Arts

We've all heard that hackneyed phrase “music is a universal language”, and it's true by the way, but today we're going to get specific. For example did you ever stop to consider the true healing power of the Blues? Or what about the ability of music to spark interfaith dialogues? Those are just some of the heady topics that'll be floating around here today compliments of The Healing Blues Project's Ted Efremoff and Dave Fox, as well as Temple Emanuel's Rabbi Mark Strauss-Cohn, Interfaith Winston-Salem's Jerry McLeese, and Green Street Church United Methodist Church's Rev. Kelly P. Carpenter. They're all building musical bridges that span faith and racial divisions. World renowned jazz ensemble The Afro-Semitic Experience paves their way and we'll talk with Experience co-founder, bassist David Chevan too. Then, before the musical magic subsides, the Piedmont Blues Preservation Society is here to remind us that the thrill is never gone from great Blues music. It'll be performed outdoors by some of the world's most accomplished Blues artists when the Carolina Blues Festival returns to Greensboro this weekend.