The speed and sure-footedness with which Artistic Director Anastasia Wolkenstein has developed Regensburg’s new “Sparks and Visions” Festival into a thriving venture are quite remarkable. The core team running last year’s inaugural event consisted of just three people. This year [...]
Guitarist John Etheridge’s Blue Spirits Trio, with Pete Whittaker on Hammond organ and George Double on drums, has existed as a live band for nearly twenty years, but has never issued a recording… until now. UKJazz News: You’ve played in [...]
The following is a feature by jazz journalist Morgan Enos about the late, great jazz pianist, synthesist and singer Les McCann, through the lens of his most recent archival recording, Never a Dull Moment! Live from Coast to Coast 1966-1967). [...]
After the first episode of the fortnightly (*) Tea Hive video series, in which Becky Alice and Rebecka Edlund brought the Swedish tradition of Santa Lucia (LINK) to life…the new Episode 2, released today, centres around pioneers of vocalese; Lambert [...]
Nat Bartsch is a twice ARIA-nominated Australian pianist and composer known for music that deftly walks across a spectrum from neoclassical to jazz, also dipping into the worlds of chamber music, children’s music and post-rock. She has released eight albums, [...]
