An editorial by Dawoud Kringle Trump’s people are finding it impossible to find anyone to perform at the presidential inauguration on January 20th, 2017. John Legend, Beyoncé, Aretha Franklin, Justin Timberlake, Bruno Mars, Elton John, Kiss, Garth Brooks, Céline Dion, Andrea Bocelli, and even several Washington DC high school marching bands (who’d performed for the […]
The Musicians Text by Dawoud Kringle This continued series explores the relation between jazz and Islam. In this installment, I am continuing the presentation of the biographies of Muslim jazz artists. Idris Muhammad was born Leo Morris in New Orleans (1939-2014). He began playing the drums at age 8. Before he reached the age of […]
The Musicians (Continued) Text by Dawoud Kringle This continued series explores the relation between jazz and Islam. In this installment, I am continuing the presentation of the biographies of Muslim jazz artists.
Written by Dawoud Kringle, with Sohrab Saadat Ladjavardi Shortly after midnight, after the results of the presidential election were announced, I posted the following words on Facebook and Twitter Here lies the United States of America; Born July 4th, 1776 Died November 8th, 2016. Granted, the gesture may have been overly dramatic. But it conveys […]
…a Musician’s Journey Healing Body, Mind, and Soul” Book Review by Dawoud Kringle Music is the oldest, and the newest, thing in medicine. There are centuries worth of traditions from every culture humanity ever produced that explore the practical application of music as a form of medicine. From the beginning of recorded history to around the 17th […]
