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40 Year Old Bitches, New MilesTones & Others, Too
by Chris M. Slawecki
AntibalasWho is This America? Ropeadope Records2010 Few American bands have been more influential in the global Afrobeat movement than the Brooklyn collective Antibalas. Keeper of the African protest flame ignited by Nigerian musician/activist Fela Kuti in the 1970s, Antibalas' reach is expansive and impressive: it contributed to the ...
Masterworks Jazz Celebrates Dave Brubeck's 90th Birthday With Two New Releases
In celebration of jazz legend Dave Brubeck's 90th birthday on December 6, Masterworks Jazz released two new titles from the Original Album Classics series: Dave Brubeck and The Dave Brubeck Quartet—TIME, available November 2. Both releases are specially-priced 5-CD collections of Brubeck's classic albums. Each box set contains essential titles in their original album format, packaged ...
International Body Music Mini-Festival at Freight & Salvage December 4
International Body Music Mini-Fest Featuring Outstanding California-Based Rhythmic Artists in a Day of Workshops & Evening Concert at Freight & Salvage on December 4 2020 Addison Street, Berkeley, CA (near downtown Berkeley BART) Workshops: $20 each (Family workshop if free of charge) / Starts 10:30 AM Concert: $22.50 Adv, $23.50 ...
New Recording by David Braid & The Canadian Brass
Multi-award winning Canadian pianist David Braid is joined by the legendary Canadian Brass for Spirit Dance, a new album featuring jazz-inspired compositions for piano and brass quintet written by Braid. Inspired by everything from whirling dervishes to Frederic Chopin's Nocturnes to a walk in Beijing, Braid has created an array of new sounds that are intimate, ...
Steve Gadd's "Live at Voce" (Deluxe Edition)
One of the most recorded drummers of all time, Steve Gadd has worked with everyone from Chick Corea to Paul Simon, Maynard Ferguson to Eric Clapton. When it comes to his own projects, Gadd loves to play good-time groove music that has the danceable qualities and bluesiness of the best R&B along with the adventurous solos ...
Concord Music & U.S Postal Service Holiday Album 'Let it Snow'
Following up on the success of Letters to Santa during the 2009 holiday season, Concord Music Group is once again partnering with the US Postal Service (USPS) and released their second holiday-themed collection, Let It Snow, on November 1. The compilation will be displayed—alongside a DVD of the perennial holiday TV classic, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer—at ...
World/Sufi Chants Meet Middle Eastern Rhythms
On the verdant shores of the Bay of Bengal, a mosque, a temple, and a church sit side by side in Nagore near India's southeastern tip. An unexpected and flourishing Sufi religious site, Nagore's five-acre Sufi shrine or dargah is filled with pilgrims of diverse faiths, and with the poignant voices of men singing songs passed ...
"Kaya Project: Desert Phase Remixes" Out November 9
Desert Phase, the fourth Kaya Project full length album, drew its inspiration from the time Seb Taylor and Natasha Chamberlain spent in some of the world's largest deserts. Incorporating field recordings made while traveling across these windswept landscapes, along with additional studio sessions with several world musicians back in London, Desert Phase evokes colouful and dusty ...
Unexpected Trends, Emerging Hybrids & Edgy Roots: globalFEST 2011 Artist Lineup
Unexpected Trends, Emerging Hybrids, and Edgy Roots: globalFEST Returns to NYC with 13 Artists on Three Stages, January 9, 2011 Unexpected trends are the new cutting edge: the hard-hitting Afro-Cuban percussionist quietly attracting rock icons to his shows; the expressive young vocalist invoking ancient sacred traditions with surprising immediacy; the cultural communities rich with unheralded, powerful ...
Party at Stax with Huey Lewis & the News on October 28
Join us to celebrate the release of Soulsville, the Stax Songbook recorded at legendary Ardent Studios, by Huey Lewis & the News! Thursday October 28 at the Stax Museum of American Soul Music: VIP Private Event 6:00pm-7:00pm: $100 per person (limited to first 50): Guest will have the opportunity to meet and have a ...
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