by Mike Telin
“There are a lot of world-music performers in the area that I would have loved to present over the years if I only had a space,” ethnomusicologist, world-music enthusiast, and promoter David Badagnani said during a recent conversation. “And with this series there is an additional opportunity for audiences to hear world-music performers in a different way.”
On Saturday, December 12 at 8:00 pm at the North Water Street Gallery in Kent, the new “Around the World Music Series” will present an evening of Greek music performed by bouzouki virtuoso Kostas Revelas and guitarist George Papazekos. The evening will also include stories of the Greek islands told by the musicians. A meet-and-greet reception will begin at 7:30. [Read more…]
On Friday, October 10, The Cleveland Orchestra presented its first Fridays@7 concert of the 2014-15 season. Creating a more informal concertgoing experience, these concerts feature an earlier start time and shorter duration bookended by pre- and post-concert non-classical music, organized by world percussion luminary Jamey Haddad.