Since 1958, the Monterey Jazz Festival has presented thousands of legendary jazz musicians and rising stars. I was lucky enough to visit many years ago, in 2000. This year’s lineup is pretty impressive: the Festival will run on the weekend of September 27th to September 29th. The three different stages are the Jimmy Lyons Stage,…
The sixth edition of the Rockit Festival is ready to go on November 9th. I was lucky enough to visit this brilliant festival in Groningen last year and will make sure to be back at De Oosterpoort, the festival’s attractive location. And speaking of attraction, this year’s programme is really cool: Los Angeles-based saxophonist Kamasi…
Gina has published her latest, weekly 60-minute playlist of new music. It features a track from the really mesmerizing debut album “Cabana” by Lau Ro, out now on Far Out on LP. Also added: “Meu Samba Torto”, a track from the brilliant new LP by Lee Ritenour and Dave Grusin. The song features the great…
No words necessary to describe the voice and the music of the mighty Gladys Knight who turns 80 today. We send heartfelt congratulations and look forward to her show next month in Eindhoven (see tour dates below). I was lucky to have seen her twice in concert over the years: her performances at North Sea…
One of my favorite singers and songwriters, the Los Angeles based Gary Taylor, has just announced a new album to be released on June 26th. “From The Vault of the 80s” features unreleased tracks from this fruitful period. The multi-instrumentalist and producer has recorded a total of nine albums between his first “G.T.” (1983) and…
Gina has just issued her latest, weekly 60-minute playlist of new music. Starting off with a third track from the upcoming album “Deliria” by Alex Puddu, due September 16th, “Champagne e Giochi di Coppia” is a remarkable slice of early 80s soul, sung in Italian. Esperanza Spalding has teamed up with the legendary Milton Nascimento….
One of the most important composers, arrangers, writers and performers in Brazilian music history, the one and only Marcos Valle, who turned 80 last year, has just announced a European tour in August. Properly tagged the “I Can’t Believe He’s 80” tour, Marcos, who released his first LP back in 1963, also has new music…
Multi-instrumentalist and composer Alex Puddu, hailing from Rome and based in Copenhagen, has announced the release of his next album. The man who brought us the brilliant “Love After Dark” album in 2021 and three volumes of “The Golden Age of Danish Pornography”, will be back with a superb set of Italian nu disco and…
Five years after her wonderful debut “Cage & Aviary”, singer, songwriter and musician Bryony Jarman-Pinto is back with “Below Dawn”, released last Friday. The album is available on limited vinyl too and features a bonus instrumental track. The London-based singer opens this majestic opus with the very Angela Bofill GRP-ish “Water Come”, a beautiful, healing,…
One of the most highly anticipated records is finally out. Jordan Rakei had already released four singles off “The Loop”, clearly his best album to date. “Flowers” and “Friend Or Foe” had the stakes high and we’re still raving about “Learning” and “Freedom”. We finally have all 13 tracks now on double vinyl by the…