She got all dressed up yesterday for her birthday celebration at one of Berlin’s Christmas markets. She also had an extra sausage and a slice of meat from an organic corn chicken. Earlier that day, she met a lot of her friends while she went for an extensive walk.
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It’s festival season in Europe and each year, there are more and more coming up – even in the smallest cities and towns you’ve never heard of. One of the biggest and oldest celebrates its 40th anniversary this year: the North Sea Jazz Festival in Rotterdam. I’ve been visiting this one since the late 80s…
The fast rise of ultra soulful singer/pianist/composer Jarrod Lawson from Portland, Oregon has come to a new chapter last night at New Morning in Paris, his first visit to France. That’s where he started his 5-week European tour and that’s where he presented his amazing vocal and songwriting skills together with his imaginative piano playing….
For those of us growing up on soul music in the early 80s, there were some songs that turned out to become instant out of this world classics, forever staying in your head, topping lots of all-time favorite song lists. One of those songs definitely is “Feelin’ Lucky Lately” by High Fashion from 1982. The…
It’s pretty easy to look away when something embarrassing or unpleasant happens in your day-to-day life. Detroit-based singer Kathy Kosins asks for more courage and empathy on her latest single “Won’t Look Away”, a follow-up to her much-lauded work with the great Bob Baldwin on “Let’s Rewind”. “Won’t Look Away” is a soothing, smooth and…
The National Jazz Museum in Harlem opens a new exhibition of Bebo Valdés. The life and times of Bebo Valdés, the innovative and influential pianist/composer/bandleader and father of legendary Chucho Valdés opens on September 16th on East 104 125th Street. The great Cuban pianist, bandleader and arranger who set several styles, among them the big-band…