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Monday, December 01, 2008

from Salif to Stevie & more

RIFFIN’S RUNDOWN FOR WEEK , 12/1/08, 8.35PM, AT NEWSTALK 93FM


Live stream www.newstalk93fm.com


MONDAY: Two streams of musical consciousness. One, a quietude provided by the Tord Gustavensen, piano trio. The other, four songs by Joni Mitchell, one of the best contemporary songwriters, and winner of the Polar Music Prize, The Nobel Prize of Music.


TUESDAY: The “golden voice of Africa”, Salif Keita, and one of his best albums, “Moffou”.


WEDNESDAY: Two Afro-Cuban divas, Celia Cruz, and Omara Portuondo.

THURSDAY: The Monterey Jazz festival, one of the best of its kind, and among the oldest, has an impressive array of talent , in the first volume, of an ongoing series, “Highlights From the Monterey Jazz Festival.

FRIDAY: Music icon, Stevie Wonder, and a rising star whom he influenced greatly, John Legend, and his new album “Evolver”.

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