The new release by the Grammy-winning Los-Angeles based trio is an ambitious lushly-produced double-disc with 23 tracks ranging from orchestrated pieces to more sparse arrangements. White Sun who specialize in sacred chants from an ancient yogic tradition…
Composer, singer, poet and multi-instrumentalist Fared Shafinury is a perfect representative of what he calls a hyphenated generation of Iranian-Americans today. Born in Texas of Persian parents, and a resident of its musical capital Austin, he has forged a career…
The Middle East and Central Asia have a lot in common musically and the coming together of artists from diverse regions can lead to a sound that while cohesive, is yet fresh and innovative. Such is the case for the…
WHITE SUN’S SECOND ALBUM EFFECTIVELY COMBINES ANCIENT HEALING YOGIC MANTRAS WITH WORLD MUSIC In Eastern philosophy, sound is the origin of all things and it is the last sense to leave us when we leave the body. Within and without,…
HAROLD LÓPEZ-NUSSA TRIO ON TOUR AND COMING TO L.A’S BLUE WHALE JAZZ CLUB ON THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27TH, 2016, FOLLOWING THE RELEASE OF THE LATEST RECORDING EL VIAJE Harold López-Nussa’s eighth and latest release El Viaje (The Journey), also happens to…
Cameroonian bassist, vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Richard Bona is a true gift to the world of music. For over two decades he has dazzled and enchanted us with his virtuosity on the bass, his remarkable fluid singing, his superb sense of…
June 17, 2016 SUPERHUMAN, MARTIN TILLMAN’S LATEST SOLO ALBUM IS AN UPLIFTING ODE TO THE HUMAN SPIRIT To the film world, Swiss-born composer and cellist Martin Tillman needs little introduction. He is one of the most sough-after acoustic and electric…
June 9, 2016 THE MUSIC OF STRANGERS IS A DEEPLY ENGAGING MOVIE EXPLORING THE STORY OF YO YO MA AND THE SILK ROAD ENSEMBLE. ITS COMPANION CD SING ME HOME, IS A TESTIMONY TO THE BEAUTY OF CROSS-CULTURAL COLLABORATIONS.…
March 16, 2016 KEITH EMERSON (2 November 1944 – 10 March 2016) AND THE SHOW THAT FINALLY ENDED On March 10, we lost keyboard legend and founding member of The Nice and Emerson, Lake & Palmer. Keith Emerson died…
February 23, 2016 IN MEMORIAM Hello Friends, I hope 2016 has been treating you well so far. In numerology, 2016 corresponds to the number “9” of the nine year cycle of change. Among other things, this cycle corresponds with endings…
