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Bluegrass Act The Charlie Sizemore Band Releases Good News |
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 Cambridge (Massachusetts), USA - Good News is the first Rounder Records release from singer, songwriter, and vocalist Charlie Sizemore, an artist much respected and loved in the world of bluegrass for both his musical talents and his unshakeable yet immensely likeable integrity. His reputation as “The Real Deal” is based equally on his considerable musical talents and his resolute commitment to doing things the right way, and has only added luster to his place as one of the finest bluegrass artists of his generation.
Soulful and heartfelt, Charlie Sizemore’s singing is capable of bringing a new level of emotion and insight to songs new and old. An equal...
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Jazz Legend Max Roach Dies at 83 |
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 Drummer and percussion virtuoso Max Roach died on August 16, 2007 in New York.
He was born on January 10, 1924 in New Land, North Carolina. The Roach family later relocated to Brooklyn, New York.
Maxwell studied the piano with his aunt at the Baptist Church and at 8 years of age starting playing the drum set. At age 17 Roach performed with Duke Ellington and stated “Whether I could play or not, they thought I could play, because I’d been with the master”.
Roach a master in his own imaginative way demonstrated his ethnic spirituality by various contributions to bebop, hard bop and jazz. Roach was part of the musical family associated with Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Mingus, Clifford Brown, Sonny Rollins & Irakere and more.
He received the Obie award ’85, the MacArthur Foundation genius grant ‘88, NEA Jazz Masters award, a Commander of Arts an...
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Berlin Band 17 Hippies Talks About New Release Heimlich |
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 Bloomington (Indiana), USA - The latest album by 17 Hippies features ukulele and a Persian hammered dulcimer—played by a former heavy metal drummer—together with an acoustic Turkish take of the hip hop classic “Apache”. The Berlin-based group emerged after the Berlin Wall fell. “It was like someone had opened a hidden door,” explains vocalist and lyricist Kiki Sauer. “New and exciting music from Eastern Europe flooded into town with new grooves. All we could do was listen, learn, and try to find our own musical connections."
"The band started with a simple concept," says vocalist and musical mastermind Christopher Blenkinsop. “We said, ‘OK, so you play an instrument? Well, don’t bring it!’” Ch...
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Latin Multi-Instrumentalist Mario Rivera Dies in New York |
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 On August 10th, 2007, we had the passing of the sidemen of sidemen, Mario Rivera. He was 68 and died of bone cancer.
Rivera was a talented artist, playing tenor, alto, baritone, and soprano saxophone, as well as the flute and a host of other instruments including the timbales, vibraphone & jazz scatting.
Mario performed many years with Tito Puente, Tito Rodriguez, Machito, Dizzy Gillespie, and performed legendary solos for Eddie Palmieri.
Of Dominican descent, known as El Comandante, I remember Mario once listening to a Walkman telling Tito, “hey you gotta listen to this hot tune!”
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World Music News 
Nine music specialists from 5 countries spent 10 days in August of 2007 discovering new music in four Brazilian regions. The international participants attended showcases and seminars in the cities of São Paulo, Goiânia, Fortaleza and Salvador da Bahia. The program, known as Project Imagem e Comprador (Image and Buyers) was created by BM&A (Brasil Musica & Artes), an association that works to promote Brazilian music abroad, with support from APEX (Trade and Investment Promotion Agency), which is a special department of SEBRAE (Brazilian Support Service to Micro and Small Enterprises).