Special women around us: Meditations on Meshell Ndegeocello

Text by by Dawoud Kringle Last night (as if this writing, on November 17th, 2011), I attended a performance by Meshell Ndegeocello at Highline Ballroom in New York City. If memory serves me, this is the fifth time I have heard her live. The group played mostly music from her newest release Weather. Meshell almost […]

Music listings – 11/20 through 11/27

Will be updated every day! 1. Azam Ali Date: Tuesday, November 22, 2011 Time: 7pm Venue: The Graduate Center The Graduate Center Elebash Hall  (365 Fifth Ave., NY, NY 10016, Ph: 212.817.8215) Ticket: $25 Genre: oriental music The Iranian-born, Indian-raised Azam Ali has one of the most seductive and effortlessly disciplined contemporary voices. Sublimely interpreted […]

Some Thoughts About a guitar legend: Tell the Children that Jimi Hendrix Once Walked the Earth!

Text by Dawoud Kringle On November 27th, 2011, Jimi Hendrix would have celebrated his 69th birthday. In honor of this, I offer some thoughts, observations, and meditations on the late master. I will not waste your time with redundancies, nor repeat what has already been written about him (and if biographical information is needed, one […]

A Master’s Master Graces Manhattan: Shahid Parvez Khan & Nitin Mitta

Date: Febuary 26, 2011 Venue: St. John’s Lutheran Church (NY) Presented by HarmoNYom Reviewed by Dawoud Kringle