Text by Dawoud Kringle When we think about heroes and musicians in the same context, we picture the saxophone virtuoso playing intricate jazz improvisations, the gunslinger rock guitarist, or the beautiful precision of a classical pianist. Or perhaps we have the image of a musician whose music holds a special place in our hearts. But musicians […]
Artist: Genetic druGs Title: Echoes of Berlin’s Cold War (An anthology of tracks created between 1981-1989) Label: Pharma Tunes Genre: electronica Buy: https://itunes.apple.com/de/album/echoes-berlins-cold-war-anthology-tracks-created-between/1370345398 CD Review by Dawoud Kringle A frightening melange of noise and military sounds, arrayed in a brilliantly executed series of loops, assaults those who listen to the first track, “Cosmic Dust.” Soon, a […]
Venue: the Shrine (Halem/NY) Date: April 21, 2018 Text by Dawoud Kringle On Saturday, April 21st, 2Birds Band, a fiery quintet of mad musical geniuses, took over at Harlem’s legendary Shrine.
Dawoud Kringle reviewing Cecil Taylor’s life and career On Thursday, April 5th, 2018, one of the most original and innovative pianists of our time, Cecil Taylor, died of natural causes at his home in Fort Greene, Brooklyn at the age of 89. Taylor was classically trained, and valued European music for what he called its qualities of “construction” — form, […]
Artist: Lyndol Descant Title: All Love Label: self produced Genre: singer-song writer/pops Buy CD here: https://store.cdbaby.com/cd/lyndoldescant22 Review by Dawoud Kringle
