via London Jazz News “Too much beauty can be distracting.” Well, that’s easy for Cécile McLorin Salvant to say (as she did to Jess Gillam on Radio 3’s This Classical Life, about the exigencies of virtuosity) but when you’re faced with another evening of her exquisite…
via 2024 GRAMMYs We are thrilled to announce that seven TKA artists have received 10 nominations for the upcoming 2024 Grammy Awards. These artists include Béla Fleck (x3), Cécile McLorin Salvant (x2), Pat Metheny, Michael Cleveland, Terence Blanchard, Tommy Emmanuel,…
via Pollstar NITO – the National Independent Talent Organization – has elected a new president, officers and added board members for the coming year. High Road Touring founder Frank Riley will pass the president’s gavel to Jack Randall, president and…
via Shorefire American Patchwork Quartet (APQ) are on a mission to reclaim the immigrant soul of roots music. Bringing unique perspectives from throughout the country’s cross-cultural landscape, APQ comes from two-time GRAMMY winner Clay Ross (Best Regional Roots Album; 2020…
via PBS GRAMMY-nominated and National Heritage Fellowship honoree Cedric Burnside‘s episode of The Caverns Sessions started airing on PBS stations. The full episode will be available from October 25th, 2023, to November 22nd, 2023 on the PBS website and PBS app. Cedric Burnside is…
via Forbes Africa At the age of 88, South African pianist Abdullah Ibrahim’s music is as vital, creative and important as ever. The Germany-based composer, looking forward to the release of his latest album next year, shares more in this…
via KPBS Premieres Friday, Sept. 29, 2023 at 8 p.m. on KPBS 2 / PBS App Celebrate the recipients of the 36th annual Hispanic Heritage Awards. The evening commemorating Hispanic Heritage Month includes performances and appearances by some of the country’s…
via The Hollywood Times “I am a jazz singer, that’s in my blood. I thought an art form was dying and chose to dedicate myself to it.”— Dee Dee Bridgewater on Returning to Her Roots as a Jazz Singer Although…
via The Times Jazz is renowned for its constant transformation, so it’s odd that Afro-Cuban jazz has barely changed since Dizzy Gillespie, Machito and others developed it in the 1940s. The Cuban pianist Harold López-Nussa here spectacularly puts that to…
Via KNKX Studio Session Youtube With three Grammy awards and an Oscar combined, singer Lisa Fischer and the roots band Ranky Tanky are a serious group of musicians. But when you put them together their music can make you feel…