An Album Review by Dawoud Kringle
Artist: The Chris Parker Quartet
Title: Heart of Mine
Label: M’Bubba Music
Genre: Jazz
Stream here: https://soundcloud.com/chris-parker-294697926
Text by Dawoud Kringle
American musician, actor, and activist Harry Belafonte has died.
Belafonte was a popular and well respected singer and actor. His more famous songs included “Day-O,” and “Jamaica Farewell.” His roles in movies such as Carmen Jones, Island in the Sun, and White Man’s Burden cemented his place among the great American Actors.
Text by Bruce Gallanther (DMG Newsletter for December 2nd, 2022)
“The Weight” by The Band, from Music from Big Pink, released in 1968
I pulled into Nazareth, was feelin’ about half past dead
I just need some place where I can lay my head
“Hey, mister, can you tell me where a man might find a bed?”
He just grinned and shook my hand, “No” was all he said
Text by Bruce Gallanter (Downtown Music Gallery, June 9th, 2022) – Photo by Al Aumuller (New York World-Telegram and the Sun)
“Pastures of Plenty” written by Woody Guthrie
