Alex Godman, the English-raised son of Russian mafia exiles, has spent his life trying to escape the shadow of their past, building his own legitimate business and forging a life with his girlfriend, Rebecca. But when a murder unearths his family's past, Alex is drawn into the criminal underworld where he must confront his values to protect those he loves.
Detroit Composer Ken Joseph’s Latest Award Winning Documentary
“SOUFRA” Will Be Screened at His Alma Mater, Wayne State University
Freep Film Festival
WSU Welcome Center,
42 West Warren Avenue,
Detroit MI 48202
April 13, 2018 from 5:00pm – 6:30pm
Detroit, MI (March 29, 2018) – Michigan native Ken Joseph has traveled a long road, through the Hollywood music industry, before securing a career as a film composer. Creating with fellow composer Alex Seaver (Juilliard trained front man for Pop/Electonic project Mako), Joseph’s recent work, the film “Soufra,” will be shown at his alma mater, Wayne State University where he received his degree in Jazz Studies and Contemporary Media. The film is part of the Freep Film Festival and will screen on April 13th at 5 pm.
“Soufra” is an inspirational story about a generational refugee, Mariam Shaar, who has spent her entire life in the Burl El Barajneh refugee camp south of Beirut, Lebanon. The film follows Mariam, with a diverse team of fellow refugee women, as they set out to change their fate by launching a catering company, and then expanding its reach outside the camp with a food truck business.
Together, they heal the wounds of war through the unifying power of food while breaking down barriers with Syrian, Iraqi, Palestinian and Lebanese women working side by side. This is a story of hope, grit, and passion.
“While attending Sterling Heights High School, I played my first professional engagement with Johnny Trudell’s Big Band in Detroit. That’s the moment I knew that I wanted to make music my career,” confessed Joseph. “I was influenced by the local sounds of Motown.”
Ken Joseph was born and raised in the Detroit area and grew up emulating former Motown staff musicians and arrangers. Additional influences include Jazz legends Bill Evans, Oscar Peterson, and Herbie Hancock. Ken studied piano at The Center Of Creative Studies Conservatory and at the age of 12, he studied jazz piano at Wayne State University where he later received his music degree in Jazz Studies and Contemporary Media.
His early classical education was in the orchestral inspirations of Debussy, and Ravel while training in the techniques of the Masters. Ken was educated in the classroom as well as “On the bandstand” while earning a place at music school.
In addition to extensive composition classes at school, he was able to perform and study with composers, arrangers and performers that he admired in Detroit. They were part of the classic Motown sound.
After relocating to Los Angeles, Ken has had the opportunity to score feature length films and documentaries (receiving the Gold Medal of Excellence at Park City Film Music Awards during the Sundance Film Festival). Ken is an alumnus of the prestigious ASCAP Film and Television scoring workshop.
Directed by Michigan native and Central Michigan University graduate Thomas A. Morgan, the film was produced by another Michigan native, from Flint, Kathleen Glynn (Founded Dog Eat Dog Films; her projects have been the recipient of the Cannes Palme d’Or, Academy Award, and Primetime Emmy), as well as producer Trevor Hall (President Rebelhouse Group) and Executive Producer Susan Sarandon.
“Soufra” is a Michigan premiere. Directed by Michigan native and Central Michigan University graduate Thomas A. Morgan it screens at the Wayne State University Welcom Center, 42 W. Warren Ave. in Detroit during the Freep Film Festival. 1 hour, 13 minutes. Tickets are $10 in advance online at https://tickets.freep.com/e/soufra/tickets, $12 at the door.
Cobo Art and the DRCFA are extending an invitation to you to watch renowned Detroit artist Hubert Massey, paint a permanent fresco masterpiece at Cobo Center! The fresco, titled “Detroit: Crossroad of Innovation,” is a 30’ x 30’ legacy piece that visually and vibrantly depicts the city in a timeline of fascinating heritage. We hope to see you there! 🎨 #coboart #detroit #fresco
The public is invited to come and watch the art in action on:
Saturday, March 31 – 10 AM – 2 PM, Saturday, April 7 & Sunday, April 8 – 10 AM – 2 PM and Sunday May 27 & Monday, May 28 – 10 AM – 2 PM
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How did having Tourette syndrome and meeting a member of The Violent Femmes lead Billboard Top 40 pop artist Harper Starling to the path of music (Not to mention she almost became a physical therapist instead)?
Los Angeles-based Harper will be at #36 later this week, and climbing, on the Billboard Dance Club Songs Chart with “Euphoria”, produced/remixed by The Perry Twins (Rihanna, Beyonce, Troye Sivan), with additional remixes by Dirty Werk (Kesha, Dave Aude) and Dan Thomas (Moby, Ralphi Rosario):
· The healing power of music: Tourette syndrome manifested when she was eight and, after intense bullying in school that left her withdrawn (Someone once broke her nose after throwing a chair at her), she took up singing at 12 to help her cope, both physically and emotionally. The resulting confidence/ability would ultimately lead her to the Billboard chart.
Tangerine Dream to Release Quantum Gate / Quantum Key 2 CD Set on April 20th Through Kscope
Quantum Gate released on September 29th 2017, to coincide and celebrate the 50th anniversary of the foundation of the band, was the first studio album since the passing of Edgar Froese Tangerine Dream's visionary founder, by the remaining band members Thorsten Quaeschning, Ulrich Schnauss and Hoshiko Yamane.
