Concert Review: The 12 Houses Orchestra – The Next Phase In The Development of The Big Band

Date: March 14, 2015 Venue: The Firehouse Space (NY) Review by Dawoud Kringle As the cold of the winter of 2015 gave way to spring, I went to Brooklyn’s Firehouse Space to hear The 12 Houses Orchestra, the new project led by Matt Lavelle. I was interested to hear what they would sound like.

CD EP Review: Manu Koch & Filtron M acting as as a filter in the age of musical and cultural multiplicity

Artist: Manu Koch & Filtron M Title: Mandatory Underground Label: True Groove Rec Genre: jazz/fusion Review by Dawoud Kringle Manu Koch has released an EP CD with his project Filtron M; music platform which attempts to act as as a filter in the age of musical and cultural multiplicity. It is mainly a live act […]

Music Listings – 3/9 through 3/15/2015

1. God’s Untruly Friends Date: Monday, March 9, 2015 Time: 7pm Venue: Theater for the New City / Cino Theater (155 1st Avenue, b/w 10th & 11th street, New York City 10003, 212-254-1109) Ticket: $15 Genre: psychedelic-ambient jazz/electric sitar music/improv God’s Unruly Friends picks up where Dawoud’s previous ensemble Renegade Sufi left off. Featuring Latif Kurfirst […]

CD Review: Cassis & Boxer (Germany)… a CD that draws one in without making any identifiable effort to do so

Artist: Cassis & Boxerin Title: Flypaperthin – A Symphonic Suite for Chamber Ensemble Label: self released Genre: singer-song writer/soundtrack/alternative rock CD Review by Dawoud Kringle The “classical” model of the chamber ensemble of Europe’s antiquity has clearly branched off into directions that Bach, Mozart, and Vivaldi could never have anticipated. Cassis & Boxerin is such […]

Recommended Concert: God’s Unruly Friends…who are they?

Date: Monday, March 9, 2015 Time: 7pm Venue: Theater for the New City / Cino Theater (155 1st Avenue, b/w 10th & 11th street, New York City 10003, 212-254-1109) Ticket: $15 Genre: psychedelic-ambient jazz/electric sitar music/improv God’s Unruly Friends! The new musical event led by master musician Dawoud! God’s Unruly Friends picks up where Dawoud’s […]