Reviews of an expanded edition of Bob Marley's 'Catch a Fire,' a power-pop anthology, and more.
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Camerata Salzburg, Musicus Soloists Hong Kong to Headline Musicus Fest 2023
Musicians from Austria, Italy, Canada, Australia, Korea, and Germany to join Hong Kong colleagues for a series of concerts and special events from Nov. 11 to Dec. 3 in Hong Kong.
Read More »Concert Review: ‘Kammerraku Promise’ – Cassatt String Quartet with Yoko Reikano Kimura (Koto) and James Nyoraku Schlefer (Shakuhachi)
Kyo-Shin-An Arts brought together the venerable Cassatt String Quartet with masters of the shakuhachi, the traditional bamboo flute, and the koto, the Japanese zither, for a scintillating concert.
Read More »Interview: Nani Vazana, Ladino Songstress – Part Two
Part Two of an interview with Nani Vazana, the wonderful Ladino singer and songwriter. Reviving an endangered language.
Read More »Interview: Nani Vazana, Ladino Songstress – Part One
Interview with Nani Vazana, Ladino songstress, who breathes new life into a beautiful and endangered language.
Read More »Music Reviews: The Pretenders’ ‘Relentless,’ plus Wild Rabbit Salad, Crowes Pasture, Torben Westergaard, and Johnny Rawls
Chrissie Hynde and the Pretenders deliver a new CD, plus reviews of Wild Rabbit Salad, Crowes Pasture, Torben Westergaard, and Johnny Rawls.
Read More »Music Review: Orpheus 21 – ‘Oriente Lux (Dialogue of Souls)’ with Jordi Savall and Hespèrion XXI
A concert recording of music from countries far and wide, from Syria to Afghanistan, Israel to Greece, Morocco to Iraq, pays tribute to the victims of the war in Syria.
Read More »Music Reviews: Li’l Andy, Galen & Paul, Jorma Kaukonen, Keturah, the Ironsides, and Andy Hedges
Montreal's Li'l Andy delivers the imagined complete recordings of the fictitious Hezekiah Procter. Plus, five more new CDs, including a live set from Jorma Kaukonen.
Read More »Music Review: ‘Sirventès’ from the Iranian Female Composers Association
This collection of music by six contemporary female composers from Iran is an eloquent document of the driving creative spirit these composers in a time of reckoning and exile.
Read More »SXSW Music Festival 2023: Friday-Saturday, March 17-18 (Austin, TX)
The Zombies and Glass Mansions were among the highlights to close out SXSW Music Festival 2023 in Austin, Texas on Friday and Saturday, March 17-18.
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