Alfredo Rodríguez s Coral Way radiates positive energy without relying on good vibes, a show of skill and passion that pushes his career further forward.
I last saw Magda Giannikou, the front-woman of Banda Magda, as the opener of a Snarky Puppy show in St. Louis. Since then, I’ve been looking out for more. A more extensive bio of the woman can be found here.
Four-time Grammy winners, genre-crossing Snarky Puppy is releasing Empire Central, a tribute to the band’s hometown of Dallas, recorded over the course of
PHOTO BY AARON WINTERS Miché Fambro performs at the Tango Cafe.
I first saw Miché and the Anglos at the old Jazzberry’s on Monroe Avenue in 1985. Their fusion of The Police and latter-period Roxy Music crooning was awesome, and I had a new favorite local band. An Anglos show had it all: shenanigans, lights, and catchy songs. But most of all, there was Miché Fambro, the lead singer, lead guitarist, and charisma incarnate, who died in December of cancer at the age of 64. I was sure they’d be big, successful by every measure. Many years later, I got to know the strange, warm, and thoughtful Fambro. He went by Mick. Where’d “Miché” come from? Mick said he’d spelled “Micky” that way on a lark, someone pronounced it “me-SHAY,” and the rest became history.
The Luxembourg-based Hungarian born singer-songwriter’s ‘If I can ́t breathe’ is out on various platforms.
Kinga Rose, who has been developing her solo project in Luxembourg over the last couple of years, released her solo single on 15 January. Rose, who has been helped by The Grund Club and a slew of producers and arrangers in Luxembourg, describes herself as a “piano based singer-songwriter range from Kate Bush to Tori Amos, Carole King and many others.
The first single is part of her debut album, Vision, which includes string arrangements by Ivan Boumans and Pol Belardi and production by Lata Gouveia and Charles Stoltz. The album, due for release later in the year, also features guest appearances by Ernie Hammes, Anik Schwall, Sarah Candle, and Marcelo Woloski (Snarky Puppy).