Date: August 28,2015 Venue: Rubin Museum of Art (NY) Review by Dawoud Kringle Photos courtesy of Brooklyn Raga Massive Some time ago, I attempted something a bit different (perhaps unique) in music journalism. I attempted to review a concert I actually participated in. As narcissistic as this may appear at first glance, I wanted to […]
Date: August 16, 2015 Venue: Shapeshifter Lab (NY) Review By Dawoud Kringle On Sunday, August 16th, Brooklyn’s Shapeshifter Lab hosted the second day of the annual The Dissident Arts Festival. (The Dissident Arts Festival celebrated its 10th anniversary with a special weekend-long “2 nites/2 sites” edition. The event took place on Saturday August 15 and […]
Artist: Jon Irabagon Title: Inaction is an Action Label: Irabbagast Records Genre: sopranino saxophone/nu jazz/experimental Rel. date: September 15, 2015 CD Review by Dawoud Kringle When I first saw Inaction is an Action, I was truly curious. A sopranino saxophone solo CD! I had to know what this guy was up to.
1. Rez Abbasi’s Junction Date: Monday, August 3, 2015 Time: 8pm Venue: Quinn’s (330 Main Street, Beacon, New York 12508) Tickets: donation Genre: jazz Rez Abbasi: guitar Mark Shim: tenor saxophone, EWI Ben Stivers: keyboards Kenny Grohowski: drums Born in Karachi, Pakistan, removed at the age of four to the vastness of Southern California, schooled […]
Artist: Rana Santacruz Title: Por Ahí Label: self-produced Genre: influences as diverse as Mariachi music, classic Mexican cinema, American bluegrass, and post-punk Laughing at funerals and playing music at the apocalypse: Rana Santacruz releases Por Ahí CD Review by Dawoud Kringle Por Ahi is the latest from eclectic – and eccentric – artist Rana Santacruz.
