Thomas Quasthoff 1959- From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia https://youtu.be/vItabu-xO9c?t=39 The Jazz Album Thomas Quasthoff 2010 Thomas Quasthoff (born November 9, 1959) is a Germanbass-baritone. Quasthoff has a range of musical interest from the Baroque cantatas of Bach, to lieder, and…
Mel Tillis, stutterer when talking not when singing’ Writer and performer of many Country Songs 1932-2017
Mel Tillis, stutterer when talking not when singing’ Writer and performer of many Country Songs 1932-2017 https://youtu.be/NTiDRF88JyU Ruby Don’t take Your Love to Town This is story of a vetran disabled in Vietnam War whose wife goes to town every…
Louis Thomas Hardin 1916-1999 Moondog
Louis Thomas Hardin (May 26, 1916 – September 8, 1999), also known as Moondog, was an American musician, composer, theoretician, poet and inventor of several musical instruments. He was blind from the age of 16. Hardin lived in New York…
Storefront & Street-Corner: Black Women Musicians with Disabilities Gospel to Blues to….
Storefront & Street-Corner: Black Women Musicians with Disabilities Gospel to Blues to…. August 8, 2015 by Leroy Moore It has been written time and time again about Black blind men on street corners in the heyday of gospel, blues and…
Kata Kolbert aka Penny Pepper
Penny Pepper, long time resident of Islington, is a disability activist, writer, poet and musician. In her excellent new book “First in the World Somewhere” she recounts her struggles for identity and trying to live her life. Growing up in…
George Shearing blind jazz pianist 1919-2011
Sir George Albert Shearing, (13 August 1919 – 14 February 2011) was a British jazz pianist who for many years led a popular jazz group that recorded for Discovery Records, MGM Records and Capitol Records. The composer of over 300…
Representing Disability: A History in Art Panel Event National Archives 7th December, 3.30
Representing Disability: A History in Art Panel Event Richard Rieser Coordinator UKDHM one of Panelists 15:30 07-12-2018 The National Archives, Bessant Drive, Richmond, TW9 4DU Regular price £12.50 Full details and panellists to be announced soon.
Unlimited Cards for Inclusion
Resources > Cards for Inclusion – a new way to play access Close up of two people sitting at a table talking. In front of them they have a few cards laid out and a piece of paper. Cards for…
Al-Nourwal Amal Orchestra , Blind Players, Cairo
The Al-Nourwal Amal Orchestra in Cairo has only blind female musicians using Braille notation and memory to play high class western Symphony music and regularly tour the world. The Al Nour Wal Amal Association is a non-profit institution in Egypt…
Inner Vision Blind Orchestra
INDIAN MAESTRO BALUJI SHRIVASTAV, OBE BRINGS MUSICIANS FROM AROUND THE WORLD WHO ARE BLIND OR PARTIALLY SIGHTED IN THE INNER VISION ORCHESTRA INNER VISION ORCHESTRA is the UK’s only Blind Orchestra. It’s aim is to promote blind & visually impaired…