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Jake Sokolov-Gonzalez

The Song Poetry of William Parker

by Jakob Baekgaard
June 19, 2018

The voice is close to the essence of what it means to be human. Through the voice, we express ourselves and sing our sorrow. It goes back a long way to hymns, blues, arias and standards. Through the tunes we tune in to ourselves and forget our daily strife. When songs are best, ...

Vision Festival 19: Honoring Amiri Baraka The Legacy Thru Panels & Poetry

June 1, 2014

Since the first Vision Festival, in 1996, Amiri Baraka has been an important presence at Vision. But way before the Vision Festival he was a champion of the music, with his seminal books on Jazz, ‘Blues People’ and ‘Black Music’. For many of the other artists and audiences who have participated each year, Baraka has been ...