Artist: Brandon Terzic & Ravi Padmanabha
Artist: The Red Microphone
Title: The Red Microphone Speaks!
Label: self released
Genre: jazzy revolutionary music
CD Review by Matt Cole
Recently, I reviewed the CD release show for The Red Microphone‘s new album, The Red Microphone Speaks!. Having listened to the CD, I can safely say that The Red Microphone does just as well in the studio as live at putting together a very cohesive package of free, revolutionary-tinged music. Continue reading
Artist: The Peeni Waali All Stars Posse
Title: Shab Tab
Label: Mensch Music
Genre: oriental mishmash?
Translations of the lyrics & other info in farsi
YouTube video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uiI38FbjnLI&feature=player_embedded
Artist: Sameer Gupta
Title: Namaskar
Label: Motema Rec
Genre: Indian jazz
Review by Dawoud Kringle
Bass and piano hang a low note in the air. A sarangi asserts itself as the voice of a sad worldly wisdom. That Ab (or A; I am too engrossed in this beautiful music to pause the CD and check with an instrument or tuner) in the bass, shimmering cymbals, and crystalline piano chords weaving around that ancient voice. The groove and structure of the tabla, bass, and piano make their entrance, and the sarangi establishes the melody and explores its possibilities. Thus does “Aaye Ne Balam,” the first track on Sameer Gupta’s Namaskar CD begins.
Artist: Wisaal
Title: The Warp and the Weft
Label: self released
Genre: World: Middle East, Contemporary
CD Review by Dawoud Kringle
According to the liner notes, the two key components of tapestry weaving are the warp and the weft. The warp threads are the foundation through which the weft threads are weaved to create the design. In the end, the former is hidden by the design revealed by the later. This is the conceptual foundation of Wisaal.
