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Sonny Rollins Interview: Giving Up Playing
I came across an interview in The Vulture magazine, published yesterday, where saxophone giant Sonny Rollins was in a reflective mood with interviewer David Marchese who talked to him on the phone. “…my life has been in a reflective mode for some years now…It’s gotten more that way since I became unable to blow my…
Weekly Gina Playlist Now Online
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…
Thanksgiving With Chaka Khan
As with most of this year’s festivities and events, Thanksgiving will be completely different. In the US, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention urged Americans to avoid holiday travel altogether. There have been lots of streamed concerts and showcases and talks and the like which surely isn’t the same as actually attending a concert,…
8th Transition Festival in Utrecht
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Incognito mastermind Jean-Paul “Bluey” Maunick and influential DJ and Brownswood label head Gilles Peterson got together for this Brit Funk project Str4ta, recalling the early 80s when bands like Freeez, Touchdown (remember “Ease Your Mind” from 1981?: delicious!), Hi Tension, Light Of The World, or Atmosfear made maves not only in the UK, but overseas…

