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Mama’s Broke’s ‘dark, fiery folk-without-borders sound’ absorbs traditions from their maritime home in Eastern Canada all the way to Ireland and Indonesia. Photo: Canadian folk duo Mama’s Broke (Amy Lou and Lisa Marie) live at Sidmouth Folk Festival 2019 16 May 2022 | James Porteous | Clipper Media News We find ourselves at a place in time when…
Buffy Sainte-Marie sings four songs with the same passion she has shown throughout her nearly 60-year career Photo: Screenshot: Singer/songwriter Buffy Sainte-Marie 15 May 2022 | Ann Powers | NPR PLEASE NOTE: The video is available to view on the NRP site and YouTube (linked below) “Tiny Desk at home? I kinda live on the…
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The Bob Dylan Centre is filled with material from the singer/songwriter’s archive, which he sold to the Tulsa-based George Kaiser Family Foundation in 2016. 06 May 2-22 | DAVID BAUDER | AP via Tulsa World NEW YORK (AP) — Elvis Costello, Patti Smith and Mavis Staples were among the dignitaries in Tulsa, Oklahoma, for the…
The song, written by Elton John and lyricist Bernie Taupin, went on to become their musical anthem Photo: Elton John began working with song-writing partner Bernie Taupin in 1967. (Supplied) 30 April 2022 | Matt Neal | ABC News Rocket Man changed Elton John’s career almost overnight — 50 years on, it remains an anthem…
Classical: The two string quartets are ‘focused and fragile investigations of sound… live in the shadows, slowly shifting, finding form, and melting away.’ 01 May 2022 | James Porteous | Clipper Media News Manchester Collective Manchester Collective is a new kind of arts organisation, built for a fresh and diverse musical world. We create intimate…
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His music, Timba, was ‘fast, loud, and characterized by its multiple overlapping rhythms and deep booming bass lines’ Photo: José Luis Cortés leading the band NG La Banda at Lincoln Center in New York in 1997. His performance, one reviewer said, had the audience “up on its feet and screaming.”Credit…Jack Vartoogian 28 April 2022 |…
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30 April 2022 – Stay Awake: Various Interpretations of Music from Vintage Disney Films Photo: ClipperMusic Cover. Graphic James Porteous 30 April 2022 | James Porteous | Clipper Media News 30 April 2022 – Stay Awake: Various Interpretations of Music from Vintage Disney Films Stay Awake: Various Interpretations of Music from Vintage Disney Films, produced…
Singin’ in the Rain turns 70 this year and although the reviews were good, no one expected it to become known as a classic. Photo: Gene Kelly in Singin’ in the Rain. Photograph: AF archive/Alamy Stock Photo 15 April 2022 | Keith Garlington | Arkansas Online The studio musical has seen a bit of a resurgence…
Dozens of folk musicians from both sides of the Atlantic, such as Emmylou, Guy Clark, Kate and Anna, Iris Dement, Mary Black, Jerry Douglas, Aly Bain, Danny Thompson and John Martyn join what has been called ‘the greatest backporch shows ever’ 16 April 2022 | James Porteous | Clipper Media News This is Session One…
Francisco González always said ‘We are gardeners of the seeds of our culture. We plant our seeds patiently, and we nurture the plants of our culture’ Photo: In Mexico, musicians said Francisco González’s handiwork with strings made instruments resonate with a sound they hadn’t heard in decades (Scott MacDonald) 04 April 2022 | GUSTAVO ARELLANO…
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Master jazz trumpeter Dave Douglas is back with a work inspired by the 15th Century painting, The Adoration of the Mystic Lamb Photo: Jazz Musician Dave Douglas See below for information on the Dave Douglas / Greenleaf Subscription 01 April 2022 | James Porteous | Clipper Media News Buy from the Dave Douglas BANDCAMP website…
The set is said to be ‘an album that’s at once a time capsule and a memorial, a blissful homecoming and a fond farewell’ Photo: Mavis Staples and Levon Helm 27 March 2022 | James Porteous | Clipper Media News ANTI-Records Press Release CAPTURED AT WOODSTOCK, NEW YORK’S LEVON HELM STUDIOS IN THE SUMMER OF…
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