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We’re almost to the end of 2021. In some ways it was a year unlike any other, in others, it felt very much still in the warped time of this pandemic (I always like the joke of calling it 2020 + 1). Lots of positives among many still-tough situations. Most of all, playing music with … Continue reading "Year End/New Year Shows and More!"
UPCOMING SHOWS OCTOBER 14th – Steph Richards’ Supersplice & Koof @ Rigby Mansion 523 E Church Lane Doors @ 7, Music @ 8 $15 Suggested Donation Supporting Steph Richards by setting up this show for the tour of her band Supersplice. Trumpeter and Soundscape creator KooF opens. OCTOBER 16th – Leading the Kol Tzedek Simcha … Continue reading "Upcoming Shows!"
Announcing my first live public performance in a long long time!!! And I couldn’t be happier for it to be some delicious, surf-ed out klezmer music with Nick Millevoi on guitar and the one and only David Licht on drums!!! This is an outdoors, masked-up live concert. Only 100 tickets are available, so reserve yours … Continue reading "Radiant Others Trio Returns Video and a Live Concert!"
I was really happy to contribute a track entitled “What Is Our Nature” to the new compilation Stay In Shape vol. 3 that was released on April 2nd! Stay in Shape is a monthly compilation organized by NY-based guitarist Brad Farberman aiming to help venues and inspire musicians during the pandemic. Musicians are invited to … Continue reading "New Track to Benefit Sun Ra House"
Back in February 2019, I put on a series called Encounters @ The Mothership at the DIY venue The Mothership (now defunct) in West Philadelphia. Encounters was a 4-day concert series of original and improvised music composed and curated by me featuring an array of amazing musicians from Philadelphia and beyond. Among those amazing musicians like … Continue reading "Out Of Heaven Video Premiere"
Welcome to 2021! There’s a lot of new stuff to look forward, and yet musicians everywhere are starting to post their year anniversaries of their final performances before the pandemic began. I feel like I have a lot to be excited about and one is getting some old recordings out there that hadn’t had the … Continue reading "First Release of 2021: Superlith II"
Here we are at the start of a new year and looking back seems both worthwhile and somewhat daunting. Last year in reality did not resemble any sorts of expectations. Even still, a lot of interesting musical things happened and we reached for our human creativity and connection in lots of good ways. Here’s a … Continue reading "Looking Back at 2020"
I’m thrilled to share this very special episode of the Radiant Others Podcast with you all. On this episode: Ray Musiker. Ray is a living legend – clarinetist, saxophonist, educator and composer. He’s a leading figure in 20th-century Yiddish-American music and he’s still leading the way in the 21st century. Ray is the fourth generation … Continue reading "RAY MUSIKER LIVING MUSICAL LEGACY PODCAST"
At 2PM EST today, May 19th, the ACT4Music will release 4 all-new concert videos from artists I’ve curated under the banner New and Old Worlds! Each of these artists, Frank London, Cookie Segelstein and Josh Horowitz and Judith Berkson weave their own unique music from sounds that illumintate the past and push us forward towards the present and beyond. Simply, … Continue reading "New Music For The ACT4Music Online Festival Out Today!"
I am so excited to announce the release of Joy, by Electric Simcha. If you missed us when we were active from around 2010-12, this was me, Nick Millevoi on guitar, Travis Woodson on bass, and Julius Masri on drums. Four West Philly-aligned cats who got together over an excitement about Jewish music and the … Continue reading "Announcing Joy, a new album by Electric Simcha!"