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….
Please feel free to open Gina’s weekly playlist of newly released tunes. Have a great Sunday. The list includes new music from Eric Reed, Chris Hyson, Reel People, Jeremy Pelt, Ben L’Oncle Soul, Billy Childs, and more. https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1IfBCjsuxoWwTzN5uSpAjN?si=85514a9d533d44a4&pt=c61873a297bf62c43ed5b08d2118b7d9
Among the panels I went to on Friday was one moderated by Yvonne Ervin from the Tucson Jazz Festival. Presenters were discussing the theme of sharing ideas through networks and other coalitions and also talking about visiting other festivals and how and what they check out when they’re visiting other festivals. Panelists included Tim Jackson…
First of all, apologies for the hiatus here. Due to some technical problems, we couldn’t add any content. But we’re back now with great news: Bruno Berle, our favorite singer/songwriter of the new MPB movement in Brazil (five-paw review for his second album “No Reino Dos Afetos 2” and our number 2 song of the…
The Dutch jazz scene has always been a pretty vibrant one, as documented over the past decades at the North Sea Jazz Festival, which begins next week Friday. So it is only reasonable to also have a festival which exclusively dedicates its programme to jazz artists from the Netherlands. The Orange Jazz Days, staged at…
French Afro-European duo DjeuhDjoah & Lieutenant Nicholson made a stop in Amsterdam last night. Their unique sound, described as new school-afro-pean soul and disco, is now spread over four albums, with the latest, “Danses Divines”, coming out last May. Together with their bassist, they made the crowd scream and dance at the upstairs room of…
Multi-instrumentalist Aaron Frazer is back on June 28th with his new album “Into The Blue” on Dead Oceans Records, three years after his well-received “Introducing…Aaron Frazer”. The album will also be available on vinyl. Aaron’s unmistakable falsetto is one of the backdrops of the album, as is the theme of “heading into the unknown”. His…