Brazilian bassist, composer, and producer Moyses Dos Santos will release his debut album “Maria” on June 12th on Far Out Recordings. The now London-based musician, one of the UK’s premier jazz and funk bassists, has worked with Arthur Verocai, Theo Croker, Kiko Continentino, and Lynda Dawn on his album. Three singles have already been released….
Tom Misch, the London-based singer, producer, composer, songwriter, and guitarist and one of our favorite musicians, released his latest album “Full Circle” in late March. The 11-track album, full of soulful vocals, intimate and deeply personal stories and fantastic musicianship, is a constant mainstay on our playlist. Tom recently announced some live dates in Europe….
Dutch singer, songwriter, and producer Benny Sings is finishing his new album and just announced a European tour later this year. Last time we saw him was at Amsterdam’s beautiful theater ‘t Zonnehuis in November. His signature sound had us raving on the 2019 LP “City Pop” and the 2021 album “Music”. Also, his last…
Audrey Powne just announced her second album, to be released this fall.”Broken Record”, the first single, is inspired by the legacy of label mate the late great J Dilla. This soul/ jazz crossover track, with its mesmerizing groove and haunting trumpet, showcases Audrey’s expanding scope as a trumpeter, vocalist, keyboardist, and producer. “When I signed with…
Detroit-based Jazz and Soul singer and songwriter Kathy Kosins will release her new single “Magic Island” next week Tuesday. It is already out in the UK and making waves over there, with the track currently at No.2 on the Soul Breakers Chart. The song is an elegant, smoothly swaying ballad which reminds me of some…
Some interesting and highly anticipated albums will drop in the next few weeks and months. Here is a short list of albums which are on our radar. We will update this list on a regular basis. Almost all of the albums listed below will come out on vinyl too. Leo Middea – Notícias de Puglia…
Happy new year everybody. We’re back after our holiday hiatus and just learned that several interesting projects are slated for release in the next few weeks. Blue Note recording artist, vibraphonist Joel Ross, returns on January 16th with “Gospel Music”, his fifth record for the label which also includes Josh Johnson on alto sax, Maria…
It was a Gondwana Records night on Tuesday at Hackney Church, the East London live venue which has hosted a lot of great artists in the past and which is one of the hosts of this year’s EFG London Jazz Festival. Gondwana Records, an independent label based in Manchester and founded by Matthew Halsall in…
As you probably know, Gina has left us on April 30th. Six months later, we thought it was time for a new doggie and here she is: two year old Gustel, originally from Turkey, was looking for a new home and she has finally settled in now, after about five days. She is a cuddle…
The seventh Rockit Festival last Saturday was a blast, once again. It was my third time in Groningen and the lineup was as promising as ever. I started out with a pretty intense performance by Immanuel Wilkins who was just nominated for a Grammy so this was, as he said from the stage, their Grammy…