For this year’s Montreux Jazz Festival, the organisers came up with a competition for the design of the 55th edition. The project named “Restart” has drawn 1.935 artists from 54 countries and there are some pretty unique, quiet interesting and very imaginative designs among the winners. The ten best posters have been selected by a…
It got to the point in the 80s and 90s when a look at the credits list of each new LP was not only meant to check the musicians, producers, and arrangers, but also the name of the engineer. If it was Al Schmitt, it had to be good and there was no reason not…
Born out of the dire situation of not being able to perform or make music per se during last year’s lockdown, Swedish singer, songwriter, and pianist Ida Sand has come up with a stylish pop/soul album called “Do You Hear Me?”, to be released on the German ACT Music label this Friday. And on vinyl…
Every few years, there is a guitarist popping up which garners more attention than your regular player. Dan Wilson, who started out as a guest on organist Joey DeFancesco‘s group, later joined Christian McBride‘s trio and has now released his debut on Christian’s Brother Mister label, called “Vessels Of Wood And Earth”. The bass man…
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…