Anya M. Wassenberg's Blog: Art & Culture Maven, page 55
April 1, 2019
Designmuseo: Works by Designers Aamu Song and Johan Olin (COMPANY) Opens at Design Museum Helsinki April 5 to September 22 2019
From a media release:
Designmuseo
A Major Exhibition of Work by Designers Aamu Song and Johan Olin (COMPANY) to Open at Design Museum Helsinki
April 5 to September 22 2019
• Check it Out
Secret Universe (5 April – 22 September 2019), Design Museum’s main exhibition of the spring and summer season presents the work of Aamu Song and Johan Olin of the COMPANY design from over the past ten years. This is the first time their work in design is being displayed to this extent.
HELSINKI: Designers Aamu Song and Johan Olin work like explorers. They look for traditional crafts methods and manufacturing skills in different parts of the world and consider the ways in which they could be included in present-day material culture, social debate and discussion. It all began in 2007, when the designers investigated what crafts objects were still being made in Finland. Together with master crafts practitioners, the designers created a collection of objects called Top Secrets of Finland. Their work involving the secrets of craftsmanship continued later in Korea, Belgium, Estonia, Russia, Japan, the United States, and most recently in Mexico.
Fruit Matryoshka Design Company Aamu Song 2015c CompanySecret Universe presents for the first time all of Song’s and Olin’s expeditions from 2007 to 2019, focusing on the designers’ exceptional method, a combination of anthropology, folklore and mysticism. In their works, the unique world of Korean-born Song and Olin of Finland merges with the skills of masters of various crafts. Over the years, Song and Olin have created a large collection of furniture, fashions, accessories and art objects reflecting a wide range of skills in materials and production methods. The exhibition will also include an immense mural painted by the designers and showing all their various visits to factories in different countries.
Secret Universe prompts us to consider our own consumer habits. How and where are the objects that surround us made? Who makes them? How can we protect crafts methods and manufacturing skills that are in danger of becoming extinct?
Sea Matryoshka Design Company Aamu Song & Johan Olin 2012c CompanySong and Olin address the connections of production, manufacturing and the global movements of objects in a touching and human way, with the means of intelligent humour and narration.
Locally made products are disappearing, because they are being replaced by cheap products and locally manufactured goods are too expensive without any good reason. This influences our decisions about where to go next, to what country and how we will create our designs, Aamu Song and Johan Olin point out.
The exhibition is curated by Chief Curator Suvi Saloniemi of Design Museum and the exhibition architecture is by Linda Bergroth.
Special demonstrations of work by master craftspeople
The exhibition includes a wide range of events and activities for museum visitors of all ages. There will be special ‘Holy Days’ celebrating the crafts of the whole world. Master crafts practitioners from Japan, Mexico, Finland and Russia will attend these events as guests and to give demonstrations of their work. At our design workshops for families held once a month on Saturdays, participants can work on masks that will be included in a growing installation for the exhibition space. The whole programme of events will be announced after the opening of the exhibition.
A book on the exhibition will be launched on 11 May
In the exhibition book, the work of COMPANY will be discussed by, among others, cultural journalist Catherine Hickley and curator Carlos Mínguez-Carrasco. The layout design of the book is by designer Nene Tsuboi.
Aamu Song & Johan Olin portrait COMPANY cElina Sominen
COMPANY
Aamu Song (born 1974) & Johan Olin (born 1974) are designers based in Helsinki and the founders of the COMPANY design practice. They are professionally active as artists, designers and producers. COMPANY has received the Finnish State Design Prize in 2010 and TARKISTA / EN LÖYDÄ: Internationalisation Prize of the Helsinki Design Awards of 2018. Song and Olin are fascinated by the traditional processes of making products in different countries, the teachings of which they apply in their own projects. COMPANY has travelled to the factories and studios of small manufacturers in Finland and abroad. The journeys and trips have opened up new perspectives on traditional products and uses of materials. The design work of COMPANY is based on the narratives and activities of factories and products. It is their secret.
SALAKAUPPA
The products created as a result of COMPANY’s travels and projects are sold in the designers’ Salakauppa shop in Helsinki and via retailers around the world.
Dance Shoes Design Company Aamu Song 2007c Company
Designmuseo
A Major Exhibition of Work by Designers Aamu Song and Johan Olin (COMPANY) to Open at Design Museum Helsinki
April 5 to September 22 2019
• Check it Out
Secret Universe (5 April – 22 September 2019), Design Museum’s main exhibition of the spring and summer season presents the work of Aamu Song and Johan Olin of the COMPANY design from over the past ten years. This is the first time their work in design is being displayed to this extent.
HELSINKI: Designers Aamu Song and Johan Olin work like explorers. They look for traditional crafts methods and manufacturing skills in different parts of the world and consider the ways in which they could be included in present-day material culture, social debate and discussion. It all began in 2007, when the designers investigated what crafts objects were still being made in Finland. Together with master crafts practitioners, the designers created a collection of objects called Top Secrets of Finland. Their work involving the secrets of craftsmanship continued later in Korea, Belgium, Estonia, Russia, Japan, the United States, and most recently in Mexico.
Fruit Matryoshka Design Company Aamu Song 2015c CompanySecret Universe presents for the first time all of Song’s and Olin’s expeditions from 2007 to 2019, focusing on the designers’ exceptional method, a combination of anthropology, folklore and mysticism. In their works, the unique world of Korean-born Song and Olin of Finland merges with the skills of masters of various crafts. Over the years, Song and Olin have created a large collection of furniture, fashions, accessories and art objects reflecting a wide range of skills in materials and production methods. The exhibition will also include an immense mural painted by the designers and showing all their various visits to factories in different countries.Secret Universe prompts us to consider our own consumer habits. How and where are the objects that surround us made? Who makes them? How can we protect crafts methods and manufacturing skills that are in danger of becoming extinct?
Sea Matryoshka Design Company Aamu Song & Johan Olin 2012c CompanySong and Olin address the connections of production, manufacturing and the global movements of objects in a touching and human way, with the means of intelligent humour and narration.Locally made products are disappearing, because they are being replaced by cheap products and locally manufactured goods are too expensive without any good reason. This influences our decisions about where to go next, to what country and how we will create our designs, Aamu Song and Johan Olin point out.
The exhibition is curated by Chief Curator Suvi Saloniemi of Design Museum and the exhibition architecture is by Linda Bergroth.