The Quantum Key EP preceded Quantum Gate, and both delivered an updated, contemporary development of their trademark sound: sequencer-driven electronica covering a wide range of moods and atmospheres from ambient soundscapes to energetic, upbeat moments. The Quantum Years material began as a concept and series of musical sketches by Froese before he passed away in 2015.
(photo credit Jim Rakete)
Remaining band members Thorsten Quaeschning, Ulrich Schnauss and Hoshiko Yamane worked together to realize Edgar's visions and expectations of a conceptual body of work that attempts to translate quantum physics and philosophy into music.
New member Ulrich Schnauss comments: “At the moment hardly any other area of science questions our concept of reality (linearity of time etc.) as profoundly as research in Quantum physics - it's no surprise therefore that Edgar was drawn to these ideas since he had always aimed at reminding listeners of the existence of 'unopened doors'.”
This version of Quantum Gate with the inclusion of Quantum Key EP, brings together Edgar's vision as a 2 disc set for the first time.
Tangerine Dream have been a fundamental influence on electronic and progressive music since their formation in West Berlin, 1967. Inspiring genres, musicians and other art forms, from The Future Sound of London to Porcupine Tree, the widely popular TV show Stranger Things (for which their music also featured in) to seminal video game Grand Theft Auto V (for which they helped to write the soundtrack).
The group have also received seven Grammy nominations, written over 100 studio albums and were led by Edgar Froese, who developed an instantly recognisable synth-based instrumental music based on a meditative musical experience that came to prominence in the 70s and 80s.
The current line-up are currently supporting their latest material with a string of headline events in Europe, including a two-night booking at London's Union Chapel plus the opening event for Amsterdam's cutting edge electronic music summer festival, Dekmantel.
13/04 - DE, Halle/Saale - Georg-Friedrich-Händel-Halle
14/04 - DE, Dresden - Philharmonie Im Kulturpalast
23/04 - UK, London, Union Chapel - SOLD OUT
24/04 - UK, London, Union Chapel
12/05 - DE , Duisberg - Theater am Marientor;
01/08 - NL, Amsterdam - Dekmantel Festival (http://www.dekmantelfestival. com )
04+05/08 - HU - Dádpuszta, O.Z.O.R.A. Festival ( https://ozorafestival.eu )
12.08.18- FI, Helsinki - Flow Festival (https://www.flowfestival.com ) - first TD concert in Helsinki/Finland:
DISC 1 – Quantum Gate
1 Sensing Elements [13:33]
2 Roll The Seven Twice [06:25]
3 Granular Blankets [05:03]
4 It Is Time To Leave When Everyone Is Dancing [06:36]
5 Identity Proven Matrix [05:18]
6 Non-Locality Destination [09:59]
7 Proton Bonfire [08:25]
8 Tear Down The Grey Skies [06:17]
9 Genesis Of Precious Thoughts [09:10]
DISC 2 – Quantum Key
1 Genesis Of Precious Thoughts [09:10]
2 Electron Bonfire [05:03]
3 Drowning In Universes [11:04]
4 Mirage Of Reality [07:24]
March 31, 2018 – presents the second and final Blue Moon of the year. By popular acclaim, a Blue Moon is defined as the second of two full moons to occur in one calendar month. January had two full moons and March does as well.
Two Blue Moons in one year seem to confirm the famous statement: Once in a Blue Moon. And in recent years – with more than one definition for Blue Moon – Blue Moons seem to happen pretty often. Yet it’s indeed quite rare to have two Blue Moons in a single calendar year. It last happened in 1999 and won’t happen again until 2037.
The exact time of the next full moon is:
Saturday * 31st March 2018 * 08:36:52 am (EDT)
Moon sign: Libra 10° 44'
WELLINGTON = Sunday * 1st April 2018 * 01:36:52 am (NZDT)
SYDNEY = Saturday * 31st March 2018 * 11:36:52 pm (AEDT)
TOKYO = Saturday * 31st March 2018 * 09:36:52 pm (JST)
BEIJING = Saturday * 31st March 2018 * 08:36:52 pm (CST)
BANGKOK = Saturday * 31st March 2018 * 07:36:52 pm (ICT)
DELHI = Saturday * 31st March 2018 * 06:06:52 pm (IST)
DUBAI = Saturday * 31st March 2018 * 04:36:52 pm (GST)
MOSCOW = Saturday * 31st March 2018 * 03:36:52 pm (MSK)
BERLIN = Saturday * 31st March 2018 * 02:36:52 pm (CEST)
LAGOS = Saturday * 31st March 2018 * 01:36:52 pm (WAT)
LONDON = Saturday * 31st March 2018 * 01:36:52 pm (BST)
RIO = Saturday * 31st March 2018 * 09:36:52 am (BRT)
SANTIAGO = Saturday * 31st March 2018 * 09:36:52 am (CLST)
NEW YORK = Saturday * 31st March 2018 * 08:36:52 am (EDT)
MEXICO CITY = Saturday * 31st March 2018 * 06:36:52 am (CST)
CALGARY = Saturday * 31st March 2018 * 06:36:52 am (MDT)
LOS ANGELES = Saturday * 31st March 2018 * 05:36:52 am (PDT)
ANCHORAGE = Saturday * 31st March 2018 * 04:36:52 am (AKDT)
HONOLULU = Saturday * 31st March 2018 * 02:36:52 am (HAST)
