Date: August 15, 2013 Venue: Nublu (NY) Review and photo by Dawoud Kringle On a late cool August night, Daniel Carter on trumpet, sax, On Davis on guitar, violin, and electronics, Dmitry Ishenko on bass, and Dalius Naujo on drums began the time honored musician’s ritual. Electronic rumbling with indistinct loops and long tones on […]
Artist: Jeff Platz, Fabio Delvo, John McLellan & Kit Demos Title: Differential Equations Label: Skycap Records Genre: improv/jazz/electronics CD Review by Dawoud Kringle
Date: Friday, Augusr 2, 2013 Venue: the Rubin Museum (NY) Review by Dawoud Kringle TriBeCaStan is John Kruth (mandolin, mandocello, banjo, sitar, flutes, harmonica, vocals); Jeff Green (yayli, tamboor, tarhu, morsing, dutar, flutes, rubab, aqua drum, halo); Matt Darriau (kaval, clarinet, alto sax, gaida); Kenny Margolis (accordion, harmonium); Ray Peterson (double bass); Boris Kinberg (percussion, timbales, gong); Rohin Khemani (tabla, percussion); John Turner (trumpet) and Chris Morrow (trombone).
Venue: Drom (NY) Date: August 2, 2013 Review by Dawoud Kringel On a beautiful summer night, Drom was packed, mostly with Iranians, who were there to hear their man: Mohsen Namjoo. After a brief announcement, Namjoo came to the stage, accompanied by Yahya Alkhansa (member of 127) on percussion. At this point, I must admit […]
Date: July 24th Venue: Sullivan Hall (NY) Review by Dawoud Kringle After an oppressive heat wave in NYC broke, and enjoying the cool summer night breeze, I ventured downtown to Sullivan Hall to hear Arcane Insignia. Arcane Insignia is in a category of their own. Describing themselves as acoustic prog rock band, they use complex […]
