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The ancient runes, hewn into the mossy boulders that dot Streedagh Beach in Ireland’s County Sligo have puzzled scientists and anthropologists for decades. Legends of their meaning have been passed down by word of mouth by the local villagers for generations. Some say the runes describe a story of a great sea beast that terrorized the village, some say they hold the recipe for a hearty and medicinal stew; but the mysteries of the runes have never been fully uncovered……

Roger Green has been a longtime collaborator with Ron Miles. Occasionally performing live with him live, Roger appears on the Blossom album (Sterling Circle 2006) and Miles is featured on releases by Roger's former group, The Czars. More often, Roger had the pleasure of testing Ron's new songs as he wrote them, often talking through aesthetic decisions and possibilities for presentation and asking questions about the difference between song and a composition, about the written and the unwritten in music,…

The pre-eminent classical tabla virtuoso of our time, Zakir Hussain is appreciated as one of the world’s most esteemed and influential musicians, one whose mastery of his percussion instrument has taken it to a new level, transcending cultures and national borders. A child prodigy who began his international touring career by the age of eighteen, Zakir has been at the helm of many genre-defying collaborations including Shakti, Remember Shakti, Masters of Percussion, Planet Drum, Tabla Beat Science, and Sangam. In February 2024, Zakir made history by…

Avishai Cohen is globally recognized as a musician with an individual sound and a questing spirit, an ever-creative player-composer open to multiple strains of jazz and active as a leader, co-leader and sideman. In his new album, Naked Truth (released in 2022), you find a raw beauty and vulnerability in Avishai Cohen’s trumpet sound. Very much music-of-the moment, found and shaped in the course of a remarkable recording session in the South of France, Naked Truth takes the form of…

THE BAD PLUS ANNOUNCES NEW ALBUM, COMPLEX EMOTIONS, OUT NOVEMBER 8, 2024, VIA MACK AVENUE RECORDS + RELEASES FIRST SINGLE “FRENCH HORNS” The upcoming release is the boundary-defying quartet’s second LP with its current lineup of founding members Reid Anderson (bass) and Dave King (drums) along with Ben Monder (guitars) and Chris Speed (saxophones). “With this new album and this new batch of music, we're planting a flag to say that this version of the band has really come into…

The GRAMMY nominated vocal supergroup, säje (rhymes with “beige”), is the brainchild of vocalist/composers Sara Gazarek, Amanda Taylor, Johnaye Kendrick, and Erin Bentlage. Born out of close friendship and deep admiration, these world-renowned artists, composers, and arrangers have come together to explore, create, and celebrate the music that moves them. As individuals, each artist has crafted their own notable solo career, and now are delighted to bring their collective voices to this union, traversing a vast array of compelling original material, beloved…

“Frisell has had a lot of practice putting high concept into a humble package. (He’s) long hailed as one of the most distinctive and original improvising guitarists of our time…” — The New York Times In My Dreams features Bill Frisell on guitar, Thomas Morgan on bass, Rudy Royston on drums, Jenny Scheinman on violin, Eyvind Kang on viola, and Hank Roberts on cello. Guitar icon Bill Frisell’s career has spanned more than 40 years and many celebrated recordings, most recently on the…

“Sosa is one of the truly illuminated minds… He is shaping a new synthesis of Latin and American jazz.” — Billboard Omar Sosa is a Cuban-born jazz pianist and composer whose musical horizons span Caribbean, Latin American, European, and African traditions. Over a three-decade career and 35 recordings, Sosa has gained four GRAMMY nominations and three Latin GRAMMY nominations, as well as a Smithsonian Lifetime Achievement Award. He has worked with an extraordinary array of musicians including Paquito D’Rivera, Lionel…

“Charles is the very definition of excellence in our music.” — Wynton Marsalis “Terell Stafford is one of the great players of our time…” — McCoy Tyner Two jazz stars comprise the front line of this multi-generational quintet! Still sounding strong at 85, Charles McPherson is a certifiable icon of the alto saxophone. He’s appeared on countless albums and festival stages around the world, collaborating with such figures as Charles Mingus, Dizzy Gillespie, James Moody, Art Farmer, Lionel Hampton, Nat…

“Outstanding yet unpretentious musicianship combined with seductive melodies and deep grooves… the music never becomes predictable.” — All About Jazz Garaj Mahal is a strange and colorful bird that draws from elements of jazz, rock, funk, fusion, Indian music, and a whole lotta JAM. The band consists of co-founders Kai Eckhardt on electric bass and Fareed Haque on guitar, along with more recent additions Oz Ezzeldin on keyboards, and Hassan Hurd on drums. These are truly virtuosic musicians, as evidenced…

