I've been corresponding with Serge Bulat for about nine months now. I've played his own music on Global A Go-Go and you've heard two of his program-length mixes here as well: "Cornershop Across The Border" a month ago, focusing on the sounds of Moldova (his birth country), Ukraine, Romania and the Roma world, and "Cornershop Mixes" back in September, with music from all over the globe.
What I haven't done yet is meet Serge in person. And that will happen on this week's program (Sunday April 6, 1:00-3:00 PM on WRIR, for two weeks afterwards at wrir.org/listen, check your local listings for airing on other radio stations, and any old time at my podcast site). Serge joins me for an interview where you and I will find out more about his music, his other multi-disciplinary art projects, his love of travel and field recording, and how he has come to be spending time here in the Central Virginia area.
After the interview, Serge is going to do a live in-studio mix on this edition of Global A Go-Go. His interests cover a lot of ground and I have no idea what he's planning to play, so join me for a set that will illustrate why we call WRIR "the sound of surprise."