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Melanie Scholtz: Seven

Read "Seven" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky


Seven years is both an eternity and the blink of an eye.  Enough of a stretch for individual circumstances to turn on countless dimes, it's also just a brief moment in the sea of existence and the greater, grander scheme.  Seven is life itself...yet it's also one of its component cycles.  South African-born vocalist Melanie Scholtz is well aware of these contradictions and truths, and, more importantly, the spiritual charge, gifts toward personal growth, well-placed challenges and overall wonder embedded ...

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Thapelo Lekoane: Tapestry

Read "Tapestry" reviewed by Lucy Jacobs


Tapestry is Thapelo Lekoanes' stunning debut album. Lekoane is a South African artist with a long-standing career as a music director, vocalist and songwriter. Through these experiences, Lekoane has noticeably drawn from a deep well of jazz, folk, soul and world influences to produce this work. These influences are present in the album's sound which has a global appeal whilst maintaining an African texture. In what she calls “folk-soul," Lekoane's voice waltzes through this sound to deliver strong emotional pieces. ...

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Alonzo Demetrius: Live From The Prison Nation

Read "Live From The Prison Nation" reviewed by Mike Jurkovic


Drummer Ralph Peterson's righteous mission is the continuum of late mentor Art Blakey with the all cylinders burn of the Messengers Legacy performances and twenty-five recordings, including 2020's charismatic Onward & Upward (Onyx Productions). He chooses trumpeter Alonzo Demetrius as his first label mate to help bring the even larger legacy of the black movement forward. Samples of a 2003 speech from of activist Angela Davis open Demetrius's episodic debut suite Live From The Prison Nation. She's discussing ...

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Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

Seven

AfricArise/Ropeadope
2024

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Tapestry

Thapelo Lekoane
2021

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Live From The Prison...

Onyx Productions
2020

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