I’ve been in for some very exciting treats yesterday on the second day of this year’s North Sea Jazz Festival. Mostly playing tracks from his beautiful LP “An Ever Changing View”, Manchester-based trumpeter, composer, producer and label owner Matthew Halsall and his 7-piece band opened the proceedings on the Darling stage. This whole show more…
Just a few weeks after her remarkable performance in Berlin, singer Lizz Wright has just released her new album “Shadow” on her own Blues & Greens Records. It is available as a colored 180g vinyl version too. We’ve already been treated with a couple of singles, like the wondrous, easily shuffling “Your Love” which features…
Lizz Wright was in town yesterday. She is currently on tour promoting her new album “Shadow”, which will be released on her own Blues And Greens Records on April 12th. She opened her 80-minute set with “Sweet Feeling”, the first single off the album which came out last fall. It was wonderful to hear her…
We have returned to Berlin yesterday. Just in time to see Lizz Wright tonight at Columbia Theater where she will perform songs from her new album “Shadow”, to be released on her own Blue & Greens label on April 12th. Last Saturday, singer Cécile McLorin Salvant graced the stage at the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg. Joined…
Like the early 80s Charles Earland treat “Coming To You Live” from the album of the same name, we’re excited and looking forward to some much anticipated concerts in the next couple of weeks. First up, this Thursday, Manhattan Transfer singer Janis Siegel and Swedish pianist Mattias Nilsson will perform at King Georg in Cologne….
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”…
Lizz Wright is back with new music. She has just released a cover version of Candi Staton’s “Sweet Feeling”, which Candi recorded for her debut album “I’m Just A Prisoner” in 1970. Lizz’ version is a wonderful, bluesy treat with church-like organ and a relaxing drum beat. Her voice is a wonder, again. The track…
Songs of the south and a sort of homecoming is the topic of Lizz Wright‘s latest album “Grace” and she once again comes up with a collection of 10 little anthems to add to her repertoire. A repertoire which consists of her own folk-induced jazz and soul and gospel songs and a voice that seems…
Singer Lizz Wright waited until the third song last night at Neukölln’s Heimathafen before she started to feature a song from her recently-released new album, “Freedom & Surrender”. As if she wanted to make sure that the audience recalled her signature, thick and dark and powerful vocals. So after her “Old Man” interpretation, one of the…
Lizz Wright originally wanted to do an album of covers only. In the end, she decided not to do so and so on her new record, there are (thankfully) only two covers: Nick Drake‘s “River Man” and “To Love Somebody” by The Bee Gees. Produced by Joni Mitchell producer Larry Klein, Lizz returns after five…