Pianist Omar Sosa’s Afreecanos Quartet Communes With The Spirits Cuban pianist, marimbist and composer Omar Sosa plays up and down the tree of music, sounding its deepest African roots and the greenest [...] Mel Minter \ Apr 15, 2010 Read More Omar Sosa stresses the importance of having fun. (Yannick Perrin)
Music To Your Ears: The Distortion-Heavy And Glam-Tinged Ettes Girls Are Mad I didn’t go to the show when The Ettes played at a free bar Downtown early last year. The Nashville-based band wasn’t on [...] Jessica Cassyle Carr \ Apr 15, 2010 Read More The Ettes’ Poni, Coco and Jem
Sonic Reducer: Grateful Dead Bootleg, Frank Zappa Dvd Despite the stereotypically cheesy cover art that will probably shoo away non-Deadheads (as usual), Crimson, White & Indigo (or “7/7/89”) includes a whole [...] Adam Perry \ Apr 08, 2010 Read More
Gretchen Parlato: A Voice To Call Her Own When vocalist Gretchen Parlato performs a song, she doesn’t so much inhabit it as become inhabited by it, living and breathing a musical [...] Mel Minter \ Apr 08, 2010 Read More The girl can’t help it.
Zoe Boekbinder And “Glam Geek” Zoe Boekbinder Makes Music For People Who Like To Wear Sequins To The Library When I first heard Zoe Boekbinder’s beautiful Artichoke Perfume , I thought it sounded like the musical child of Jolie Holland and Joanna [...] Summer Olsson \ Apr 08, 2010 Read More (Myles Boisen mylesboisen.com)
Jazz, Deconstructed Series Explores Jazz’ Roots And Branches Jazz, Deconstructed, a new four-concert series, features local artists with visionary projects that stretch from New Orleans’ Congo Square to an electrocoustic jazz/hip-hop [...] Mel Minter \ Apr 08, 2010 Read More Luís Guerra and Amani Malaika
Fotw: Sexy Springtime Artists At Atomic Cantina Sexy Springtime She beckons with her … eyes. Also, her tetas . One of the best things about Atomic Cantina (315 Gold SW) is that [...] Alibi \ Apr 08, 2010 Read More
Creative Soundspace Festival: Two Days Of Oddly Beautiful Sounds Creative Soundspace Festival Focuses On The Adventurous The Creative Soundspace Festival, now in its sixth year, ventures out to the edges of the musical universe to see what various pioneers [...] Mel Minter \ Apr 01, 2010 Read More Lily Maase & The Suite Unraveling
Song Roulette: The Memories Attached To Kevin R. Elder’s Random Selections The Memories Attached To Kevin R. Elder’s Random Selections Kevin R. Elder has played bass in local bands such as Unit 7 Drain and I is for Ida. He is also the [...] Summer Olsson \ Apr 01, 2010 Read More
Fotw: Milk, My Precious—Konk Pack, Turbanator 5K And Hedia Perform At The Kosmos Milk, My Precious We suspect this artist may also be responsible for the vintage Albuquerque postcard collage that ran two issues ago. The whimsy seen in [...] Alibi \ Apr 01, 2010 Read More
