Blues rock pioneer John Mayall has passed. Text by Dawoud Kringle John Mayall was born in Macclesfield, Cheshire, UK on 29 November 1933, and grew up in Cheadle Hulme. His father, Murray Mayall, was a guitarist. He taught himself to play the piano, guitars, and harmonica after immersing himself in the music of American blues […]
Text by Dawoud Kringle Saxophonist, bandleader of The Contortions and Teenage Jesus and the Jerks, and No Wave pioneer James Chance passed away. Born James Alan Siegfried in Milwaukee, Chance began studying piano in elementary school and in his teens began playing the alto saxophone. He attended Michigan State University and Wisconsin Conservatory of Music […]
Nu-Bossa Elixir’s by Future350, Stephen Johnson with Vanessa Falabella A Music Review by Dawoud Kringle Artist: Future350 Feat. Vanessa Falabella Titel: Nu-Bossa Elixir’s. Stephen R Johnson with Vanessa Falabella Label: Movita Records Genre: Nu Bossa Stephen Johnson (guitarist, vocalist, Polydor recording artist, head of the MFM Hudson Valley Chapter, founder of Edge, Vienna, Victorian Parents, […]
Text by Dawoud Kringle Iranian rapper/poet Toomaj Salehi has been sentenced to death! Salehi was born in Iran on December 3rd, 1990. He is a laborer in a metalworks factory. He began recording hip-hop as a means of protest against the social injustices of the Iranian regime.
Text by Dawoud Kringle The world of music was saddened to learn of the passing of bassist Thomas Michael Stevens / T.M. Stevens (a.k.a. Shaka Zulu). Born in New York City on July 28, 1951, Stevens studied biology in school, but at the suggestion of his professor decided to drop out to focus on music. […]
