Detroit-based Jazz and Soul singer and songwriter Kathy Kosins will release her new single “Magic Island” next week Tuesday. It is already out in the UK and making waves over there, with the track currently at No.2 on the Soul Breakers Chart. The song is an elegant, smoothly swaying ballad which reminds me of some…
Some interesting and highly anticipated albums will drop in the next few weeks and months. Here is a short list of albums which are on our radar. We will update this list on a regular basis. Almost all of the albums listed below will come out on vinyl too. Leo Middea – Notícias de Puglia…
Gustel is now with us since about four months and she is easily getting along and has absolutely no problems with listening to all kinds of music all day. But still, she’s happy to go on a walk several times a day, even in this cold and snowy weather which hopefully ends soon. Anyway, we’re…
“This record is an atmosphere, a state of mind”, says Eric Hilton, one of the founders of Thievery Corporation, about his latest album “A Sky So Close”, to be released this Friday on Montserrat House, the Washington, DC based label which is curated by him. The album will come out eight months after his compelling…
Norwegian artist Morten Martens and his band Les Imprimés were in town last Thursday. Playing at Kantine am Berghain, Morten and his guys once again proved that their sound and songs are truly unique. Laid-back, utterly ethereal and with a heavy dose of sophisticated soul, the group mostly played music from their debut album “Rêverie”…
This year’s Enjoy Jazz Festival, Germany’s largest jazz festival, will run from October 2nd to November 7th. Venues in Mannheim, Ludwigshafen, and Heidelberg will host a plethora of artists again this year. Already confirmed are German electronic music producer, composer and musician Apparat, German Dark Jazz band Bohren & Der Club of Gore, singer Lizz…
Since 2010, the Mostly Jazz Funk & Soul Festival in Birmingham has presented ground-breaking and innovative UK artists and international headliners in a stunning woodland glade surrounding just 2 miles away from the city centre. Each year, the festival brings together some of the most in-demand artists along with workshops, arts, crafts, and a selection…
Australian soul singer Kylie Auldist will release her sixth album “Hybrid” this Friday. It’s her first release since the 2020 LP “This Is What Happiness Looks Like” and it finds her, once again, in funky, soulful boogie mode with lots of 80s-sounding synths, like on the lengthy opener “One Time Offer” which also has some…
Chilean jazz saxophonist and songwriter Melissa Aldana releases her third album for Blue Note Records this Friday. After “12 Stars” (2022), which featured Lage Lund on guitar, Sulllivan Fortner on piano and keys, Pablo Menares on bass, and Kush Abadey on drums, and “Echoes Of The Inner Prophet” (2024) with Lage Lund, Fabian Almazan on…
Gina and Gustel favorites Mamas Gun, the UK soul-pop band founded by Andy Platts in London in 2007, just released the second single off their next album, due April 10th on Légère Recordings. On “DIG!”, the title track from the new album, the group is joined by living legend Brian Jackson who contributes vocals, keys,…