We’re looking forward to seeing our friends and colleagues at this year’s regional conferences!
Here’s where you’ll find the IMN team:
Art Midwest – Booth #604
Michael Fox, Midwest Agent: m.fox@imnworld.com
Nicole Mailloux, North America Agent Assistant: nicole@imnworld.com
Western Arts Alliance – Booth #526
Alycia Mack, West Coast/Canada Agent: alycia@imnwworld.com
Candelaria Alvarado, North America Booking Associate: candelaria@imnworld.com
Performing Arts Exchange – Booth #1016
Jeanna Disney, East Coast Agent: jeanna@imnworld.com
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Posted Oct 1st, 2017 in IMN / Industry News
From JazzTimes
Jazzmeia Horn: Going Where the Spirit Leads
By: Roseanna Vitro
An interview with the winner of two prestigious jazz vocal competitions.
Jazzmeia Horn takes jazz singing seriously. As a winner of the 2013 Sarah Vaughan Vocal Jazz Competition,... Read The Full Article
Posted Aug 16th, 2017 in News
From Jazzwise
Mark Guiliana makes mark as Jazz Middelheim’s artist-in-residence
Jazz Middelheim is a great jazz fest situated in front of an old mansion in a park just outside of Antwerp – a gathering small enough to provide an intimate... Read The Full Article
Posted Aug 15th, 2017 in News
From Los Angeles Sentinel
Youssou N’DOUR Splashes Color and Righteous Conscience ‘Cross the Night at the John Anson Ford Amphitheater
By: A. Scott Galloway
International superstar Youssou N’DOUR and his sprawling ensemble of musicians and singers (plus one sensational local... Read The Full Article
Posted Aug 14th, 2017 in News
From The San Diego Tribune
Violin great Regina Carter shines with jazz, classical, blues, rock, country and African music
By: George Varga
Regina Carter has been widely hailed as the finest violinist in jazz. But that only tells part of... Read The Full Article
Posted Aug 14th, 2017 in News
From Paste Magazine
How the Newport Jazz Festival Reminded People to Dance
By: Geoffrey Himes
If we go back to Harlem in the 1930s, we find the great Fats Waller combining catchy, bouncy songs with digressive piano solos in the... Read The Full Article
Posted Aug 9th, 2017 in News
From KUNM
Interview With Daymé Arocena: The Voice Of A New Cuban Generation
By: Cristina Baccin
During an interview, host Cristina Baccin discusses with the young Cuban composer and singer, Daymé Arocena how a rich African legacy has given birth... Read The Full Article
Posted Aug 8th, 2017 in News
From WBGO
Take Five: Mark Guiliana Reps ‘Jersey.’ Plus Louis Armstrong, Tyshawn Sorey, Uri Gurvich, Kris Davis
By: Nate Chinen
Mark Guiliana Jazz Quartet, “inter-are”
Would it be fair to say Mark Guiliana has been typecast? He’s a drummer best... Read The Full Article
Posted Aug 8th, 2017 in News
From JazzTimes
JazzTimes – Field Notes: Newport 2017, Day Three
By: Evan Haga
The fest wraps with plenty of sun and groove.
