Artists
From his Austrian Alps forest home, Americana songsmith Prinz Grizzley is releasing a series of singles leading into 2023. These songs of finding hope, revenge and eventually serenity will make you look for your own secluded mountain town to settle down in, get drinks with friends and maybe even start a family.
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Gloria Taylor, folk singer-songwriter and sound healer, recently released her new EP, “Sun.” It’s available on all major streaming services and marks her first release since 2018’s “Go for the Moon” album and 2020’s single, “Decision.”
The five new songs on “Sun” were inspired by Taylor’s experience as a sound and energy healer during the pandemic. In the last year, she volunteered her time doing remote sound-healing sessions on Zoom for those fighting COVID and impacted by the virus. Their stories and sometimes bittersweet triumphs influenced the music on “Sun.”
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A suite for Indigenous resistance, the new album from Wabanaki bassist, composer, and songwriter Mali Obomsawin flies in the face of Western tropes that insist Indigenous cultures are monolithic, trapped in time. Instead, Obomsawin highlights centuries of clever adaptation and resistance that have fueled the art and culture of Wabanaki people.
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New York Restoration Project (NYRP) celebrated over two and a half decades of championing urban green spaces and community gardens with its 26th annual Halloween Gala – Hulaween and the Seven Deadly Sins. The NYRP’s signature autumn gala celebration raised more than $2 million. Hulaween 2022 took place Friday, October 28, 2022, at Cipriani South Street, 10 South Street in Lower Manhattan.
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Navajita Plateá, one of the most acclaimed and recognized gypsy flamenco bands on Spain’s music scene make their Los Angeles debut on Saturday, November 5 at the Wilshire Ebell Theatre, with their extremely popular eclectic sound of Flamenco/Spanish Pop Rock incorporating blues, rock, Latin and hip hop. Ildefonso De Los Reyes (aka Pelé), vocals and Francisco Carrasco (aka Curro) on guitar, both hail from Jerez de la Frontera, Spain, from renowned gypsy family dynasties.
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Acclaimed jazz pianist David Kikoski brings his formidable trio to Zinc for a splendid evening of jazz piano on Tuesday, November 1. He’s supported by Matt Penman on bass and Jeff “Tain” Watts on drums.
David Kikoski is one of New York’s busiest pianists. It’s no wonder. Given his swinging, always spontaneous playing, one immediately understands why his bio includes tenures with Roy Haynes, Bob Berg, Pat Metheny, and the Mingus Big Band.
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Having traveled the globe with their music, The Trouble Notes are bringing stories of immigration and cultural identity to the stage - starting with their newest single “Mayahuel”. “Mayahuel” is an instrumental composition that romanticizes and tells the story of their friend Martha Xucunostli. A powerful female character, she traveled across an ocean from her native Mexico to Belgium for love and had to navigate the balance between her native traditions and those of her new European home.
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House music has always been a 12-inch format, the iconic vinyl single has long been fetishised by DJs and perfect for the fast paced, sometimes throwaway culture of electronic music. But among this world are the game-changers; the visionary artists who buck trends and determine new directions and ideas for generations to come, Ten City—who is Byron Stingily and Marshall Jefferson--are one of those acts. Their new single “Love Is Love” is out today, October 28 via Helix Records.
Today, the celebrated jazz and pop saxophonist Candy Dulfer has released her new full-length album ‘We Never Stop,’ out now on all digital platforms. To celebrate the release, Dulfer has unveiled a music video for “Convergency,” featuring Chic guitarist, producer, songwriter, and three-time GRAMMY Award-winner Nile Rodgers, which includes exclusive footage of Dulfer and Rodgers recording the track in-studio.
