A Documentary Film “The Blues Society” by Augusta Palmer…#BlackLivesMatter

A movie about a collective of artists and musicians in Memphis who loved Blues music enough to change the way we think about it. Text by Sohrab Saadat Ladjevardi DooBeeDoo and I are happy to hear that our contributor and friend the cool Augusta Palmer has a new film The Blues Society in the works. She’s been […]

Another Concert Review: The Road to Jajouka featuring the Master Musicians of Jajouka w/Bachir Attar, Billy Martin, Marc Ribot, Shahzad Ismaily, DJ Logic, and opening set by Eliot Sharp and Bachir Attar

Date: June 15, 2015 Venue: Le Poisson Rouge (NY) Review and photos by Keith Brooks and Ann Fawcett Ambia Thanks to a couple of free tix from Sohrab Saadat Ladjevardi, my friend Ann and I got to see the Road to Jajouka performance at Le Poisson Rouge on June 15th. For those, like us, who […]

Recommended KICKSTARTER Campaign by Augusta Palmer: A is for Aye-Aye: An Abecedarian Adventure

Text by Sohrab Saadat Ladjevardi I really recommend this funding campaign by my friend, fan, and DooBeeDoo contributor. Text by Augusta Palmer “A is for Aye-Aye” is a short film, an alphabetical journey that creates phantasmagorical new worlds from found images.

Book recommendation: Blues & Chaos: The Music Writing of Robert Palmer

The anthology Blues & Chaos: The Music Writing of Robert Palmer edited by Anthony DeCurtis and published by Scribner is now out in paperback. In honor of the paperback, Robert Palmer’s daughter Augusta Palmer and partner Chris Arnold made the Youtube video below about the book , which features a great interview with Mr. DeCurtis. Related post: The Hand of Fatima DVD […]