From Frankfurter Allgemeine
Fliegen mit den Durchgeknallten
By: Cornelius Dieckmann
[…] Fad ist jedenfalls nicht, was die Band auf ihrem neuen Album „All Ashore“ vorgelegt hat. Schon das erste, titelstiftende Stück verwehrt sich jedweder Monothematik. Es beginnt mit einer verspielten Banjo-Melodie, die sich nach einer Weile in eine recht eigen synkopierte Strophe verwandelt (Thiles Mandoline akzentuiert abwechselnd 1, 2 und 4 beziehungsweise 1, 3 und 4), um schließlich in eine andächtige Dreifachharmonie zu münden. Sieben Minuten dauert das Stück, und man möchte hinterher tief durchatmen und es gleich noch einmal hören, um seine bunten Einzelteile erst so richtig zu verstehen. Durchaus lässt sich da von Progressive Bluegrass sprechen, Betonung auf progressive.
Ohnehin hat sich das 2006 gegründete Quintett von seiner traditionellen Besetzung – Gitarre, Banjo, Kontrabass, Geige und Mandoline – noch nie einengen lassen. Schon auf früheren Platten mischen sich in das vermeintlich schlichte Americana-Gerüst etwa kammermusikartige Passagen und kleine... Read The Full Article
Posted Aug 13th, 2018 in News
From Voice of America
Border Crossings
Interview Conducted By: Larry London
Border Crossings is the Voice of Americas perennial daily music program. Every Monday through Friday at 1500UTC Border Crossings airs listeners’ favorite song requests and dedications along with featuring... Read The Full Article
Posted Aug 13th, 2018 in News
From All Music
Song Premiere: Kathy Mattea, “St. Teresa”
By: Chris Steffen
[…] Mattea’s upcoming album, Pretty Bird, finds her taking on Joan Osborne’s “St. Teresa,” a haunting character sketch of a woman Osborne regularly saw in Manhattan’s Lower East... Read The Full Article
Posted Aug 10th, 2018 in News
Billboard
8 Best Moments at Newport Jazz Festival 2018
By: Natalie Weiner
“We’re trying to go futuristic and retro at the same time,” explained saxophonist and bandleader Rudresh Mahanthappa on the first day of the 2018 Newport Jazz Festival. Mahanthappa... Read The Full Article
Posted Aug 10th, 2018 in IMN / Industry News
From Nonesuch
Watch: Punch Brothers Perform Full Set at House of Blues Boston via WGBH’s “Front Row Boston”
Punch Brothers, as part of the North American tour celebrating the release of their latest Nonesuch album, All Ashore, performed at the... Read The Full Article
Posted Aug 10th, 2018 in News
From Madewell
LADIES WE LOVE: SINGER-SONGWRITER DEVA MAHAL
If you couldn’t tell from the headline, we loooove Deva Mahal. The supertalented singer (and, ahem, daughter of iconic blues musician Taj Mahal) has a personality as rich and engaging as her... Read The Full Article
Posted Aug 10th, 2018 in News
From Yamaha
Danilo Pérez: Overcoming boundaries and connecting through music
“Music became an important tool against conflict, bringing hope to the world.”
Pérez first came in touch with the piano in his early childhood. Looking back, he states that he... Read The Full Article
Posted Aug 10th, 2018 in News
From Daily Record
Maceo still makes it funky, with love
By: Bill Nutt
“Maceo, blow your horn!”
During his legendary live shows, James Brown would exhort his saxophonist, Maceo Parker, with that injunction.
