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CD Review: The Ochion Jewell Quartet’s CD “Volk” is a brilliantly execution of untapped possibilities hidden within traditional music

Artist: Ochion Jewell Quartet Title: Volk Label: self-produced Genre: minimal jazz/contemporary music CD Review by Dawoud Kringle I was unfamiliar with Ochion Jewell when I was first asked to review Volk. I did a little digging on his website and elsewhere. I found a quote he put on his bio page that spoke volumes: ““Growing […]

Concert Review: Brooklyn Raga Massive Honors John Coltrane

Date: September 23, 2015 Venue: Pioneer Works (NY) Review by Dawoud Kringle All non credit photos courtesy of Brooklyn Raga Massive Pioneer Works venue is located in a desolate and largely unimpressive looking area of Brooklyn (despite being quite a beautiful space). However, on this night, the place was packed. The musicians from the Brooklyn […]

Some Thoughts: Analog and Digital – a Symptom of a Larger Issue

Text by Dawoud Kringle Recently, I’ve gotten sucked into not one, but three separate arguments about digital vs. analog. I won’t waste time and effort arguing about this. This is one of those Internet (or personal) debates that will go in circles and end up nowhere, and ultimately resolve and change nothing. I can only […]