Author Archives: Sohrab Saadat Ladjevardi

CD Release: Phil Gammage “Used Man For Sale”

This longtime American bluesman has been hard at work at one of his most ambitious projects yet, his eighth solo album, Used Man For Sale

Phil Gammage CD coverArtist: Phil Gammage
Title: Used Man For Sale
Label: World Wide Vibe
Genre: Blues/Americana
Release date: October 4, 2016

New York blues/americana musician Phil Gammage  returns with a new 10-song album Used Man for Sale featuring all original songs. In this collection, Phil explores blues, lounge, and countrypolitan, all to great success. The result is an album of unforgettable melodies and music.

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Rick Dellaratta

MFM Workshop “Make Music Your Business” #6 w. Rick DellaRatta

A Workshop About Music Activism and Jazz for Peace™ Grant Programs for Musicians and their Projects 

“Please extend my good wishes to Rick….I admire what he is doing.” – Dave Liebman (September 20, 2016)

Jazz artist, educator and Jazz for Peace™ founder Rick DellaRatta will be leading a special workshop for MFM members and aspiring musicians on making music and business go hand in hand.

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Film Documentary: The Best Democracy Money Can Buy

 – A Tale of Billionaires & Ballot Bandits

Greg Palast film posterFollow gonzo investigative reporter Greg Palast (BBC, Rolling Stone) as he busts the new Ku Klux Klan – the billionaire bandits that are behind a scheme to purge one million voters of color in November.

With the help of Willie Nelson, Rosario Dawson, and detectives Ice-T and Richard Belzer, Palast tracks down the secret billionaires behind Donald Trump. His investigation goes from the Artic where Palast is clued in to the heist by a foul-mouthed Eskimo, then on to a speed boat to a high class event in the Hamptons, and finally a jump on the ballot rustler known as “The Vulture.”

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Book cover: Rebelmusic

Jazz and Islam – A Retrospective Series (P.1)

Early History

Text by Dawoud Kringle

There exists little historical documentation of the music and musicians of Islamic culture indigenous to the United States of America. For this reason, I decided to write this series. While this is in no way comprehensive, it should serve as a brief introduction to the much neglected subject of Muslim’s contributions to jazz.

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Review: MFM Workshop “Make Music Your Profession” #5 with Brian Poole

Benefits of Chiropractic Care

MFM workshop #5 group shot

Photo by Alex Abagiu

Date: August 24, 2016
Venue: WeWork Wall Street (NY)
Review by Dawoud Kringle

This next workshop in the series on health was titled Preparing For Your Encore. The event was presented by Dr. Brian Poole, chiropractor and owner of Encore Chiropractic.

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