Special demonstrations of work by master craftspeople
The exhibition includes a wide range of events and activities for museum visitors of all ages. There will be special ‘Holy Days’ celebrating the crafts of the whole world. Master crafts practitioners from Japan, Mexico, Finland and Russia will attend these events as guests and to give demonstrations of their work. At our design workshops for families held once a month on Saturdays, participants can work on masks that will be included in a growing installation for the exhibition space. The whole programme of events will be announced after the opening of the exhibition.
A book on the exhibition will be launched on 11 May
In the exhibition book, the work of COMPANY will be discussed by, among others, cultural journalist Catherine Hickley and curator Carlos Mínguez-Carrasco. The layout design of the book is by designer Nene Tsuboi.
Aamu Song & Johan Olin portrait COMPANY cElina Sominen
COMPANY
Aamu Song (born 1974) & Johan Olin (born 1974) are designers based in Helsinki and the founders of the COMPANY design practice. They are professionally active as artists, designers and producers. COMPANY has received the Finnish State Design Prize in 2010 and TARKISTA / EN LÖYDÄ: Internationalisation Prize of the Helsinki Design Awards of 2018. Song and Olin are fascinated by the traditional processes of making products in different countries, the teachings of which they apply in their own projects. COMPANY has travelled to the factories and studios of small manufacturers in Finland and abroad. The journeys and trips have opened up new perspectives on traditional products and uses of materials. The design work of COMPANY is based on the narratives and activities of factories and products. It is their secret.
SALAKAUPPA
The products created as a result of COMPANY’s travels and projects are sold in the designers’ Salakauppa shop in Helsinki and via retailers around the world.
Dance Shoes Design Company Aamu Song 2007c Company
Modern Pop EP: Benny Bassett - Words For Yesterday (Independent / 12 April 2019)
Modern Pop EP:
Benny Bassett - Words For Yesterday
(Independent / 12 April 2019)
• Preorder the EP
Benny Bassett works his way through a variety of modern pop genres in Words For Yesterday, his upcoming EP release. He's got a knack for radio friendly songwriting that explores familiar genres with a fine sense of musicianship.
Window To Forever is a tune that you'll find yourself humming and singing along to, a country rock anthem to love. Live Where You Love The Sky continues down a musical lane flavoured with country harmonies and a laidback vibe.
Down Below kicks it up a notch with edgier vocals in a throbbing guitar driven track. Find A Way incorporates a churchy organ line and a more soulful musical and vocal approach in a bouncy rhythm.
Building A Future matches its optimistic message about love with a bright dance rhythm and synthy arrangement. From You is a soft, keyboard driven ballad about coming back to the one you left behind, revolving around a simple melodic pattern that nicely conveys the sense of loss and a wistful regret about leaving in the first place.
The production is polished but unobtrusive and not over processed. Benny's arrangements are layered with melodic lines and rhythms, offering more than just a basic interpretation of genre. Lyrics find poetry in the everyday.
He's based in Albuquerque, New Mexico, but for two and half years, Benny logged over 200,000 miles, and close to 500 shows on the road. While watching the odometer spin, behind the wheel of his tour SUV "Sally the Saturn", Benny wrote this ode to missed opportunities. Goodbye ... I'm sorry ... I love you ...he covers familiar themes with polished musicality.
The six song EP is set to debut in Spring of 2019, and will be accompanied by a lengthy international tour, that is currently set to include performances across the United States, North America, and Europe.
Personnel:
Benny Bassett - Guitar, Vocals; Travis McNabb - Drums; Kit Karlson - Keyboard, Piano, Organ; Chip Johnson - Bass, Guitar
Track List:
1. Window To Forever
2. Live Where You Love The Sky
3. Down Below
4. Find A Way
5. Building A Future
6. From You
Stay in touch:
https://bennybassett.com/
https://www.facebook.com/bennybassettmusic
https://www.instagram.com/benny_bassett/
https://www.instagram.com/benny_bassett/
An acoustic version of Down Below:
Benny Bassett - Words For Yesterday
(Independent / 12 April 2019)
• Preorder the EP
Benny Bassett works his way through a variety of modern pop genres in Words For Yesterday, his upcoming EP release. He's got a knack for radio friendly songwriting that explores familiar genres with a fine sense of musicianship.
Window To Forever is a tune that you'll find yourself humming and singing along to, a country rock anthem to love. Live Where You Love The Sky continues down a musical lane flavoured with country harmonies and a laidback vibe.
Down Below kicks it up a notch with edgier vocals in a throbbing guitar driven track. Find A Way incorporates a churchy organ line and a more soulful musical and vocal approach in a bouncy rhythm.
Building A Future matches its optimistic message about love with a bright dance rhythm and synthy arrangement. From You is a soft, keyboard driven ballad about coming back to the one you left behind, revolving around a simple melodic pattern that nicely conveys the sense of loss and a wistful regret about leaving in the first place.
The production is polished but unobtrusive and not over processed. Benny's arrangements are layered with melodic lines and rhythms, offering more than just a basic interpretation of genre. Lyrics find poetry in the everyday.
He's based in Albuquerque, New Mexico, but for two and half years, Benny logged over 200,000 miles, and close to 500 shows on the road. While watching the odometer spin, behind the wheel of his tour SUV "Sally the Saturn", Benny wrote this ode to missed opportunities. Goodbye ... I'm sorry ... I love you ...he covers familiar themes with polished musicality.
The six song EP is set to debut in Spring of 2019, and will be accompanied by a lengthy international tour, that is currently set to include performances across the United States, North America, and Europe.
Personnel:
Benny Bassett - Guitar, Vocals; Travis McNabb - Drums; Kit Karlson - Keyboard, Piano, Organ; Chip Johnson - Bass, Guitar
Track List:
1. Window To Forever
2. Live Where You Love The Sky
3. Down Below
4. Find A Way
5. Building A Future
6. From You
Stay in touch:
https://bennybassett.com/
https://www.facebook.com/bennybassettmusic
https://www.instagram.com/benny_bassett/
https://www.instagram.com/benny_bassett/
An acoustic version of Down Below:
Folk/Rock Single: Y. Dan Rubinstein - Don't Break What You Cannot Fix (Independent / 29 March 2019)
Folk/Rock Single:
Y. Dan Rubinstein - Don't Break What You Cannot Fix
(Independent / 29 March 2019)
• Stream it on Spotify
In the spirit of a true folk artist, there's a focus on the poetry of the lyrics and the meaning of the song, the latest single from Los Altos, California based Y. Dan Rubinstein.
things that we never dreamed, plots that we'd only schemed
fibers woven to thread
you loved me when I needed it, the emptiness receded
welcome to this black widow web
Musically, it has a definite Latin-esque swing and melodic progression, with an insistent rhythm on the acoustic guitar. Rubinstein's vocals are suited to the folky singer songwriter genre, a raspy tenor that conveys the melancholy of the words.
