Writings
Live from New York It’s Shawn Pelton- Surviving Saturday Night Live Drum!, May 2005
World Percussion Rhythm, Summer 2005, Interview with Valerie by Terry Reimer
New Modern Drummer Article: SNL’s World View By Lauren Vogel Weiss
Percussive Notes Article: The Dagari Music of Ghana Valerie Naranjo
DRUM! Magazine, March/April 2001 Live from New York!
My Introduction to the Gyil – Percussive Notes, December 1996
Valerie Naranjo, SNL’s Street Drummer – Vibe Magazine
Valerie Naranjo, Saturday Night Special – Rhythm Magazine, Percussion Discussion, May 1998
Mandara, Exploring the Roots of World Music – Percussive Notes, October 1996
Show Drummers’ Seminar, The Drummers of The Lion King – Modern Drummer Magazine, Novemeber 1998
Bernard Soglinson Woma (Oyibo), Master Xylophonist and Drummer – Graphic Showbiz, May 1998
Percussive Notes (PASIC 2000) – Valerie Naranjo