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Alicia Waller

Alicia Waller is an American vocalist, operatic soprano, songwriter, and bandleader who seeks to spread the joy of singing through inventive performances that integrate a range of diverse musical traditions. By using performance and artistic collaboration, she looks principally to identify creative ways for musicians to facilitate intercultural understanding that transcends national, cultural, and social boundaries. Waller received her undergraduate degree in vocal performance from the University of Maryland at College Park and graduate degree from the Gallatin School for Individualized Study at New York University

New Sounds from Zucker, Helias & Bloom, and Tosoff

by Bob Osborne
February 4, 2021

On this show several recent releases including Ben Zucker, Jane Ira Bloom & Mark Helias, Amanda Tosoff, Mikko Karjalainen, and Anna Hogberg, also some soulful sounds from Alicia Waller and closing with some classic Miles Davis. Playlist Ben Zucker “Moths Eating The Wallpaper Of Concorde" from Fifth Season (Amalgam Records) 00:00 Jane Ira Bloom ...

2020's Travel Songs - Part 1

by Ludovico Granvassu
January 9, 2021

In this year of painful confinement music has been a much needed source of solace, with its capacity to take us beyond our times and across space. Here some of the best “travel songs" that we've been digging this year, while planning on taking them on a real road-trip as soon as possible. Happy ...

Some Hidden Treasure

Label: Innova Recordings
Released: 2020
Track listing: Some Hidden Treasure; Clouds; Soul; Just Step Back.

A Jazz Immuno-Booster: Part 1

by Ludovico Granvassu
March 23, 2020

We may still be months away from developing vaccines to tame the threat that COVID19 poses to our bodies. But given the centrality of the mind-body connection for our physical well being, we should not forget that we continue to have music to support our minds during these challenging times. So I have reached ...

Lyle Mays + Alicia Waller, Pat Metheny, Silvia Bolognesi & Other New Releases

by Ludovico Granvassu
March 7, 2020

Another master has left us too early, Lyle Mays. A remembrance of his work at its most lyrical, followed by our regular perusal of must-have new releases, with a special focus on albums spotlighting towering young bass players, a stunner of a debut by Alicia Waller and the return of Pat Metheny. Happy ...

Alicia Waller and The Excursion: Some Hidden Treasure

by Angelo Leonardi
February 24, 2020

Una giovane cantante entra con autorità nell'universo vocale d'impronta soul/jazz ma in modo originale rispetto a quanto accade nell'affollato panorama di questi anni. Alicia Waller è infatti una soprano lirica laureata alla Gallatin School for Individualized Study della New York University. Ha ottenuto vari riconoscimenti e questo E.P. è il suo debutto. Lei ...