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Article: Book Review

What Happened, Miss Simone?: A Biography

by Nenad Georgievski
March 15, 2016

What Happened, Miss Simone? Alan Light 320 Pages ISBN: 1101904879 Atria 2016 It was singer and poet Gil Scott-Heron who said that Nina Simone was black way before it was fashionable to be black. A controversial and indisputable music icon and celebrity, her unique blend of jazz, pop and ...

Article: Year in Review

Nenad Georgievski's Best of 2015

by Nenad Georgievski
January 5, 2016

2015 was not an easy year. I became a dad for the third time while I was working on a Film festival for music documentaries. The festival itself was an uphill battle, but I managed to get it organized with astounding success. In the meantime I was writing constantly or was listening to music, as if ...

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Live in London

By Leonard Cohen

Label: Music On Vinyl
Released: 2015
Track listing: Side A: Dance me to the end of love; The Future; Ain't No Cure For Love; Bird on a Wire; Side B: Everybody Knows; In My Secret Life; Who By Fire; Hey, That's No Way To Say Goodbye; Side C: Anthem; Introduction, Tower of Song; Suzanne; The Gypsy's Wife; Side D: Boogie Street; Hallelujah; Democracy; I'm Your Man; Side E; Recitation W/N.L.; Take This Waltz; So Long, Marianne; First We Take Manhattan; Side F: Sisters of Mercy; If it Be Your Will; Closing Time; I Tried to Leave You; Whither Thou Goest.

Article: Live Review

Stockholm Jazz Festival 2015

by John Ephland
November 9, 2015

Stockholm Jazz Festival Stockholm, Sweden October 9-18, 2015 The sleeper at this year's Stockholm Jazz Festival, and one this reviewer initially found more a curiosity than anything else, oddly enough was downright riveting, not to mention the first evening's headliner. More in the category of being a name crossover artist ...

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Article: Live Review

Madeleine Peyroux at Yoshi's Oakland

by Walter Atkins
November 4, 2015

Madeleine Peyroux Yoshi's Oakland Oakland California October 27, 2015 Madeleine Peyroux flew into the comfortable confines of Yoshi's Oakland for a two-day mid week stand. On this Tuesday evening, she featured hit songs from her first anthology album Keep Me in Your Heart for a While: The Best of Madeleine Peyroux ...

Article: Interview

Sharon Robinson: My Journey as an Artist Continues

by Nenad Georgievski
August 15, 2015

The seven years since singer and producer Sharon Robinson's debut album Everybody Knows have been transformative for her. She toured the world several times as part of the Leonard Cohen's band, for what is considered to be one of the most impressive comebacks in music history. The result to that are several live recordings, the last ...

Article: Album Review

Hilary Gardner: The Great City

Read "The Great City" reviewed by Angelo Leonardi

by Angelo Leonardi
February 12, 2015

Nel traboccante panorama delle nuove jazz singers, Hilary Gardner ha saputo emergere già con questo debutto, che spicca per la sentita adesione al jazz anni quaranta/cinquanta senza timore d'apparire demodé. La Gardner è una suadente interprete di ballads che disegna con profonda musicalità, purezza espressiva ed elegante chiarore timbrico secondo i modelli di Julie London, Peggy ...

Article: Book Review

On Tour With Leonard Cohen

by Nenad Georgievski
January 17, 2015

On Tour With Leonard Cohen Sharon Robinson 221 pages ISBN: 1576877256 PowerHouse Books 2014 When singer and poet Leonard Cohen got back on the road in 2008 after years of absence and seclusion in a Zen monastery beset by management and financial woes, his comeback was universally greeted ...

Article: Album Review

Leonard Cohen: Live in London

Read "Live in London" reviewed by Nenad Georgievski

by Nenad Georgievski
January 11, 2015

The Live in London LP could have easily been Leonard Cohen's last record and the tour that followed it could have easily been a low key farewell tour. Already at the twilight of his career or at an age when most acts go into retirement, Cohen slowly was secluding himself from recordings, performances or public appearances ...

Article: Live Review

Chris Botti at Blue Note Jazz Club

by Tyran Grillo
January 9, 2015

Chris Botti Blue Note Jazz Club 10th Annual Holiday Residency New York, NY January 2, 2015 Chris Botti has held his own as a contemporary music darling since making splashes as both a studio and live musician in the mid-1990s. Gracefully sidestepping knee-jerk criticism and bolstered by widespread praise, he ...