This intriguing album came about as a result of drummer/percussionist Thomas Strönen having time at the end of a recording session to record a series of percussion and drum solos. It was at the time of the Covid pandemic so, on the advice [...]
Lilaila Records, the new record label set up by saxophonists Maria Grand and Camila Nebbia plus pianist Marta Sánchez, is dedicated to work that brings musicians from different backgrounds together. The label’s first release, Altered Visions, features the three founders [...]
The opening track of Tullis Rennie‘s Safe Operating Space, Sometime Too Hot, opens with a striking sound, the source of which it is difficult to pin down; it is a dramatic opening that gives us an excellent idea of what [...]
Lilaila Records is a new record label set up by saxophonists Maria Grand and Camila Nebbia plus pianist Marta Sánchez and which is dedicated to work that brings musicians from different backgrounds together . Its first release, Altered Visions, features [...]
Raul Midón is a singer-songwriter steeped in the jazz and Latin traditions, who received Grammy nominations in 2017 and 2018 in the Best Jazz Vocal Category. His latest self-produced album, Lost & Found, adds elements of ‘alt-pop and smooth folk’ [...]
This year JazzFest Berlin marked its 60th anniversary with an outstanding programme and a couple of special strands to mark the anniversary. These celebrations focused on the Berlin community, in particular on that in the Moabit district, an area in [...]
Object Of Unknown Function is multi-intrumentalist Brandon Seabrook’s second solo album coming ten years after his first, Sylphid Vitalizers. It features Seabrook on an array of instruments, electric and 12-string guitars, vintage banjos and even cassette recordings used as [...]
Tapestry is Vazesh’s second album following on from their 2021 release The Sacred Key. It is a totally charming album that brings together three very distinctive instrumentalists and juxtaposes different musical cultures, notably Iranian music and contemporary improvised music. It [...]
Object Of Unknown Function is multi-intrumentalist Brandon Seabrook’s second solo album, coming ten years after his first, Sylphid Vitalizers. It features Seabrook on an array of instruments, electric and 12-string guitars, vintage banjos and even cassette recordings used as an [...]
Patricia Brennan is a vibes and marimba player originally from Veracruz in Mexico who has spent the last 20 years in the USA. For her latest album she has added three horns – trumpeter Adam O’Farrill and saxophonists, Jon Irabagon [...]
