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Avishai Cohen North American Tour
Avishai Cohen, Aurora (EMI Music): Ladino Jazz and Clave Cantatas: Bassist Avishai Cohen Sings Roots into Gold Israeli bassist Avishai Cohen is an alchemist at heart. Finding inspiration in musicians ranging from Bach to Stevie Wonder, Avishai can transform a tired Israeli school tune back into poetic gold. He can take the Sephardic melodies ...
Chicago Guitar Festival Full Schedule Announced
Dot-to-Dot Management, the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and the Serbian Cultural Arts Center of Chicago Present The Chicago Guitar Festival Thursday, October 7th-Thursday, October 14th Chicago, IL: Dot-to-Dot Management, the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and the Serbian Cultural Arts Center of Chicago will present the groundbreaking Chicago Guitar Festival, a weeklong event ...
By Dogsled, Tugboat or Kayak: Paul Winter's Latest Adventure in Japan
The Garden of Sonic Delights: Paul Winter Consort Finds a Resonant Paradise in a Japanese Architectural Treasure Paradise began as an enclosed garden but morphed into Shangri-la, a valley concealed and shimmering with peach blossoms. Now it echoes in a peaceable kingdom inside a mountain top, filled with resonant chambers and great treasures: the I. M. ...
Khing Zin Shwe & Shwe Shwe Khaing: Songs from Myanmar & Burmese Traditions
For seven hundred years, serpentine songs of glorious kings, ancient wealth, and deep love have echoed at weddings and social occasions in Myanmar (Burma). Though steeped in musical and literary tradition, these songs, called the Maha Gita (which means “great song"), speak with a voice that transcends personal gain, political tension, economic hardship, or cultural difference. ...
Singer Susan McKeown Finds Melody in Melancholy "Singing in the Dark"
A Voice in the Night, A Light in the Wilderness: Singer Susan McKeown Finds Melody in Melancholy on Singing in the Dark Singer Susan McKeown has met the mad king forced to dwell with the birds in the treetops, and the witchy women and crazy ladies tearing through the night. Longing to counterbalance the persistent stigma ...
Grammy Foundation Grant Program Deadline To Apply October 1
WHO: The GRAMMY Foundation® Grant Program—generously funded by The Recording Academy®. Currently in its 23rd year, the Grant Program has awarded more than $5 million to more than 250 noteworthy projects. WHAT: The Grant Program administers grants annually to organizations and individuals to support efforts that advance the archiving and preservation of the music and recorded ...
New Release from Louis Armstrong "Hello Louis - The Hit Years (1963-1969)" On Verve / Hip-O Select
On December 3, 1963, at age 62, when most folks are thinking about retirement, Louis Armstrong recorded the sprightly “Hello, Dolly!," the title song for a Broadway show. Thus began a six year-long series of recordings that brought arguably most important 20th Century musician back into the limelight and, in fact, gave him his greatest recording ...
Legendary Pink Dots New Album & Tour
New Album Seconds Late For The Brighton Line will be released October 5 on CD, Digital & Double LP; North American live dates start October 15. Unlike most acts of their vintage the Legendary Pink Dots look forward. After more than 30 years they continue to make compelling new music that is demanded by their dedicated ...
Mike Melvoin to Receive Lifetime Achievement Award
Jazz legend Mike Melvoin to be honored with the Los Angeles Jazz Society's 2010 Lifetime Achievement Award for his esteemed body of work as a Pianist, Composer, Arranger, Producer and Recording Artist. The annual Jazz Tribute Awards Dinner and Concert was established in 1983 to recognize and honor Los Angeles based artists for their contributions in ...
Ethiopian Group Debo to Release EP & Supporting Tour
Debo & Fendika, CD Release & North American Tour From the blizzard-like snowstorms of Boston to the temperate highlands of Addis Ababa and hot equatorial beaches of Zanzibar. From meager beginnings in church basements and neighborhood loft parities to a prime time slot in East Africa's biggest music festival. By February of this year, Debo Band ...
