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Mainly playing tracks from her most recent album “Alterations” (2020), powerhouse vocalist and brilliant songwriter Robin McKelle stopped by in Berlin last night for the last show of her European leg (she will come back next month, see dates below). Since her latest is her most well-rounded and satisfying set to date, her show was…
Celebrating Bert Kaempfert
The legendary multi-instrumentalist, bandleader, producer, and composer Bert Kaempfert, writer of such classics such as “Strangers In The Night” or “Spanish Eyes”, is celebrated by Universal Music with “Today & Yesterday – The Bert Kaempfert Anthology”, a double-CD and double-vinyl collection of his original material plus cover versions of his signature songs by artists such…
Smokey Robinson Announces New Album
His new album is called “Gasms” (make your guess) and will be released on April 28th. It will feature 9 songs written and produced by himself. It’s his first album of all new material since “Time Flies When You’re Having Fun” in 2009. In 2014, he recorded a duets album of some of his former…
Wah Wah Watson – R.I.P.
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Arturo Sandoval turns 65
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Bebel Gilberto – João
It is supposed to be a tribute to her father João Gilberto. Singer Bebel Gilberto‘s new album, simply called “João”, has just come out and it is a return to her basic musical memories. The instrumentation on this nicely subdued and stripped-back album is actually quiet comforting. However, her voice is not. She has now…