More than 50 years after they began... Read The Full Article
Posted Aug 10th, 2018 in News
From Nonesuch
Watch: Brad Mehldau Performs “After Bach” Program at Philharmonie de Paris
Brad Mehldau brought his Three Pieces After Bach program to the Philharmonie de Paris in April. As with his album, After Bach, released on Nonesuch in March,... Read The Full Article
Posted Aug 9th, 2018 in News
From Dallas Symphony Orchestra
SOLUNA ANNOUNCES CARAVAN – TERENCE BLANCHARD, RENNIE HARRIS AND ANDREW SCOTT
SOLUNA ANNOUNCES WORLD PREMIERE COMMISSION FOR 2019 FESTIVAL
CARAVAN: A REVOLUTION ON THE ROAD
TERENCE BLANCHARD | RENNIE HARRIS | ANDREW SCOTT
Tuesday, April 9,... Read The Full Article
Posted Aug 7th, 2018 in News
From Cumbancha
TWO NEW SONGS OUT NOW
Idan Raichel & Berry Sakharof: “Lama Ze Magi’a Lanu (Why Do We Deserve It)”
Stream Now
Two of the biggest stars in the history of Israeli popular music join forces for the first... Read The Full Article
Posted Aug 7th, 2018 in News
From The Dallas Observer
Ladysmith Black Mambazo Is Coming To Dallas To Cool Us Down
By: Monica Smart
You are probably a fan of Ladysmith Black Mambazo but don’t know it. You may have heard them on recordings with Stevie... Read The Full Article
Posted Aug 7th, 2018 in News
From The Seattle Times
Saxophonist Maceo Parker brings the music and the love to Jazz Alley
By: Alexa Peters
Celebrated saxophonist Maceo Parker has spent more than 50 years playing steadily with some of the most important musicians of the... Read The Full Article
Posted Aug 7th, 2018 in News
From Ottawa Citizen
Jazz on a summer’s day at the 2018 Newport Jazz Festival
By: Peter Hum
[…] I left Chinen’s talk early to make sure that I got a good seat for alto saxophonist Mahanthappa’s Indo-Pak Coalition, a trio... Read The Full Article
Posted Aug 7th, 2018 in News
From BBC Radio 2
Jamie Cullum
Jamie Cullum plays an hour of his favourite jazz, ranging from its heritage to its future. This week, Jamie digs out some classic tracks and also plays some brand new releases from his favourite... Read The Full Article
Posted Aug 7th, 2018 in News
Billboard
8 Best Moments at Newport Jazz Festival 2018
By: Natalie Weiner
“We’re trying to go futuristic and retro at the same time,” explained saxophonist and bandleader Rudresh Mahanthappa on the first day of the 2018 Newport Jazz Festival. Mahanthappa... Read The Full Article
Posted Aug 5th, 2018 in News
Billboard
8 Best Moments at Newport Jazz Festival 2018
By: Natalie Weiner
“We’re trying to go futuristic and retro at the same time,” explained saxophonist and bandleader Rudresh Mahanthappa on the first day of the 2018 Newport Jazz Festival. Mahanthappa... Read The Full Article
Posted Aug 5th, 2018 in News
From The Albuquerque Journal
Deva Mahal touring in support of her debut solo album
By: Adrian Gomez
Deva Mahal was born with blues in her blood.
The daughter of legend Taj Mahal, she is working to find her voice in... Read The Full Article
Posted Aug 1st, 2018 in News
From Ottawa Citizen
Jazz on a summer’s day at the 2018 Newport Jazz Festival
By: Peter Hum
[…] I left Chinen’s talk early to make sure that I got a good seat for alto saxophonist Mahanthappa’s Indo-Pak Coalition, a trio... Read The Full Article
Posted Aug 1st, 2018 in News
From RFI
Mali’s Fatoumata Diawara has a lot to say
By: Alison Hird
Seven years after her acclaimed debut album Fatou, the Malian singer songwriter and actress Fatoumata Diawara has released Fenfo meaning “something to say” in her native Bambara... Read The Full Article
Posted Jul 30th, 2018 in News
From CBS News
Punch Brothers on bluegrass, collaboration and the band’s “instant mind meld”
The five members of Punch Brothers all grew up in string bands. The quintet includes Chris Thile on mandolin, Gabe Witcher on the fiddle and violin,... Read The Full Article
Posted Jul 30th, 2018 in News
From WaxPoetics
Daymé Arocena: Voice of Cuba’s Future
By: Tamara P. Carter
Daymé Arocena is a burst of light energy. A million shattered pieces of Orion nebula in the form of singer-composer-star, spreading love, positivity and ancestral blessings—a interstellar body... Read The Full Article
Posted Jul 30th, 2018 in News
From NPR
The 200 Greatest Songs By 21st Century Women+
