April 30th is International Jazz Day. For the 10th edition this year, there will be an All-Star Global Concert from New York, Los Angeles, Paris, Rio de Janeiro, Tokyo, Moscow, and more cities all over the globe. The Global Concert will be hosted by Michael Douglas from the headquarters of the UN in New York…
Thanks to Chris Rizik, I just came across an amazing artist whose work should be much more popular. Indie soul singer, songwriter, and producer Whittington Still, who also happens to be a jewelry designer, actress, and talk-show host, has about half a dozen songs available and each one is a thrill. Her latest wonder is…
“Modern Love” is the highly anticipated tribute album to David Bowie, to be released on May 28th on the brilliant BBE Music label. We already mentioned We Are KING‘s contribution to the album, in another post in late January, and now here’s the third single off the album: English electronic band The Hics, that’s Sam…
For an avid reader of liner notes and credits, Sheree Brown is best known to me as a frequent collaborator on several of Patrice Rushen‘s best albums, released between 1978 and 1987. She has written or co-written some of the most memorable and loved tunes for Patrice: “Didn’t You Know” for “Patrice” (1978), “Let The…
There is nothing as intimate and raw as a vocal and piano duet. Singer Sachal Vasandani and pianist Romain Collin have recorded an album of 11 songs last year as a sort of healing for not being able to perform, let alone communicate music-wise. As Romain puts it in the press release: “In this time…
It’s reissue time today: Austin, Texas-born Tom Brock, who went to live in Los Angeles in the first half of the 70s, released just one LP back in 1974, copies of which circle around for 100€ and more, if at all. The album was produced by Barry White and his influence can be heard throughout…
Gina and I recently talked about a cover version of Anita Baker’s classic “Sweet Love”, which can be found on singer Gretchen Parlato‘s newest album “Flor”, her first for UK-based Edition Records. The review will follow soon – I’m still waiting for the vinyl version of the album which has been postponed. We talked about…
Here’s the finest compilation of 2020: I know this is out on the market since about six months, but I had difficulties obtaining the vinyl version. After several postponements and after selling out a couple of times, my black vinyl version finally arrived (there’s also a white vinyl edition for the avid collector). Thanks to…
Here’s another real vinyl highlight from the magnificent guys at Futuristica Records. French singer, songwriter and producer LaNote (Caroline Marks) releases her new album “Rebirth” with accompaniment and production work by her former band member As Valet who was with her in the group Electric Conversation, sort of the epitome of indie future soul. They…
During my years DJing in various Berlin clubs, one of the songs in my soul/disco sets was “Saturday”, an energetic disco club anthem, very polished and thick, sung by Norma Jean Wright, a background singer who worked for Luther Vandross, Sister Sledge, Randy Crawford, Aretha Franklin, Will Downing, and a lot more. It wasn’t as…