Venue: Drom (NY) Date: December 28, 2013 Review by Dawoud Kringle On an unseasonably warm winter night, in the subterranean comfort of Drom, the Underground Horns (describing themselves as “a 6-piece brass band playing afro funk bhangra new Orleans Latin grooves and beyond”) came out swinging with a heavy fisted, heavy grooving rendering of Mingus’ […]
Venue: Silvana (Harlem, NY) Date: November 13, 2013 Review by Dawoud Kringle Silvana has been bringing in some interesting musical groups. On a cold mid-November night, Lauren Lee (piano/vocals), Jimmy Lopez (electronic percussion), and Charley Sabatino (bass) hit the stage. Lee set the tone with a vocal melody of jazzy, mellow feel, which was answered on piano by a reharmonized chord melody. The song started to take on […]
Artist: Magnetic Ear Title: Alien of Extraordinary Ability Label: self released Genre: New Orleans style second line and funk, Eastern European brass band music and African music CD Review by Dawoud Kringle Magnetic Ear is part of the new scene of music coming from New Orleans. An ensemble led by Martin Krusche. Born in Germany, […]
Venue: Pianos (NY) Date: December, 2013 Review by Dawoud Kringle One December night, people jammed into the main room of the Lower East Side’s music venues Pianos NYC. The Kominas, a Pakistani/American/Muslim Taqwacore Punk group who’d come to national attention after the publication of Michael Muhammad Knight’s groundbreaking novel The Taqwacores were playing as part of […]
Artist: Kosi Title: One More Cup of Coffee Label: self-released Genre: blues/jazz/soul You can download or purchase the album on Amazon, BandCamp and kosi-sings.com. CD Review by Dawoud Kringle
