Amir (Deluxe) is a majestic debut for Tamino Shankara Srikantan November 12, 2019 Album Review, Reviews This past October, singer Tamino-Amir Moharam Fouad, better known as Tamino, released the deluxe version of his debut album Amir (2019), which contains virtually all of his significant work to date. Listening t...
An unlikely crossover: George Harrison and Ravi Shankar and their fusion magic Sanjana Sanghani October 31, 2019 Columns and Opinions Ravi Shankar is a giant in both Indian classical and world music. From a well-respected, professional family in India, he started his career in the arts as a dancer and later moved to intensive training in lear...
Brasstracks overflow The Independent with their artistry and energy Anna Nguyen April 9, 2018 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Reviews The term “dynamic duo” couldn’t be more appropriate for musicians Ivan Jackson and Conor Rayne who met at the Manhattan School of Music and started a joint project Brasstracks just a few years ago. Sinc...
The Afrofuturistic Hues of Future Brown: exoticism and fusion on the quartet’s debut LP Jay Kwok March 6, 2015 Album Review It might be hazardous to make comparisons between Future Brown and Afrofuturism, but the DJ-quartet certainly strike a similar chord. Dressed in neither sci-fi nor Egyptian garb, the producers have all mytho...
