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.
UK soul singer Georgie Sweet makes her amazing debut on the thrilling Futuristica label. It is hard to believe while listening to the album that here is a singer and songwriter at work who is only 20 years old. Her neo soul or future soul album shows hints of both Thundercat and Erykah Badu, yet…
After almost three weeks abroad, Gina was excited and oh so happy to have me back earlier this week. It is now back to business as usual with up to four walks every day, playing ball, and watching cat videos. We are currently listening to each and every one of the 41 LPs I bought…
I know that these days, everything that defies categorization is simply called Jazz. Not only in music, but in all kinds of everyday life matters. This morning, while shopping for our daily doses of Ayran in this heatwave that slows Berlin down to an enjoyable tempo, I came across an apple that was called Jazz….
In this year’s competition, I couldn’t really relate to any of the movies’ characters or plots recently. In Cédric Kahn‘s “La Prière”, a bunch of ex-junkies try to start a new life in a monastery. During all the prayers and praises to god in the movie, I couldn’t stop asking myself if hardcore junkies who…
Even on his first sides, recorded for Decca in 1956 with the Ralph Burns Orchestra, you can hear traces of the typical Mark Murphy characteristics that would define his long career: On “Fascinating Rhythm”, done at fast tempo, you can clearly hear and understand every single word; Mark has the ability to delve so deep…
Two years after her debut “Walk Through Fire” came out on the indie Easy Eye Sound label, Yolanda Quartey, known as Yola, came up with another rich and classy genre-defying album in late July. “Stand For Myself”, produced by Dan Auerbach from The Black Keys, is full of Americana, Soul, Country, Folk, Gospel. But the…