Ahead the release of her new Fame recorded album “Life happens,” Candi talks about her return to the venue of her greatest recordings and what it was like to work again with legendary producer Rick Hall in Muscle Shoales, Alabama. Her original tenure at Fame is also discussed.
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Philip Levine – Benjamin Boone Since the Charles Mingus – Langston Hughes collaborations in the 1950s, there has always been a durable under-current of Jazz / Poetry projects. Recently Poet Laureates Robert Pinsky and Philip Levine have recorded with pianist Laurence Hobgood and alto-saxophonist Benjamin Boone. Bassist Steve Swallow and poet Robert Creeley collaborated on […]
New Blues News – 8/11/2020 Dave Fields – Force Of Will (Self-produced): “NY Blues Hall of Famer and Fodera Guitar artist Dave Fields 6th and latest album Force of Will is ferocious mix of blues rock and beyond that stretches the boundaries. Force of Will will take you on a musical journey in a way […]
New Jazz Adds – 8/11/2020 Hakan Basar – On Top Of The Room (Ubuntu): “Hakan Başar (Jr.) ,who was born in 2004, began playing piano when he was 8. After some ephemeral private lessons he has continued his studies with his father, who is a guitarist. He has done jazz piano studies with curriculums of […]
The Easter cantatas in this recording come from two contemporaries of Johann Sebastian Bach. And both take different approaches to the subject. Gottfried August Homilius was thirty years younger than Bach. Gottfried August Homilius was thirty years younger than Bach. Contemporary accounts describe him as one of the best sacred music composers of his day. […]
Nan Macmillan will reflect on lots of things this Wednesday afternoon, August 12, around 5:30 (est) in celebration of her new EP, August and the In Between. She might even play a few live for us, so don’t miss Something New, heard each Wednesday afternoon from 4-7 right here on WTJU (91.1 FM, streaming at […]
Last month the Classics a Day team made #BlackLivesMatter the theme. Systemic racism in classical music has limited exposure to composers of color. So for August, the team opened up the focus even further. #WeWriteSymphonies is a hashtag used by composers of color, and it seems like a logical extension of #BlackLivesMatter. For my contributions […]
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