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Madeleine Peyroux At Barbican Hall

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Madeleine Peyroux Barbican Hall Let's WalkLondon July 21, 2024 In the early 1990s, still a teenager, US-born Madeleine Peyroux was a member of the Paris-based buskers The Lost Wandering Blues And Jazz Band led by the singer and raconteur Danny Fitzgerald. Peyroux cut her professional teeth travelling around Europe with ...

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Roberto Ottaviano & Pinturas: A che punto è la notte

Read "A che punto è la notte" reviewed by Neri Pollastri


Pinturas è la formazione “casalinga" di Roberto Ottaviano, quella che il sassofonista barese ha in piedi da anni e che condivide con artisti delle sue terre quali il chitarrista Nando Di Modugno, il contrabbassista Giorgio Vendola e il batterista Pippo D'Ambrosio. Una formazione che suona spesso, specie nei festival del meridione, e che di tanto in ...

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Scott Bradlee's Postmodern Jukebox at Paramount Theatre

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Scott Bradlee's Postmodern Jukebox Paramount Theatre Denver, Colorado November 21, 2023 In its cavalcade of top-flight performers giving their retro spin to songs with permanent residency in our brains, the Postmodern Jukebox (PMJ) concert is authentically one of a kind. At the risk of dating myself, imagine a hip ...

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Joshua Espinoza: Songs From Yesterday

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The period of reflection afforded by the pandemic continues to provide fertile ground for musical expression. For pianist Joshua Espinoza, it gave him time to reflect on childhood and his early musical memories. This eventually evolved into his second album, Songs of Yesterday. This follows on from his first release, Journey Into Night (Self-produced, 2019).

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Popa Chubby: Live at G. Bluey's Juke Joint NYC

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When we last heard from Popa Chubby, he was on his own, producing, recording and mixing at Chubbyland, his upstate New York music compound, making the most of his time in the lock-downs of the COVID pandemic on Emotional Gangster (Dixie Frog Records, 2022). Now the man born Ted Horowitz is in his preferred element, back ...

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Elina Duni: A Time to Remember

Read "A Time to Remember" reviewed by Chris May


Someone once described Leonard Cohen's music as “uplifting in a peculiarly depressing way." The music of singer Elina Duni and guitarist Rob Luft is not depressing, though it certainly is uplifting. It is, however, full of tristesse, of sadness for things that are lost, be they people or places. This feeling goes deeper than mere nostalgia. ...

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Mary Foster Conklin: These Precious Days

Read "These Precious Days" reviewed by Pierre Giroux


Mary Foster Conklin is a New York-based singer with an eclectic approach to the choices she makes in deciding upon a repetoire for her fifth release, These Precious Days. Unafraid to step outside the nine dots, she has focussed the project on lesser-known jazz and popular compositions by predominately female songwriters. Joining Conklin are a number ...

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Rebecca Nash, Oded Tzur, Elvin Jones, Designers and Other New Releases

Read "Rebecca Nash, Oded Tzur, Elvin Jones, Designers and Other New Releases" reviewed by Ludovico Granvassu


Tributes to Leonard Cohen and Martin Denny, young saxophonone mavericks, unerthed gems and elegant arrangements in this week's edition of Mondo Jazz. Happy listening! Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 Leonhart Brass Band “Snake Oil" Snake Oil—Single (Mighty Eye) 0:16 Host talks 2:47 Marco Cappelli's ...

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Here It Is - Fall Releases, Birthday Shoutouts to Anita O'Day, Laura Nyro, Fran Landesman Plus More New Standards By Women Composers

Read "Here It Is - Fall Releases, Birthday Shoutouts to Anita O'Day, Laura Nyro, Fran Landesman Plus More New Standards By Women Composers" reviewed by Mary Foster Conklin


This broadcast presents new releases from Abbie Finn, Eliane Elias, Sara Gazarek, Robin Bramlett, Steve Gadd, Eddie Gomez, Ronnie Cuber with the WDR Big Band, Lia Booth plus a new Leonard Cohen tribute, with birthday shoutouts to Anita O'Day, Jane Bunnett, Esperanza Spalding, Laura Nyro, and Beat poet Fran Landesman, among others. Also Part 4 of ...

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Festival International de Jazz de Montréal 2022

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Various Venues Festival International de Jazz de Montréal Montréal, Canada June 30-July 4, 2022 Like everything else, the Covid-19 pandemic stopped the Festival International de Jazz de Montréal in its tracks. Forced to cancel the 2020 festival, they instead presented a four-day virtual festival online on June 27-30. Another abbreviated ...


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