Theatre Review: Haberdasher Theatre is remounting “The Wonderful Remix of OZ.” A modern version of the classic tale.

Date: August 17, 2013 Venue: 13th St. Repertory Theatre Review and photos by Dawoud Kringle In the small, out of the way, and comfortable 13th Street Repertory Theatre, an audience of Saturday evening revellers and aficionados gathered for The Wonderful Remix of Oz (directed and adapted for stage by Haberdasher Theatre‘s Hollie Klem and Jeanette […]

Concert Review: The Mast – moving into a different realm than it was on their previous release “Wild Poppies.”

Venue: Glassland Gallery (NY) Date: August 18, 2013 Review by Dawoud Kringle My previous exposure to The Mast, the duo of Haleh Gafori Kilmer and Matt Kilmer a year or so past, was impressive. Their live performance and CD release was marvelous (you’ll find my review here: https://doobeedoobeedoo.info/2012/03/13/cd-review-the-mast-wild-poppies-how-did-profit-trump-well-being/). So, on a recent Sunday night, I trekked into an […]

CD Review: A puzzling and intriguing challenge from an Egyptian cab driver in New Orleans inspires an impulse purchase of an alluring album in a used CD store. The album inspires a search for a difficult to find instrument, which in turn takes a jazz player to a radically different approach…Nashaz

Artist: Nashaz Title: Nashaz Label: Ziryab Records Genre:  hard driving grooves in 10/8 and 7/8 combine with moments of contemplative beauty that sound at once Arabic, and yet distinctly American Release date: September 17, 2013 CD release concert: at Drom (NY), September 17, 2013 Review by Dawoud Kringle In the realm of Persian / Arabic maqam, people like Rabih Abou-Khalil […]

Music Listings – 8/19 through 8/25/2013

1. “Diablo Love” w.  Tomás Doncker Band Date: Monday, August 19, 2013 Time: 8pm Venue: Central Park/Mainstage (69th St. & 5th Ave, map) Ticket: free, but $3 donation Genre: musical Diablo Love is a fantastical love story featuring live music that re-imagines songs made famous by American Blues singer, guitarist and harmonica player, Howlin’ Wolf along with original compositions by Tomás Doncker. This production […]