The supergroup Hudson hit precisely the marks you’d want from a band featuring drummer Jack DeJohnette, guitarist John... Read The Full Article
Posted Aug 8th, 2017 in News
From Huffpost
She Plays Musical Instruments
By: Jill Tietjen
Jazz violinist Regina Carter began playing the piano when she was two years old. Her formal study of the Suzuki method for playing the violin began when she was four. As... Read The Full Article
Posted Aug 7th, 2017 in News
From Billboard
Esperanza Spalding, Maceo Parker & 5 Other Best Moments From the 2017 Newport Jazz Festival
By: Natalie Weiner
Parker has been putting on shows for half a century, and he wasn’t about to stop at Newport — the... Read The Full Article
Posted Aug 7th, 2017 in News
From The Daily Item
DRUMMING UP INTEREST IN NEWPORT
By: Bill Brotherton
Terri Lyne Carrington never met her grandfather, Mattie Carrington, a talented drummer and one of the greatest musicians to ever come out of Lynn. He died about a... Read The Full Article
Posted Aug 4th, 2017 in News
From WTTW
The Experience With Dedry Jones
Host and creator of The Experience, Dedry Jones, talks with special guest, Roberto Fonseca. Roberto Fonseca is a dynamic Grammy-nominated Afro-Cuban jazz pianist, composer, and producer. Fonseca has established his reputation as a... Read The Full Article
Posted Aug 4th, 2017 in News
From DJAM
Kneeboody, Well-Oiled Anarchy
By: Paul Verdeau
The American quintet returns with Anti-Hero, an album in the image of their music, square and crazy at the same time. A perfect alchemy, which, according to them, is almost a “miracle”.... Read The Full Article
Posted Aug 4th, 2017 in News
“Mr. Thile, the mandolinist and singer with Punch Brothers, is a progressive-bluegrass pacesetter; Mr. Mehldau is the most influential jazz pianist of the last 20 years.” – The New York Times
Longtime admirers of each other’s work, Chris & Brad... Read The Full Article
Posted Aug 3rd, 2017 in News
From The Providence Journal
Newport Jazz Festival reflects on Dizzy, Mongo and Monk
By: Andy Smith
‘Jazz 100’ looks at the works of Dizzy Gillespie, Thelonious Monk and Mongo Santamaria, all born in 1917.
The Newport Jazz Festival will honor... Read The Full Article
Posted Aug 3rd, 2017 in News
From WTTW
The Experience with Dedry Jones – Featuring Roberto Fonseca
Airing August 3-6, Dedry Jones talks with Roberto Fonseca, the dynamic Grammy-nominated Afro-Cuban jazz pianist, composer, and producer. The studio audience in WTTW’s intimate Grainger Studio also enjoys a... Read The Full Article
Posted Aug 2nd, 2017 in News
From Telegraph UK
Womad: Ladysmith Black Mambazo were faultless in a festival of eclectic delights
By: Tristram Fane Saunders
With their cheeky scissor-kicks, Ladysmith Black Mambazo were pretty spry for a 57-year-old choral group. Their line-up has evolved – founder... Read The Full Article
Posted Jul 31st, 2017 in News
From Chamber Music America Accent
CMA Announces $950,000 in Grants for Ensembles and Presenters
By: Nichole L. Knight
Chamber Music America (CMA), the national network for ensemble music professionals, today announced the distribution of $951,545 through its four major grant... Read The Full Article
Posted Jul 31st, 2017 in News
From PBS
Jazz Night In America: John Scofield Performs ‘Quiet And Loud Jazz’
By: Nate Chinen
Almost exactly 30 years ago, guitarist John Scofield recorded an album he evocatively titled Loud Jazz. Not quite a decade later, he made one... Read The Full Article
Posted Jul 28th, 2017 in News
From WBGO
What is Jack DeJohnette’s Native American Spirit Name?
By: Simon Rentner
One of the legends of this music, drummer Jack DeJohnette, recently formed a new superband called Hudson, with John Scofield (guitar), John Medeski (keys), and Larry Grenadier... Read The Full Article
Posted Jul 26th, 2017 in News
From Irish Central
Irish American trad music sessions are superior to home
By: Cormac McConnell
I turned on the splendid Irish language station TG4 last night, and who was presenting a show but the mighty Joanie Madden fronting her rollicking... Read The Full Article
Posted Jul 25th, 2017 in News
From PBA30 – Atlanta
Heart of the World: Colorado’s National Parks
Narrated by Grammy-winning country music star Kathy Mattea, “Heart of the World: Colorado’s National Parks” tells the stories of five of the most amazing parks on the planet. Each... Read The Full Article
Posted Jul 25th, 2017 in News
From NPR
The 150 Greatest Albums Made By Women
Terri Lyne Carrington: The Mosaic Project (Concord Jazz, 2011)
Some will say jazz, in a word, is improvisation. An equally appropriate word might be transformation: Each player comes to the gig... Read The Full Article
Posted Jul 25th, 2017 in News
From Times Of Malta
Watch: ‘Play with others’, world-renowned drummer urges musicians
By: Herman Grech
Mark Guiliana gives a very simple piece of advice to budding and established musicians out there: just keep playing with other musicians.
