Author Archives: Sohrab Saadat Ladjevardi

Concert Review: Arcane Insignia…a unique trek through fantasy realms that are, at the same time, in sync with the world we live in.

Date: July 24th
Venue: Sullivan Hall (NY)
Review by Dawoud Kringle

After an oppressive heat wave in NYC broke, and enjoying the cool summer night breeze, I ventured downtown to Sullivan Hall to hear Arcane Insignia.

Arcane Insignia is in a category of their own. Describing themselves as acoustic prog rock band, they use complex lyrical themes, instrumental passages, and concept songs in a stripped down acoustic format. The band members are James Alexander on 7 string classical guitar, Jimmy Lopez on percussion, Antoinette Ady on 5 string violin, and Jennifer Catherine Shaw on cello.

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Documentary Film Screenings @ THE FILM SOCIETY OF LINCOLN CENTER (NY): “Sound + Vision,” July 26 – August 1, 2013

Sound + Vision is an homage to the people who create our music, who struggle and work to have it heard and, when they succeed, help us connect with one another. From journeys of personal discovery and pure celebrations of sound to music as a form of social and political rebellion, these documentaries reveal the tenacity and dedication of the people who devote their life to song.

DooBeeDoo picks……………………………

BORN IN CHICAGO
JOHN ANDERSON, 2013
USA | FORMAT: HDCAM | 86 MINUTES

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DooBeeDoo Supports KICKSTARTER Camapign: “Fall and Recover” – A Refugee Dance Film

War torture survivors from Africa and The Middle East overcome their traumatic pasts through movement and dance therapy, in Ireland.

8b55d76918500d1b84f820e71fbe6d49_largeIt is our goal to create a film that uses dance and movement as it’s first language. “Fall and Recover” is a film project working with refugees who have overcome their traumatic pasts through the power of movement and dance. We will be working with a group of war torture survivors from different parts of Africa and the Middle East who have found peace within Ireland. This group of  individuals started dancing as a form of movement therapy, under the direction of John Scott, head of the Irish Dance Theater. Together they created critically acclaimed performances pieces that have toured internationally. John Scott has asked us to come to Ireland with hopes of creating a cinematic version of the project. One of the primary objectives of this film is to explore what film can capture and express that live performance cannot. We hope to create a film that is beautiful and poetic as well as thought provoking and inspiring.

 

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Concert Review: Holly Ann Cordero & Trunculently Audacious… This started as a swing, and went in some unexpected directions. But it still swung, no matter what.

Date: July 11, 2013
Venue: the Nuyorican Poet’s Cafe

Review, photos and video by Dawoud Kringle

downloadBilled as “The Sound of Jazz to Come,” it was with great interest that I ventured to NYC’s Lower East Side to attend the CD release party on this leg of the “Sight of Sound Tour” for Truculently Audacious; the band/project led by bassist/composer/performer Holly Ann Cordero.

Cordero started playing piano when she was five, bass at age 14, and guitar at 15. Her interest in all aspects of music has propelled her on a most interesting and fruitful musical journey. She claims to have been most inspired by John Cage and his idea that Life itself is music; and tries to capture that idea in her compositions.

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