Burt Bacharach. 1928-2023
After the death of Burt Bacharach, Gina created her all-time favorite Bacharach playlist on Spotify. The number of outstanding and absolutely gorgeous melodies seems endless. Sail on Burt!
After the death of Burt Bacharach, Gina created her all-time favorite Bacharach playlist on Spotify. The number of outstanding and absolutely gorgeous melodies seems endless. Sail on Burt!
So here I am in Detroit going to all these great record stores, like Peoples Records on Woodward Avenue or Found Sound on West 9 Mile in Ferndale. They even have this big guide list of all the record shops in Detroit and the metro region. I’m just trying to figure out how to schlep…
Zee Desmondes and Teddy Powell are back for good. And more than that. Imagine Kashif, Quincy Jones, and Leon Sylvers getting together in the early to mid 80s. Out comes “Lionel Richie”, the first cut on the brilliant new album “Cruiserweight” by The Jack Moves. Wonderful string arrangements, “Off The Wall”-style vocals and a thick,…
While on the train back to Berlin yesterday, we’ve received a lot of new music. Friday release day! So Gina was able to come up with her latest weekly playlist last night. An hour of music which has touched us one way or the other in the past seven days. There is new stuff from…
For the fifth year, Hamburg will have its Überjazz Festival in late October this year. The weekend of October 24th to 26th, Hamburg’s Kampnagel will have four stages under one roof with a very diverse program me which I’m sure will attract a lot of out-of-towners as well. Blue Note Records is celebrating its 75th…
It was something like a quiet sensation when British singer Rumer released her debut album “Seasons Of My Soul” back in 2010. From the very first bars of “Am I Forgiven” to the last bittersweet notes of the David Gates-written “Goodbye Girl” (from his album of the same name from 1978), we were in for…
Some people never get old. It is hard to believe that George Benson is 80 now. The last time I saw him perform live was at last year’s North Sea Jazz Festival in Rotterdam. The music of George Benson has accompanied us since childhood so we’re celebrating today listening to everything from tracks of one…