One quibble: I'd turn the music up a half notch or so in the mix - it sounds too much like the vocals were recorded separately.
It was attending his five year old's violin lessons that inspired Rubinstein to take up music again after a long hiatus when work and family responsibilities ate up his time. The single is part of his upcoming full-length release, Stolen Moments, a collection of largely acoustic pop songs. The title track is one of the first songs he ever wrote.
"Stolen Moments is about first loves. Everything is new and special and magical because like all first experiences there is nothing to compare them to. We open ourselves, and become vulnerable. Do we regret that vulnerability or does it become part of who we are? Knowing how things turned out, should we have stolen those moments, or borrowed them instead? What would we tell our younger selves if we could?"
To learn more about Y. Dan Rubinstein's debut album 'Stolen Moments', click here (https://ydanrubinstein.com/2019/02/stolen-moments/).
Stay in touch:
https://ydanrubinstein.com/
https://www.facebook.com/troubadan/
https://www.instagram.com/ydanrubinstein/
https://twitter.com/troubadan
Y. Dan Rubinstein - Don't Break What You Cannot Fix
(Independent / 29 March 2019)
• Stream it on Spotify
In the spirit of a true folk artist, there's a focus on the poetry of the lyrics and the meaning of the song, the latest single from Los Altos, California based Y. Dan Rubinstein.
things that we never dreamed, plots that we'd only schemed
fibers woven to thread
you loved me when I needed it, the emptiness receded
welcome to this black widow web
Musically, it has a definite Latin-esque swing and melodic progression, with an insistent rhythm on the acoustic guitar. Rubinstein's vocals are suited to the folky singer songwriter genre, a raspy tenor that conveys the melancholy of the words.
One quibble: I'd turn the music up a half notch or so in the mix - it sounds too much like the vocals were recorded separately.
It was attending his five year old's violin lessons that inspired Rubinstein to take up music again after a long hiatus when work and family responsibilities ate up his time. The single is part of his upcoming full-length release, Stolen Moments, a collection of largely acoustic pop songs. The title track is one of the first songs he ever wrote."Stolen Moments is about first loves. Everything is new and special and magical because like all first experiences there is nothing to compare them to. We open ourselves, and become vulnerable. Do we regret that vulnerability or does it become part of who we are? Knowing how things turned out, should we have stolen those moments, or borrowed them instead? What would we tell our younger selves if we could?"
To learn more about Y. Dan Rubinstein's debut album 'Stolen Moments', click here (https://ydanrubinstein.com/2019/02/stolen-moments/).
Stay in touch:
https://ydanrubinstein.com/
https://www.facebook.com/troubadan/
https://www.instagram.com/ydanrubinstein/
https://twitter.com/troubadan
March 19, 2019
Travel the World Without Ever Leaving Toronto Local Food Tour Company, Chopsticks+Forks, Soars Under Foodie Founder Jusep Sim
From a media release:
Travel the World Without Ever Leaving Toronto
Local Food Tour Company, Chopsticks+Forks, Soars Under the Passion and Expertise of Foodie Founder, Jusep Sim
• To book a tour or private dining experience, visit chopsticksandforks.com.
Toronto, March 19, 2019 - The only passport you’ll need on this trip is one for your taste buds: local food tour company, Chopsticks+Forks, takes guests on an epicurean adventure right in their own backyard. Thanks to globe-trotting celebrity chefs and Instagram posts worthy of the #foodporn hashtag, the appreciation of food culture has exploded in recent years and Toronto-based “chronicfoodie”, Jusep Sim, has leveraged the craze to create Chopsticks+Forks. Sim’s natural affinity for story-telling through food has catapulted the company into the #1 spot on TripAdvisor, where guests rave about their experience on the Kensington Market Food Tour.
The tour that started it all leads hungry guests to six restaurants in Toronto’s Kensington Market neighbourhood where they taste everything from Tibetan momos to Jamaican patties and Canadian bannock. And new this spring, Sim has answered the demand for a quintessential Canadian Food experience by adding The Great Canadian Food Tour to the Chopsticks+Forks lineup.
The launch of the Canadian Food tour will mark the company’s upcoming third anniversary and will follow a similar pattern to the Kensington Market Food Tour with the obvious caveat that all foods were born here in the Great White North. Guests will tempt their taste buds with Canada’s major contributions to the global culinary scene including butter tarts and poutine, as well as more idiosyncratic dishes like Pow Wow Cafe’s tacos served up on Ojibway-style frybread—a dish that’s older than Canada itself!
Pow Wow Cafe, Toronto“My passion is to connect people to the world through food,” explains Sim, who credits a trip to Kenya back in 2007 with completely changing the way he saw food. “I realized that food is more than just how we nourish ourselves. It’s central to the culture of a place—a way to communicate what a place is about beyond language.”
Chopsticks+Forks is the local manifestation of Sim’s food travels that have taken him to over 54 countries around the world on a quest to get to know the local fare. And Toronto’s reputation as the world’s most multicultural city—a whopping 50% of the population is foreign-born—makes it the perfect backdrop for Sim to relay his love of exploring food from across the globe, to others.
Chopsticks+Forks tours run rain or shine all year round and are suitable for most ages. In addition to the Kensington Market Food Tour and the Great Canadian Food Tour, Sim has designed a palate-pleasing sit-down Korean feast for the armchair travelers among us. Korean Food 101 is a private dining experience for groups of four or more, that turns an ordinary dinner with friends or a typical corporate event into a memorable, out-of-the-ordinary meal.
• To book a tour or private dining experience, visit chopsticksandforks.com.
About Chopsticks+Forks
Chopsticks+Forks is a Toronto-based company offering food tours and private dining experiences that spotlight the city’s reputation for ethnic diversity through its cuisine. Founded in 2016 by world-traveler-turned-CEO (Chief Epicurean Officer), Jusep Sim, Chopsticks+Forks enjoys the reputation as Toronto’s #1 rated food tour on TripAdvisor, owing to Sim’s ability to tell the story of a place through food. Tours run rain or shine all year round and are designed for anyone who appreciates a gustatory adventure with the goal of increasing one’s confidence when it comes to trying new foods.
From last year's Kensington Market launch:
Travel the World Without Ever Leaving Toronto
Local Food Tour Company, Chopsticks+Forks, Soars Under the Passion and Expertise of Foodie Founder, Jusep Sim
• To book a tour or private dining experience, visit chopsticksandforks.com.
