The great Jody Watley returns with a superb new song called “Everlasting”. Released today on her 65th birthday, the track with its intoxicatingly laid-back groove and sublime vocals is all about resilience and strength. She comments: “More than just a song, it’s a reflection of life’s journey of lessons, resilience, self-belief and never giving up. I’m…
Brilliant award-winning accordionist Vincent Peirani has proven since his debut in 2010 that he is equally at home in the jazz, folk, classical, and beyond worlds. We’ve been lucky to have witnessed his virtuosity in various line-ups over the years, most notably with saxophonist Émile Parisien. Vincent is touring with his various projects, like his…
London based, New Zealand born singer, songwriter, musician and producer Jordan Rakei has announced his next album. “The Loop” will be his first album for major label Decca Records/Universal and will be released on May 10th and is the follow-up to his wonderful “What We Call Life” LP from 2021. There will be a double…
For those of us growing up on soul music in the early 80s, there were some songs that turned out to become instant out of this world classics, forever staying in your head, topping lots of all-time favorite song lists. One of those songs definitely is “Feelin’ Lucky Lately” by High Fashion from 1982. The…
The beloved JazzNights series, a concert series which has brought dozens of artists into the most prestigious and beautiful venues all over Germany, is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year. And what better way to celebrate this with tours of two of the most in-demand and celebrated jazz artists: Cécile McLorin Salvant and Pat Metheny….
The one and only Patrice Rushen, Jazz, R&B, and Soul vocalist, composer, classically trained pianist, keyboards player, producer, music director, and educator, just announced a performance in Berlin on July 10th. Patrice will be at Club Gretchen, one of Berlin’s most exciting concert venues with a remarkable programming. Needless to say, with the lady who…
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”…
She was truly one of a kind. A singer’s singer with a voice instantly recognizable. She recorded from 1968 until 2007, starting with the Cadet release “Out Of Different Bags” (1968) and “The Spice Of Life” (1969), which featured one of her signature songs, “Go Away Little Boy” all the way up to a recording…
We’ve already announced singer José James‘ next album “1978”, to be released on April 5th on Rainbow Blonde Records. The singer just announced on his Bandcamp page that there will be 500 hand-numbered vinyls of the album, coming in a gatefold packaging, clear anti-static sleeves and heavy duty vinyl poly bag packaging. 250 copies of…
Los Angeles-based keyboardist, producer, and sound sorcerer Kiefer embarks on a European tour next week. We reviewed his brilliant 2021 LP “When There’s Love Around” and also the first two singles “Dreamer” and “August Again” from his most recent album “It’s OK, B U” which came out on my birthday last year. Please find his…