New Music Reviews
Reissue CDs Weekly: Front Line – Sounds of RealitySunday, 10 August 2014
Various Artists: Front Line – Sounds of Reality Read more... |
Reissue CDs Weekly: Hadda BrooksSunday, 03 August 2014
Hadda Brooks: Queen of the Boogie and More Read more... |
WOMAD 2014, Charlton ParkWednesday, 30 July 2014
If I had to pick the highlight of this sun-drenched WOMAD it would have to be the fresh, emotionally charged set of Ukrainian band Dakha Brakha. I can’t recall seeing such a unanimously positive response for a relatively unknown band at the Festival. It wasn’t as if the music was obviously crowd-friendly, and parts were quite challenging, mixing soulfully sung Ukrainian folk tunes with other influences – Nigerian drumming, Bulgarian singing and Japanese koto. Read more... |
Reissue CDs Weekly: Troubadours - Folk and the Roots of American MusicSunday, 27 July 2014
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Reissue CDs Weekly: Ruthann FriedmanSunday, 20 July 2014
Ruthann Friedman: The Complete Constant Companion Sessions Read more... |
Reissue CDs Weekly: LewisSunday, 13 July 2014
Lewis: L'Amour Read more... |
Reissue CDs Weekly: Crosby, Stills, Nash & YoungSunday, 06 July 2014
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young: CSNY 1974 Read more... |
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, BarbicanThursday, 03 July 2014
If, like Wynton Marsalis, you’re a gatekeeper of the jazz tradition, there’s little you’ll defend more staunchly than the Blue Note back catalogue. With the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, in London on a short tour, he presented a glossy and intriguing selection of Blue Note repertoire before an ecstatic audience in last night’s Barbican concert. Technically, this was a tour de force. Read more... |
theartsdesk at Glastonbury Festival 2014Thursday, 03 July 2014
Prologue On Thursday 26 June I arrive at a cloudy but warm Glastonbury Festival, set up camp, eat sausages, chase after DJ Richie Hawtin for an interview that never happens, then acclimatise, settle, let this hedonist Mecca do its work on me… Friday 27 June Read more... |
Maria Gadu, BarbicanWednesday, 02 July 2014
Admired by Brazilian musical royalty like Milton Nascimento and Caetano Veloso, Maria Gadú, at the age of 27, already has four platinum albums to her credit, not to mention a couple of Latin Grammys. Her music blends the urban chaotic modernity of her hometown São Paulo with the grassroots sounds of the North East and Rio. Born Mayra Correa Aygadoux in 1986 Gadú was something of a child prodigy, and began writing songs and recording them onto cassette at the age of 10. Read more... |
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