Author Archives: Sohrab Saadat Ladjevardi

CD Review: Tomas Doncker Band…It is powerful and joyous, hopeful without being sentimental, connected to its roots without slavishly imitating them.

Tomás-DonckerArtist: Tomas Doncker Band
Title: Power of the Trinity​.​.​.​A Slight Return” (The Global Soul Mixtape Vol​.​1)
Format: CD EP
Label: self released
Genre: global soul/funk

Review by Dawoud Kringle

An explosive drum beat, a vocal chorus by famed Ethiopian singer Gigi, a combination punch from the horn section, and a funky backbeat lay the groundwork for Tomas Doncker’s newest effort. The groove stays solid throughout. But now and again, an unmistakable Ethiopian / East African spirit possesses the song, infusing it with a contrast that nonetheless seems not only to work, but was always hiding within the essence of the whole genre.

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David Byrne vs Dave Allen: two opinons. Dear musician in NY whose side are you on!?

David Byrne: ‘The internet will suck all creative content out of the world’

The boom in digital streaming may generate profits for record labels and free content for consumers, but it spells disaster for today’s artists across the creative industries

Photo courtesy of The Guardian

Photo courtesy of The Guardian

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Concert Review: Kaveh Haghtalab and (guest) Sohrab Saadat Ladjevardy play the Persian blues… It was all poetry…!

995924_10151566077138074_162987090_nDate: October 1, 2013
Venue: Cafe Nadery (NY)

Review by Dawoud Kringle

One must experience the scene at Cafe Nadery. It’s Iranian culture distilled into a small gathering place within which modern Persian intellectuals, artists, and philosophers, fiercely independent and slightly eccentric men, and impossibly beautiful women cultivate an Iranian American subculture.

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Music Listings – 10/14 through 10/20/3013

1. Tam Lin

Date: Tuesday, October 15, 2013
Time:  6:30pm – 7:00pmpm
Venue: The Bowery Electric (327 Bowery, New York, NY 10003)
Ticket: t.b.a.
Genre: indie rock

Tam Lin joins forces with a lineup of amazing bands to kick off this year’s CMJ Music Marathon at The Bowery Electric. Tam Lin is a Brooklyn-based singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist whose sonically-ambitious brand of literate folk rock has earned him comparisons with Leonard Cohen, Nick Drake, Daniel Lanois, and Talk Talk.

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