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Flamenco Guitar Maestro Rafael Riqueni Transforms Classic Rock Staple 'Stairway To Heaven' For His New Single And Album!

Flamenco Guitar Maestro Rafael Riqueni Transforms Classic Rock Staple 'Stairway To Heaven' For His New Single And Album!

Source: Glass Onyon PR - William James

Prepare to be mesmerized as Maestro Rafael Riqueni, an iconic figure in flamenco guitar music, unveils a transcendent rendition of a classic rock staple with his brand new single released today, a flamenco-infused cover of Led Zeppelin's rock epic “Stairway to Heaven." The track serves as a glimpse into Riqueni's innovative approach to music, which relies more on emotive, passionate playing over technical wizardry, and has made him one of the most celebrated Spanish guitarists in history. Riqueni’s deliberative approach ...

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A New Edition Of Montreal's Festival Jazz En Rafale Under The Theme 'LIVE CAM'

A New Edition Of Montreal's Festival Jazz En Rafale Under The Theme 'LIVE CAM'

Source: Vivo Musique Internationale

With the pandemic not letting up, the Festival Jazz En Rafale LIVE CAM continues to bring the joy and intimacy of the 'live' jazz club-concert experience directly to the fans. Since it launched end of January 2021 (and running until May 2021), this year's festival is presenting nine different concerts featuring some of Quebec's most prolific jazz artists all performing live and on demand for a virtual and intimate experience. This edition of the Festival Jazz En Rafale was coordinated ...

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WM Project releases debut From a Familiar Place featuring Jeremy Pelt, Marshall Gilkes and Rafal Sarnecki

WM Project releases debut From a Familiar Place featuring Jeremy Pelt, Marshall Gilkes and Rafal Sarnecki

Source: All About Jazz

WM Project has released their debut album From a Familiar Place on WM Records. While WM Project is a brand-new constellation, the musical masterminds behind it, pianist Andrzej Winnicki and tenor saxophonist Krzysztof Medyna, go back a long way. They have played together in the fusion group Electric Breakwater, and have furthered appreciation of Polish composer and pianist Krzysztof Komeda through their widely acclaimed Komeda Project. KP's Requiem, featuring bassist Scott Colley, drummer Nasheet Waits and trumpeter Russ Johnson, made ...

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Ultrafaux Announces The 2016 "Django By The Sea" Tour, Fall Dates In Northeastern U.S. And Canada Offer Original Gypsy Jazz

Ultrafaux Announces The 2016 "Django By The Sea" Tour,  Fall Dates In Northeastern U.S. And Canada Offer Original Gypsy Jazz

Source: Jazz Beyond Borders

Popular Charm City guitarist and bandleader Michael Joseph Harris is taking his role as a musical ambassador to a new level with the 2016 release of two gypsy jazz albums and extensive touring across the United States. The latest is the “Django by the Sea Tour” with a send-off performance at the Baltimore Jazz Fest October 1, followed by fourteen concert dates through October in the U.S. and Canada, including the Django by the Sea festival October 8, 2016. His ...

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Summer News For Rafael & Energía Dominicana

Summer News For Rafael & Energía Dominicana

Source: Vivo Musique Internationale

FESTIVAL INTERNATIONAL DE JAZZ DE MONTREAL, 35th ANNIVERSARY EDITION: JUNE 27, 2014 FESTIVAL INTERNATIONAL NUITS D’AFRIQUE: JULY 17, 2014 NEW SINGLE & VIDEO CLIP “MARGARITA” June 05, 2014, Montreal, Quebec, Canada VIVO MUSIQUE is pleased to announce some exciting summer activities for the Québécois-Dominican Latin music orchestra Rafael & Energía Dominicana, celebrating the debut album, Enamorarse en la playa. The orchestra will perform at The Montreal International Jazz Festival on June 27, 2014, The Festival International Nuits d’Afrique, on July ...

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Satoko Fujii - Eto, Watershed and Rafale (2011)

Satoko Fujii - Eto, Watershed and Rafale (2011)

Source: Something Else!

Our favorite avant gardist from Japan Satoko Fujii is at it again, releasing at once a new batch of records of distinct character. Each are performed by bands she formed whose members render her boundless musical vision within their own voices, ranging from the fifteen member Satoko Fujii Orchestra New York to two quartets with odd make-ups (Min-Yoh and Kaze). She and her husband Natsuki Tamura have together released twenty-seven records since 1997 under their own imprint, and numerous more ...

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Obituary

Rafael Escalona Colombian Folk Balladeer Dies

Rafael Escalona  Colombian Folk Balladeer Dies

Source: Michael Ricci

Rafael Escalona, who absorbed the ways and wisdom of wandering troubadours to become a beloved writer of ballads that became classics of Colombia folk music and inspired the novelist Gabriel Garca Mrquez, died Wednesday in Bogot. He was 81.

The death was announced by the government of Colombia. Reports on the cause of death differed.

Mr. Escalona was a pioneering songwriter and singer of vallenato, the folk music of Colombias remote Caribbean region. The sound, driven by the plaintive wail ...

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Great American Blues & Barbeque Festival in San Rafael, CA

Great American Blues & Barbeque Festival in San Rafael, CA

Source: imajinnWEST

True Blue American BBQ traditions at Festival The 2nd annual Great American Blues and BBQ Festival will be a Rockn' & Smokin' back to the roots All American musical and gastronomical get down featuring the cream of the Bay Areas Blues Artists and the best barbequers in the Bay Area. Come celebrate Marin's outstanding heritage of great American roots music and its passion for gourmet soul food. The line up of Blues music will complement the Red sauces of over ...

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Marcia Miget Jazz to Perform at San Rafael Street Painting Festival

Marcia Miget Jazz to Perform at San Rafael Street Painting Festival

Source: imajinnWEST

MARCIA MIGET JAZZ TO PERFORM AT SAN RAFAEL STREET PAINTING FESTIVAL On Sunday June 10, 2007, North Bay musician Marcia Migt will be performing 1 pm on the Main Stage, Court and 'C' Streets, at San Rafael's Italian Street Painting Festival. This will be her twelfth appearance at the festival.

A “maestra" of many elements, her most recent public performance was with Voices of Latin Rock legends Abel Sanchez, Jorge Santana and Malo at the Cesar Chavez Arizona Celebration. A ...

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