Toronto, March 19, 2019 - The only passport you’ll need on this trip is one for your taste buds: local food tour company, Chopsticks+Forks, takes guests on an epicurean adventure right in their own backyard. Thanks to globe-trotting celebrity chefs and Instagram posts worthy of the #foodporn hashtag, the appreciation of food culture has exploded in recent years and Toronto-based “chronicfoodie”, Jusep Sim, has leveraged the craze to create Chopsticks+Forks. Sim’s natural affinity for story-telling through food has catapulted the company into the #1 spot on TripAdvisor, where guests rave about their experience on the Kensington Market Food Tour.
The tour that started it all leads hungry guests to six restaurants in Toronto’s Kensington Market neighbourhood where they taste everything from Tibetan momos to Jamaican patties and Canadian bannock. And new this spring, Sim has answered the demand for a quintessential Canadian Food experience by adding The Great Canadian Food Tour to the Chopsticks+Forks lineup.The launch of the Canadian Food tour will mark the company’s upcoming third anniversary and will follow a similar pattern to the Kensington Market Food Tour with the obvious caveat that all foods were born here in the Great White North. Guests will tempt their taste buds with Canada’s major contributions to the global culinary scene including butter tarts and poutine, as well as more idiosyncratic dishes like Pow Wow Cafe’s tacos served up on Ojibway-style frybread—a dish that’s older than Canada itself!
Pow Wow Cafe, Toronto“My passion is to connect people to the world through food,” explains Sim, who credits a trip to Kenya back in 2007 with completely changing the way he saw food. “I realized that food is more than just how we nourish ourselves. It’s central to the culture of a place—a way to communicate what a place is about beyond language.”Chopsticks+Forks is the local manifestation of Sim’s food travels that have taken him to over 54 countries around the world on a quest to get to know the local fare. And Toronto’s reputation as the world’s most multicultural city—a whopping 50% of the population is foreign-born—makes it the perfect backdrop for Sim to relay his love of exploring food from across the globe, to others.
Chopsticks+Forks tours run rain or shine all year round and are suitable for most ages. In addition to the Kensington Market Food Tour and the Great Canadian Food Tour, Sim has designed a palate-pleasing sit-down Korean feast for the armchair travelers among us. Korean Food 101 is a private dining experience for groups of four or more, that turns an ordinary dinner with friends or a typical corporate event into a memorable, out-of-the-ordinary meal.
• To book a tour or private dining experience, visit chopsticksandforks.com.
About Chopsticks+Forks
Chopsticks+Forks is a Toronto-based company offering food tours and private dining experiences that spotlight the city’s reputation for ethnic diversity through its cuisine. Founded in 2016 by world-traveler-turned-CEO (Chief Epicurean Officer), Jusep Sim, Chopsticks+Forks enjoys the reputation as Toronto’s #1 rated food tour on TripAdvisor, owing to Sim’s ability to tell the story of a place through food. Tours run rain or shine all year round and are designed for anyone who appreciates a gustatory adventure with the goal of increasing one’s confidence when it comes to trying new foods.
From last year's Kensington Market launch:
March 17, 2019
New Music Video: Idan Raichel & Danay Suarez "La Eternidad Que Se Perdió (The Eternity That Was Lost)"
From a media release:
New Music Video:
Idan Raichel & Danay Suarez
"La Eternidad Que Se Perdió
(The Eternity That Was Lost)"
•Buy it at Cumbancha Records
•Stream it on Spotify
Cuban singer Danay Suarez and Israeli music icon Idan Raichel first met at one of Idan's concerts in Miami several years ago. Despite different backgrounds, their artistic chemistry was immediate and Idan and Danay soon began making music together. Danay and Idan have shared the stage numerous times, and Danay even covered one of Idan's songs on her Latin GRAMMY-nominated album Palabras Manuales.
The new music video for their song "La Eternidad Que Se Perdió (The Eternity That Was Lost)" was directed by Danay herself and filmed in Miami and Havana. It features vocalists Ernesto Bacallao Serrano & Juan Alfredo Hurtado Valero from the legendary Orquesta Aragón. In a world blinded by politics and ideology, Danay calls out for change: "Wisdom was not born out of an algorithm or conflict / No religious doctrine or flag can suppress that voice / It rises without borders / It inspires the masses who desire the eternity that was lost."
The song is from Idan's latest album, And If You Will Come to Me, which was released on January 31st and has been earning accolades around the world.
Idan Raichel is now on tour in Europe and the United States.
March 17 & 18 New York, NY City Winery
March 19 Boston, MA City Winery
March 21 Atlanta, GA City Winery
March 23 Chicago, IL City Winery
March 24 Irvine, CA Merage JCC
For updates & details visit: www.idanraichelproject.com
Follow Idan on Instagram: @idanraichel
New Music Video:
Idan Raichel & Danay Suarez
"La Eternidad Que Se Perdió
(The Eternity That Was Lost)"
•Buy it at Cumbancha Records
•Stream it on Spotify
Cuban singer Danay Suarez and Israeli music icon Idan Raichel first met at one of Idan's concerts in Miami several years ago. Despite different backgrounds, their artistic chemistry was immediate and Idan and Danay soon began making music together. Danay and Idan have shared the stage numerous times, and Danay even covered one of Idan's songs on her Latin GRAMMY-nominated album Palabras Manuales.
The new music video for their song "La Eternidad Que Se Perdió (The Eternity That Was Lost)" was directed by Danay herself and filmed in Miami and Havana. It features vocalists Ernesto Bacallao Serrano & Juan Alfredo Hurtado Valero from the legendary Orquesta Aragón. In a world blinded by politics and ideology, Danay calls out for change: "Wisdom was not born out of an algorithm or conflict / No religious doctrine or flag can suppress that voice / It rises without borders / It inspires the masses who desire the eternity that was lost."
The song is from Idan's latest album, And If You Will Come to Me, which was released on January 31st and has been earning accolades around the world.
Idan Raichel is now on tour in Europe and the United States.
March 17 & 18 New York, NY City Winery
March 19 Boston, MA City Winery
March 21 Atlanta, GA City Winery
March 23 Chicago, IL City Winery
March 24 Irvine, CA Merage JCC
For updates & details visit: www.idanraichelproject.com
Follow Idan on Instagram: @idanraichel
Blyth Theatre: Canadian Author Lawrence Hill highlights Blyth Festival 45th Season Events
From a media release:
Blyth Theatre:
Canadian author Lawrence Hill highlights
Blyth Festival events to celebrate 45th Season
• Find Out More About Blyth Festival
BLYTH, ON – Canadian author Lawrence Hill will highlight a unique series of events at Blyth Festival to celebrate 45 seasons of developing and producing plays that give a rich voice to both rural South Western Ontario and the entire country.
