A Train staff celebrates the special Halloween release of Fireballet’s Night on Bald Mountain. Especially remastered by the notable Larry Fast, Night on Bald Mountain goes live on Halloween for a special night of trick or treating.
Congratulations to the following A Train artists for making the initial Grammy ballot! Stay tuned for updates as we discover final nominees, and eventually the winners for each category.
Award winning singer-songwriter, Lila Downs, continues to gain momentum and critical acclaim as she broadens the horizons of Latin Music:
Lila Downs was invited to perform in a TV special by PBS, Música Latina: In Performance at the White House on Monday, September 16th. President and Mrs. Obama were to host the evening concert honoring the beauty and diversity of Latin Music, which would be filmed in the East Room of the White House. Unfortunately due to a tragedy at the Navy Yard in DC, the event was postponed. Lila is set to perform on the tentatively re-scheduled date of October 28, 2013.
“Música Latina: In Performance at the White House will bring energetic, passionate music to our audiences and share some treasures of Latino culture with our viewers. Much like the people that it honors, Latin music is extraordinarily diverse, and I am proud that we are able to share this program with audiences across the country.”
-Paula A. Kerger, President and CEO of PBS.
GRAMMY Award Winner – Pecados Y Milagros (Best Regional Mexican Music Album Award)
LATIN GRAMMY13th Annual Award Winner – Pecados Y Milagros (Best Folk Album)
“But the most elaborate costumes flanked Lila Downs, a neo-traditionalist Mexican singer whose “Pecados y Milagros” was named best folk album; she sang “Zapata Se Queda” with the Colombian folk singer Totó la Momposina and the Mexican accordionist Celso Piña, as a lavish Day of the Dead procession filled the aisles and the stage.” -Jon Pareles, New York Times
“Zapata Se Queda” – Lila Downs/Paul Cohen (Cloud People Music) for The Counselor (Counselor Productions)
“Zapata Se Queda”, “Mezcalito”, and “Palomo Del Comalito” – Lila Downs (Cloud People Music) for Un día en la vida de Lila Downs – Beita Producciones S.A. de C.V (A&E Mundo LLC)
“Mezcalito” – Lila Downs/Paul Cohen (Cloud People Music) for The Chosen (Q-Viva)
Open up this week’s Billboard Magazine (10.12.2013) and check out the World Music charts- in #1 is Rokia Traore’s Beautiful Africa and #2 is Clannad’s Nádúr, featuring the voice (and compositions) of Moya Brennan.
Produced by John Parish, Beautiful Africa was recently featured on NPR’s All Things Considered and is Rokia’s first new release in five years. She has been touring in Europe and will be coming to the US in November.
Nádúr is Clannad’s first recording of new material since 1998 and is accompanied by a worldwide tour with stops already in Spain, as well as Australia and New Zealand dates at the end of October.
THE 15 BEST SKATERS WHO MAKE MUSIC – Written by: Anthony Pappalardo
Skateboarding’s connection to music–specifically its namesake genre skate rock–runs as deep as the sport’s history. Early pool skating sessions were energized by Ted Nugent and Black Sabbath blasting from boom boxes, but now the sounds of skating are as varied as the actual styles people have on a board. Many pro skaters cut their teeth playing in punk bands, but punk was only a starting point on music’s map for others. Regardless of speed, volume, or delivery, music has been an outlet for skateboarders to create off the board. From trailblazing punk and hardcore to mixing genres and sounds, this is a list of 15 skaters who can communicate their style on the board and through sound.
A Train is pleased to announce that Lila Downs will be performing in a TV special by PBS, Música Latina: In Performance at the White House on Monday, September 16th. Filmed in the East Room of the White House, President and Mrs. Obama will host the evening concert which honors the beauty and diversity of Latin Music.
For over a decade, Lila—a Latin Grammy and award winning artist—has dedicated her musical efforts toward cultural harmony and social justice. We are delighted that she is a featured performer among other great Latin artists.
The program produced by WETA, airs Tuesday, October 8 at 8:00 p.m. ET on PBS stations nationwide (check local listings) in both English and Spanish language versions. The taped concert will also be available Wednesday, October 9th at www.pbs.org/whitehouse. The program will also be broadcast Sunday, October 13 on the American Forces Network to American service men and women and civilians at U.S. Department of Defense locations around the world.
“Música Latina: In Performance at the White House will bring energetic, passionate music to our audiences and share some treasures of Latino culture with our viewers. Much like the people that it honors, Latin music is extraordinarily diverse, and I am proud that we are able to share this program with audiences across the country.”
-Paula A. Kerger, President and CEO of PBS.
“Music is very soothing to my anxious, nervous state,” says bluegrass legend Peter Rowan in this toe-tapping documentary charting his remarkable musical journey. Serenely thankful listeners will attest to the near-spiritual power of the great singer-songwriter and six-stringer’s heavenly melodies, incisive words and healing tones. Having honed his inimitable style as a member of Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys in the mid-1960s, Rowan’s fascination with world music and Buddhist meditation practice has led him from collaborations with Jerry Garcia, Flaco Jimenez and Jamaican reggae greats to groundbreaking recordings with Earth Opera, Seatrain and Old and In The Way.
Roger Smith, noted keyboard player with Tower of Power since 1988, joins the Dave Mathews Band for some cameo appearances- September 4 at Harvey’s Lake Tahoe Outdoor Arena at Stateline Nevada and and September 8 at the Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, CA.
Roger last played live with DMB in 2012 and appeared on Away From The World, released in September of 2012
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