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Fly Away Butterfly, New Album by Carol Albert
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Carol Albert
Reviewed by Kabir Sehgal, New York Times bestselling author and Multi-Grammy Award winning producer Every so often, an artist comes along that makes you reimagine the possibilities of music. With Fly Away Butterfly
Album, Carol Albert delivers a seminal and sizzling contribution to the artistic sphere, blending lively melodies with thoughtful and refined arrangements. Every song presents not just different sounds but soundscapes in which Carol invites us to inhabit and explore. But this album is also one of healing, ...
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Kimberly Forness Wilson Discovers "Butterfly Soul" In Quest To Help Others
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Lauren Rogers
Q: Your new album has the enigmatic title of Butterfly Soul. What is a Butterfly Soul? A: It is a metaphor for inner transitions. It is symbolic of my recovery after a really devastating accident where I lost my singing voice for many years. Throughout my life the quest has been to hunt, discover, and then allow what comes to come. Sometimes it is very painful to process a piece of art or a piece of music. This, too, is ...
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One Track Mind: Herbie Hancock "Butterfly" (1974)
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Something Else!
By PicoHerbie Hancock has enjoyed a long, five-decade musical career that has been both artistically and commercially fulfilling. Not many other artists can boast that of any genre, much less a jazz musician. But 2008's winner of the Album Of The Year Grammy has given us Blue Note modern jazz classics like Maiden Voyage, abstract space funk-jazz like Sextant, an early hip-hop hit in Future Shock (which contained “Rockit," another surprise Grammy winner), and nearly all shades of ...
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Shi Pei Pu Chinese Opera Singer Inspired M. Butterfly Dies
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Michael Ricci
Shi Pei Pu, a Chinese operatic soprano who along with his French lover was convicted of espionage and whose complicated affair inspired the Tony Award- winning Broadway play “M. Butterfly" and the movie of the same title, has died. He was 70.
Shi died Tuesday in Paris. An aide confirmed Shi's death to Agence France-Presse.
Shi had been working as a librettist and soprano for the Beijing Opera and taught Chinese to diplomats' families when he met Bernard Boursicot in ...
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A Book for New Orleans - "Blues for a Butterfly"
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Michael Ricci
In spring 2004, music journalist Sibylle Zerr traveled to New Orleans as representative of the Muddy's Blues and Jazz Club, Weinheim, Germany. The city on the Mississippi and its inhabitants inspired her to record her experiences in book form. The result: an anthology of stories, “Blues for a Butterfly", the proceeds of which will support efforts to rebuild New Orleans. One year after Katrina, the city is a long way from a return to normalcy.
In her book, Sibylle Zerr ...
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Francina Connors Trio at Butterfly Blue, Sugar Hill's Newest Restaurant & Bar, Thurs., June 22, 8pm
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All About Jazz
Francina Connors Trio @ Butterfly Blue, Sugar Hill's Newest Restaurant & Bar, Thurs., June 22, 8pm
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All About Jazz
Jazz Songstress Francina Connors brings her soulful stylings to Butterfly Blue in heart of Harlem's classic Sugar Hill. Chill in the blue haze of this exotic Caribbean & Soul Food dining experience!
The Francina Connors Trio Francina Connors (Vocals) Wayne Batchelor (Bass) Piano (TBA) Thurs. June 22 8pm @ Butterfly Blue Caribbean & Soul Food Restaurant & Bar 1813 Amsterdam ...
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Francina Connors Trio @ Butterfly Blue, Sugar Hill's Newest Restaurant & Bar, Thurs., June 22, 8pm
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All About Jazz
Liberty Ellman Releases "Ophiuchus Butterfly" on Pi Recordings
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All About Jazz
Street Date: May, 9, 2006
Guitarist/composer Liberty Ellman's second Pi recording as a leader, Ophiuchus Butterfly, is an initially striking and ultimately deeply satisfying set chronicling six musicians, ten pieces and one ambitious, personal and utterly mature sensibility. Ellman's guitar ability and style are undeniable here, but this isn't a “guitar" album.
“I've decided that the majority of my work will be writing my own music and creating albums," Ellman explains. “I'm interested in the idea of creating an album ...
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The Miss World Butterfly Ball with Viva the band
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All About Jazz
A popular Sydney band, Viva the band has been engaged to perform at the Miss World Butterfly Ball on the 9th April 2005. This event will be held at The Four Points by Sheraton Darling Harbour. Special guests at the ball will include Shelly-Taylor Smith (7 times World champion marathon swimmer) and Miss World (Australia), Olivia Stratton (International winner of Peoples Choice). More information will be available at www.lifechangingexperiences.org Viva the band will be performing a cabaret show during the ...
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