Joan Osborne was the mid-nineties golden child of Anchorage, KY when her single, One Of Us (you know it….what if God was one of us, just a slob like one of us, just a stranger on the bus, trying to make his way home), raced to the top of the charts and could be heard everywhere.

The Paul W. Ogle Cultural & Community Center at Indiana University Southeast presents two unique music ensembles this weekend. Voces8, a choral octet composed of former a cappella singers from Westminster Abbey in England, will appear Friday, March 9 at 7:30 p.m. The Commonwealth Brass Band, a Louisville-based brass ensemble, will perform a program of midcentury dance music Sunday, March 11 at 3:00 p.m.

I was told hearing the Sandpaper Dolls at MEAT would be an unforgettable experience, but I was not prepared for how spectacular it ended up being. I knew the music would be great because I had heard the trio once before at the Rudyard Kipling, so the quality of the music was not a concern.

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Bassekou Kouyate’s axe of choice is a ngoni lute, a string instrument native to Africa that appears to wield limited musical capabilities by its small, handmade stature. However, in his hands this instrument commands the large band of Ngoni Ba as they oversee packed stadiums and festivals across the globe.