Date: February 11, 2014 Venue: Friends And Lovers Review by Dawoud Kringle On a freezing February 11th, in a new venue in Brooklyn, a mysterious rubato on an A tonic led the way to a mad Gypsy dance around implied minor chords. After frenetic rhythms and violin pyrotechnics, the song built to a fevered pitch, […]
Book reviews by Dawoud Kringle Title: Getting Started on Djembe Author: Michaael Wimberly Format: book & DVD Publisher: Hal Leonard Corp Genre: music education Getting Started on Djembe / Getting Started on Cajon are new book instruction releases by master drummer/percussionist Michael Wimberly‘. After greeting the viewer, Wimberly begins the video with an historic overview […]
Date: February 25, 2014 Venue: Le Poisson Rouge (NY) Review by Dawoud Kringle On Tuesday, February 24th, Le Poisson Rouge played host to an important event which was sponsored by the NY chapter of the Content Creators Coalition. One that may well be a landmark in the unfolding of the way that the music business […]
Artist: UllU Title: August Label: Non-Site Records Genre: sound scapes/drones Buy CD: here (limited Edition of 200 CD’s) Review by Dawoud Kringle UllU is the Hindi word for owl. In South Asian tradition, the owl is thought of as a foolish bird (unlike the opposite assessment in Western tradition). This is the surface appearance presented […]
Title: Upaj: Improvise Director: Hoku Uchiyama Producer: Antara Bhardwaj Review by Dawoud Kringle
