The jazz opera, Mirror Butterfly: The Migrant Liberation Movement Suite, artfully blends music, voice, freedom and an urgent call for self-determination. It is without doubt one of the most striking recordings of 2019. Created by the Afro Yaqui Music Collective, this compelling music could not have arrived at a more …
The Aardvark Jazz Orchestra, led by founder and music director Mark Harvey, will present the band’s 47th Annual Christmas Concert on Saturday, December 14, 2019 at 7:30 pm at Emmanuel Church, 15 Newbury St, Boston, MA 02116. Tickets are $20 at the door, with proceeds to benefit Refugee Immigration Ministry. …
Music tells the stories of life. More eloquently than can words. For those who will listen. It’s not sufficient merely to hear. For in the stories contained within the notes and even within the rests between the notes played by an accomplished musician, music can capture injustice, joy, struggle, love, …
Fortunately for his listeners, Chick Corea’s prodigious musical output pours not from a container that’s emptied and then refilled, but from a stream that ceaselessly flows. One can imagine his never being far away from his piano or keyboard at home. Corea seems so connected to music that no …
Gary Crosby OBE has announced the launch of The Reggae Ticket, an innovative, grass roots music and culture outreach programme produced by Tomorrow’s Warriors. Supported by Arts Council England, The Reggae Ticket will take to the road across seven UK cities alongside Crosby’s popular heritage reggae tour, The Trojan Story …
It’s rare that an artist can record a vocal or instrumental track perfectly in one take. CEO and Founder of Hidden Beach Recordings, Steve McKeever, discusses the “one take” moments of Mike Phillips, Tony Royster Jr., and Thomas Barber (Dirty Revival) from Unwrapped Vol. 8. Click to stream “The Story …
Montreal hip-hop collective Triple-R has signed with Squash Comp and released their debut album “Red Rum Records”. The album contains features with Madchild & Prevail from Juno Award-winning hip-hop group Swollen Members, Demrick from hip-hop supergroup Serial Killers, and Alberta hip-hop squad Doom Squad. The album also includes works of …
Save the date! Sept 27 from 8 to 9:30 PM, FREE: Jazz at MOCA presents Leslie Cartaya celebrating Hispanic Heritage month. Traditional Cuban music runs in her veins and jazz and American funk have shaped her artistic personality. Caribbean, Afro-American, Afro-Latin, and Latin American musical rhythms create a harmonious fusion. …
New York-based, tenor saxophonist Lawrence Clark will officially release his new album Inner Visions on September 20, 2019, on Holland’s Jazz Tribes label. The album will be distributed globally and available on all major music platforms; Clark celebrated the release last month with a special performance at The LetLove Inn …
September 18, 2019, Fort Wayne, IN – Sweetwater Studios, the world-class recording studio arm of music instrument retailer Sweetwater Sound, have announced that they will be hosting a Recording Master Class session with guitar virtuoso Al Di Meola on Friday, October 4, and Saturday October 5, 2019. The class will …
Canadian singer songwriter Tamara Maddalen is set to release the 70s pop inspired new single “Headlong” to all digital platforms on September 26, 2019. The song is the fourth single to be released from the upcoming album Mint Green Mercury which draws from pop, country, rock and rhythm and blues. …
As previously predicted last spring, Darrell Kelley, who’s put out a steady stream of recordings in the last year has now released a new album that takes the musician, spiritual leader, author and entrepreneur for a 180 ° turn in a new artistic direction. “Get Wild” is a step in …
