Archive for the 'Music' Category



Grace Nikae & UNICEF’s Universal Children’s Day

Published on November 18, 2009

A few months back on a beautiful summer evening in Toronto, I attended a CD launch party for Twitter-friend and internationally renowned pianist Grace Nikae.  Hosted by Toronto fashion designer Rosemarie Umetsu at her Avenue Road studio, Grace gave us a sneak peak of her latest CD, Chopin | Schumann: Sonatas.
The event itself combined both [...]


Just because: Paul Schaffer & Luanda Jones

Published on November 12, 2009

Just because: Shakura S’Aida

Published on September 10, 2009

Emmanuel Jal: The music of a war child

Published on August 9, 2009

I’ve always believed that Hip-hop at its best is, first, poetry; and, if explored in that context, it can hopefully be more easily accessible to those who profess, “I just don’t get it.”
Below is a video clip of Emmanuel Jal, former Sudanese child soldier, speaking and performing at a recent TED conference. It is [...]


Catching Up: 2009-07-28

Published on July 28, 2009

Here’s some links from the last week or so that you may have missed and may be worth a look:

The longest solar eclipse of the century - some extraordinary images from Boston.com’s “The Big Picture”
China Launches Arabic TV Channel – BBC.co.uk reports on China’s launch of an Arabic-language television service for Middle East and North Africa viewers
Make [...]