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Stories for April 05, 2020

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    Margaret and Sheku make LATimes '8 picks while social distancing'
     
    Posted At : April 3, 2020 12:00 AM

    For a little culture while you stay at home during the coronavirus outbreak, we're offering daily recommendations of streaming concerts, online musicals, virtual art exhibitions and more. Here are eight picks for Friday, all times Pacific: The rising young British cellist; Sheku Kanneh-Mason, who famously played at the nuptials of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, performs classical favorites with family members live from their home quarantine. 10:30 a.m. Friday. Free. facebook.com/ShekuKMOfficial Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra concertmaster Margaret Batjer plays solo pieces for violin by Bach, and composer-pianist Sarah Gibson performs her work "Our Eyes Once Watered." 7:30 p.m. Friday; available on-demand afterward. Free. LACO.org READ THE FULL LATimes ARTICLE

  • Teatro Mayor streaming Joyce DiDonato's 'In War and Peace' / OPERAWIRE
     
    Posted At : April 3, 2020 12:00 AM

    The Teatro Mayor Julio Mario Santo Domingo will present Joyce DiDonato's "In War and Peace" through its Teatro Digital between April 2 to 9, 2020. The concert, which features Il Pomo d'Oro, will be shown on the Teatro Mayor's Facebook page and on the www.teatrodigital.org. The program features baroque music from composers Händel, Leo, De Cavalieri, Purcell, Gesualdo, and Pärt. The concert was part of the international tour which began on Nov. 17, 2016, at the BOZAR in Brussels and lasted nearly three years traveling across four continents to 44 cities within 25 countries. The tour ended this past fall in Washington, D.C. The tour was inspired by her album "In War and Peace: Harmony through Music" which was released in November 2016 on Erato, which was also inspired by the tragic events of November 2015 in Paris. SEE THE OPERAWIRE PAGE

  • Vocal jazz never got 'Slow Culture's' full attention until Laila Biali
     
    Posted At : April 3, 2020 12:00 AM

    Jazz has always been Slow Culture's forte. That being said, vocal jazz never really got our full attention. But that was before Laila Biali's single Sugar hit our inbox on a rainy morning. At that time, we din't believe that the whole album would stay in our playlist for long. Little did we know! We will review ‘Out of Dust' – Laila Biali's eighth album – next week. To cure our wait (and hopefully, yours!), we're delighted and honored to publish today the interview we did with The Artist Formerly Known As Laila Biali. READ THE Slow Culture INTERVIEW

  • fybush.com's 'Site of the Week' is Mt. Wilson Broadcasters, Los Angeles
     
    Posted At : April 4, 2020 12:00 AM

    Last summer, back when family trips were still a thing you could do, our family took a great one – starting with a family event in southern California, there was a day at Disneyland, some Los Angeles sightseeing, and then a Route 66 road trip all the way from San Bernardino to Albuquerque. But in our family, even a family vacation ends up including some radio – and so while the kids went off to see the Peterson Automotive Museum, your editor took advantage of the chance to meet one of radio's most interesting owners. Saul Levine, now in his nineties, put 105.1 FM on the air in Los Angeles back in 1959 as KBCA and has owned it ever since, now as one of the last independent big-market radio owners in the country. After expanding his empire over the years with stations as far away as Hawaii and San Francisco, Levine's Mount Wilson Broadcasters is back to his base here in Los Angeles, anchored in an office building hard by the side of the 405 freeway in West LA. (It's visible mostly for the big billboard that advertises Saul's stations to what's usually a packed audience of rush-hour drivers a few yards away.) READ THE FULL fybush.com ARTICLE

  • Laila Biali's 'Take Me To The Ally' is the Jazz FM 'Breakfast Track of the Week'
     
    Posted At : April 3, 2020 12:00 AM

    JUNO Award winner Laila Biali's deeply personal new album, Out of Dust features not only contributions from the singer/pianist's husband; Ben Wittman and son, but also multiple GRAMMY nominees and winners including Lisa Fisher, Alan Ferber, John Ellis, and Larnell Lewis. "There's a line from a song by the indie gospel group, Gungor, that has become like an anthem to me," Biali says. "‘He makes beautiful things out of dust.' That's where the title for the album comes from, and as a songwriter and musician, my ultimate intention and hope is to spread a little more love." Laila Baila's 'Take Me To The Ally' from Out of Dust is the Jazz FM Breakfast Track of the Week for April 6, 2020

  • Nina Simone - Fodder on My Wings gets 'JazzFM World Exclusive' & 'Album of the Week'
     
    Posted At : April 3, 2020 12:00 AM

    Jazz FM had the pleasure to have had the World first exclusive play of Nina Simone's 'Fodder In Her Wings'. The song is taken from an obscure French Nina Simone recording from 1982 and is set to have its full commercial release for the first time - Fodder On my Wings. Originally recorded for a small French label and only sporadically available since its initial release, Fodder On My Wings will be reissued tomorrow. The original album will be expanded with three bonus tracks from the recording sessions from a rare French reissue released in 1988. A lesser-known but important part of Simone's musical history, Fodder On My Wings contains deeply personal songs. At the time she recorded the album, Simone was living in France and extremely lonely; her mental illness was worsening and her family life was fractured. It's out of this despair that one of the many album standouts, the near title track "Fodder In Her Wings," was birthed. An 'A list' track, Nina Simone - Fodder on My Wings gets 'JazzFM world exclusive' & 'Album of the Week' CLICK HERE FOR JAZZ FM PAGE

  • Lara Downes interpretations are precious on 'Some of These Days.' A masterful recording / glideMAGAZINE
     
