Artist: The Bushwick Hotel Title: Graffiti of the Young Man’s Mind Label: self produced Genre: indie rock CD Review by Dawoud Kringle One of the most interesting, although potentially incongruous, manifestations of American music is when jazz musicians play rock / pop music. Of course, there is nothing new about this. Frank Beecher of rock […]
Date: June 2, 2014 Venue: Silvana (NY) Review by Dawoud Kringle It was a warm spring night in Harlem when Silvana hosted the CD release party of songwriter and jazz vocal stylist Kosi‘s (a.k.a. Kosi Gyebi Sorensen) newest recording Pictures of Us. The show was webcasted through concertwindow.com (and got good reviews).
Review by Dawoud Kringle Roulette hosted the 19th Annual Vision Festival. At their venue in Brooklyn, the excitement in the air was quite noticeable. The line up that Arts for Art put together promised to be a great event. As I arrived, I caught the end of CHILE / NEW YORK / AfghanIRAQ, a film […]
Review by Dawoud Kringle Enduring a Long, Hard Gig. The Breath Courses Through Us. A grainy, seemingly vintage film of a music aficionado thumbing through a stack of records, and pulling out an LP of the New York Art Quartet forms a silent, yet eloquent imagery. Putting the vinyl on a turntable, the sound of free […]
By Dawoud Kringle There are times when the Designer of destiny makes a fortuitous decision on your behalf. I first met Sohrab Saadat Ladjevardi in the lobby of a hotel where a mutual friend, virtuoso pianist David Cieri, was performing. We hit it off immediately; and both knew we’d met kindred spirits. The first time […]
