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

Text by Sohrab Saadat Ladjevardi I think, it was on the Lorimer Station platform last Monday or Tuesday around 1:30pm on my way back home from a rehearsal when I saw a young musician setting up his note stand and warming up on his alto saxophone. Playing a kind of a blues. I liked his tone, […]

Vision Festival #16 – June 5th through 11th, 2011

Arts For Art presents the 16th annual Vision Festival, New York City’s multidisciplinary celebration of avant-garde jazz music, dance, poetry and art, held for its third year at Abrons Art Center on the Lower East Side. This year’s highlight is the TRIBUTE TO A LIVING LEGEND: Peter Brotzmann – Celebrating A Lifetime of Achievement Each […]