Archive for the 'Folk & World Music' Category
Irish Music Legend, Mícheál Ó’Domhnaill Dies
Closed Published July 17th, 2006 on Tikun Olam-תקון עולם: Make the World a Better PlaceThe late, great Irish traditional musician, Mícheál Ó’Domhnaill (photo: Nightnoise.org)
On July 9th, one of the greatest of Irish traditional musicians, Mícheál Ó’Domhnaill, died in Dublin at age 54. Ó’Domhnaill, a guitarist, was one of the founding members of the Bothy Band and recorded four albums with the group in the 1970s. He […]
Bruce Springsteen’s ‘Seeger Sessions’ CD Can’t Be Played or Ripped by Computer
Closed Published May 30th, 2006 on Tikun Olam-תקון עולם: Make the World a Better PlaceBruce Springsteen has improbably embraced anti-piracy technology by releasing his current Seeger Sessions using the DualDisc format. DualDisc provides a CD on one side and a DVD on the other. It prevents a listener from listening to the CD on a computer (you can listen to it in DVD format but again you […]
Noa and Cheb Khaled Cover Lennon’s ‘Imagine’ as Arab-Israeli Peace Anthem
Closed Published May 29th, 2006 on Tikun Olam-תקון עולם: Make the World a Better PlaceTonight KBCS broadcast Peter Graff’s The Old Country, one of the station’s finest world music programs. Peter asked Richard Isaac to spin his Israeli disks for the hour and he brought in some extraordinary music. I pride myself on knowing something about contemporary Israeli music, but Richard’s collection is quite superior to mine.
Isaac […]
Dixie Chicks: Back in the Saddle Again
Closed Published May 22nd, 2006 on Tikun Olam-תקון עולם: Make the World a Better PlaceThree years can be an eternity in pop music. Times and tastes change. Powerbrokers rise and fall. This maxim has proven doubly true for the Dixe Chicks. The last many of us had heard of them was after that sorry-assed flap over Natalie Maines’ “We’re ashamed we’re from the same state as […]
‘Brundibar’ Opera Performed at Seattle’s Music of Remembrance Festival
Closed Published May 9th, 2006 on Tikun Olam-תקון עולם: Make the World a Better PlaceSeattle’s Music of Remembrance is hosting several performances this week of Tony Kushner’s new version of Brundibar, the children’s opera performed at the Theresienstadt concentration camp.
If truth be told, this is not the full-fledged production featuring Maurice Sendak’s extraordinary sets which was performed earlier this year in New York and New Haven. A Broadway […]
Kronos Quartet Performs ‘Tusen Tankar’ by Swedish Folk Ensemble Triakel
Closed Published May 5th, 2006 on Tikun Olam-תקון עולם: Make the World a Better PlaceLast week, I attended my first Kronos Quartet concert with special guest, Rahman Asadollahi, the Azeri accordion wizard. To tell the truth, I’m not a big fan of minimalist music. Asadollahi’s music was the star of this show as far as I’m concerned. But there was a single piece Kronos performed which […]
Rahman Asadollahi, Master of Azeri Garmon
Closed Published April 30th, 2006 on Tikun Olam-תקון עולם: Make the World a Better PlaceI’ve never seen the Kronos Quartet in concert before and decided to see them tonight at Seattle’s Moore Theater. But my main reason for going was not to see Kronos, but to hear their collaboration with their newest world music performer, Rahman Asadollahi. Asadollahi is the world’s greatest garmon performer, an Azeri form […]
Neil Young’s ‘Living With War:’ Rage, Rage Against the Dying…
Closed Published April 29th, 2006 on Tikun Olam-תקון עולם: Make the World a Better PlaceJust read about Neil Young’s Living With War (hear it) in the NY Times today. I’ve got to say that while Jon Pareles showed some appreciation for the significance of the project there was also much he didn’t “get” about it. First, this is a musical project quite unlike any ever attempted. […]