We get tons of new music each and every day so Gina decided to issue a weekly playlist with 10-15 tracks which are currently on her radar and worth checking out in her opinion. Even though she sleeps a lot lately, she listens constantly, with her ears always in alert mode. Playlists will be ready…
MF Robots released their 4-paw album “Break The Wall” (their second) towards the end of 2021. The ex Brand New Heavies members Dawn Joseph and Jan Kincaid, who left the group in 2014, just released a remix of “The Love It Takes”. British DJ, producer, and remixer Atjazz (Martin Iveson) takes over remix duties for…
Recently celebrating 30 years in business, the wonderful indie soul label Dome Records, operating out of the UK, not only released two volumes of their greatest work with “Dome 30 Years Vol. 1” and “Dome 30 Years Vol. 2” last year, but now come up with yet another great compilation: “15 Mellow Soul Grooves”. Starting…
If you’re a vinyl buff too and love your crate digging among hundreds more aficionados, then head to Rotterdam on March 4th for the next Record & CD Fair. The people at recordplanet always guarantee lots of stalls and lots of fun around them too. The last one I attended back in November in Den…
After the death of Burt Bacharach, Gina created her all-time favorite Bacharach playlist on Spotify. The number of outstanding and absolutely gorgeous melodies seems endless. Sail on Burt!
Elbjazz Festival 2023 is upon us. I can’t believe that my last visit to this great festival was as far back as 2015. The beautiful city of Hamburg is once again hosting an exciting programme on June 9th and 10th. Locations include Elbphilharmonie, two open air spots on the docks of Hamburg harbor plus the…
Hot on the heels of her groundbreaking success at this year’s Grammy awards with her two trophies for Best Jazz Vocal Album and, more surprisingly, but certainly deserving, Best New Artist, wunderkind Samara Joy just added two new singles to her repertoire. Both “Sweet Pumpkin” and “Can’t Get Out Of This Mood” from her “Linger…
The music of the Beatles and their influence on other artists are still relevant today in Brad Mehlau‘s work, the pianist says in the liner notes to “Your Mother Should Know: Brad Mehldau Plays The Beatles”, to be released on Nonesuch Records this Friday, February 10th, on all digital platforms, CD, and vinyl. Recorded live…
Gina was raving about the new album by The Jack Moves last October (and she still is) and awarded five paws for “Cruiserweight“. Finally, the vinyl version is on the horizon. It is slated for release on March 24th on Everloving Records. Make your reservations! We can’t wait to drop the needle onto “Somebody’s Watching…
More and more festivals are issuing their programs for this year. One of the better and now very well established summer festivals is Jazz Open in Stuttgart, which this year runs from July 13th to 23rd. So here’s what you get this year:July 13th: Snarky Puppy, Steve TurreJuly 14th: Melody Gardot, Emile Parisien Sextet feat….