Markus James Vampire Weekend Namecheck

SF Weekly music newsWell-traveled sounds: Vampire Weekend has helped indie rockers get their African-inspired groove on over the past few years or, at the very least, convinced them to dust off their copies of Paul Simon’s Graceland but Ezra Koenig and his...

Markus James’ West African happiness surplus

San Francisco Bay Guardian In an age of endless crossover between most conceivable forms of music, it’s but small surprise that a Caucasian man from Virginia is making blues with West African witch doctors. What rarely gets discussed in these cross-ocean...