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Soulful Samba Transcendence: Brazilian Star in the US
If Pedro Moraes had a muse, she'd shake up sweaty samba bars, hips swaying, and turn heads dancing in the street, snaking her way from Rio's bohemian quarter to Bahia and Recife (and on to Mexico City and Liverpool). She'd boogie between the earthy and the erudite, with heady tropicalismo and brainy modernism. She'd embody the ...
Fat Freddy's Drop Jamming Live & Taking Names
Fat Freddy's Drop Captured in Their Natural State: Jamming Live and Taking Names at the Roundhouse Fat Freddy's Drop has battled mad scientists and unleashed mad skills. An unlikely band of sons of the Pacific, they can flip on the fly from Maori reggae to sweet Yankee soul with near psychic precision. Like kungfu masters, they ...
Memorial for Vibraphonist Carl Leukaufe to be Held at Chicago's Jazz Showcase
Chicago, IL: Carl Leukaufe, a vibraphonist who was considered a treasure of the Chicago jazz scene for the past several decades, passed away on August 18 after a brief illness. He was 76. Hazel, his wife of 53 years, passed away in November, 2009. A memorial to celebrate his life and music will take place on ...
A Legendary Bass Sings With A New Flamenco Inspired Soul
From Granada Caves and New York Clubs: The Collaboration of Flamenco Guitarist Pepe Habichuela & Jazz Bassist Dave Holland Parallel lives, parallel movements: through the streets of Wolverhampton, England and the jazz clubs of New York, the caves of Granada and the flamenco bars of Madrid. Over strings and oceans and language barriers, masterful jazz bassist ...
Stax Museum of American Soul Music Hosts Kirk Whalum Release Party
Please help us celebrate the release of Kirk Whalum's newest CD, Everything is Everything: The Music of Donny Hathaway on Tuesday, August 31, 2010, from 5:30:30 p.m. There will be light snaks and refreshments and FREE ADMISSION! Join Kirk Whalum as he autographs and plays selections from his new CD and tour the entire museum! Receive ...
Harmonica Master Charlie Musselwhite Celebrates New Release with a Performance in Philadelphia
Harmonicist/vocalist/songwriter/guitarist Charlie Musselwhite celebrates his return to Alligator Records with his new CD, The Well, and a live performance at the World Music Cafe on Wednesday, September 15, 2010. The album is an authentic slice of Charlie's deep blues roots with musical flavors from Mississippi to Chicago to California, including help on one song from legendary ...
"GENIUS WITHIN: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould" Opens September 10
New York, NY — Lorber Films is proud to announce the US theatrical premiere of GENIUS WITHIN: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould, directed by distinguished filmmakers Michèle Hozer and Peter Raymont (Shake Hands with the Devil), the definitive documentary about one of the greatest and most enigmatic musicians of the twentieth century. The film will ...
Afronauts of the Caribbean, Systema Solar Break Loose
A new craft is winging its way through the sonic solar system, built from creaky amps and sleek laptops, powered by dayglo Caribbean sun and the brilliant pulse of street parties, and steered by hip-hop Afronauts from one of the globe's new music hotspots. Welcome aboard Colombia's Systema Solar, the funkiest Technocolor hip-hop and DJ crew/Latin ...
Rock Legend Steve Miller to Teach at USC Thornton School of Music
Los Angeles, CA — Some people call him the Space Cowboy. Some call him the Gangster of Love. But when Steve Miller, one of rock music's all-time greats, joins the University of Southern California faculty this fall, he will have to get used another moniker: professor. During the 2010-2011 school year, Miller will teach at the ...
Music Icons of the 20th Century
Icons of the 20th Century is the latest collection from pop easel artist Sidney Randolph Maurer (www.maurereditions.com). MUSIC ICONS OF THE 20TH CENTURY will be the first segment of the Icons collection to debut. Maurer is arguably the only artist who has painted more than 150 of the most important people of his own time. The ...
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