Lawrence Hill is a professor of creative writing at the University of Guelph in Ontario, Canada. He is the author of ten books, including The Illegal, The Book of Negroes, Any Known Blood, and Black Berry, Sweet Juice: On Being Black and White in Canada.The award-winning author of The Book of Negroes and The Illegal will speak from the theatre’s main stage about his passionate views on elder care and assisted dying in Canada, providing his perspective on the journey to death for his extraordinary mother, Donna Mae Hill. At 90 years old, after a remarkable life, much of it spent fighting for civil rights in Canada, Donna Mae Hill travelled to Switzerland for an assisted death because Canada’s laws prohibited it. Lawrence Hill and his niece were present at her end of life.
Select books written by Lawrence Hill will be available for sale and signing.
“We are profoundly moved by Lawrence Hill’s decision to share the inspiring legacy of his tireless mother with our audience. This past summer, I read his Act of Love: The Life and Death of Donna Mae Hill in the Globe and Mail online, and I was utterly blown away. His passion, his eloquence, his care, and his ferocious opinion, caught me immediately, so I wrote to him and asked him to please come and share his story. We really look forward to helping him amplify his message,” said Gil Garratt, who is artistic director of Blyth Festival.
In its 2019 Season, the Festival will premiere In the Wake of Wettlaufer, written by Kelly McIntosh and Garratt, a hard-hitting but compassionate play based on interviews with families of victims of nurse Elizabeth Wettlaufer, convicted of murdering eight residents in nursing homes. The playwrights also attended the public inquiry led by Justice Gillese and continue to interview personal support workers and nurses working in elder care in Ontario.
The play follows a group of fictional siblings who are in the process of moving their elderly father into long-term care. The family grapples with many of the struggles families in this circumstance endure: unresolved rivalries, differences of opinion in the level of care, siblings spread across the country, arm wrestles over power-of-attorney, and their own conflicting memories of their lives with their father. The siblings then learn, as dozens of Ontario families were confronted with in 2016, that in the same facility, Wettlaufer has committed multiple murders. After that, the siblings closely follow the conviction, sentencing, and subsequent public inquiry.
Deeper Roots
Lawrence Hill’s talk will be one of three complementary events engaging with themes and ideas emerging from the Wettlaufer play, the others being about The Healing Power of Art in palliative medicine, and What is a Good Death? The three events will be part of a new series called Deeper Roots, which will enrich the Festival’s 45th season with 28 additional events to complement the five main stage plays. The events include artist talkbacks, live interviews with circus performers, panel discussions on contemporary agricultural practices, cake-baking master-classes, and much more.
Laurence Hill
Lawrence Hill was recipient of the 2017 Canada Council for the Arts Molson Prize for outstanding contributions to the arts. He is also the winner of The Commonwealth Writers’ Prize, the Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize, and is the only two-time winner of CBC Radio’s Canada Reads. He co-wrote the adaptation for the six-part television miniseries The Book of Negroes, which attracted millions of viewers in the United States and Canada and won 11 Canadian Screen Awards in 2016. Lawrence Hill is also a Member of the Order of Canada.
Blyth Festival
Since 1975, the Festival has premiered more than 135 plays, and is set to premiere two more in its 45th Season, with Jumbo by Sean Dixon and In the Wake of Wettlaufer by Kelly McIntosh and Gil Garratt.
The 2019 Season will be another extended season, with 106 performances of five plays on its mainstage, running from early June until the end of September. It will also feature two productions in its Phillips Studio, programming for youth, and its perennial three-day Bonanza Weekend of four plays. As well, The Pigeon King, which premiered in 2017 and made an encore appearance in 2018, heads to the National Arts Centre in Ottawa (April 24 to May 5).
Lawrence Hill will speak on Wednesday, Aug. 28 at 7 p.m. Tickets, $10 Blyth Festival Members, $15 Non-Members, are available at the Blyth Festival box office, 431 Queen St., Blyth, by calling 877.862.5984 or by visiting online at www.blythfestival.com.
An interview with Laurence Hill from 2016:
Blyth Theatre:
Canadian author Lawrence Hill highlights
Blyth Festival events to celebrate 45th Season
• Find Out More About Blyth Festival
BLYTH, ON – Canadian author Lawrence Hill will highlight a unique series of events at Blyth Festival to celebrate 45 seasons of developing and producing plays that give a rich voice to both rural South Western Ontario and the entire country.
Lawrence Hill is a professor of creative writing at the University of Guelph in Ontario, Canada. He is the author of ten books, including The Illegal, The Book of Negroes, Any Known Blood, and Black Berry, Sweet Juice: On Being Black and White in Canada.The award-winning author of The Book of Negroes and The Illegal will speak from the theatre’s main stage about his passionate views on elder care and assisted dying in Canada, providing his perspective on the journey to death for his extraordinary mother, Donna Mae Hill. At 90 years old, after a remarkable life, much of it spent fighting for civil rights in Canada, Donna Mae Hill travelled to Switzerland for an assisted death because Canada’s laws prohibited it. Lawrence Hill and his niece were present at her end of life.Select books written by Lawrence Hill will be available for sale and signing.
“We are profoundly moved by Lawrence Hill’s decision to share the inspiring legacy of his tireless mother with our audience. This past summer, I read his Act of Love: The Life and Death of Donna Mae Hill in the Globe and Mail online, and I was utterly blown away. His passion, his eloquence, his care, and his ferocious opinion, caught me immediately, so I wrote to him and asked him to please come and share his story. We really look forward to helping him amplify his message,” said Gil Garratt, who is artistic director of Blyth Festival.
In its 2019 Season, the Festival will premiere In the Wake of Wettlaufer, written by Kelly McIntosh and Garratt, a hard-hitting but compassionate play based on interviews with families of victims of nurse Elizabeth Wettlaufer, convicted of murdering eight residents in nursing homes. The playwrights also attended the public inquiry led by Justice Gillese and continue to interview personal support workers and nurses working in elder care in Ontario.
The play follows a group of fictional siblings who are in the process of moving their elderly father into long-term care. The family grapples with many of the struggles families in this circumstance endure: unresolved rivalries, differences of opinion in the level of care, siblings spread across the country, arm wrestles over power-of-attorney, and their own conflicting memories of their lives with their father. The siblings then learn, as dozens of Ontario families were confronted with in 2016, that in the same facility, Wettlaufer has committed multiple murders. After that, the siblings closely follow the conviction, sentencing, and subsequent public inquiry.
