Text by Jeremy Danneman Dear Friends,Rwandans and much of the rest of the world are now commemorating the 20th anniversary of the Rwandan Genocide, when nearly a million innocent people were murdered for their ethnicity or for being political dissidents. That means it’s also the fifth anniversary of the Parade of One project, when I […]
Text and photos by Jeremy Danneman (Parade Of One) Dear Friends, As many of you know, I worked for two years to bring a talented Rwandan musician, Sophie Nzayisenga, to New York City in October 2013 to record, perform, and conduct educational programming with me and my colleagues, William Parker and Tim Keiper. Unfortunately due to […]
Date: Thursday May 2, 2013 Venue: Nublu (NY) Review by Ancelmo James (soundcloud) Last Thursday night I made my way across the Williamsburg Bridge to check out SoSaLa – a band lead by Sohrab Saadat Ladjevardi. The show was interesting for a number of reasons the first of which I shall point out being that the […]
1. Craig Taborn Trio Date: Monday, May 6, 2013 Time: 8pm Venue: The Roulette (509 Atlantic Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11217) Ticket: $20 Genre: jazz Craig Taborn, piano Thomas Morgan, double bass Gerald Cleaver, drums “[Taborn’s Chants]… confirms his standing as an inspired bandleader-composer, one of the smartest and slipperiest in his peer group” –The New York Times
Part 1 of this article: Music activism: Democracy, Crisis, and the Moral Imperative in the USA and Rwanda (and Why I Play Music on the Street in Rwanda) P.1 “…Since my audience and I are so foreign to own another, I will enjoy the ability to be reactive and interactive with new people and unpredictable […]
