Album review by David Belmont
Artist: Dawoud the Renegade Sufi
Title: The Power and the Longing
Format: Digital Album
Record label: RMMAP LLC
Genre: Experimental Multi-genre
Digital and International Release: December 25, 2024
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An Album Review by Dawoud Kringle
Artist: The Chris Parker Quartet
Title: Heart of Mine
Label: M’Bubba Music
Genre: Jazz
Stream here: https://soundcloud.com/chris-parker-294697926
Musicians for Musicians (MFM), a nonprofit organization advocating for the empowerment and fair compensation of music creators, is excited to announce a special talk event: How Musicians Work with Mastering Engineers, a Zoom webinar to be held on Monday, May 12, 2025, from 5:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. EDT.
This informative session is produced by MFM President and saxophonist Sohrab Saadat Ladjevardi and hosted by MFM Vice President and Founder of Teknofonic Recordings, Adam Reifsteck. Leading the discussion will be Fred Kevorkian, a renowned mastering engineer and owner of Kevorkian Mastering.
Attendees will learn:
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Text by Bruce Gallanther (Downtown Music Gallery, January 2nd, 2025)
“Groovin’ Is Easy” by The Electric Flag, from their debut album, A Longtime Comin (released 1968)
By Dawoud Kringle
President Trump has once again damaged the arts in the US. This time, it was his takeover of the Kennedy Center last February.
In the first month of his second term, the president ousted the arts institution’s leadership, including chair David M. Rubenstein. He then filled the board of trustees with Trump loyalists and announced he had been elected chair. He appointed unqualified cronies, including Second Lady Usha Vance and White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles.
In a statement to The Wall Street Journal, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said: “The Kennedy Center learned the hard way that if you go woke, you will go broke. President Trump and his newly appointed board members are devoted to rebuilding the Kennedy Center into a thriving and highly respected institution where all Americans and visitors from around the world can enjoy the arts with respect to America’s great history and traditions.”
