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Kamasi Washington Joins Herbie Hancock During Impeccable Hometown Performance

The date was February 5, 1952. An 11-year-old pianist by the name of Herbert Jeffrey Hancock anxiously awaited taking stage at the Chicago Symphony Hall to perform the first movement of Mozart’s Piano Concerto no. 26 in D major, K. 537. This performance single handedly pushed the young musician to further expand his curiosity in […]

Kamasi Washington Revisits Childhood with “Street Fighter Mas”

Whenever you wake up to new music from Kamasi Washington, it’s bound to be a good day. The 37-year-old saxophonist has recently shared a third song from his upcoming LP, Heaven and Earth. The latest, titled “Street Fighter Mas“, is a near 6-minute track that was, in fact, inspired by the popular video game. “When I was […]

[FEST NEWS] Electric Forest Packs Over 95 More Killer Acts Into Lineup

Electric Forest is a special place. Any of the Rothbury, Michgan’s past festival attendees can tell a multitude of magical stories about its odds and ends. But between repurposed-material saloon boogie-downs by the Jenkstars, bingo, full libraries, tea parties, or fairy nests in the forest trees, one thing is for certain, when it comes to detail the organizers never miss […]