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'Classical Music Bolsters Black Lives Matter Movement in 'Sing Her Name' Tribute

In response to the nationwide trend of violence towards black people at the hands of law enforcement, musician and teacher Eun Lee has organized the 'Sing Her Name' event as a classical music tribute to Sandra Bland and the countless other lives lost due to police brutality.
By Philip Trapp

  • 'REVIEW: Jim Suhler & Monkey Beat, 'Live at the Kessler,' Underworld Records

    Longtime guitarist for George Thorogood & The Destroyers, Jim Suhler cuts loose with a raucus set of 15 original jolts of barrelhouse boogie, slam-dunk roots-rock and jump-blues recorded in his Dallas hometown in front of a wildly enthusiastic crowd of rabble-rousers. 'Live at the Kessler' (Underworld Records) by Jim Suhler & Monkey Beat is the next best thing to being there.
    By Mike Greenblatt

  • 'REVIEW: Miroslav Vitous, 'The Music Of Weather Report,' ECM Records

    'The Music Of Weather Report' (ECM) lives on through its original bass player Miroslav Vitous who, with his new sextet, reprises six of his former band's glories, adding "Variations" to their tone, color, time signature, rhythmic thrust and title. In-between each variation are short haunting existential blues moments. Do not expect these reinventions to sound anything like the pioneering template set down by this most courageous of 1970s jazz-rock fusion bands.
    By Mike Greenblatt
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