photo: Andile Buka *** For South African pianist, singer and composer Thandi Ntuli, creating Rainbow Revisited was an experimental journey through time and space. It’s obvious from the album’s first notes—clattering keys leaping in different directions for nearly three minutes before Ntuli begins singing. She recorded Rainbow Revisited in one expansive, all-day, solo session with […]
“Bluegrass is a nice metaphor for how music can work as a group. In other words, bluegrass is a conversational music,” Jerry Garcia says in an archival video that will appear as part of a special exhibit at the Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame & Museum in Owensboro, Ky. Such conversations are at the heart […]
Photo: Justin Lubranicki *** Rachel Ana Dobken is a powerhouse. “I want people to think, ‘Wow, this girl is a fucking ripper. She plays drums. She wrote this song. She wrote these parts.’ I want it to hit hard, and I want people to know that I mean business,” says Dobken, outlining her ambitions for […]