For three days every April the impossibly beautiful town of Ludlow, Shropshire, fills up with music for the Ludlow English song weekend. As its artistic director let me hastily deconstruct the title. The Weekend is a long one; we offer more than song; and as to being English
The Lovely Nordic Voices of Kongero
Kongero – Live in Longueuil (Nordic Notes, 2021/07/30)
Live in Longueuil presents the live experience of a fabulous Swedish all-female vocal folk quartet called Kongero. The ensemble performs captivating versions of traditional Scandinavian songs with new a cappella arrangements that features finely crafted vocal interaction.
Kongero includes Lotta Andersson,
Skylight Theatre’s ‘Forgotten Voices’ traces Black thread through music
The thread that connects American popular music from 1619 to the present is Black. Scholars know that, as do some fans. Skylight Music Theatre makes it explicit in “Forgotten Voices,” a spirited show that goes from traditional West African rhythms to The Sugarhill Gang’s “Rapper’s Delight” in 84 minutes.
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Appreciating the sounds of happy voices, familiar songs | My View
The Monday shower dissipates and leaves the early evening air clean and deliciously scented as we make our way down West Water Street and back to Vanessie Santa Fe for the first time in a year.
As we emerge from the coronavirus pandemic, I find it hard to trust my
Our Native Daughters bring Black women’s voices to forefront
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Playing a banjo as a Black female artist is a form of activism for the four members of Our Native Daughters.
Their story, appearing in a new documentary called “Reclaiming History: Our Native Daughters” airing Monday on the Smithsonian Channel, is both personal and ancestral,
Our Native Daughters documentary brings Black women’s voices, music to forefront
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Playing a banjo as a Black female artist is a form of activism for the four members of Our Native Daughters.
Their story, appearing in a new documentary called “Reclaiming History: Our Native Daughters” airing Monday on the Smithsonian Channel, is both personal and ancestral, connecting the