Guinean Moustapha Bangoura trained for 22 years with Les Ballets Africains, the world’s first African dance company and the national dance ensemble of Guinea. He teaches more than 60 traditional dances and is an official cultural ambassador for his country.
June is officially Black Music Month! Let’s take a listen to something a little different. BODE is a podcast featuring African American classical musicians and other musicians of color.
In honor of Black Music Month, a celebration of African American Music every year in the month of June, soulciti had the privilege of speaking with Clear Channel’s President of Media and Entertainment for Austin, Pam McKay.
The Zach Scott Production of “Rent,” playing through November 28 at the Kleberg Stage, proves that New York has little to teach Austin when it comes to making a musical into a raucous good time.
Kirk Whalum is brilliant, and it is an honor to have him headline Austin Jazz Festival for the year 2014.
Courtney Sanchez is a chameleon. She aligns her voice to the listener’s perception, all Ella Fitzgerald one minute, John Legend, Chaka Khan, or James Taylor the next.
Detroit native Althea René does not take ‘No’ for an answer. So, when the jazz industry said that flute was not a jazz instrument…
Jonathan ‘Chaka’ Mahone is a member of RIDERS AGAINST THE STORM. For this Artist-to-Artist Q&A, he gets down to the nitty gritty and up to spiritual heights with Bobby McFerrin, who Chaka dubs “a vocal alchemist.”
Her profile claims she once got in a back alley brawl with the (former) planet “Pluto,” punching it “straight out of planetary existence.”
Talking to two-time Grammy nominee Eric Roberson is like talking to a best friend. You can tell he is listening. Everything he offers to the conversation is smooth and thoughtful. It’s not just that he likes to talk; he likes to learn.
“Mission Accomplished,” was how Chaka felt when Riders Against the Storm (RAS) won the prestigious Band of the Year award at this year’s SXSW Music Festival. To have Hip Hop appreciated and validated by a bona fide music-loving community was exactly the purpose of RAS’ move to Austin in 2009.
The Austin native’s face is smooth and defined, nothing less than statuesque. Theatergoers from South Africa get a look at his almond eyes and…
