NYFOS@Caramoor: Day 1

I always look forward to the first day of Caramoor rehearsal, but I also fear the first day of Caramoor rehearsal. This year’s outing, Four Islands, is a complicated show with songs from Ireland, Cuba, Madagascar, and Manhattan in five languages (including Gaelic and...
Malamini Jobarteh and Dembo Konte:  Cheddo

Malamini Jobarteh and Dembo Konte: Cheddo

When does a song stop being a song? And now we are here at the end of the week and the final installment of this series of posts I was asked to write for No Song Is Safe From Us. To paraphrase Frank Loesser, it’s been a long week, but I’ve really enjoyed writing these...