#147 Dave Balen, percussionist and composer

Planetary Gig Talk by Paula Bellenoit

Apr 16, 202639:55Government & Organizations

Dave Balen has been playing music all his life, primarily as a percussionist in all sorts of musical genres. He and Jefferson Glassie met in Varanasi, India and hit it off. Dave had been in Varanasi as a young person at...

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