Born out of the dire situation of not being able to perform or make music per se during last year’s lockdown, Swedish singer, songwriter, and pianist Ida Sand has come up with a stylish pop/soul album called “Do You Hear Me?”, to be released on the German ACT Music label this Friday. And on vinyl…
Swedish singer Ida Sand decides to sing the songs of Neil Young for her latest ACT Music album “Young at Heart”. Even though I have come to admire her work and her voice over the years, I have the feeling that she could do much more better than this. Maybe it’s the repertoire? One listen…
It has now become an annual tradition, and a nice and lovely one indeed, to check in at Kreuzberg’s Passionskirche shortly before Christmas when Nils Landgren and his friends take the stage to celebrate the season. Four Christmas albums have now been released, the latest came out this year and features exactly the same personnel…
This mini festival is taking place each October in the Ministergärten, where each German Bundesland has its representation. And each year they open up their houses to the public and offer typical culinary delights from each part of the country, but more important of course, they present live Jazz. I started my tour in the…