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Gina Radar Now Online
Gina has published her latest, weekly 60-minute playlist of new music. It features a track from the really mesmerizing debut album “Cabana” by Lau Ro, out now on Far Out on LP. Also added: “Meu Samba Torto”, a track from the brilliant new LP by Lee Ritenour and Dave Grusin. The song features the great…
Jackie Ryan – Recuerdos De Mi Madre
One of my favorite singers has finally come up with an album of Latin America’s most beautiful love songs. Jackie Ryan‘s mother was Mexican and so the singer had always included at least one Spanish song in her previous records, like “La Puerta” on “Listen Here”(2012), “Solamente Una Vez” on “Doozy” (2009), or “Historia De…
Lionel Loueke – HH
HH, guitarist and vocalist Lionel Loueke‘s dedication to Herbie Hancock, with whom he has shared a Berlin stage several years ago while he was in the piano meister’s band (he played with him for 15 years), is also the first outing for the Benin-born musician on the fancy Edition Records. First surprise is that this…
43rd Season for New York’s Highlights in Jazz
I remember interviewing Jack Kleinsinger in his Manhattan home many years ago when his Festival was still held at PACE University and after the interview he generously gave me two concert LPs, one of which was a recording of the December 12, 1985 concert at NYU with Doc Cheatham on trumpet and George Kelly on…
Roberta Flack DJ Spinna Remix
“Killing Me Softly With His Song”, Roberta Flack‘s smash hit soul single, written by Charles Fox and Norman Gimbel, turns 50 this year. Atlantic Records, her label since her debut in 1969, turns 75 this year. To celebrate, they have both come up with a remix of the song, which spent five weeks at number…
LaNote – Rebirth
Here’s another real vinyl highlight from the magnificent guys at Futuristica Records. French singer, songwriter and producer LaNote (Caroline Marks) releases her new album “Rebirth” with accompaniment and production work by her former band member As Valet who was with her in the group Electric Conversation, sort of the epitome of indie future soul. They…

