We went on a three-hour walk with Gina last night through the illuminated city. It was the final night of Berlin’s now very popular annual Festival of Lights. Gina was one of the stars with her red, twinkling collar and the eerie shining eyes……
Our sweet and lovely Gina, the puppy who was the inspiration behind this blog’s name, went on her last walk this past Wednesday. Gina had accompanied us for the last 15 years of our lives and she was the greatest companion you could wish for. She had chosen to live with us when she frequently…
As you probably know, Gina releases a weekly 60-minute playlist of new music since early 2024. And yes, it is on Spotify. For the many bad things you can say about this streaming platform, I have discovered a lot of new artists in the last couple of years, only to find me buying their vinyl…
It would have been Nancy Wilson‘s 83rd birthday today and I thought I’d use the opportunity and feature another album in our new category of albums that you won’t find on Spotify. “Take My Love” was released in 1980 and Nancy’s commercial success had been on the low side after her incredible streak in the…
Jan Kincaid and Dawn Joseph met during their work with The Brand New Heavies. Jan, founder of TBNH, also their producer, singer, drummer, and songwriter, met Dawn when she started to work with the group in 2013. They both clicked from the start and wrote so many songs that they finally left the group and…
There is something deeply satisfying with the mixture of deep house and jazz, neo-soul and pop. Ben Jacobs, known as Crackazat, has come up with the perfect album, combining all those elements and more on his new album “Evergreen”, to be released this Friday on Freerange Records, the label co-founded by Jimpster (Jamie Odell), whose…
The Atlanta-based artist with a voice of a young Nina Simone is coming to Europe for a short, 8-city tour. Her debut album “To Myself” was released last August on the indie Human Re Sources label and is also available on limited edition vinyl. The power and the beauty of tracks like the album’s opener…