“It might be... Read The Full Article
Posted Jul 21st, 2017 in News
From theSundaily
‘I want to live’: Diva Lila Downs self-censors message to Mexico
The Mexican-American singer-songwriter is known for her politically charged music on immigration, human rights, and women’s empowerment. She even dedicated a song called The Demagogue to Donald... Read The Full Article
Posted Jul 20th, 2017 in News
From All About Jazz
Festival International De Jazz De Montréal 2017: July 3-4 – Danilo Pérez Trio
By: Mark Sullivan
The first of two acts billed as a “Programme double,” the Panamanian pianist/composer Danilo Pérez brought his longtime band mates... Read The Full Article
Posted Jul 20th, 2017 in News
From PBS
Weekend in Havana
Join Geoffrey Baer as he travels to Havana, where dancers, musicians, architects and writers invite him into their lives to experience the color, culture and history of a beautiful and seductive city only recently re-opened... Read The Full Article
Posted Jul 19th, 2017 in News
From JazzTimes
Editor’s Choice – Jazzmeia Horn: A Social Call (Prestige)
By: Christopher Loudon
It is fitting that the serendipitously named Jazzmeia Horn, winner of the Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition in 2013 and the Thelonious Monk Institute jazz... Read The Full Article
Posted Jul 17th, 2017 in News
From Jazz Corner
Maceo, Blow! Iconic Saxophonist Brings the Funk to the Newport Jazz Festival on Friday, August 4
By: Carolyn McClair
What does it mean when the master of funk, the legendary saxophonist Maceo Parker and his impeccably tight... Read The Full Article
Posted Jul 17th, 2017 in News
Daytrotter just posted their session with Kneebody. Click here to check it out. Read The Full Article
Posted Jul 14th, 2017 in News
From Adirondack Daily Enterprise
Irish meets classical in Placid
By: Kevin Shea
Cherish the Ladies travels the world, entertaining audiences with their Irish music, comedic anecdotes in between songs, and the combination of music and dance through the two Irish... Read The Full Article
Posted Jul 13th, 2017 in News
From PBS
“Weekend in Havana” premieres July 18, 2017 at 8/7c.
Airing nationally on July 18th at 8:00PM on all PBS stations: Weekend in Havana (part of the PBS Summer of Adventure), which will feature Roberto Fonseca.
To read more... Read The Full Article
Posted Jul 12th, 2017 in News
From CBC Radio
Lila Downs wants to break down borders with her music
By: Tom Power
Mexican-American singer, actress and activist Lila Downs has just released her latest record Salon, Legrimas y Deseo.
