Date: October 14, 2014
Venue: The Bitter End (NY)
Review by Dawoud Kringle
Date: October 14, 2014
Venue: Rockwood Music Hall (NY)
Concert Review by Dante Mann
Photo by John Greco
It is rare when two folk musicians can keep a room’s rapt attention and intimately engaged for the entirety of a performance. These Georgia-to-New York transplants, Mark Rogers and Mary Byrne accomplished such a feat last Tuesday, kicking off a tour in support of their beautifully titled new album I Line My Days With Your Weight.
Date: October 12, 2014
Venue: Pace University’s Michael Schimmel Center for the Arts(NY)
Concert review by Dante Mann
Sarod. Sarod? Sarod! Nothing sparks one’s interest like something new and unique. Why am I just now experiencing the strikingly distinctive timbre and visually intriguing qualities of this remarkable instrument?
Photo by Kevin Yatarola
Date: October 4, 2014
Venue: St. Peter’s Church (NY)
Review by Dawoud Kringle
HarmoNYom in collaboration with Robert Browning Associates kicked off its Women’s Voices Festival at St. Peter’s Church with the New York debut of London based sitarist Roopa Panesar.
Panesar began training at the age of seven under sitar maestro Ustad Dharambir Singh. She also studied under Pandit Arvind Parikh, Ustad Shahid Parvez, Ustad Bahauddin Dagar, Ustad Siraj Khan and Pt. Ajoy Chakroborty. As well as being deeply rooted in the classical tradition, Roopa has collaborated with musicians from different genres such as Talvin Singh, Laura Wright and Dirk Brosse to name a few. Roopa has toured extensively in the UK, Europe and USA, and released her debut album Khoj in 2011. She also teaches the sitar, and is involved in numerous projects to inspire and educate the next generation of Indian classical musicians.
Date: October 2, 2014
Venue: French Institute Alliance Française (FIAF)
Review by Dante Mann
Photos courtesy of FIAF
Ushering the summer into the fall New York’s premiere French cultural center, French Institute Alliance Française (FIAF) presents its annual fall festival Crossing the Line.
I was lucky enough to catch a one night only performance of Killer Road a hypnotic meditation on the idea of perpetual motion and the cycle of life and death. The live performance featured Patti Smith reciting poetry written by Nico, with daughter Jesse Paris Smith, Soundwalk Collective, and a visual installation by Blake Carrington.
