She just finished her European tour. I was lucky to catch up with her in Vienna. I’m still going back to her 1985 LP “Good Morning Kiss”. Her new one, “Soul To Soul”, is her best so far and one of the best recordings of 2014. Happy Birthday Carmen and many more to come!
Grammy award-winning soul and jazz singer and songwriter Ledisi is currently on the second leg of her European tour and stopped in Amsterdam on Friday night. The Q Factory, located in the bubbling, lively, but less-touristy Oosterpark region in the Eastern part of the city, is one of Europe’s biggest music complexes with music studios,…
Just last November, guitarist Jeff Golub had been diagnosed with a rare brain disease; an aggressive and untreatable degenerative disease called Progressive Supranuclear Palsy to which he finally succumbed on New Year’s Day at age 59. Golub had lost his eyesight inexplicably in 2011 and since then had recorded what is now his final album:…
Tunisian oud player and composer Anouar Brahem, with his brilliant mix of Arab classical music, Jazz, and Folk, will play three exclusive concerts in Germany as part of the successful JazzNights series, organised by Karsten Jahnke and now running for 25 years. Anouar has released his first album on the legendary German-based ECM label back…
Please feel free to open Gina’s weekly playlist of newly released tunes. Have a great Sunday. The list includes new music from Eric Reed, Chris Hyson, Reel People, Jeremy Pelt, Ben L’Oncle Soul, Billy Childs, and more. https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1IfBCjsuxoWwTzN5uSpAjN?si=85514a9d533d44a4&pt=c61873a297bf62c43ed5b08d2118b7d9
Multi-instrumentalist and multi-talented singer and composer Jordan Lee has finally released his debut album. Known as the co-writer and singer of French 80s funk and boogie sensation Dabeull, (his “Analog Love” LP was recorded on the same console as “Thriller”), Jordan impressed us two years ago with the sensational “Easy”. On “Fighter For Love”, his…
There is a lot to love about singer Ann Hampton Callaway. Her rich and sumptuous voice, her vast repertoire (songs of Peggy Lee, Ella Fitzgerald, movie themes…), her never ending tour dates (she seems to be out on the road all the time). And then there is her ability to write magnificent songs, which have…