Downs brings a multilingual flair to her... Read The Full Article
Posted Jul 11th, 2017 in News
From Batteur Magazine
Mark Guiliana: From Bebop To Pop
To read more click here Read The Full Article
Posted Jul 11th, 2017 in News
From kutx 98.9
Song of The Day: SIDEWALK CHALK: “TRAPPED” (LIVE IN STUDIO 1A)
By: Taylor Wallace
Smooth coffee jazz creamed with truth and experience is the tall order filled by Chicago’s Sidewalk Chalk. Their fourth album An Orchid is... Read The Full Article
Posted Jul 11th, 2017 in News
From Vancouver Sun
Music reviews: Anat Cohen – Outra Coisa: The Music of Moacir Santos (with Marcello Gonçalves) & Rosa Dos Ventos (with Trio Brasileiro)
By: Stuart Derdeyn
Just in time for caipirinhas on the beach season, Israeli clarinet virtuoso... Read The Full Article
Posted Jul 11th, 2017 in News
From Billboard – Soul Sisters Podcast
Soul Sisters Podcast: Lila Downs Goes From Down to Dangerous
By: Jessie Katz
Grammy-winning singer/songwriter Lila Downs joined Soul Sisters to tell us why she felt compelled to make her new album, Salón, Lágrimas... Read The Full Article
Posted Jul 7th, 2017 in News
From The Guardian
DeJohnette/Grenadier/Medeski/Scofield: Hudson review – a new jazz supergroup
By: John Fordham
All four members of this new contemporary jazz supergroup live in the Hudson Valley in New York, and the musical history of the area – from... Read The Full Article
Posted Jul 7th, 2017 in News
From Yorkshire Evening Post
Music interview: Ladysmith Black Mambazo are still living the dream
By: Duncan Seaman
From the apartheid era, when the choir from KwaZulu-Natal were one of the few groups who were allowed to tour outside their homeland,... Read The Full Article
Posted Jul 6th, 2017 in News
From Ottawa Citizen
Jazzfest review: Mark Guiliana Jazz Quartet does contemporary acoustic jazz proud
By: Peter Hum
These days, It usually strikes me as quaint at best and gratuitous at worst for a jazz group to have the word “jazz”... Read The Full Article
Posted Jul 5th, 2017 in News
From Downbeat
Hudson’s Collective Groove Exceeds Expectations at Montreal Jazz Festival
By: Ed Enright
The Montreal Jazz Festival has earned a reputation for presenting some of the finer emerging acts in improvised music each year. This year’s festival appearance by... Read The Full Article
Posted Jul 5th, 2017 in News
From La Presse
The Bad More … or less … or more
By: Alain Brunet
On the march since the dawn of the previous decade, The Bad Plus takes a last time to Montreal in its original configuration; Last spring,... Read The Full Article
Posted Jun 30th, 2017 in News
From Albuquerque Journal
Country-bluegrass star Kathy Mattea to perform at ABQ BioPark
By: Adrian Gomez
After more than 30 years in the music industry, Kathy Mattea still takes one day at a time.
In fact, she’s slowly working on music... Read The Full Article
Posted Jun 30th, 2017 in News
From Decomcracy Now!
Mexican Singer Lila Downs in Conversation & Performance on Democracy Now!
One of Mexico’s most acclaimed singer-songwriters, Lila Downs recently stopped by the Democracy Now! studio to perform four new songs and talk about her music, Donald... Read The Full Article
Posted Jun 30th, 2017 in News
From Austin Woman
A MUSICIAN’S GUIDE TO HAVANA, CUBA: Rising Cuban artist Dayme Arocena follows her rhythm in the city of eternal summer.
By: Kelly DiNardo
It’s not often a 24-year-old earns comparisons to musical legends Aretha Franklin, Nina Simone... Read The Full Article
Posted Jun 30th, 2017 in News
From The Star
Getting struck by lightning ‘best thing that ever happened’ to Kellylee Evans
By: Nick Krewen
Being struck by lightning and having your recovery exacerbated by a head injury may not qualify as a blessing to most, but... Read The Full Article
Posted Jun 30th, 2017 in News
From Ottawa Citizen
Jazzfest review: The Bad Plus woos crowd with eclectic, left-of-centre sounds
By: Peter Hum
While the Charlie Haden Liberation Music Orchestra was stranded in New York on Wednesday due to a flight snafu, The Bad Plus was... Read The Full Article
Posted Jun 29th, 2017 in News
From Salon
WATCH: Lila Downs celebrates the power of dangerous women
By: Amanda Marcotte
The Mexican-American singer marries vintage sounds to a modern, feminist sensibility. On her latest album, “Salón, Lágrimas y Deseo” (meaning a “Dance Hall, Tears and Desire”),... Read The Full Article
Posted Jun 29th, 2017 in News
From Global Grasshopper
Cuba’s spectacular new voice – Daymé Arocena
By: Johanna Derry
‘I’m not the kind of beauty that some people want to see,’ Daymé Arocena states guilelessly. On the release of her latest recording Cubáfonia, the 24-year-old Cuban... Read The Full Article
Posted Jun 29th, 2017 in News