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Polar Bear: Same As You
by Bruce Lindsay
Polar Bear's seventh album, Same As You appears barely 12 months after album number six, In Each And Every One (Leaf Label, 2014). It's far from being a more of the same" follow-up though--this is a softer, more-at-peace Polar Bear sound than its predecessor, a mellower vibe. There are just six tracks on the ...
Ant Law: Zero Sum World
by Phil Barnes
The idea of the Zero Sum Game" originates in economic game theory--in essence a situation in which gains or losses made by one participant when combined with those of all other participants sum to nil. So the cake is finite and if one person takes more, less is available to others. Guitarist and composer Ant Law ...
Enjoy Jazz Festival 2014
by Adriana Carcu
Enjoy Jazz Festival Heidelberg, Mannheim, Ludwigshafen, Germany October 2 -November 15, 2014 Here are the festival numbers: 80 shows in almost seven weeks on 25 stages, performed by 250 musicians from 35 countries. Beyond the numbers there are many names: quite a few well known, a fair amount of established artists ...
Blue-Eyed Hawk: Under The Moon
by Bruce Lindsay
Blue-Eyed Hawk is an exciting new band from the UK, debuting its original songs on Under The Moon. The album title is taken from the poem by W B Yeats: the band's name also comes from that poem. Such choices suggest a literate quartet, a suggestion supported by the intelligent, thoughtful, lyrics and music to be ...
Polar Bear: In Each And Every One
by Bruce Lindsay
Polar Bear is back. Not just with a bang, but with a whole array of other sounds, including the occasional whimper. In Each And Every One brings together 11 tunes from the pen of drummer Sebastian Rochford--from the gently bucolic to the downright macabre. There's also an early front runner for the Best Song Title Of ...
Melt Yourself Down: Melt Yourself Down
by Bruce Lindsay
Shouty, funky, groovy, heavy, punky, jazzy--the UK-based Melt Yourself Down is all of these things and more. Debut album Melt Yourself Down demonstrates all of these qualities, with a collection of songs that demands, and deserves, attention, respect, love and dancing in equal measure. Melt Yourself Down includes some of the UK's finest, most ...
WorldService Project: Articulate Arsonists
by John Kelman
It's a very different time to be a musician than it was even 20 years ago, when major record labels still existed, providing tour support and money to make recordings. It's also a very different time because, with the upsurge of DIY recordings, there's more music being released every month than ever before. Add to that ...
The JazzLife UK Gilded Butterfly Awards 2011
by Bruce Lindsay
As Noddy Holder and the mighty Slade remind us every year, It's CHRISTMAAAAAAS." With the Yuletide festivities comes the annual avalanche of End Of Year lists, Best Of awards and Grammy nominations. This year, JazzLife UK adds its own awards to the list: the inaugural JazzLife UK Gilded Butterfly Awards (or GBs). In line with the ...
Leafcutter John: The Forest And The Sea
by AAJ Italy Staff
Sono canzoni che perdono l'orientamento dentro delicate nuvole elettroniche quelle del londinese John Burton, conosciuto come Leafcutter John, narrazioni fragili in cui si intromettono bisbigli, rumori ambientali, piccole deviazioni che piegano gli arpeggi della chitarra e la malinconia della voce. Musicista che già con i precedenti dischi - in particolare The Housebound Spirit del 2003, tra ...