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Colombia's Gregorio Uribe Big Band to Play World Music Institute's World to Brooklyn Series at Roulette
EXCLUSIVE: Shara Worden on Playing My Brightest Diamond Songs with George Manahan, American Composers Orchestra at Carnegie's Zankel Hall
Upon earning her undergrad in opera from the University North Texas, like so many others before and since, a doe-eyed Shara Worden packed up her scores and moved to New York City. Studying privately with Australian composer/violinist Padma Newsome, palling around with people like the Dessner brothers, she was determined--perhaps destined, even--for their kind of "crossover." And, indeed, just like Clogs and The National did, Worden struck gold first with the indie-r stuff. Cases in point: a gorgeous slew of remarkably baroque records--Bring Me the Workhorse (2006), A Thousand Shark's Teeth ('08), All Things Will Unwind ('11), last year's This Is My Hand--on Asthmatic Kitty Records, ground zero for through-composed indie rock. Eric Clapton, Little Richard and Tommy Brown Named 2015 Blues Hall of Fame Inductees
The Blues Foundation has announced its latest inductees into its Hall of Fame: Tommy Brown, Eric Clapton and Little Richard. With more than 130 performers inducted since 1980, they join an echelon of music's most legendary artists.
