Noam

Noam Wiesenberg is known in the New York music scene as a skilled and confident bass player as well as an exquisite composer and arranger. After the release of his highly acclaimed debut album "Roads Diverge" in 2018, bassist, composer and arranger Noam Wiesenberg will release his second album "NeoNomadic" in October 2023.

GRAMMY-nominated banjoist Noam Pikelny has been praised as 'a player of unlimited range and astonishing precision' by comedian-banjoist Steve Martin, who goes on to call Pikelny a player adept at 'not only traditional bluegrass, but classical, rock and jazz oriented music.' His new release, NOAM PIKELNY PLAYS KENNY BAKER PLAYS BILL MONROE, is the first complete banjo adaptation of Kenny Baker's 1976 seminal recording of Bill Monroe instrumentals that is poised to take the bluegrass world by storm. The concept for the album grew out of an inside joke but, the more Pikelny explored the idea, the more he realized that it was both musically viable and extremely challenging.

Dorone Paris is a composer and saxophone player specialising in New Music and Avant Garde performance. Being raised in Israel influenced her political ideas and affected her musical creativity, aesthetics and philosophy. Dorone’s work has been performed throughout West and Eastern Europe, North Africa and the Middle East. She now lives and works in Ireland. In the words of the composer, COAL explores the vast colours and possibilities of saxophones by examining and channelling the compounded challenges of the last several years: from a climate crisis to a global pandemic to the possibility of an international nuclear war. As such, some of the soundworlds in this album are harsh and unforgiving, a call for light. Her collaboration with Saxophonist Noam Dorembus has been shaped by the words of their mentor Arie Shapira: “It is necessary to invent new parameters of listening.

On Power, Dissent and Racism is a 60 minute video based on a series of talks and conversations with Professor Noam Chomsky taken in 2002 and 2003 in New York and Cambridge, Mass. In this video, Chomsky presents with rigorous analysis and humor his reflection on the motivations behind 9/11 and its consequences on the international system. Chomsky starts with the principle that we need to think globally when we want to comprehend the world of today. He defines the notion of terrorism within its historical context and gives his thoughts on how we should fight it without exercising the politics of the most powerful. Chomsky also gives his personal perspectives on the role of the Media in the war on terrorism, and personal views on racism against Arabs and Muslims since 9/11 and much more…

Noam Pikelny has emerged as the preeminent banjoist of his generation. He is a founding member of Punch Brothers, a 3-time Grammy Nominee and was awarded the first annual Steve Martin Prize for Excellence in Banjo and Bluegrass in 2010. The new release features only the man himself, playing lovely originals and covers that showcase his unique approach to the instrument and compositional flair. He recorded them live in the studio without accompaniment, coaxing a wide array of sounds and colors out of his instruments, embracing the challenges and exploring the new possibilities of the solo setting. And, for the first time in his career, Pikelny even sings. It turns out he has a striking deadpan baritone that conveys humor and melancholy in equal measure.