Many things have been said about John Coltrane‘s “A Love Supreme”, the landmark album which has sold 500.000 copies and which consists of a four-piece suite. The spiritual, enlightening, meditative masterpiece was recorded on December 9th, 1964 and features McCoy Tyner on piano (who turns 76 today), Jimmy Garrison on bass and Elvin Jones on drums.
I just wanted to direct you to a video in which author Cornel West reflects on the groundbreaking, classic album.
UK-based indie/neo soul chanteuse Natasha Watts is back with her fourth album “Music Is My Life”. The singer and songwriter, who had huge success back in 2009 with Cool Million, opens her 11-track album with “I Am Me”, a shining and sophisticated soul number which already had remix treatment by Atjazz. She follows it up…
Brazilian pop star Ed Motta is back with his 14th studio album. Inspired by movies (George Cukor, Jacques Tati) and old TV series (“Barnaby Jones”, “The Streets Of San Francisco”, “Colombo”), his psychedelic soul, as he himself calls his music, has reached another level. Recorded in Brazil (his main band), Detroit (brass) and LA (singers),…
Just shortly after the release of their new album “For Individuals Facing The Terror Of Cosmic Loneliness”, Stein Urheim and Mari Kvien Brunvoll played a cute “living room” concert at Lieschen Müller in Prenzlauer Berg. The café is not only known for its delicious tartes and cakes, but also for its weekly live music. And…
Singer, keyboardist, composer, producer and artist extraordinaire Frank McComb did not celebrate the holidays at home. Instead, he is on an extensive tour through Europe and plays Perugia in Italy tonight. Also coming up are performances in Sassari (Jan 5th and 6th) and Bolzano (Jan 9th). On January 10th, he’ll play London’s Jazz Café where…
We’ve already mentioned here that Lizz Wright will have a new album out called “Shadows“. It is due on April 12th and will be released on her own Blues And Greens label with distribution through Lightyear Entertainment/Virgin Music. The first single “Sweet Feeling” is out since last year and her next single “Root Of Mercy”…
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