Category Archives: Reviews
CD Review: The Red Microphone’s new album “The Red Microphone Speaks!”… a fine collective effort created and constructed…
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
The Music/Theater And Martial Arts Tour De Force Review: “DEADLY SHE-WOLF ASSASSIN AT ARMAGEDDON!” By Fred Ho and Ruth Margraff
Date: May 16 through June 2, 2013
Venue: La Mama (NY)
Review by Dawoud Kringle
Produced by Crossing Jamaica Avenue and Big Red Media, Inc. /Commissioned by The Japan Society and Peregrine Arts
Concert Review: B.A.L.L. – Mr. Kramer and his buddies were back in town!!!
Venue: Bowery Electric (NY) May 25, 2013
Date: May 25, 2013
Concert review and photo by John Pietaro
Gloomy skies and chilly rain moved in on this late-May evening, and the East Village was covered by that certain grayness it was once known for. If you squinted just enough, you could almost avoid the bistros and hipster joints that now line the Bowery in place of the dive-bars, restaurant supply houses and dusty bodegas that once were. Remember when there was an artful edginess to this town, downtown? While most of the creative community has been priced out of the chromium rentals that have sprung up everywhere that cool resides, thankfully there are still pockets of inspiration hidden between the Bowery Mission and the million-dollar views. Just a block north of where CBGB once stood, post-Punk NYC commanded the stage: B.A.L.L. reunited for the first time in 25 years. And at the crossroads of Bowery and Joey Ramone Place, no less.
Concert Review: Brandon Terzic Trio performing at “the Brooklyn Raga Massive”
Date: May 9, 2013
Venue: Tea Lounge (NY)
Review by Dawoud Kringle
When I walked in to the Tea Lounge for Brandon Terzic’s Trio performance for the Brooklyn Raga Massive (I was a little late. Sorry guys), the boys were playing for dear life, simultaneously caressing lovely poetics from the maqam and pummeling it into submission. Rufus Cappadocia’s solo was amazing; a Hendrixian powerhouse. Matt Kilmer’s percussion solo was as solid and innovative as ever. Terzic’s oud playing took the maqam and dipped it in a pool of jazz inspired deviations which always landed in its feet.