Results for "The Pyramids"

The Pyramids

Idris Ackamoor, Jasper Hoiby, Die Hochstapler & Monder/Malaby/Rainey

by Maurice Hogue
September 12, 2022

A band that has endured since the 70s when they were one of the first American bands to tour Africa, Idris Ackamoor & the Pyramids, have just re-released some of that early music, and we dig into that, plus new music from Germany's Die Hochstapler, Toronto's Luis Deniz, bassist Nicolas Ojeda from Buenos Aires & Jasper ...

Damon Locks Black Monument Ensemble: Where Future Unfolds

by Gareth Thompson
August 15, 2019

A creative force known as the Black Renaissance emerged on Chicago's South Side in the 1930s and developed through the next decades. This movement produced visual artists, writers and musicians, who explored new ideals of black culture via theatre, art works and composition to address social issues. Damon Locks might seem a modern torch-bearer ...

Nicola Conte: Let Your Light Shine On

by Chris May
May 27, 2018

Italian guitarist, bandleader, crate digger and DJ Nicola Conte's journeys into musics originating from beyond Europe—be they Brazilian, Hindustani, Latin American or African—sometimes carry a touch of the touristic about them, but his work is so transparently heartfelt that it never becomes a problem. It is also, always, superbly well crafted. Conte identifies Let Your Light ...