via Downbeat November print edition A diverse mix of styles and impulses are emitted on Embracing Dawn, pianist and composer Christian Sands’ extremely impressive latest recording. Sands and crew offer a grab bag of flavors: gospel-tinged overtures, gutbucket soul, slick…
via Forbes Honorees—selected by jazz enthusiasts worldwide—will be inducted next month at curated performances, with special tributes, at Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Dizzy’s Club in New York Jazz at Lincoln Center has announced the 2024 inductees into its Ertegun Jazz…
via NPR NPR’s Ayesha Rascoe talks with jazz pianist Christian Sands about his latest album, “Embracing Dawn.” It’s informed by a breakup. AYESHA RASCOE, HOST: Christian Sands has been a public figure in the jazz world since his first album…
via The Bluegrass Situation There’s something for everyone in this week’s premiere round-up! From the bluegrass realm, check out a new, suitably spooky track from southwest Virginia mainstay Amanda Cook, a vocal trio number from the fellas of Sideline, and…
via 2024 GRAMMYs We are thrilled to announce that five TKA artists have received 6 awards for The 66th Annual Grammy Awards. These artists include Béla Fleck (x2), Meshell Ndegeocello, Bobby Rush, and Terence Blanchard. Congratulations to every one of the winners for…
via Alligator Records “A legendary guitarist…impeccable and spirited…a distinguished American player.” –Rolling Stone “Deceptively loose but always tight…the raspy chuckle in Bishop’s singing and the sharp sting of his guitar are forceful and fresh, enduring and fun.” –Fresh Air, NPR…
via The New York Times A good musician’s relationship with the past is tricky. You want to move forward without entirely forsaking what you’ve already done. You don’t want it defining you when so much future defining lies ahead. It’s…
via The Kennedy Center The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts has selected the 47th Honorees for lifetime artistic achievements: acclaimed director and filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola; legendary American rock band the Grateful Dead (Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann, Phil Lesh,…
via The Wall Street Journal Meshell Ndegeocello is a modern master of electric bass. Her playing never calls undue attention to itself, yet her songs would fall apart without it. Bouncing between just two notes, she exudes authority while propelling…
via IBMA The nominees for the 35th Annual IBMA Bluegrass Music Awards have been announced. Béla Fleck is nominated for Banjo Player of the Year and Instrumental Recording of the Year with “Rhapsody in Blue(grass).” Michael Cleveland is nominated for…