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Miriam Ast & Victor Gutierrez Release "Secret Songs" on Mons Records
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Dynamic Agency
2nd July 2018 marks the release of Secret Songs, the new album from German vocalist Miriam Ast and Spanish pianist Victor Gutierrez, released on Thilo Berg’s esteemed label Mons Records. Recently winning the Best Vocalist award at the Bucharest International Jazz Competition 2017 and reaching the semi-final of the Shure Montreux Jazz Voice Competition in the same year, Miriam Ast cites artists such as Diana Krall, Sarah Vaughan, Jamie Cullum, Norma Winstone and Kurt Elling as major influences. Initially gaining ...
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The Music Of Nina, Miriam & Great Ladies Of Piano Featuring Robbi Kumalo at Rockwood Music Hall on May 20
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Robbi Hall Kumalo
Jazz has not one Great Lady, but a few including impassioned performance artist Robbi Hall Kumalo who pays homage to many of them in “Ladies of Piano: My Great African-American Songbook.” Kumalo includes Miriam Makeba with her clicking tongue & breathy syncopations, rocked our world with ancient rhythms & stories of South Africa. Kumalo connects to the spirit of Nina Simone who lit the world on fire with a vibrato that stirred souls and moved mountains. Experience the African-American Songbook's ...
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Soweto-Born Vocalist Lorraine Klaasen Pays Homage to "Mama Africa" on New Justin Time Records Album, a Tribute to Miriam Makeba, Available March 12
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DL Media
As a follow-up to the triumphant Africa Calling, her previous release on Justin Time Records, singer Lorraine Klaasen pays homage to a South African cultural icon and close family friend on A Tribute to Miriam Makeba. “I used to call her auntie Miriam because she and my mother were such close friends and she knew me since I was a little girl,” says Klaasen. “I just wish I could have done this while she was still alive.” Released in her ...
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Mama Africa:celebrating Miriam Makeba
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All About Jazz
Saturday 21 November 7.30pm Mama Africa: Celebrating Miriam Makeba Curated and presented by Angelique Kidjo Featuring special guests Baaba Maal, Asa, Vusi Mahlasela, Sayon Bamba, Dobet Gnahore & South African chorus
Produced by the Barbican; part of London Jazz Festival in association with BBC Radio 3, Commissioned by Festival d'Ile de France
I just told the world the truth, and if the truth then becomes political, I can't do anything about that Miriam Makeba, ...
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Miriam Makeba Cremated After Moving Memorial in South Africa
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All About Jazz
The body of acclaimed South African singer Miriam Makeba was cremated at a private ceremony in her home country on Sunday, radio reports said. Makeba, Africa's first Grammy award-winning singer and a leading anti-apartheid activist, died of a heart attack November 10 in Italy after performing at a concert. She was 76. The cremation follows a moving memorial service attended by some 1, 500 people in northern Johannesburg, including prominent people in politics, culture and business. Makeba's ex-husband, South African ...
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Miriam Makeba Taking Africa with Her to the World
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Michael Ricci
To be the voice of a nation speaking to the wider world is a tough mission for any performer. To be the voice of an entire continent is exponentially more difficult. Both were mantles that the South African singer Miriam Makeba took on willingly and forcefully.
Despite her lifelong claim that she was not a political singer, she became Mama Africa with an activists tenacity and a musicians ear. She died Sunday, at 76, after a concert in Italy.
Treating ...
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Miriam Makeba South African Singer Dies in Italy
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Michael Ricci
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa Miriam Makeba, the South African singer who wooed the world with her sultry voice but was banned from her own country for 30 years under apartheid, died early Monday after a concert in Italy. She was 76. The Pineta Grande Clinic, a private clinic near the southern city of Naples, said the singer died after being brought there. The ANSA news agency reported that Makeba apparently suffered a heart attack after performing for 30 minutes ...
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Miriam Sullivan and friends unplugged at the Puffin Cultural Forum
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All About Jazz
Aspiring artist Miriam Sullivan plays various musical styles on the bass, including jazz, funk, hip-hop, soul, Latin, rock, and free music. With Gullah percussionist David Pleasant, Miki Hayama on piano and synthesizer, and a special guest on guitar, Sullivan will perform at the Puffin Cultural Forum on January 21st at 8:00 pm. Suggested donation is $5.00. The Forum is located at 20 East Oakdene Avenue in Teaneck.
Sullivan has won the competition on Showtime at the Apollo Theatre several times. ...
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