Artist: Maracatu New York
Title: Baque Do Brooklyn
Label: On Nation Beat Music
Genre: Afro-Brazilian style of music from Northeastern Brazil
Maracatu New York’s Baque Do Brooklyn
CD review by Matt Cole
Artist: Shujaat Husain Khan & Katayoun Goudarzi.
Title: Spring
Label: self-released
Genre: Indian/Persian folk music
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.
Date: September 19, 2013
Venue: Drom (NY)
Review by Dawoud Kringle, photo by Sohrab Saadat Ladjevardi
A lush and joyful tapestry of sound filled the air. A melody of sweetness from the clarinet rose above it. Thus began Arifa‘s performance at Drom. They’re presently on tour, and this was one of two performances in NYC; the other being at the Kennedy Center.
Artist: Brian Landrus Kaleidoscope
Title: Mirage
Label: BlueLand Records
Genre: jazz/funk
Review by Matt Cole
Mirage is the 5th CD as a leader from composer/low reedsman Brian Landrus. In addition to Kaleidoscope, which consists of Nir Felder on guitar, Frank Carlberg on Rhodes and piano, Lonnie Plaxico on acoustic and electric bass, and Rudy Royston on drums; Landrus added a string section for this album, consisting of Mark Feldman and Joyce Hammann on violin, Judith Insell on viola, and Jody Redhage on cello, with Ryan Truesdell conducting.
