Says Haan: "I created this program to share the tragic experiences of war and loss and to add a sense of love, hope and forgiveness. It is my hope that tehorah, which means 'pure' in Hebrew, will help build musical bridges and create sincere understanding."
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Music Review: Gideon King & City Blog – ‘City Blog’
‘City Blog’ offers 10 meticulously crafted songs that have bloomed and blossomed to the outermost limits they could have been capable of.
Read More »Music Review: Kimia Penton – ‘Lessons From Life and Love’ EP
‘Lessons From Life and Love’ will sound quite familiar to listeners of adult contemporary music.
Read More »Concert Review: The Chiara String Quartet – ‘Brahms by Heart: The Complete String Quartets’ (NYC 10/2/2015)
The musicians established their interlocked feels for the ebb and flow of the music right off. With grace and power they brought out the Romantic spirit of the music as well as the proto-Modernism in Brahms's unexpected harmonies and transitions.
Read More »Music Review: Kinky Friedman – ‘The Loneliest Man I Ever Met’
Kinky Friedman delves into the darker side of life for his first studio album in 39 years.
Read More »Music Review: Jake Shimabukuro – The ‘Travels’ of a Ukulele Virtuoso
Shimabukuro's playing has always been a pleasure on pretty much any material he undertakes to put across, originals and covers alike.
Read More »Music Review: Myriam Phiro – ‘Voyages’
Songs well sung: That’s Phiro’s recipe for her 'Voyages.'
Read More »Music Review: Des Ark – ‘Everything Dies’
Interesting melodies with counterpoint from smoky background vocals coalesce with beautifully played and recorded instruments to build a blurry late-night Paris or Lower East Side mood – with an undercurrent of anger.
Read More »Music Review: Mindi Abair and The Boneshakers – ‘Live In Seattle’
Don't even think about calling this latest offering from saxophonist Mindi Abair "smooth jazz." This live set is funky, sweaty blues rock and R&B.
Read More »CD Giveaway: Yo-Yo Ma and Kathryn Stott – ‘Songs from the Arc of Life’ with Booklet Signed by Yo-Yo Ma
Enter to win a signed copy of the new collaborate album from cellist Yo-Yo Ma and his longtime friend, pianist Kathryn Stott.
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