“Collier has established himself as an heir apparent to both the Chicago lineage and the post-Coltrane sax tradition.” — The New York Times While still in his mid-20s, saxophonist Isaiah Collier has already made his mark with five albums and another one coming in October, The World is on Fire. Collier’s work is widely hailed in the jazz community, and he’s won a DownBeat Rising Star award in both 2023 and 2024. His sound is passionate and spiritual, with echoes…

What if the stone walls of a cathedral held memories of all the music they had absorbed over the centuries? The sounds of a thousand voices echoing through time and creating harmony with the present would resonate through all those who enter; imbuing them with the eternal inspiration and joy of music. Denver Brass joins St. Martin’s Chamber Choir for a special collaboration that combines the soulfulness of voice with the raw power of brass. Let the sound envelop and…

What if the stone walls of a cathedral held memories of all the music they had absorbed over the centuries? The sounds of a thousand voices echoing through time and creating harmony with the present would resonate through all those who enter; imbuing them with the eternal inspiration and joy of music. Denver Brass joins St. Martin’s Chamber Choir for a special collaboration that combines the soulfulness of voice with the raw power of brass. Let the sound envelop and…

Julia Keefe is an internationally acclaimed Native American jazz vocalist, currently directing the Julia Keefe Indigenous Big Band, which highlights the history and future of Indigenous people in jazz. “A songbird of a jazz vocalist” - The New York Times  It is a rarity to see a single indigenous jazz musician nowadays, let alone sixteen on stage at a single time. Even rarer to see female indigenous jazz players, yet we have Julia Keefe and Mali Obomsawin within the ensemble. The…

Praised for its authentic, soulful, and orchestral sound, The String Queens (TSQ) is a dynamic trio that creates stimulating musical experiences that inspire diverse audiences to love, hope, feel, and imagine! With an array of repertoire spanning from the Baroque era to the Jazz Age to today’s Billboard Hot 100 Chart, TSQ performs versatile programs that take listeners on a rousing musical journey through time and a multitude of musical genres. Based in Washington, D.C., TSQ has been featured in…

Join us every 2nd Friday of the month for Throwback Friday. Enjoy a delicious lunch, lots of laughs and a trip down memory lane as we feature musical icons from the past. October celebrates the sensational Janis Joplin. Alice Frisch and Dave Fermanich, otherwise known as the duo, Soda Blue, will knock you out with their interpretation of the astonishing musical icon. Pamela Clifton will emcee this fun-filled lunch hour show featuring trivia, improv and contests (Prizes!) So, pile in…

Kent Burnside was born in 1971 in Memphis Tennessee, and spent his early years in Holly Springs, Mississippi. He is the oldest Grandson and one of the closest pupils of the legendary R.L. Burnside Kent first heard the blues while watching his grandfather R.L. perform on the family farm to the locals. Kent used to sell sandwiches to audience members for a dollar a piece during these performances. The first lesson RL taught Kent was that to be a bluesman…

World-renowned musician Vieux Farka Touré is often referred to as “the Hendrix of the Sahara,” and has become a cultural ambassador for the people of Mali and the Sahel. His 2022 collaboration with Khruangbin, “Ali,” pays tribute to his father (legendary guitar player Ali Farka Touré), receiving international acclaim. Touré’s live performances are highly energized, dazzling crowds with his charisma and talent. By the time Touré’s self-titled second album had come out in 2009, Vieux was presenting a sound that was true to…

A multifaceted artist with three Victoires de la Musique nominations, France’s Grammy equivalent, Wax Tailor is one of the leading voices of the international post-hip-hop and downtempo scenes. With 4 albums under his belt, as well as nearly 500 concerts in more than 50 countries, he entices fans worldwide with a unique musical blend of Hip-Hop, Soul, and Funk enhanced by a sense of storytelling akin to a film director’s. JC Le Saout, the man behind the Wax Tailor moniker,…

Bill O’Connell is a living example of what can happen when the old axiom “Good things come to those who wait” is put to the test. His professional career spans almost half a century and has earned him widespread acclaim for his virtuosic skills as an attention-grabbing keyboardist, composer, arranger, and bandleader. Over the decades, the multi-talented musician has produced countless demonstrations of his myriad talents. Lauded by Downbeat Magazine as “an inspired hybridizer of modernist jazz and Afrodiasporic idioms…