Deeper Roots
Lawrence Hill’s talk will be one of three complementary events engaging with themes and ideas emerging from the Wettlaufer play, the others being about The Healing Power of Art in palliative medicine, and What is a Good Death? The three events will be part of a new series called Deeper Roots, which will enrich the Festival’s 45th season with 28 additional events to complement the five main stage plays. The events include artist talkbacks, live interviews with circus performers, panel discussions on contemporary agricultural practices, cake-baking master-classes, and much more.
Laurence Hill
Lawrence Hill was recipient of the 2017 Canada Council for the Arts Molson Prize for outstanding contributions to the arts. He is also the winner of The Commonwealth Writers’ Prize, the Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize, and is the only two-time winner of CBC Radio’s Canada Reads. He co-wrote the adaptation for the six-part television miniseries The Book of Negroes, which attracted millions of viewers in the United States and Canada and won 11 Canadian Screen Awards in 2016. Lawrence Hill is also a Member of the Order of Canada.
Blyth Festival
Since 1975, the Festival has premiered more than 135 plays, and is set to premiere two more in its 45th Season, with Jumbo by Sean Dixon and In the Wake of Wettlaufer by Kelly McIntosh and Gil Garratt.
The 2019 Season will be another extended season, with 106 performances of five plays on its mainstage, running from early June until the end of September. It will also feature two productions in its Phillips Studio, programming for youth, and its perennial three-day Bonanza Weekend of four plays. As well, The Pigeon King, which premiered in 2017 and made an encore appearance in 2018, heads to the National Arts Centre in Ottawa (April 24 to May 5).
Lawrence Hill will speak on Wednesday, Aug. 28 at 7 p.m. Tickets, $10 Blyth Festival Members, $15 Non-Members, are available at the Blyth Festival box office, 431 Queen St., Blyth, by calling 877.862.5984 or by visiting online at www.blythfestival.com.
An interview with Laurence Hill from 2016:
Pop/Rock with a Heart: Kevin Thomas/Kevin Thomas Band - A New Heart (Independent / March 29, 2019)
Pop/Rock with a Heart:
Kevin Thomas/Kevin Thomas Band - A New Heart
(Independent / March 29, 2019)
• Stream the First Single
• Get the album
Gotta see the big picture
While weeding through the lies
...
See the big picture
Like a child
Can pop-rock be uplifting, positive - and still listenable? San Diego based Kevin Thomas and his band make that a hard yes on this full length release.
The music industry veteran works alone and with a floating cast of bandmates to craft catchy pop songs with a positive message. The Big Picture is the first single from the release, a bright pop song that veers into reggae and jazzy chord changes.
There's a nice sense of musicality and musical variety on the album. Time steps into classic funk territory, with a nice fat Hammond organ sound, and a chorus with the feel of a retro anthem. The infectious groove continues in Money Tree with an RnB vibe at the chorus. Let Your Arrow Fly owes its inspiration to vintage power pop with its prominent vocal harmonies.
He blends various genres and influences. Mirror Mirror is propelled by a laidback Latin swing, along with classic rock sensibilities. High On Chocolate is a stand out track with its funky, jazzy groove, and how can you resist a chorus that goes, "Baby do you want to get high...?"
Kevin's vocals are melodic, with an idiosyncratic edge that gives him a distinctive sound, and it's clear he brings a lot of musical chops to the table. He's been working in the music business virtually his whole adult life, with a Master's degree in music composition from the University of Miami, and a bachelor's degree with honors as a dual major in songwriting and music performance from Berklee College of Music in Boston. He is also a graduate of the Musician's Institute (MI) in Hollywood.
Kevin ThomasHe performs with his band in the San Diego area, and often works as a sideman, having toured the United States and Europe extensively over the years.
The album drops on March 29, 2019.
Track List:
1. The Big Picture
2. Comfort Zone
3. Time
4. Money Tree
5. Let Your Arrow Fly
6. Reinvent Yourself
7. Mirror Mirror
8. High On Chocolate
9. On My Way Out
10. The Best Luck Around
Musicians:
Kevin Thomas: Singer, Songwriter, Guitarist (Kevin Thomas Band has a rotating cast)
Stay in touch:
https://kevinthomasmusic.com/
https://www.instagram.com/kevinthomasmusic/
https://twitter.com/KevinThomasBand
Kevin Thomas/Kevin Thomas Band - A New Heart
(Independent / March 29, 2019)
• Stream the First Single
• Get the album
Gotta see the big picture
While weeding through the lies
...
See the big picture
Like a child
Can pop-rock be uplifting, positive - and still listenable? San Diego based Kevin Thomas and his band make that a hard yes on this full length release.
The music industry veteran works alone and with a floating cast of bandmates to craft catchy pop songs with a positive message. The Big Picture is the first single from the release, a bright pop song that veers into reggae and jazzy chord changes.There's a nice sense of musicality and musical variety on the album. Time steps into classic funk territory, with a nice fat Hammond organ sound, and a chorus with the feel of a retro anthem. The infectious groove continues in Money Tree with an RnB vibe at the chorus. Let Your Arrow Fly owes its inspiration to vintage power pop with its prominent vocal harmonies.
He blends various genres and influences. Mirror Mirror is propelled by a laidback Latin swing, along with classic rock sensibilities. High On Chocolate is a stand out track with its funky, jazzy groove, and how can you resist a chorus that goes, "Baby do you want to get high...?"
Kevin's vocals are melodic, with an idiosyncratic edge that gives him a distinctive sound, and it's clear he brings a lot of musical chops to the table. He's been working in the music business virtually his whole adult life, with a Master's degree in music composition from the University of Miami, and a bachelor's degree with honors as a dual major in songwriting and music performance from Berklee College of Music in Boston. He is also a graduate of the Musician's Institute (MI) in Hollywood.
Kevin ThomasHe performs with his band in the San Diego area, and often works as a sideman, having toured the United States and Europe extensively over the years.The album drops on March 29, 2019.
Track List:
1. The Big Picture
2. Comfort Zone
3. Time
4. Money Tree
5. Let Your Arrow Fly
6. Reinvent Yourself
7. Mirror Mirror
8. High On Chocolate
9. On My Way Out
10. The Best Luck Around
Musicians:
Kevin Thomas: Singer, Songwriter, Guitarist (Kevin Thomas Band has a rotating cast)
Stay in touch:
https://kevinthomasmusic.com/
https://www.instagram.com/kevinthomasmusic/
https://twitter.com/KevinThomasBand
March 10, 2019
Singer/Songwriter/Ambient: Ivor Lane - Postplay (Independent / March 29 2019)
Singer/Songwriter/Ambient:
Ivor Lane - Postplay
(Independent / March 29, 2019)
• Stream the Single 'I Wait Too Long' on Spotify
Haunting and evocative, Chicago based indie artist Ivor Lane's debut EP Postplay makes beauty out of heartache.
