Ladysmith Black Mambazo Warm Hearts With Levity And Joy In Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES, CA- Seeing Ladysmith Black Mambazo at Disney Hall was a dream come true for me. I’ve loved their music since I first heard them back in the 90s, but I’d never been able to see them live before – and not for…
David Byrne Is Disrupting Dystopia
QUEENS, NEW YORK- A gridwork of fold-out chairs lined the lawn of Forest Hills Stadium, but if the venue was expecting a staid, seated crowd, they missed the memo on American Utopia. Once the shimmering, eerie opening of “Here” drifted out across the field, the…
Baaba Maal’s Life Affirming Music Brought Joy To “Sound In Focus” [REVIEW+PHOTOS]
[twitter style=”horizontal” float=”left”] [fbshare type=”button” width=”100″] [pinterest count=”horizontal”] CLICK HERE FOR OUR COMPLETE COVERAGE OF THIS YEARS SOUND IN FOCUS CONCERT SERIES To paraphrase Blurred Culture’s music editor photo editor Derrick Lee: “With all the chaos in the world, there’s something incredibly life affirming about a musician like Baaba…
The Nomadic Impulse In Imarhan’s Music At Sound In Focus Is Kinetic
[twitter style=”horizontal” float=”left”] [fbshare type=”button” width=”100″] [pinterest count=”horizontal”] CLICK HERE FOR OUR COMPLETE COVERAGE OF THIS YEARS SOUND IN FOCUS CONCERT SERIES Imarhan are an Algerian band of Tuareg heritage that have helped add to the solid cadre of musicians coming out of North Africa the last several…
