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Samora Pinderhughes Unveils New Song 'Keith Lamar: SWEET'
by Michael Major - February 20, 2024 Samora Pinderhughes unveils a new song, “Keith LaMar: Sweet,” alongside a film by the same name. The new track is built around a phone call with poet, teacher, musician, writer and painter Keith LaMar, who has spent over 30 years in solitary confinement on Death Row in Ohio after being framed for mu...
Samora Pinderhughes Releases New Album 'Grief'
by Michael Major - April 15, 2022 Composer, filmmaker and interdisciplinary artist Samora Pinderhughes’ highly anticipated album GRIEF is out now. Additionally, watch a special NPR Tiny Desk performance of “The Cry/Masculinity,” “Holding Cell,” “Grief” and “Process” filmed onsite at The Healing Project exhibition at the Yerba Buena ...
Samora Pinderhughes Unveils New Single 'Holding Cell' From New Album 'Grief'
by Michael Major - March 18, 2022 Produced by Anna Deavere Smith, Glenn Ligon and Vijay Iyer the exhibition marks Pinderhughes’ visual art debut and features music from GRIEF as well as a constellation of films, sound works, physical pieces and contributed artworks from established artists like Titus Kaphar and currently incarcerate...
Rafiq Bhatia Releases Genre-Defying 'Standards Vol. 1' EP Today
by Abigail Charpentier - January 31, 2020 The innovative and experimental musician Rafiq Bhatia is releasing Standards Vol. 1 today, a four song EP that transforms canonical jazz works into otherworldly sounds that are uniquely his own. Bhatia has also shared a phantasmagorical new video for his rendition of Duke Ellington's “In A Sentiment...
New York Guitar Festival Announces Additional Artists to Lineup
by Kaitlin Milligan - May 08, 2019 The New York Guitar Festival and Arts Brookfield will present “Memphis Minnie: In Search of the Hoodoo Lady,” a free, outdoor concert celebrating the life and music of influential blues guitarist Memphis Minnie. The Saturday, June 1st, 7pm event will be held at Brookfield Place's Waterfront Plaza in...
ELLNORA | The Guitar Festival Announces 2019 Artist Lineup
by Kaitlin Milligan - April 30, 2019 On September 5, 6, and 7, 2019, a diverse and exciting curation of the world's most remarkable guitarists will gather for the eighth installment of ELLNORA | The Guitar Festival, presented by Krannert Center for the Performing Arts at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Situated in a vib... |