"I was in a very dark and isolated emotional place when I wrote this album. But at my core, I am extremely optimistic, I think you can hear that in this record. I was inspired by 90's shoegaze music, most notably Slowdive for the texture and sounds in the songs, and folk singers such as Nico for my vocal performance and soul bearing lyrical content. I want this album to help folks who are sad, by being a friendly voice that doesn't try to heal them, but sits with them as they are, and helps them reflect."
Dreamy, wistful, and romantic, Ivor Lane's soft and expressive tenor is perfect for the mood of Loved Me. They have a distinctive vocal style that is whispery and intimate, fluid and emotion laden. In Miss Me, Ivor's vocals blend seamlessly with a hypnotic chord changes, layered over with spacey synth. It's trippy and affective, all at once.
Reminder is ethereal and otherworldly - like something you might have overheard in a dream. I Wait Too Long is the first single in advance of the release, a showcase for Ivor's distinctive vocal style over a minimalist arrangement of keyboard. You've Got Me bucks the trend, in juxtaposing Ivor's pretty voice against a growly guitar.
Sit back, step out of the world, and hitch along for this trippy ride through the dark side of romance.
Track List:1. Loved Me 2. Miss Me3. Reminder4. I Wait Too Long5. You've Got Me
Personnel:Ivor Lane : vocals; Dan Farnsworth : Keys, Guitars, Electronics, Tambourine
Stay in touch:https://www.facebook.com/ivorlanemusic
Ivor Lane - I Wait Too Long
The first single from Ivor Lane's EP Postplay. Video by Jon Cates and Meg Noe.
Ivor Lane - Postplay
(Independent / March 29, 2019)
• Stream the Single 'I Wait Too Long' on Spotify
Haunting and evocative, Chicago based indie artist Ivor Lane's debut EP Postplay makes beauty out of heartache.
"I was in a very dark and isolated emotional place when I wrote this album. But at my core, I am extremely optimistic, I think you can hear that in this record. I was inspired by 90's shoegaze music, most notably Slowdive for the texture and sounds in the songs, and folk singers such as Nico for my vocal performance and soul bearing lyrical content. I want this album to help folks who are sad, by being a friendly voice that doesn't try to heal them, but sits with them as they are, and helps them reflect."
Dreamy, wistful, and romantic, Ivor Lane's soft and expressive tenor is perfect for the mood of Loved Me. They have a distinctive vocal style that is whispery and intimate, fluid and emotion laden. In Miss Me, Ivor's vocals blend seamlessly with a hypnotic chord changes, layered over with spacey synth. It's trippy and affective, all at once.
Reminder is ethereal and otherworldly - like something you might have overheard in a dream. I Wait Too Long is the first single in advance of the release, a showcase for Ivor's distinctive vocal style over a minimalist arrangement of keyboard. You've Got Me bucks the trend, in juxtaposing Ivor's pretty voice against a growly guitar.
Sit back, step out of the world, and hitch along for this trippy ride through the dark side of romance.
Track List:1. Loved Me 2. Miss Me3. Reminder4. I Wait Too Long5. You've Got Me
Personnel:Ivor Lane : vocals; Dan Farnsworth : Keys, Guitars, Electronics, Tambourine
Stay in touch:https://www.facebook.com/ivorlanemusic
Ivor Lane - I Wait Too Long
The first single from Ivor Lane's EP Postplay. Video by Jon Cates and Meg Noe.
A Manga Lover’s Tokyo Travel Guide By Evangeline Neo (Tuttle Publishing - August 13, 2019)
From a media release:
A Manga Lover’s Tokyo Travel Guide
My Favorite Things to See and Do in Japan
By Evangeline Neo
Tuttle Publishing - August 13, 2019
An entertaining and visually-captivating guide to one of the world’s most popular tourist destinations
• Preorder The Book
This guide to Tokyo is depicted in charming, culturally-relevant and humorous drawings and stories, which are as enjoyable for armchair travelers as they are practically useful for visitors to the city. Step into the world of modern Japanese culture through this amusing and unique travel guide.
In contrast to the typical travel guide, A Manga Lover’s Tokyo Travel Guide is both informative and fun to read. Learn about Japanese culture, sights and travel tips through the lens of increasingly-relevant and globally popular Japanese pop-culture. Discover where to shop for souvenirs in Akihabara and Nakano, go on a tour of famous anime and manga museums like Studio Ghibli and Sanrio Puroland, and experience a cosplay studio, maid and butler café, and a manga drawing class.
In addition to all the otaku sights this city has to offer, famous manga artist and author Evangeline Neo also brings readers to all the must-see Tokyo sites—from Asakusa’s Sensoji Temple to Tokyo Tower and the Meiji Shrine. Neo introduces travelers to sushi train restaurants, hot spring baths and a kimono makeover session—even a day trip to Mt. Fuji. Along the way, she shows you all her favorite places to shop and eat, and gives advice on what to pack, what to buy, how to get around, and even how to speak a few words of survival Japanese.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Evangeline Neo is one of the best-known comic book authors and artists in Southeast Asia. Born and raised in Singapore, her work won her a scholarship to pursue a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in animation and visual effects at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco; she also has an MBA from Waseda University in Tokyo. Neo has been drawing web comics since 2007 and has published books that have gained her a wide international following, including Eva, Kopi and Matcha and Eva Goes Solo.
ABOUT THE BOOK:A Manga Lover’s Tokyo Travel GuideBy Evangeline NeoISBN: 9784805315477 • $14.99 • flapped paperback • August 13, 2019
A Manga Lover’s Tokyo Travel Guide
My Favorite Things to See and Do in Japan
By Evangeline Neo
Tuttle Publishing - August 13, 2019
An entertaining and visually-captivating guide to one of the world’s most popular tourist destinations
• Preorder The Book
This guide to Tokyo is depicted in charming, culturally-relevant and humorous drawings and stories, which are as enjoyable for armchair travelers as they are practically useful for visitors to the city. Step into the world of modern Japanese culture through this amusing and unique travel guide.
