching out into an entrepreneurship mindset (57:15), and finishing with the Random Ass Questions, including segments working in world percussion, the importance of maintaining physical and mental health, baking, sports, and great movies and poetry (01:18:00).
Finishing with a Rave on the 2026 FIFA World Cup (01:45:05).
Kathy Armstrong links:
Kathy Armstrong’s Carleton University page
Previous Podcast Guests Mentioned:
Other Links:
Breakfast in America - Supertramp
Earth, Wind & Fire documentary
“Come Talk to Me” - Peter Gabriel
“English Folk Song Suite” - Ralph Vaughan Williams
Fall On Your Knees - Ann-Marie MacDonald
The Professional Women’s Hockey League
Raves: