In order to be truly connected to a real event “NOW,” it may be necessary to be disconnected from the digital cyber world… In fact, the modern music business has delegated the sublimity of music itself to a zeitgeist of insignificance. A Cultural Commentary By Dawoud Kringle There was a scene in the movie Collateral, where the whole of […]
Artist: Amy Denio Title: The Big Embrace Label: Spoot Music Genre: folk rock/world/contemporary/field recordings/jazz; and improvised music CD Review by Dawoud Kringle Amy Denio is an interesting musician. Based in Seattle, WA, she is known internationally as a record producer, composer, improviser, singer and multi-instrumentalist (voice, alto saxophone, clarinet, accordion, acoustic and electric guitars, electric bass, and […]
Text By Dawoud Kringle On Monday, November 27th, 2017, the musical world celebrated the 75th birthday of one of the greatest musicians of the 20th century, Jimi Hendrix. To say that Hendrix was innovative is a gross understatement. In the short three and a half years of his career in the limelight, before he tragically […]
Text by Dawoud Kringle and Photos by Sohrab Saadat Ladjevardi On Monday, November 20th MFM hosted an experimental gathering. MFM founder Sohrab Saadat Ladjevardi, and jazz legend Billy Harper organized a jazz musician meeting at Yeoryia Studios in Manhattan’s Upper West Side. Billy Harper was, of course, the keynote speaker. The meeting was not well attended. Many of the over two dozen […]
Artist: Amelie Daniel Title: Oiseau de Nuit Label: Rodproduction Genre: French Pops CD Review by Dawoud Kringle All photos courtesy of Amelie Daniel
