As a pimply-faced Jewish teen growing up in a predominantly white New Jersey suburb, my exposure to the black experience was extremely limited. Sure there was Soul Train on TV and disco music on the radio, but the few African-American kids in my middle school mostly kept to themselves. At the same time, I volunteered at a hospital in predominantly black Newark, New Jersey … [Read more...] about Song Of The Day – “Shining Star” by Earth, Wind & Fire
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Song Of The Day – “Spin” by Kelan Philip Cohran & The Hypnotic Brass Ensemble
If you love tuba solos, they’re here. How about exotic string instruments like zithers and kalimbas? Check, they’re in abundance. Funky, funky brass? Present and duly accounted for. Exciting music like you’ve never heard before? Look no further than the welcome return of Kelan Philip Cohran and his latest group, The Hypnotic Brass Ensemble. Cohran played trumpet, zither and … [Read more...] about Song Of The Day – “Spin” by Kelan Philip Cohran & The Hypnotic Brass Ensemble