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Album Review

Rhiannon Giddens: You're The One

Read "You're The One" reviewed by Katchie Cartwright


Rhiannon Giddens has a voracious musical appetite and a big talent that uses everything to fuel her many creative activities. With a MacArthur, a Pulitzer, and multiple Grammys on her shelf, this has not gone unnoticed. In a body of work that includes musicological projects along with different types of art, You're The One focuses on Giddens as a songwriter, in a variety of idioms. “I hope that people just hear American music," she says. “Blues, jazz, Cajun, country, gospel, ...

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Leyla McCalla, Peter Erskine, Elvin Bironien, Antares Flare & More New Releases

Read "Leyla McCalla, Peter Erskine, Elvin Bironien, Antares Flare & More New Releases" reviewed by Ludovico Granvassu


One of the traits that we love most in jazz is its ability to promote encounters and mixtures... and mixtures is what this set is all about.Happy listening!Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 Leyla McCalla “Nan Fon Bwa" Breaking the Thermometer (Anti/Epitaph) 0:16 Host talks 4:43 Lyle Lovett “Peel Me a Grape" 12th of June (Verve) 6:16 Host talks 9:53 Antares Flare “Bonsai Jungle" Antares Flare (Self-released) 10:39 Elvin ...

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Elio Villafranca: Cinque

Read "Cinque" reviewed by Maurizio Zerbo


Questo doppio CD è dedicato alla memoria di Joseph Cinque, che nel 1839 capeggiò la rivolta degli schiavi africani imbarcati sulla nave Amistad con destinazione Cuba e le sue piantagioni di zucchero. È un progetto ambizioso sulla diaspora africana in cui la narrazione vocale delle vicende storiche ben si combina ad un sontuoso apparato musicale, articolato in una suite di cinque movimenti. A fare da trait d'union, l'ancestrale retroterra ritmico della regione congolese, su cui vengono di volta in volta ...

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Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

You're The One

Nonesuch Records
2023

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Cinque

ArtistShare
2018

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Cinque + Narration 2 (Part 1)

From: Cinque
By Leyla McCalla

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