This list is part of Turning the Tables, an ongoing project from NPR Music dedicated to recasting the popular music canon in more inclusive – and accurate – ways. This... Read The Full Article
Posted Jul 30th, 2018 in IMN / Industry News
From France Today
Dispatch from the French Riviera: 70th Nice Jazz Festival 2018
By: Mary Kay Seales
The 70th edition of the Nice Jazz Festival was held from July 16 – 21, 2018 and drew over 40,000 fans to the... Read The Full Article
Posted Jul 27th, 2018 in News
From Stereogum
Ugly Beauty: The Month In Jazz – July 2018
By: Phil Freeman
Earlier this month, I went to Newark to meet violinist Regina Carter. She was in town to serve as artistic director of an all-female jazz residency,... Read The Full Article
Posted Jul 27th, 2018 in News
From Billboard
Chris Thile Talks Strumming Through the Apocalypse With Punch Brothers
By: Will Schube
There’s also a stark divide between the people that traditionally consume bluegrass music and the men in the Punch Brothers. This is red-state music made... Read The Full Article
Posted Jul 26th, 2018 in News
From SFJAZZ
CHUCHO VALDÉS AND IRAKERE: A MUSICAL REVOLUTION
By: Richard Scheinin
It was June 1989 and 27-year-old Rebeca Mauleón arrived early at Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club in London, making her way toward the front of the room. It was... Read The Full Article
Posted Jul 23rd, 2018 in News
From JazzTimes
Terence Blanchard & the E-Collective: Fusion for Humanity
By: Jeff Tamarkin
Terence Blanchard didn’t form his fusion band the E-Collective with the intention of making politically and socially informed music. But, he says, “Real life was happening, and... Read The Full Article
Posted Jul 23rd, 2018 in News
From Rolling Stone
Punch Brothers’ Chris Thile on New Album ‘All Ashore,’ Filming Latest Live Video
By: Joshua Miller
“There is a certain immortality in the change that another person effects on another person.” This is how singer-songwriter and mandolin... Read The Full Article
Posted Jul 22nd, 2018 in News
From Magazine AM:PM
Cuban albums of the year 2017 (chosen by critics)
The following list of best Cuban albums of the year 2017 is not presented in order of relevance, only corresponds to the selection made by a group of... Read The Full Article
Posted Jul 22nd, 2018 in News
From WBGO
BIGYUKI Reaches For the Stars, With a Celestial Strain of Synth-Jazz, on The Checkout
By: Simon Rentner
BIGYUKI, born Masayuki Hirano in Japan, looks up to the stars. His modern synth-jazz suggests a cosmic aesthetic. And he has... Read The Full Article
Posted Jul 20th, 2018 in News
From The Irish Echo
Madden to receive 2018 O’Neill award
Musician Joanie Madden has been announced as this year’s recipient of the Eugene O’Neill Lifetime Achievement Award.
The IAW&A said in a statement: “Consummate musician—performer, composer, recording artist and educator—Joanie... Read The Full Article
Posted Jul 20th, 2018 in News
From The Irish Times
Punch Brothers: All Ashore review – a thrilling marriage of head and heart
By: Joe Breen
The inside sleeve of this eagerly awaited fifth album from Punch Brothers, the American roots quintet, features the five members... Read The Full Article
Posted Jul 20th, 2018 in News
From RNZ Radio
New Horizons: Nonesuch Records #2 – Thomas Bartlett & Nico Muhly
By: William Dart
In the second of his two programmes celebrating the high-quality releases on the Nonesuch label, William Dart focuses on a new album from... Read The Full Article
Posted Jul 20th, 2018 in News
From The Daily Californian
Singing the songs of the forgotten: An evening with Anna & Elizabeth
By: Ryan Tuozzolo
On September 5, 1941, Margaret Shipman sang “Jeano and Jeanette” at her home in Lee, Massachusetts. On Saturday at the Joe... Read The Full Article
Posted Jul 20th, 2018 in News
From Financial Times
The Punch Brothers: All Ashore — ‘beyond progressive bluegrass’
By: Ludovic Hunter-Tilney
All Ashore is their fifth album, and the first that they have produced themselves. There are some familiar Americana reference points, such as the hoedown... Read The Full Article
Posted Jul 20th, 2018 in News
From The Breeding Ground NYC
Breeding Ground TV: An Interview with Deva Mahal
Hosted by: Fredy V.