    Posted At : April 3, 2020 12:00 AM

    Maybe it's the impact of the movie Harriet; maybe it's all the fine work of artists such as Mavis Staples and Rhiannon Giddens and others who have brought more awareness of old spirituals sung in the fields by slaves, some of which later became rallying songs for the Freedom Rides and the Civil Rights era. Whatever the catalyst, this music seems more present than ever. Pianist Lara Downes delivers these mostly well-known spirituals and freedom songs, some alone on the piano, and others with a diverse cast of guests on Some of These Days. Some of this music Lara Downes is playing has been with us for centuries. Her interpretations are so precious, that they should continue to extend for centuries to come. It's a masterful recording. READ THE FULL glideMAGAZINEREVIEW

Top 10 for Apr

  • Nina Simone :

    Fodder On My Wings

     Recorded in 1982, not long after she moved to Paris, Fodder On My Wings was one of Nina Simone's favorite albums yet has remained one of her most obscure.
  • Shabaka & The Ancestors :

    We Are Sent Here By History

     On March 13, Shabaka & The Ancestors will make their Impulse! debut with the band's sophomore album We Are Sent Here By History.
  • Anoushka Shankar :

    Love Letters - EP

     ‘Love Letters' marks a different direction for the internationally celebrated artist; it offers a shift in intimacy and content and comes at a pivotal time in her career as she signs to her new record label, Mercury KX.
  • Avishai Cohen :

    Big Vicious

     Charismatic trumpeter Avishai Cohen launched his homegrown band Big Vicious six years ago, after relocating from the US to his native Israel, rounding up friends to shape the music from the ground up.
  • Sally Potter :

    The Roads Not Taken OMPS

     Milan Records announces the March 13 release of THE ROADS NOT TAKEN (ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK) with music by the film's critically-acclaimed, award-winning director SALLY POTTER.
  • David Foster :

    Eleven Words

     Sixteen-time GRAMMY® award-winning composer and legendary producer, David Foster, sets to release a collection of personal and heartfelt piano solos, ELEVEN WORDS (April 17 via Decca Records US).
  • Dan Romer & Benh Zeitlin :

    Wendy ( OMPS )

     Milan Records today announces the February 28 release of WENDY (ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK) with music by award-winning composer, songwriter and producer DAN ROMER and the film's award-winning director BENH ZEITLIN.
  • Wolfgang Muthspiel :

    Angular Blues

     Wolfgang Muthspiel, whom The New Yorker has called "a shining light" among today's jazz guitarists, returns to the trio format with Angular Blues, the Austrian's fourth ECM album as a leader, following two acclaimed quintet releases and his trio debut.
  • Al Di Meola :

    Across The Universe

     World-renowned guitar hero Al Di Meola welcomes a new decade with an ambitious follow-up to his 2013 studio recording All Your Life: A Tribute to the Beatles with a sophomore homage to the Beatles, entitled Across The Universe, due out on earMUSIC on March 13, 2020.
  • Artists For Peace And Justice :

    Let the Rhythm Lead: Haiti Song Summit Vol. 1

     Let the Rhythm Lead: Haiti Song Summit Vol.

Elektra Kurtis - Bridges from the East makes July - Dirty Dog List

Posted: July 11, 2015 12:00 AM | By: Admin
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Opened in 2008, The Dirty Dog Jazz Cafe located on 'The Hill' in Grosse Pointe Farms, is one of the premiere destinations in the United States for world class Jazz and cuisine. It combines the charm of an English-style pub with intimacy and meticulous attention to detail and hospitality. The Dirty Dog brings together the musicians and guests in a way that creates a lasting impression and desire to come back.

Detroit Public Radio mainstay, Judy Adams, is a trained pianist, composer and musicologist who hosts a Jazz and contemporary music show on CJAM 99.1FM and guest hosts on WRCJ 90.9FM. Each month she creates a The 'Dirty Dog' playlist that reflects her personal recommendations. This month, Adams has selected - Elektra Kurtis - Bridges from the East.

Bridges from the East, the new CD from Polish born Elektra Kurtis comes straight out of the composer's Greek heritage. Always an outsider, Kurtis' music is deeply personal with interweaving elements referencing different music styles and origins. Committed to making the music her own, Bridges from the East reflects the sound of Eastern Europe and North Africa, cultures Kurtis relates to the most, and although separated geographically all of this music is connected by human spirit, emotion, ethics, and expression. Deeply influenced by 20th Century Classical composers such as Bartok, Stravinsky, and Lutoslawski, as well as Jazz and Arabic folk music, Kurtis' cultural threads are expressed on this disc through her Quintet - Ensemble Elektra which she started in the 1980s.  VIEW THE FULL July 2015 Dirty Dog List

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  • Elektra Kurtis & Ensemble Elektra

    Bridges from the East

    Bridges from the East, the new CD from Polish born Elektra Kurtis comes straight out of the composer's Greek heritage. Always an outsider, Kurtis' music is deeply personal with interweaving elements referencing different music styles and origins. Committed to making the music her own, Bridges from the East reflects the sound of Eastern Europe and North Africa, cultures Kurtis relates to the most, and although separated geographically all of this music is connected by human spirit, emotion, ethics, and expression.

    11 NEW  80 Total
    SYND:     PRI/The World, CBC
    Markets include: New York, Boston, Cleveland, Portland, Minneapolis, Detroit, Houston, Denver, Milwaukee, Berkeley CA, San Antonio, Boulder CO, Albuquerque & Santa Fe NM, Montreal, Toronto
    Online: Taintradio, DirtyDog

    Click here to buy 'Bridges From The East'