Whether you like rap, rock, classical or country, you'll find your favorite music at the Thomas Crane Public Library in Quincy, MA.
Posted in Celtic, Folk, Performed at the Crane, World Music on Mar 22nd, 2010
Check Our Catalog “Among Friends is a collection of music in the Cape Breton tradition; sets of tunes from Scotland, Ireland and Cape Breton arranged nicely for the fiddle, pipes, piano and guitar. All three are good players and their playing has some reminiscences of older dance hall sounds with dust in the air and [...]
Posted in Performed at the Crane, World Music on Jan 29th, 2010
Check Our Catalog Jerry and Nancy Bell (The Celtic Bells) are a husband and wife team sharing both Scots and Irish ancestry, sharing stories and tunes to make you grow, with Irish harp, Scottish bagpipes, flute, bodhran, mandocello, tin whistle and tenor banjo.
Posted in Jazz, Latin Jazz, World Music on Jan 29th, 2010
Check Our Catalog “It’s a serene, completely agreeable hour…. Chucho has a bit of an edge with speed, power and dexterity, but here and there, especially when they deftly switch roles of ostinato and soloing, it can become hard to guess who’s who. Bebo is an elegant musician, but also one who won’t be outdone; [...]
Posted in World Music on Jan 29th, 2010
Check Our Catalog “Playing for Change is producer Mark Johnson’s multimedia project intending to tie the world together via music. Johnson traveled the globe between 2004 and 2008, finding musicians in every corner of the world, from African villages to the streets of Santa Monica, then recorded them, usually singing American rock and pop classics, [...]
Posted in Latin Jazz, World Music on Jan 25th, 2010
Check Our Catalog “The set features several strongly tropical numbers, like the gentle ‘Cancao de Amor’ and a fine cover of her father’s original bossa nova classic ‘Bim Bom.’”–Billboard.com
Posted in World Music on Dec 18th, 2009
Check Our Catalog Throw Down Your Heart chronicles banjo virtuoso and 18-time Grammy award winner Béla Fleck’s musical journey to Africa to explore the little known African roots of the banjo. Bela’s boundary-breaking musical adventure takes him to Uganda, Tanzania, The Gambia, and Mali, and provides a glimpse of the beauty and complexity of African [...]
Posted in Dance Pop, Rock/Pop, World Music on Nov 12th, 2009
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Posted in Rock/Pop, World Music on Jul 27th, 2009
Check Our Catalog “Charmingly blunt and unpolished, Fortress instantly casts Maria as a distinctive talent among her established Scandinavian contemporaries.”–Slant Magazine
Posted in World Music on May 15th, 2009
Check Our Catalog “These Senegalese legends recapture the Afro-Cuban bliss of their 1982 classic, Pirates Choice — imagine the Buena Vista Social Club weaned on motherland polyrhythms.”–Rolling Stone
Posted in Rock/Pop, World Music on Apr 28th, 2009
Check Our Catalog “The band brews up a nice mix of psychedelic rock, free jazz, and other vintage genres associated with mind expansion and counterculture ideals…[a] top-notch effort”–All Music Guide
Posted in Electronica, Latin, Rock/Pop, World Music on Apr 28th, 2009
Check Our Catalog “As bright as the feathers of the parrot, as sparkly as the fireworks, and as warm as the palm trees that adorn the cover. The music flows like melted butter, twists and turns like a mountain highway, and shimmers like the sun on a scorching summer day.The Spanish producer/singer throws a whole [...]
Posted in Alt Rock, Rock/Pop, World Music on Apr 28th, 2009
Check Our Catalog “Recommending this album seems too light a course of action; requiring it may be more apt. Consider Hold on Now, Youngster…highly required, then.”–All Music Guide
Posted in Alt Rock, Electronica, Indie, Rock/Pop, World Music on Mar 19th, 2009
Check Our Catalog “Brimming with ideas but understated, even tentative in executing them, and big on hooks but nervously intimate in presentation, Youth Novels is a curious, decidedly unorthodox but endearing record. Both youthful and novel — Li was twenty-one upon its release, which may explain both her occasional goofy vocal affectations and the hesitant [...]
Posted in Performed at the Crane, World Music on Mar 19th, 2009
Check Our Catalog From rollicking clarinet, trombone, and accordion tunes, to music with tsimbl, this CD preserves and extends the glorious 500 year history of klezmer music. “Dobe Ressler and di bostoner klezmer breath new life into traditional, old-country klezmer!”–Dr. Hankus Netsky, New England Conservatory of Music; Director, Klezmer Conservatory Band
Posted in World Music on Mar 9th, 2009
Check Our Catalog “Here, a collective of musicians from San Francisco combine for a series of songs in French, Spanish, English, and Hindi, all under the leadership of multiculturalist (and doctor) Rupa Marya. The songs seem to be based mostly in French traditions, but with a twist.”–All Music Guide “If Rupa were a movie, she’d [...]
Posted in Music for Children, Performed at the Crane, World Music on Feb 22nd, 2009
Check Our Catalog A 2007 Parent’s Choice Award Winner “Brazilian guitarist Sulinha Boucher teams up with Marion Campos, Catherine Peterson, and Alex Carvalho to present 13 songs with a Latin American sound. Most are performed by the female vocalist, accompanied by acoustic guitar and percussion instruments as well as coconuts, kalimbas, and a cavaquinho. An [...]
Posted in Folk, Performed at the Crane, World Music on Feb 3rd, 2009
Check Our Catalog Guy Mendilow draws on his experiences living, learning and performing in four continents and over seven countries including Israel, South Africa, Mexico and Brazil in his debut album Soar Away Home. Awash with powerful vocals, rich harmonies and captivating rhythms, Soar Away Home journeys from South African melodies to sitar patterns, middle [...]
Posted in Classical, Performed at the Crane, Solo Marimba, World Music on Feb 3rd, 2009
Check Our Catalog “Acclaimed as “agile and terrifically talented” by the Boston Herald, Mr. Nunoya further contributed to marimba music by producing his debut CD, Red Dragonfly. This CD features a rich selection of marimba repertoire from Baroque music to contemporary marimba repertoires, from ensemble piece to Asian folk songs.”—Amazon.com
Posted in Music for Children, World Music on Feb 3rd, 2009
Check Our Catalog “Nueva York! is maybe the most all-around likable family record of 2008. The crazy-haired former Del Fuego has once again packed a panoply of A-list players onto the bill. For non-Spanish-speakers, the appeal of the playful, all-Spanish Nueva York! is its open invitation to vibe along with a multitude of hip styles [...]
Posted in World Music on Dec 29th, 2008
Check Our Catalog “This set is every bit as necessary as the solo albums by the singers, and perhaps even more than the studio effort. It is not only a historical document; it is a living, breathing piece of work that guarantees the transference of emotion from tape to listener, and cements the Buena Vista [...]