Bio

bart plantenga is the nonfiction author of two internationally-acclaimed music books: "Yodel-Ay-Ee-Oooo: The Secret History of Yodeling Around the World” and “Yodel in Hifi”. He has also produced the CD: “Rough Guide to Yodel”. His work has appeared on the BBC, NPR, ABC, WNYC, WFMU and in the Guardian, the Times, the Nation-KGB Reader, American Heritage, American Lawyer, American Book Review, “Reggae, Rasta, Revolution: Jamaican Music From Ska to Dub”, and “Waiting for a Train: Jimmie Rodgers’s America”. His fiction includes the books: “Beer Mystic and Wiggling Wishbone”, and the memoirs: “Paris Scratch,” and “NY Sin Phoney in Face Flat Minor”. He has been a radio DJ in New York, Paris, Amsterdam and on the web since 1986. He writes and lives in Amsterdam.