We went on a three-hour walk with Gina last night through the illuminated city. It was the final night of Berlin’s now very popular annual Festival of Lights. Gina was one of the stars with her red, twinkling collar and the eerie shining eyes……
Another compilation out now: the 5th installment of “The Wants List” on Soul Brother Records, the London-based Soul and Jazz record shop which turned into a veritable music label in 1997, first as Passion Music, later as Soul Brother Records. They have come up with an incredible amount of compilations, artist anthologies and a total…
Jan Kincaid and Dawn Joseph met during their work with The Brand New Heavies. Jan, founder of TBNH, also their producer, singer, drummer, and songwriter, met Dawn when she started to work with the group in 2013. They both clicked from the start and wrote so many songs that they finally left the group and…
One of my all-time favorite records is a duo album by the magnificent Irene Kral and the equally brilliant Alan Broadbent from 1974 called “Where Is Love?”. So I was pretty curious to listen to Lauren White‘s new album which was inspired by the recordings of Irene Kral. Lauren is a Los Angeles-based vocalist performing…
Tal Arditi, guitarist and composer from Israel, will open this year’s garden concert matinee season in Berlin’s Gartenlokal Alte Baumschule on Sunday, April 19th, at 1pm. Recognised as a young guitar prodigy, Tal started to study at Rimon Music University when he was only 16. At the age of 18, he graduated with a Jazz…
Dionne Warwick turns 80 today. Just a few years ago, she was performing at Berlin’s Admiralspalast where she moved half the audience to tears. And she has just added a few European tour dates for the latter part of 2021 when hopefully, concerts are back again as part of our daily lives. Meanwhile, Dionne is…
After preparing for the re-opening of my outdoor business in late May, things have now started to settle in again so I’ll be able to focus more on Gina’s page here. Lots of interesting music has been released in the past six weeks and there will be reviews of new and reissued albums by The…