#BreedingGroundTV presents: Artists interviewing artists:
An interview with Deva Mahal hosted by Fredy V. at the Festival International de Jazz de Montréal Festival.... Read The Full Article
Posted Jul 20th, 2018 in News
From Mandy News
‘Let the passion excite you’ BlacKkKlansman composer Terence Blanchard on working with Spike Lee
By: James Collins
Terence, tell us where you’re from and how you got into the industry.
My name is Terence Blanchard and my... Read The Full Article
Posted Jul 19th, 2018 in News
From Telemundo
Lila Downs presenta su canto de batalla para las mujeres
Con “Ser Paloma”, la cantante mexicana presenta un himno a las mujeres valientes que luchan por su libertad de elección y contra la violencia de género.
Watch the... Read The Full Article
Posted Jul 19th, 2018 in News
From The Guardian
Walthamstow Garden Party review – glorious sets from world music’s finest
By: Robin Denselow
Walthamstow Garden Party is always a relaxed free family event, but this year, its main, Barbican-curated stage boasted a quite remarkable lineup. Fatoumata... Read The Full Article
Posted Jul 18th, 2018 in News
From The Boston Globe
A sea of calm from Punch Brothers on ‘All Ashore’
By: Robert Steiner
Social awareness has been a fixture of Punch Brothers’ music — their previous album, 2015’s “The Phosphorescent Blues,” analyzed the struggle of maintaining... Read The Full Article
Posted Jul 18th, 2018 in News
From BBC Music
Fatoumata Diawara
By: Cerys Matthews
Fatoumata Diawara has been hailed as one of the most vital standard-bearers of modern African music. With her new album, Fenfo, she takes her artistry to fresh and thrilling heights. Boldly experimental... Read The Full Article
Posted Jul 16th, 2018 in News
From The Sparta Independent
James Brown’s sax man at The Newt
While most sax players have followed in the footsteps of jazz legends like Charlie Parker and John Coltrane, Maceo Parker has consistently marched to a different tune. It was... Read The Full Article
Posted Jul 16th, 2018 in News
From NPR
The 200 Greatest Songs By 21st Century Women+
This list is part of Turning the Tables, an ongoing project from NPR Music dedicated to recasting the popular music canon in more inclusive – and accurate – ways. This... Read The Full Article
Posted Jul 15th, 2018 in News
From NPR
The 200 Greatest Songs By 21st Century Women+
This list is part of Turning the Tables, an ongoing project from NPR Music dedicated to recasting the popular music canon in more inclusive – and accurate – ways. This... Read The Full Article
Posted Jul 15th, 2018 in News
From The Root TV
The Pop Up: Deva Mahal’s Vintage Soul Sound Will Grab Your Attention and Your Eardrums
By: Danielle Young
When you listen to Deva Mahal, you hear it all. There’s soul, funk, jazz, R&B, there’s just vibes.... Read The Full Article
Posted Jul 13th, 2018 in News
From The Maine Edge
Punch Brothers at the peak of their powers on ‘All Ashore’
By: Mike Dow
For a dozen years, Punch Brothers have been delivering a singular brand of progressive-bluegrass-Americana beyond compare, both on record and in concert.... Read The Full Article
Posted Jul 13th, 2018 in News
From The Independent
Album reviews: Daron Malakian and Scars on Broadway, Popcaan, Skeletonwitch and more
By: Roisin O’Connor, Jack Shepherd, Dave Beech
All Ashore, the fifth album from Brooklyn’s Punch Brothers, is a difficult one to pin down. One part... Read The Full Article
Posted Jul 13th, 2018 in News
From Billboard
Gloria Trevi & Chucho Valdes Among 2018 Latin Songwriters Hall of Fame Honorees
By: Jessica Roiz
The Latin Songwriters Hall of Fame has revealed which five songwriters will be inducted at the prestigious hall this year. Joining last... Read The Full Article
Posted Jul 12th, 2018 in News
From Distrito Jazz
Mark Guiliana Quartet, los 400 golpes
By: I. Ortega
Mark Guiulana se ha convertido, en los últimos tiempos, en un musico casi imprescindible en el mundo del jazz. Son famosos sus proyectos junto al bajista Avishaï Cohen,... Read The Full Article
Posted Jul 12th, 2018 in News