Author: mick

World Music with Chinese Pipa player Wu Man

Daily Roots with the Paragons & Roslyn Sweat 2-15-18

What’s that inside the Heart Nebula? First, the large emission nebula dubbed IC 1805 looks, in whole, like a human heart. It’s shape perhaps fitting of the Valentine’s Day, this heart glows brightly in red light emitted by its most prominent element: hydrogen. The red glow and the larger shape are all created by a…

Thomas W. “Tommy” Campbell (born February 14, 1957, Norristown, Pennsylvania) is an American jazz drummer. Campbell’s uncle is Jimmy Smith; Campbell played with him as a teenager and subsequently. He was a student at Berklee College of Music from 1975 to 1979, where he played with Tiger Okoshiand Marlena Shaw, and led a band which…

Samuel Gene Maghett (February 14, 1937 – December 1, 1969), known as Magic Sam, was an American Chicago blues musician. He was born in Grenada County, Mississippi, United States, and learned to play the blues from listening to records by Muddy Waters and Little Walter. After moving to Chicago at the age of 19, he…

Merl Saunders (February 14, 1934 – October 24, 2008) was an American multi-genre musician who played piano and keyboards, favoring the Hammond B-3 console organ. Born in San Mateo, California, Saunders attended Polytechnic High School in San Francisco. In his first band in high school was singer Johnny Mathis. He served in the Air Force from…

World Music with the Saltwater Band from Elcho Island off the coast of North East Arnhem Land, Australia.

Daily Roots with the Twinkle Brothers 2-14-18 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMsaN6r9lPU&list=PLEB3LPVcGcWZ0hsQ5_jgSMhawAnDzy1io&index=4

BEAU KOO JACKS on MARDI GRAS DAY 2-13-18 Neumanns in North St Paul 7-11pm Featuring Todd Matheson, Jamie Carter, David Hamilton, Van Nixon, Paul Strickland, Larry McCabe, Art Haynes and mick laBriola; Gettin funky like nobodies business on Mardi Gras Day

NGC 2903 is a field barred spiral galaxy about 30 million light-years away in the constellation Leo. It was discovered by William Herschelwho cataloged it on November 16, 1784. NGC 2905 is a bright star cloud within this galaxy. NGC 2903 has a very high speed of creating new stars in the central region.