It’s travel day today. I’ll be on my way to New York to attend the Jazz Connect Conference, APAP, and Winter Jazzfest, see a lot of live shows and make several interviews. It will be good to see a lot of old friends and colleagues again and make new ones.
So starting tomorrow, this blog will be written from New York. From Brooklyn, to be precise.
Electronic ambient sounds were part of the influence of Portuguese pianist and composer Rodrigo Leão for his new album “O Método”, which was released late last month. As was the music of Nils Frahm whose work ethos and moods sometimes pop up here as well. But this is no copy, no cheap cover of anything,…
UK based neosoul, funk, house, soul, and pop singer and songwriter Natasha Watts will return with her fourth album “Music Is My Life” on September 22nd. It’s her first album to be released on vinyl. One of the UK’s leading female independent soul artists, Natasha has always come up with strong and solid releases ever…
Lau Ro, the São Paulo-born, Brighton-based artist, non-binary singer and composer, will release his second album “Lau” on June 26th on the Brooklyn-based Mexican Summer label (also home to fellow Brazilian Sessa). The album is a tender and deeply introspective collection of orchestral psych-pop songs, recorded during a period of physical and emotional challenges, according…
It’s already the 11th “Soul On The Real Side” collection. Amazing how time flies. The guys at Real Side Records and Outta Sight have come up with 20 rare soul gems again. A lot of previously unfamiliar names, lots of tracks released on CD for the first time, and most of the recordings from the…
It was something like a quiet sensation when British singer Rumer released her debut album “Seasons Of My Soul” back in 2010. From the very first bars of “Am I Forgiven” to the last bittersweet notes of the David Gates-written “Goodbye Girl” (from his album of the same name from 1978), we were in for…
Gina is back again with her latest, weekly 60-minute playlist of new songs. Today is a heavy new release day with the latest LPs from Eliane Elias (“Time And Again”), Madeleine Peyroux (“Let’s Walk”), Aaron Frazer (“Into The Blue”), Johnny Burgos (“All I Ever Wonder”), Liana Flores (“Flower Of The Soul”), and many more. Gina…