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69th Berlinale Round The Corner

ByMatthias Kirsch 01/29/201901/29/2019

The full programme has been announced earlier today after festival director Dieter Kosslick’s last programme press conference before Carlo Chatrian takes over in 2020. 17 movies will compete in this year’s main section and jury president Juliette Binoche and her team will present their prizes on February 16th.

I already had the chance to see a few movies of the Panorama and Perspektive Deutsches Kino sections and will report from Potsdamer Platz again this year from February 7th to 17th. I’m looking forward to “Amazing Grace”, the 1972 concert with Aretha Franklin which now sees the light of day on screen as well.

For everything else Berlinale, check out also my Instagram account on matze.berlin

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NN North Sea Jazz Is Back in 2022

ByMatthias Kirsch 05/12/202205/12/2022

After two years of empty halls in Rotterdam’s Ahoy during the second weekend of each July, the festival is back with an amazing line-up for the 2022 edition. I still remember my last visit in 2019 when José James opened the festival with the Metropol Orkest and the music of Bill Withers. Hearing José’s voice…

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Andre Solomko – Recalling You

ByMatthias Kirsch 02/10/202002/10/2020

Saxophonist, composer, and engineer Andre Solomko, born in the Ukraine, has come up with an enticing new track on the Paris-based Favorite Recordings label. After two self-produced albums, he joined Favorite Recorings after a longer stint in Finland and has released another three albums there, the latest, “Le Deltaplane” (2018), a rich mélange of soul,…

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Vanessa Rubin Praises Tadd Dameron

ByMatthias Kirsch 03/06/201903/06/2019

Vanessa Rubin, one of my favorite singers, has finally released her tribute album to Tadd Dameron, “The Dream Is You: Vanessa Rubin Sings Tadd Dameron”, the pianist, composer, and arranger who was a pivotal figure in the bop scene of the 40s and 50s. Dameron composed several songs which became standards, like “If You Could…

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Diana Ross – Thank You

ByMatthias Kirsch 11/08/202111/09/2021

The much anticipated Diana Ross LP “Thank You” was finally released last Friday. 15 years after her last album “Blue” came out, she’s back with a songbook of love, as stated in the notes on the album. Notes by the way are the first major disappointment: at a time where vinyl is back in full…

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Mamas Gun

ByMatthias Kirsch 03/15/202203/15/2022

Mamas Gun were in town last Friday as part of the first leg of their European tour which will continue in April and June. It was totally refreshing not only to be able to go out again for some live music, but also to see such an amazingly tight band with the perfect combination of…

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Hot Weekend: Accordion Night at Jazz @ Berlin Philharmonic & D’Angelo

ByMatthias Kirsch 02/12/2015

There is much more to the accordion than a classical, folk, or Tango approach. I have written here several times about the magic accordion playing by French master Vincent Peirani who just released his latest album “Living Being”. Now, in the very successful Jazz at Berlin Philharmonic series curated by ACT Music chief Siggi Loch,…

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