It's a touching story set to musical scores that mirror the emotions expressed in the lyrics.
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Music Review: Eyal Vilner Big Band – ‘Hanukkah’
Traditional Hanukkah songs are reimagined in a big band production with 1940s-style swing.
Read More »Music Review: RK Dawkins – ‘Journey’
RK Dawkins offers a pleasing escape from the burdens of reality for audiences.
Read More »Music Review: Jackie Allen – ‘Rose Fingered Dawn’
Rose Fingered Dawn, concentrates on telling the stories behind the lyrics, desiring to touch listeners emotions.
Read More »Music Review: Barbez – ‘For Those Who Came After: Songs of Resistance from the Spanish Civil War’
'For Those Who Came Before: Songs of Resistance from the Spanish Civil War' from Barbez and Velina Brown, is an amazing example of how music over 80 years old can not only be relevant today, but sound just as exciting and stirring as it did when originally written.
Read More »Music Review: Bob Mundy – ‘Love to Me’
Mundy creates an intimacy with the audience that makes him personable.
Read More »Concert Review: Jazz and Chihuly, Songs of Protest and Reconciliation at New York Botanical Garden
By the conclusion of the evening, the storm and rain had stopped and the audience had been refreshed and uplifted by the program's embodiment of the evolution of freedom into forgiveness, reconciliation, and love.
Read More »Music Review: Yelena Eckemoff Quintet – ‘In the Shadow of a Cloud’
Yelena Eckemoff’s quintet whips up a compilation of romantic ballads, lounging pastorals, and elegant improvisations.
Read More »Music Review: Dave Kline Band – ‘Shifting Borders’
Shifting Borders is a cocktail that embraces the music of multiple cultures and merges them together into a melodic brew.
Read More »Music Review: The Cheap Ensemble – ‘The Cheap Ensemble’
The Cheap Ensemble's self-titled release is fraught with ambient soundscapes that lure listeners along a path of blissful swells.
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