Friday, October 25, 2019, 11:00am
Here is a list of recordings I’m reviewing this week for airplay in November. What I have dined on so far is refreshing, inspiring and ready for the world to hear. Listen to them using your favorite music app. Spotted Peccary Music @SpottedPeccary demonstrates through the music of Rudy Adrian and...
Thursday, October 3, 2019, 11:00am
When I hear the music of Alex Cuba, I'm instantly transported to and reminded of my many travels to the island of Cuba where I could hear, learn more about and experience several styles of music unique to Cuba filled with 'sounds' unlike any other around the globe. Cuba's new release "Sublime" re-...
Wednesday, July 24, 2019, 11:00am
Few music festivals are as rich, profound, and joyous as the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, now entering its 50th year. With 50 tracks recorded live, Jazz Fest: The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival captures the festival’s ecstatic spontaneity, which defines the essence and...
Tuesday, July 23, 2019, 11:00am
San Francisco, California remains one of my favorite destinations in the entire world. I love just about everything about it and have since my earliest days as a voice student at San Franciso State University. I spend a number of days there earlier this month basking in the city's eclectic...
Thursday, April 18, 2019, 11:00am
With a long history as a haven for musicians and artists, legends like John James Audubon and W.C. Handy once called Henderson, Kentucky home and discovered their callings on the banks of the Ohio River. Framed by nature, downtown Henderson is a southern river town with historic charm that...
Thursday, April 18, 2019, 9:00am
The Wisconsin Union Theater welcomes ETHEL and Robert Mirabal on Thursday, 04/25/19 at 8 p.m. in Shannon Hall. Prices for the event are as follows: General Public are $25/$30/$34, Union Members are $25/$26/$30, UW Faculty/Staff are $25/$28/$32, Youth are $20, and UW-Madison students are $10...
Tuesday, March 5, 2019, 11:00am
IRELAND'S - THE HIGH KINGS PERFORM IN MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN PABST THEATER MARCH 17, 2019 ST. PATRICK’S DAY 8:00 PM The High Kings from Ireland will bring their combination of folk, traditional Irish ballads and original tunes to the Pabst Theater on St Patrick's Day, March 17, 2019. Ten years ago...
Friday, March 1, 2019, 9:00am
Singer, storyteller and cultural artist Maggie Brown brings her sound and vision to Madison, Wisconsin's Cafe Coda Saturday, March 23, 2019 at 8:00 pm. Brown is “a vocalist, music producer, storyteller, and a concerned cultural artist intentionally seeking to influence my audience using the...
Wednesday, October 24, 2018, 11:00am
From ARC Music "On this release, revered, award-winning female artists the world-over share their personal messages in this powerful album of enlightenment, hope, resilience and love. Some of the brilliant female artists included are Colombian songwriter and Latin Grammy-Award Winner Marta Gomez,...
Friday, August 3, 2018, 11:00am
Mariachi Herencia De México - an ensemble of students from Chicago’s immigrant barrios, is a relative newcomer to mariachi music with a surprise hit resulting from their debut album of traditional Mexican music, scoring them a 2017 Latin GRAMMY nomination in the “Best Ranchero/Mariachi Album”...
Friday, August 3, 2018, 11:00am
Chancha Vía Circuito performs a blend of indigenous sounds and songs from Northern Argentina and Bolivia with electronic beats and contemporary production techniques textured with a bit of liberated global dance music nuances sprinkled in. This is a delightful recording! Album: Bienaventuranza,...
Wednesday, October 4, 2017, 11:00am
http://worldmusiccentral.org/2017/09/29/baraka-moons-magic-carpet-ride-across-the-globe/ Baraka Moon, Baraka Moon Music, 2017 Following up on their 2016 release of Eternal , the San Francisco based Baraka Moon is back to inundate listeners with their particular brand of savage coolness on Wind...
Wednesday, September 13, 2017, 11:00am
It does seem so that Lila Downs' music and certainly her rich deep contralto voice just keeps getting better and better as the years go by and, as her albums are released for the world and her adoring fans to experience and enjoy. Downs is invested with a sweeping command of her voice, extensive...
Saturday, September 9, 2017, 8:00pm
At Los Dells Festival in Mauston, Wisconsin, WPR's Maureen McCollum asked Daniel Joel Jesus French why it's important to his group to talk about current events and political issues in their songs. The opinions expressed are those of the artist interviewed. The photographer is Shana Meshbesher...
Thursday, August 31, 2017, 11:00am
I had the pleasure of hearing Karine Polwart in concert in Edinburgh, Scotland's at the Festival Fringe in August of 2017. Polwart's sound was warm, engaging and deeply expressed with several songs that commented on social issues of the day. As I listened I was taken by the sincerity in her voice...
Thursday, July 20, 2017, 11:00am
This past May, 2017 while away attending a conference in Detroit, Michigan here in the U.S., I learned of the famous used bookstore, John K. King rare books store. And like any curious reader with a huge appetite for old books, particularly those centered on music, I slipped out from a rather...
Thursday, July 20, 2017, 11:00am
Thursday, April 20, 2017, 4:00pm
During his recent excursion exploring Indian music in Udaipur, Rajasthan, Jonathan recorded this modest video of six year old Sapna Sapera who would “rather dance than go to school” says her mother Sheru, (seen briefly in the background) a professional dancer. The dance is called the “snake dance”, a common dance in Indian Gypsy Roots Music. Musicians appear in the back along with father Sayari playing a handmade windblown reed instrument he crafted.
Monday, February 27, 2017, 4:00pm
I depart Wednesday March 1, 2017 and arrive to Udaipur, India on March 3 - the eve of the spring festival of Holi which coincides with the harvesting season - a major event, their "Carnival", which falls on March 13 this year. But festivities begin before. Traditionally, India follows the lunar...
Tuesday, January 26, 2016, 4:00pm
A Study of Sacred World Music Traditions as a Potential Pathway To The Reduction of Human Hatred The longstanding belief that music is “the universal language of humanity” is an idea, steeped in widespread appeal. This popular adage, embraced as truth, is not accepted throughout the academy and...
