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Scottish Post-punk Band White China Releases First New Record Since The '80s
They rocketed from Scotland with a wall of fireball guitars, crashing drums, chiming keyboards, and soaring vocals. In 1985, the Scottish youths of White China were about to plunge into the neon-colored whirlpool of the New Wave. With a freshly minted contract from Island Records, the group released the single “Smiles & Jokes,” a riffy pop ...
Web-based Radio Station Jet City Stream Exposes Thrilling New Seattle Talent, From Blues To Rock To Hip-hop
In the Emerald City, the slamming power pop and fuzz-bomb rock of Nirvana is now a faint echo of the past. It was only two decades ago when Seattle nearly ruled the world, when the technological advances of the Internet catapulted Microsoft into global dominance, when the town’s basketball and baseball teams thrust a refuse to ...
Jazz Vocalist Bob Rawleigh Covers The Beach Boys, Stephen Bishop, And Other Pop Icons On New CD
Q: When did you decide to become a singer? A: I actually started singing at 12-years-old and have loved singing ever since. Q: Was jazz always your primary music of choice? A: R&B was my first love. Then I was encouraged by my vocal coaches in my 20s to listen to Nat King Cole, Johnny Mathis, ...
Keyboardist Jacques Mignault Of Groove55: From Canada To The Billboard Jazz Charts
Q: How and when did Groove55 form? A: Groove55 was founded in late 2009 when bassist Yves Nadeau and I committed to develop a group in the smooth jazz style of music. Actually we realized that this is what we had been doing all along. We immediately invited Yves Adam, one of the best saxophone players ...
Profile: Violinist Marissa Licata - From Alicia Keys To Recording A New Album With Her Father
Q: When would you say triggered your passion for music? How old were you at the time? A: My passion for music probably started before I began playing at three. There was always music in the house because of my father. The age that I recognized a serious passion was probably around age six. I had ...
Bassist/vocalist Anthony Caceres Inspired By Earth, Wind & Fire
Q: When did it start for you, the decision to become a vocalist? A: I decided to pursue singing seriously back in 2006 while I was on tour with the Glenn Miller Orchestra. Up to that point I was primarily a sideman performing on electric bass and upright bass with many different groups. Q: Was jazz ...
An Interview With Rashell
Q: When did you decide to become a singer? A: When I was a little girl I was often exposed to music of many genres. I had music all around me; a lot of my family members are musically inclined. One summer I went on an overnight camp to help my grandfather. He was a preacher ...
Guitarist Ralph Conde Pays Homage To Haitian Musicians On New Album, Opens Online Guitar Clinic
The significant contributions of Haitian musicians to jazz are the heart of guitarist Ralph Conde’s latest release, Respe. His playing both tasteful and heartfelt, Conde delivers one inspired performance after another, his guitars scorching with raw passion and transcendent energy. The album is a potent overview of Caribbean sounds, which is apt since Conde is actually ...
Bassist Thomonic Electrifies Jazz With Uncompromising New Ep
Like father, like son. For Nico Thom, the love of music is rooted in his childhood travels with his dad, an amateur musician with a passion for live performance, playing the saxophone, clarinet, and flute, as well as singing, from clubs to car salesrooms. It awakened Thom to the creative possibilities of melody, how instruments can ...
Saxophonist Nathan Woodward Delivers Scorching Performance On "A Quartet Session"
Jazz is often caught in peak form when there are no frills, no studio glaze. The sign of a true musician is one who can excel minus the gimmicks and production makeup. Recorded live with only one microphone in a crowded house, Nathan Woodward’s A Quartet Session (Live from Martin Hall) is jazz served raw, the ...
