Martin Hayes and Brooklyn Rider are releasing a new album via In a Circle Records titled, The Butterfly. The album contains twelve tracks, ten are traditional melodies and two tracks are original compositions. Recorded in 2016, the album celebrates a decade-long musical friendship between renowned Irish fiddler and New York’s omnivorous string quartet. In addition to featuring the premiere recording of “Maghera Mountain,” (written by Hayes as a teenager), The Butterfly sought to define a common ground through the inclusion of several of the most widely known tunes within the repertoire, such as “O’Neill’s March” and [...]
Moniek de Leeuw is a violinist, pianist and composer. She has been playing music since she was a child and has always loved sharing her gift of music with people to make them happy. Moniek has traveled the last seven years to more than twenty countries, exploring traditional music and sharing her music by performing and playing with local musicians. She loves to share her biggest passion with the world and inspire people to follow their dreams! In January, Moniek released her full-length album titled, Sea Roots. The album contains fourteen compositions Moniek composed during her musical journey between 2013 and 2019. The music reflects influences [...]
The name “Pangaea/Pangea” is derived from Ancient Greek pan (πᾶν, “all, entire, whole”) and Gaia (Γαῖα, “Mother Earth, land”). The concept that the continents once formed a contiguous land mass was first proposed by Alfred Wegener. Conceptually the idea I felt behind Linette Tobin’s Pangaea was the idea of unification. Bringing together different musicians from different parts of the world for a beautiful amalgamation of sound on The New Shape of the World. The album features a variety of songs with influences from the U.S., Latin America, the Caribbean, and Africa. The groups debut [...]
Somesh Mathur, fondly called Panditji has devoted his life to the discovery of new vistas in the field of music. A guru of Indian Classical Music and voice culture. A scholar at heart, Somesh combines the discipline of a classical singer with the thorough professionalism of an M.B.A. graduate. His creativity and panache stem from the environment in which this child prodigy has been brought up. His illustrious father, Pandit Sarvesh Chandra Mathur is an exponent of the Agra Gharana. His talented mother, Smt. Sudha Mathur is a Violin maestro, being one of the foremost disciples of one of the greatest doyens of Indian Classical Music – [...]
