Millions of people are out on the streets this weekend to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Berlin Wall coming down. Gina of course was among the crowd – she walked all the way through Mauerpark and back trying to catch the balloons….
Australian soul singer Kylie Auldist will release her sixth album “Hybrid” this Friday. It’s her first release since the 2020 LP “This Is What Happiness Looks Like” and it finds her, once again, in funky, soulful boogie mode with lots of 80s-sounding synths, like on the lengthy opener “One Time Offer” which also has some…
Gina is getting ready here for her stroll through the Prenzlauer Berg Green Market where she usually collects her groceries, fish and meat for the week. She recently changed her diet to fresh meat and additional carrots, salad, cucumber, or parsnip with a dose of oatmeal and a little cotton cheese thrown into the mix….
At last month’s Berlin Film Festival, the new Don Cheadle movie “Miles Ahead” where he plays the legendary trumpeter and tells the story about a few days of his life in the early 80s with a lot of flashbacks, had its world premiere (see review on these pages by using the search function). As you…
Growing up with the music of Bill Withers, I always thought that “Lean On Me” was the least attractive. Which of course still means that it’s an amazingly great piece of music, coming from the mind of this brilliant artist. And so it was this particular song last night at Neukölln’s Heimathafen where José James…
Jean and Marcus Baylor released their new album “Generations” back in June and it follows us ever since. Four years after “The Journey“, this new album is so rich and diverse and entertaining at the same time – a rare feat these days. Starting off with a Les McCann-like churchy blues organ on “Strivin’”, Jean…
More and more festivals are issuing their programs for this year. One of the better and now very well established summer festivals is Jazz Open in Stuttgart, which this year runs from July 13th to 23rd. So here’s what you get this year:July 13th: Snarky Puppy, Steve TurreJuly 14th: Melody Gardot, Emile Parisien Sextet feat….