Music
Chaye Alexander presents Live at Boyd Plaza grooves on with Latin rhythms
The Columbia Museum of Art announces the second concert in a new, dynamic, free outdoor concert series on the beautifully renovated Boyd Plaza. Chaye Alexander presents Live at Boyd Plaza returns Sunday, June 23, with saxophonist Luis Alas and the Afro-Cuban Connection. “The inaugural concert on Memorial Day weekend drew 400 people who were dancing…
Read MoreMark Turner and Ethan Iverson Bring Chamber Jazz to Spoleto Festival USA
By Hakim Abdul-Ali For six performances during this year’s Spoleto Festival USA Wells Fargo Jazz Series, beginning on June 5 and ending on June 8, 2019, the distinct duo of tenor saxophonist Mark Turner and pianist Ethan Iverson introduced the Festival goers to a more creatively different version of jazz. Most would refer to it…
Read MoreReggae Nights Concert Series Continues June 28 with Mighty Joshua and the Zion #5
The Charleston County Park and Recreation Commission continues the summer 2019 Reggae Nights Concert Series on June 28! The second concert of the season will feature Mighty Joshua and the Zion #5 at James Island County Park. Gates open at 7:30 p.m. and music by Mighty Joshua begins at 8 p.m. Event gates will close…
Read MoreLift Up Your Voice! Announces Two Recitals
Lift Up Your Voice! Music Studio will present its semester closing voice recitals on two dates: Saturday, June 15 featuring Beginners, Intermediates and Advanced Intermediates and on Saturday, June 22 featuring Advanced Students. The theme of this year’s recitals is Memorable Songs from Popular Movies, and will feature the vocalists performing such greats as The Impossible…
Read MoreArtStrings Premieres with First Event Benefiting Local Non-Profit, My Three Sicklers
Saturday, September 15th, 2019 at 5:30PM, ArtStrings will debut its first event benefitting the non-profit, My Three Sicklers, dedicated to bringing awareness to sickle cell disease and the effects on individuals and families. In addition, the non-profit offers support to help with expenses for treatments and funding for research with the hope of finding a…
Read MoreDafnis Prieto Big Band Delivers a Powerhouse Spoleto Performance
By Hakim Abdul-Ali When one normally thinks of outstanding Latin musicians, past and current, you maybe a little remiss for not immediately knowing who Dafnis Prieto is. Well, after appearing at the Spoleto Festival USA Wells Fargo Jazz Series Wednesday 29, 2019, Mr. Prieto and his seventeen-piece-big band ensemble left no doubt who they were.…
Read MoreGeri Allen Tribute Quintet: Paying Respect to a Jazz Queen
By Hakim Abdul-Ali Geri Allen was an African-American jazz pianist and composer who died in 2017 at the age of 60. She was renowned monarch in the fields of music and education. In her honor, the Spoleto Festival USA Wells Fargo Jazz Series presented a special tribute to her life and legacy by presenting a…
Read MoreIN MEMORIAM: John Gary Williams maintained music in his heart, despite tragedy, trials
By Lee Eric Smith, The New Tri-State Defender lesmith@tsdmemphis.com In an alternate reality, one where John Gary Williams wasn’t called up to go to Vietnam, he might have become a soul music icon, a household name mentioned alongside Marvin Gaye, Al Green or Otis Redding. But as news spread of Williams’ death at his Memphis…
Read MoreBlack Refractions Exhibit inspires the Richard White Trio on June 19
The Art of Jazz Series opens with the Richard White Trio on June 19, 2019 from 6pm – 7pm at the Gibbes Museum of Art located on 135 Meeting Street. The Richard White Trio will create new compositions as inspired by Black Refractions: Highlights from The Studio Museum in Harlem exhibit currently being displayed at the Gibbes…
Read MoreNNPA Observes Black Music Month, National Homeownership and Juneteenth
By Stacy M. Brown,NNPA Newswire Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia In June, the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) joins with millions of other Americans in celebration of Black Music Month and National Homeownership Month. As the trade association representing more than 200 African American-owned newspapers and media companies around the nation, the NNPA also observes Juneteenth, the oldest…
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