Date: December 19, 2014
Venue: Soapbox Gallery (NY)
Event review by Dawoud Kringle
New York City has a long and colorful history. While much of it was inspirational, much of it was also ugly. There was a time when New York City was the financial capital of the slave trade in North America. The Underground Railroad was a institution that resisted the industry and social convention of selling human beings as property.
Venue: The Flat (Brooklyn)
Date: December 3, 2014
Event Review by Dante Mann
On Wednesday December 3rd at The Flat a gathering of musicians/performers (AF THE NAYSAYER, Holm., The Fantastic Plastics, Kidaudra, and The Grand Affair) created an energized yet intimate experience. The sense of community among this budding group of artists was truly inspiring but the most apparent commonality was their pertinent use of electronic assistance.
I decided to contact all of the acts and have a conversation about the utility and function of using electronics such as loop stations (live looping, samplers, midi-controllers, and drum machines) to assist in making a live show happen.
Venue: Mercury Lounge (NY)
Date: November 25, 2014
Concert Review by Dawoud Kringle
On the night of the Ferguson riots, while protests sprang up throughout major cities in the US, InnoVe Gnawa Band took the stage and brought the legendary and magical Gnawa music to NYC’s Mercury Lounge, with Black Rock Coalition mainstay Faith waiting their turn.
Photo courtesy of Kosi
Date: November 7, 2014
Venue: The Shrine (Harlem, NY)
Review by Dawoud Kringle
Date: October 26, 2011
Venue: Joe’s Pub (NY)
Concert review by Dante Mann
Since Photo by Dante Mann
Since 1998 Swiss drummer and percussionist Mathias Kunzli has been all over the place in the New York music scene. He has been performing with artists and bands of many genres, such as Moby, Lauryn Hill, Yo-Yo Ma Silk Road Project, Vieux Farka Toure, Marc Ribot, John Zorn’s Electric Masada, The Paul Winter Consort, Keyhan Kalhor, Azam Ali, and many others.
