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Stephen Holden of the New York Times writes today in his review of the Wednesday evening show at Birdland: “Singing “The Face I Love,” “My Nightingale,” “Look Who’s Mine” and “If You Went Away,” Ms. Kent embodied the essence of saudade as persuasively as any of her Brazilian idols.” You can read more about Stacey’s…
Berlin’s fancy Zig Zag jazz club opens its summer stage for a series of exclusive concerts and shows between early July and late August. Located on the banks of the Spree River, the AHF Summer Stage will host some of the biggest international jazz acts. We try to squeeze in a couple of visits during…
There is clearly no shortage of good jazz festivals the world over – Germany for example has dozens of high-quality events in all parts of the country; from January to December, you can tour the country and find a lot of worthy live jazz events. But I think it is always worth a mention when…
Every new year starts with a 3-CD compilation of the finest indie soul tracks, courtesy of Ralph Tee who compiles the songs for the ever so reliable Expansion Records. This time around, 34 tracks have found the way onto the latest edition. Very few have been mentioned here before, like the wonderful “Gotta Have You”…
I still can’t believe the sudden passing of legendary producer, writer, musician, and author Kashif on September 25th. I have grown up with his solo records and all the great songs and albums he wrote and produced for other artists. I wanted to share this article from December 21st which was published on this site…
Dutch singer, songwriter, and producer Benny Sings is finishing his new album and just announced a European tour later this year. Last time we saw him was at Amsterdam’s beautiful theater ‘t Zonnehuis in November. His signature sound had us raving on the 2019 LP “City Pop” and the 2021 album “Music”. Also, his last…