On a Good Day
#newMusic #TheWesterlies, an American jazz band from Appalachia region. Creating new folk, very deconstructed and lyrical music.
"Saro" and "The 5:10 to Ronkonkoma" are two tracks I really appreciate.
🔊 #NowPlaying on #KEXP's #SoundsOfSurvivance
Elisapie featuring The Westerlies:
🎵 Qaisimalaurittuq
https://elisapie.bandcamp.com/track/qaisimalaurittuq-wish-you-were-here-feat-the-westerlies
from the album Inuktitut
“I think less about the line between [tradition and modernity] as much as I think about my own love for the tradition. I have a very true, and genuine love and passion for jazz music and its history. It literally came from me being a kid and watching the Ken Burns series, listening to records by Duke Ellington and Count Basie, and falling in love with the music.“ - Riley Mulherkar
Read our conversation with Riley Mulherkar on his debut album as a leader, Riley (out now on Westerlies Records), and the upcoming Newport Jazz Festival performance tied to it.
Photo credit: Zenith Richards
#rileymulherkar #newportjazzfestival #newportjazz #newportjazzfest #jazz #music #tradition #postgenre #postgenremedia #postgenremusic #art #thewesterlies #fleetfoxes
In his speech to the Royal Academy on April 30, 1953, Winston Churchill remarked, "Without tradition, art is a flock of sheep without a shepherd. Without innovation, it is a corpse." The key is to find ways to let history lead you without being haunted by the ghosts of the past. This concept is frequently
Tonight was a wonderful program of brass quartet music down in the crypt with The Westerlies. I loved Andy Clausen's new piece. so I had to buy the CD, too.
#music #concert #DeathOfClassical #TheWesterlies #ChurchOfTheIntercession