So it seems that we won’t get any more serious winter days this season since the molehills in the gardens are too high already. Don’t quote me – quote our farmer friend. Gina can’t wait until the garden season starts again – she is already practicing her ball techniques as you can see here.
Sao Paulo-based singer and songwriter Bruno Berle has released a new single. It’s his first new music since his highly praised and still resonating debut LP “No Reino Dos Afetos”, which came out last year on Far Out Recordings. “Tirolirole” sounds like an instant classic. Its beautiful melody and pretty infectious hook is the perfect…
It was during the set of Charlottas Burnin’ Trio when I thought that I was at a hard rock concert. Electric guitarist Charlotta Andersson from Sweden led her psychedelic trio with a lot of long, unwinding psycho solos where rock was king and jazz just an aide. Earlier that night during the official opening of…
It could be the pop songs of the day, a veritable jazz standard, or a classy soul tune, whatever Nancy Wilson touched, became angelic. After almost 60 years in the business and dozens and dozens of timeless recordings, she left this world yesterday at age 81 after a long illness. She died at her home…
If you need your vocal jazz pure and hip, look no further than “Old Friends”, the new album by singer Mark Winkler and longtime friend, pianist David Benoit. Having known each other for 37 years now, you might think that they are using some sort of safety net for their joint collaboration (they have worked…
She just started her European tour which will also bring her to various German cities (see also my Events Calendar). Now, Legacy Recordings just announced that they’ve signed a new deal with Cassandra Wilson. “Coming Forthy By Day” is going to be a musical homage to Billie Holiday whose 100th birthday would be on April…
Even in these dire times, we can still find many things to be thankful for. Gina is thankful for having fresh raw meat every day, for going out for long (and sometimes short, depending on the weather) walks, for playing ball (she now has about a dozen), and for constantly listening to music when she’s…