In contrast to the typical travel guide, A Manga Lover’s Tokyo Travel Guide is both informative and fun to read. Learn about Japanese culture, sights and travel tips through the lens of increasingly-relevant and globally popular Japanese pop-culture. Discover where to shop for souvenirs in Akihabara and Nakano, go on a tour of famous anime and manga museums like Studio Ghibli and Sanrio Puroland, and experience a cosplay studio, maid and butler café, and a manga drawing class.In addition to all the otaku sights this city has to offer, famous manga artist and author Evangeline Neo also brings readers to all the must-see Tokyo sites—from Asakusa’s Sensoji Temple to Tokyo Tower and the Meiji Shrine. Neo introduces travelers to sushi train restaurants, hot spring baths and a kimono makeover session—even a day trip to Mt. Fuji. Along the way, she shows you all her favorite places to shop and eat, and gives advice on what to pack, what to buy, how to get around, and even how to speak a few words of survival Japanese.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Evangeline Neo is one of the best-known comic book authors and artists in Southeast Asia. Born and raised in Singapore, her work won her a scholarship to pursue a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in animation and visual effects at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco; she also has an MBA from Waseda University in Tokyo. Neo has been drawing web comics since 2007 and has published books that have gained her a wide international following, including Eva, Kopi and Matcha and Eva Goes Solo.
ABOUT THE BOOK:A Manga Lover’s Tokyo Travel GuideBy Evangeline NeoISBN: 9784805315477 • $14.99 • flapped paperback • August 13, 2019
Nu House/New Single: Matt Warren - How Do I Love Thee
Nu House/New Single:
Matt Warren - How Do I Love Thee
From the album Music Is My Life
(Wake Up! Music Oct 15, 2018)
• Stream the album on Spotify
• Read my review of the album
Chicago based Matt Warren has been a DJ for four decades, and a producer since 1984. He co-founded Sunset Records in 1985, a label that released a string of house classics. In 1987, he founded AKA Dance Music, releasing Bang The Box, now considered the first hard house track.
After the demise of AKA Dance Music, Matt Warren continued to travel the world DJ in some of the top clubs. Meanwhile, Matt continued to produce new music, remix tracks by some of the biggest names in music. By the 1990s, he was a well known writer, arranger, and producer who worked with a wide range of artists - but house was still close to his heart.
In 2016, he crossed paths agains with house diva Pepper Gomez, who had founded Wake Up! Music, producing under the name MyMy Lady G. It wasn't long before the two decided to collaborate on an album. And, in the fall of 2018, Nu House - and Music Is My Life - was born.
Get On Up (2018) Matt Warren Music Is My Life Official feat Janis McGee
How Do I Love Thee is the second single off the album, an infectious dance track that features Pepper Gomez' breathy spoken vocals over a relentless groove. Warren layers beats, keyboards, and vocals, with a jazzy horn solo over it all. It's sophisticated dance music with lyrics that riff off those classic expressions of love.
Wake Up! Music is a female-run record label. With a focus on endangered music, Wake Up! Music works to give special-genre artists a platform to take their arts to the next level.
Accolades
Awards - Platinum records for:
Mortal Combat Movie Soundtrack Artists KMFDM & Sister Machine Gun (Matt Warren engineer & mixer along with Van Cristie@ Warzone Recorders)
Bjork - "Isobel" Remix (Matt Warren engineer & mixer along with Van Cristie@ Warzone Recorders)
Faith Evans - "Love Like This" Remix (Matt Warren engineer & mixer @ Warzone Recorders)
Personnel:
Matt Warren: electronic instruments, programming; Pepper Gomez: vocals; Ron Haynes: horns; Mike "Champagne" Anderson: guitar; Antone Montgomery: bass; Sharkeyes: electronic instruments, programming; Frank Schabold: bass; Adam Kucharzyk: guitar; Richard Meyer, Junior: piano; Wes Nelson: bass
Stay in Touch:
https://wakeupmusicgroup.com/
https://www.facebook.com/WakeUpMusicGrp/
https://www.instagram.com/wakeupmusicgrp/
https://twitter.com/wakeupmusicgrp
"How Do I Love Thee" Matt Warren: Music Is My Life Official feat Pepper Gomez
Matt Warren - How Do I Love Thee
From the album Music Is My Life
(Wake Up! Music Oct 15, 2018)
• Stream the album on Spotify
• Read my review of the album
Chicago based Matt Warren has been a DJ for four decades, and a producer since 1984. He co-founded Sunset Records in 1985, a label that released a string of house classics. In 1987, he founded AKA Dance Music, releasing Bang The Box, now considered the first hard house track.
After the demise of AKA Dance Music, Matt Warren continued to travel the world DJ in some of the top clubs. Meanwhile, Matt continued to produce new music, remix tracks by some of the biggest names in music. By the 1990s, he was a well known writer, arranger, and producer who worked with a wide range of artists - but house was still close to his heart.
In 2016, he crossed paths agains with house diva Pepper Gomez, who had founded Wake Up! Music, producing under the name MyMy Lady G. It wasn't long before the two decided to collaborate on an album. And, in the fall of 2018, Nu House - and Music Is My Life - was born.
Get On Up (2018) Matt Warren Music Is My Life Official feat Janis McGee
How Do I Love Thee is the second single off the album, an infectious dance track that features Pepper Gomez' breathy spoken vocals over a relentless groove. Warren layers beats, keyboards, and vocals, with a jazzy horn solo over it all. It's sophisticated dance music with lyrics that riff off those classic expressions of love.
Wake Up! Music is a female-run record label. With a focus on endangered music, Wake Up! Music works to give special-genre artists a platform to take their arts to the next level.
AccoladesAwards - Platinum records for:
Mortal Combat Movie Soundtrack Artists KMFDM & Sister Machine Gun (Matt Warren engineer & mixer along with Van Cristie@ Warzone Recorders)
Bjork - "Isobel" Remix (Matt Warren engineer & mixer along with Van Cristie@ Warzone Recorders)
Faith Evans - "Love Like This" Remix (Matt Warren engineer & mixer @ Warzone Recorders)
Personnel:
Matt Warren: electronic instruments, programming; Pepper Gomez: vocals; Ron Haynes: horns; Mike "Champagne" Anderson: guitar; Antone Montgomery: bass; Sharkeyes: electronic instruments, programming; Frank Schabold: bass; Adam Kucharzyk: guitar; Richard Meyer, Junior: piano; Wes Nelson: bass
Stay in Touch:
https://wakeupmusicgroup.com/
https://www.facebook.com/WakeUpMusicGrp/
https://www.instagram.com/wakeupmusicgrp/
https://twitter.com/wakeupmusicgrp
"How Do I Love Thee" Matt Warren: Music Is My Life Official feat Pepper Gomez
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