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Sued / Nandayapa / Bergmann / Saunders: Mad Dream
by Katchie Cartwright
Mad Dream is the fourth release by Sued Nandayapa Bergmann Saunders, a far-flung ensemble with geographic roots in North, South and Central America, plus Europe. Natalio Sued, an Argentinian saxophonist, Andrew Bergmann, a bassist from Massachusetts and Gustavo Nandayapa, a Mexican drummer, met in Holland, while studying at the Amsterdam Conservatory. Bruce Saunders, a New York, Boston and Austin-based guitarist who teaches at Berklee College of Music and University of Texas at Austin, joined up with Bergmann in Texas, where ...
Continue ReadingDan Carillo & Common Good: Witness
by Jack Bowers
Common Good is a guitar-led trio whose music is message-driven, even though the message becomes largely irrelevent once the music has begun on Witness. Each of Dan Carillo's eight compositions was written in response to a social injustice, a social need, an heroic response to tyranny, a truth that lies hidden beneath layers of deception and obfuscation. An admirable enterprise, to be sure, but as there are no lyrics it remains for the listener to recognize and appreciate the music's ...
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