Artist: 3.5.7 Ensemble Title: Amongst the Smokestacks and Steeples Label: Milk Factory Productions Genre: jazz Review by Dawoud Kringle Chicago’s 3.5.7 Ensemble (Nick Anaya – woodwinds, James Davis – trumpet, Richard Zili – clarinet, Jim Baker – piano, Tim Stine – guitar, Chris Dammann – Contrabass, Dylan Andrews – percussion, and Mabel Kwan – prepared […]
Artist: Dahlia Dumont & The Blue Dahlia Title: The Blue Dahlia Label: self produced Genre: Pop-Reggae/French Reggae-Ska CD Review by Dawoud Kringle The second decade of the 21st century ushered in an unforeseen phenomenon: pretty young women with ukuleles. Those of us who were born in the 60s and 70s sure didn’t see this coming! And with […]
Presidential Hopefuls Historically Steal Music to use as Political Propaganda Text by Dawoud Kringle Musicians in the USA have often been the victim of political candidates appropriating their music for the purpose of campaigning and propaganda. This is always done without the artist’s permission.
Artist: David Belmont With With Brent Arnold Title: International Steel Guitar Label: Windwater Productions Genre: World/blues/ambient soundscapes CD Review by Dawoud Kringle New York City based guitarist / composer / producer / co-director of the Castillo Theatre David Belmont has a history of producing music from ambient soundscapes, jazz / rock / world fusion and avant […]
Text by Dawoud Kringle Photos and video by Sohrab Saadat Ladjevardi One would think that freelance work is lucrative. On paper, in theory, this is true. The reality, however, is very different. The sad fact is that 1.3 million freelancers in New York city lost an average of $6,000 a year to nonpayment. The reason […]
