Todor "DJ Emotion" Zhelyazkov

Single Review: Alexia Gardner Brings Startling Emotion To Her Interpretation Of The Soul And Blues Song ‘miss Celie’s Blues’

Source: Alexia Benz Gardner
January 4, 2024

On her album Feeling the Love, Songs of My Mother, Songs of My Father, Alexia Gardner delivers a masterclass on taking well-known classics and reimagining them as something new and personal. The new single ‘Miss Celie’s Blues’ is a delightful take on the 1985 song. Alexia Gardner has shared her new song, “Miss Celie’s Blues," taken from her fifth album, Feeling the Love, Songs of My Mother, Songs of My Father, released in 2023. A British singer with Jamaican roots, ...
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Sun Ra Arkestra Veteran Drummer Wayne Smith, Jr. Releases 'Be Still,' A Powerful Venture In Emotion And Tranquility

Source: Outside in Music
July 19, 2023

Wayne Smith Jr. is a drummer, composer, and educator with a multifaceted palette of soundscapes and genres at his disposal. Having toured across three continents, performed throughout the New York, Philadelphia, and Washington, D.C. music scenes, and currently working as a staple member of the legendary Sun Ra Arkestra, Smith’s accolades rightly herald his abilities as a master craftsman of the drum set. Described as an “inventive drummer who displays an in-depth musical consciousness,” and who is “willing to embrace ...
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Virginia Woolf To Howlin' Wolf: Author Peter Guralnick On Algorithm-Defeating Art, Expression Of Emotion [INTERVIEW]

Source: HypeBot
April 11, 2017

Here George Howard shares his recent experience speaking with Peter Guralnick, an author noted for his use of music as a tool through which to explore socio-political and cultural issues. The two discussed their shared concern of an increasingly algorithm-based culture of music consumption, and if we have reached peak curation. Guest post by George Howard on Forbes Peter Guralnick exists in a rarified realm of those who write immensely entertaining books about music that are also appropriately classified as scholarly and definitive. ...
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Petros Klampanis Blends the Colors of Emotion and Experience into a Rich Portrait of Humanity on his first Large Ensemble Album, "Chroma"

Source: All About Jazz
March 28, 2017

Motéma Music Debut, out now, features the Bassist/Composer’s Gifted Jazz Quintet (Gilad Hekselman, Shai Maestro, John Hadfield, Keita Ogawa) with a Vivid String Section Recorded in association with The Onassis Foundation USA Bassist/composer Petros Klampanis has absorbed a vibrant palette of colors over the course of a varied musical life journey, including Mediterranean and Balkan folk music of his native Greece, classical colorings of studies in Athens, Amsterdam and New York City, and vibrant splashes of musical pigment developed on ...
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I Second That Emotion: The Emotive Power Of Music In Advertising [INFOGRAPHIC]

Source: HypeBot
July 14, 2015

A new study out from Nielsen reveals that the use of music in advertisements has been shown to increase their effectiveness at tapping into the emotions of potential customers.  Guest Post from Nielsen.com Music is powerful. It can make us smile or cry, bring memories rushing back, and even inspire us to buy a product when it’s combined with the right advertisement. A recent study from Nielsen looked at effectiveness of more than 600 television advertisements, more than 500 of ...
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First Listen: Jeff Beck - Emotion and Commotion

Source: On Target Media Group
April 6, 2010

The new Jeff Beck record, Emotion and Commotion, is now available to stream in its entirety (until its release next week on April 13th) online at NPR.

The new album is a collection of songs that suit Jeff Beck's adventurous style, with some cushioned by a symphony orchestra and another featuring the young soul singer Joss Stone. Track Listing 1. Corpus Christi Carol 2. Hammerhead 3. Never Alone 4. Somewhere Over The Rainbow
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Dave Liebman/Ed Saindon Teaming up with Depth of Emotion for Concert Performances

Source: World Improvised Music
April 5, 2008

In response to the success of their recent CD collaboration Depth of Emotion, saxist Dave Liebman and vibist Ed Saindon are teaming up with the group Depth of Emotion for concert & clinic performances. Featuring a unique blend of Liebman's soprano and Saindon's vibes, the recording has been receiving widespread radio airplay in the U.S. and abroad as well as garnering positive reviews from the major trade magazines and internet jazz sites. Joining Liebman and Saindon, will be drummer Mark ...
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JazzChicago.net Reviews Liebman and Saindon's CD "Depth of Emotion"

Source: World Improvised Music
March 21, 2008

Chicago jazz critic Brad Walseth recently reviewed Depth of Emotion featuring Dave Liebman on soprano and Ed Saindon on vibes, piano and marimba. The recording has been receiving extensive airplay in the U.S. and abroad. Brad Walseth writes in JazzChicago.Net: “The combination of vibes and soprano sax is one that hasn't really been utilized very often in the annals of jazz, but in the hands of two masters, Ed Saindon and Dave Liebman, a strong case is to be made ...
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Liebman/Saindon's Depth of Emotion Hits UK's Jazz Audience

Source: World Improvised Music
February 24, 2008

World Improvised Music's new release Depth of Emotion featuring Dave Liebman and Ed Saindon has been making inroads on the UK jazz scene. With brisk CD sales at the popular internet site Jazzcds, positive reviews in the leading jazz magazines and Pick of The Week on The Jazz Jury hosted by The Jazz, Depth of Emotion is seeing success with jazz listeners in Great Britain. Chris Parker of Vortexjazz wrote in his review, “Liebman's characterful soprano snakes above Saindon's glowing ...
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Saindon and Liebman's Depth of Emotion Reviewed in All Music Guide

Source: World Improvised Music
February 7, 2008

Comfortable with both inside and outside playing, soprano saxman Dave Liebman has shown himself to be admirably flexible over the years. Liebman has appeared in avant-garde settings at times, but he has been equally successful on very straight-ahead albums, and his performances are definitely straight-ahead on Depth of Emotion, a 2006 date he co-leads with vibist/pianist/marimba player Ed Saindon. This 72-minute CD (which includes a few standards but is dominated by Saindon's compositions) obviously called for Liebman to emphasize his ...
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