Date: December 19, 2014 Venue: Soapbox Gallery (NY) Event review by Dawoud Kringle New York City has a long and colorful history. While much of it was inspirational, much of it was also ugly. There was a time when New York City was the financial capital of the slave trade in North America. The Underground […]
1. WILL CONNELL MEMORIAL WEEK: Celebrating the Life & Music of the Heart & Soul of Downtown Date: December 23, 26, 27, 28, 2014 Venue: The Stone (Ave C @ 2nd Street, New York, NY 10009, (212) 473-0043) Ticket: $15 Genre: jazz/free jazz/improv Will Connell‘s daughter, Safiya Martinez, and the musicians of WILL CONNELL MEMORIAL […]
Artist: Mehmet Polat Trio Title: Next Spring Label: Homerecords Genre: world/maqam/kora music CD review by Dawoud Kringle Collaborations between musicians of different traditions are a peculiarly modern phenomenon. Sometimes this produces nothing more than a contradictory hybrid. Yet, many times, the masterful and insightful blending of different cultures produces a balanced and complete aggregate greater […]
Venue: Mercury Lounge (NY) Date: November 25, 2014 Concert Review by Dawoud Kringle On the night of the Ferguson riots, while protests sprang up throughout major cities in the US, InnoVe Gnawa Band took the stage and brought the legendary and magical Gnawa music to NYC’s Mercury Lounge, with Black Rock Coalition mainstay Faith waiting […]
Date: November 21, 2014 Venue: Chhandayan Center (NY) Review by Dawoud Kringle On Saturday, November 21st a pre-release showing of the documentary Raga Revelry was presented in public for the first time at Chhandayan Center. Directed by Mahesh Nair, and produced by Shreedevi Thacker, the film easily succeeded in the herculean task of taking the […]
