Text by Metal Postcard Records (Hong Kong)
OK… they might not change the world with their 80’s / 90’s indie sound but it does sound fresh for India. Thank God, at long last, no progressive jazz rock funk or serious sitar music for once. We’re just working out how to get them released on vinyl (no surprise there!)
Have a listen to: Ready Set Go and Escape Trick (enjoy the presenter!)
Text By Marc Ribot
I never thought that much about ‘health care systems’ until my daughter was born on England’s National Health Service. My partner and I had been living in NYC, but lacked health insurance, and couldn’t get any because pregnancy was a ‘pre-existing condition’. The cost- not including (pre-post natal care) at NYC hospitals was $16,000 “if everything went perfectly”: we didn’t have it. My partner was from England, and her mom lived in South London, so off we went.
Lewisham Hospital isn’t in a rich area, and it wasn’t as squeaky and new as some in the US – but the care was great: they had a better licensed mid-wives program than any I’ve seen. both midwives, nurses, (and even the doctor!!!) visited us at home both before and after the birth. And it was all free.
Artist: Shujaat Husain Khan & Katayoun Goudarzi.
Title: Spring
Label: self-released
Genre: Indian/Persian folk music
Text by Local 802
Question: Everyone’s talking about the Affordable Care Act, but how will “Obamacare” affect those in the arts and entertainment community?
Answer: Affordable health insurance options should increase immensely over the next year.
Did you know that:
Date: October 7, 2013
Venue: Shapeshifter (NY)
Text by Dawoud Kringle, photo by Sohrab Saadat Ladjevardi
On an autumn evening. Brooklyn’s Shapeshifter Lab opened its stage to Visions, a world jazz ensemble led by Kavita Shah.
