Author: KUCI
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Aaron Shragge & Ben Monder – This world of Dew – (Human Resource Records) This suite composed by Shragge who plays the dragon mouth trumpet, flugelhorn, and shakuhachi is based on inspiration by various poets, Issa, Basho, Li Po, Son, and Bukowski. Electric guitarist Monder, noted for his atmospheric and liquid style echoes Shragge’s evocation […]
John Petrucelli – Presence – (Self Released) Ambitious and astounding is this 2 CD suite by composer/saxophonist Petrucelli. Working in a variety of formats and voicings from solo sax to quintet with a string section, this relentlessly melodic composition with spiritually referenced titles , (“Field of Heaven”,”Summon the Spirit”), was recorded at a live performance […]
by Barbara DeMarco-Barrett I recently listened to your show, Sound Evolution, which airs on KUCI Saturdays at 6-8 a.m. and became mesmerized. How did you come to play a combination of world music, Latin alternative, and electronic music? In the beginning, my intention was to do an electronic music show where I could play all […]
Makaya McRaven – Universal Beings – (International Anthem) There is jazzy music and there is something else. I choose to call it “jazz itself”. Jazz itself may or may not be music. It can be painting, conversation, a way of walking, a way of dreaming, a way of coughing. If it is music, it may […]
Xavier Davis – Rise Up Detroit – (Detroit Music Factory) Dave McMurray – Music Is Life – (Blue Note) Few cities have been as denigrated as Detroit. The stigma attached to the city by riots over half a century ago, the white flight that so severely decimated the city that whole swathes of the landscape […]
by Barbara DeMarco-Barrett Who are some of the artists you play on your show, Ladies Of Voice Entertainment & Music? A few favourite artists: • Céu { Maria do Céu Whitaker Poças } • Emily Jane White • Angel Olsen • Myrkur {Amalie Bruun} • Mika Nakashima • Summer Twins {Chelsea & Justine Brown} • […]