Our invitation to the 13th annual Fez Festival of World Sacred Music came just a few short weeks before the opening ceremonies June 1, 2007.…
In Search of the Sacred at the Fez Festival of World Sacred Music (Part I)
Category: Concert reviews
Delightful Concert by Vidwan Poorna Pragna Rao, B.Sc.
Author: Ms Lakshmi What makes a concert delightful, memorable and wholesome? A good mellifluous voice, in-depth erudition, a smart rapport with the audience! …
Onstage Wizardry: Ojos de Brujo at Grand Performances in Los Angeles
"This is not just world music. This is a whole universe of music." Thus spoke Derek Rath, host of "The Cosmic Barrio" on KPFK FM…
The Veena Festival
Author: Ms Manjari Sinha; New Delhi, India Spread over a period of four days and held at the conference hall of ‘Indira Gandhi National Centre…
Gonsalves Mansion gets a taste of world class jazz (Jazz in Goa-Jazz in India)
The Heritage Jazz Yatra that was held on Sunday 23 January was a runaway success what with over four hundred people a thronging the leafy…
Making Memories African Style
Les Ballets Africains in Mandinka Memories (Irvine Barclay Theatre, February 20, 2007) To be able to tell a story through dance is a marvelous thing,…
Brazilian Samba Hits Home (Jazz in India-Jazz in Goa)
Mandu Sarara means “the blonde Portuguese men” in Toopee Guarani, a language spoken by some tribes in Brazil and is the name of the band…
Tala Power (Jazz in India)
The "Farewell’ Tala" show was a non starter due to the heavy rains in Mumbai which threw everything out of gear at the physical realm.…
Jazz in India gets Red Hot
From the Jazz Greats show held on October 12 at my home, Gonsalves Mansion, in Campal to the Jazz Ablaze event held at the Highway…
Two powerful women of music……(jazz in india)
As a year goes by, there is so much that goes by too, emotionally and otherwise, and it is obviously time for thanksgiving that so…