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David Gilmour: Rattle That Lock
by Nenad Georgievski
It seems that the working life of guitarist and singer David Gilmour is on a constant roll. Apart from being the front-man of one of the greatest bands in the world Pink Floyd, which career he put to rest with the recent remastered reissues and the fabulous Endless River, (Columbia, 2014) his solo career also took ...
Elliot Galvin Trio: Dreamland
by Roger Farbey
From the jokey toy piano start of “Ism" to the aborted boogie woogie of “Blues" where Galvin introduces a reflective change of mood, introducing a luxuriant chord-rich theme, it's patently obvious that this is no ordinary piano trio album. The pastoral “A Major" for example, one of the less frenetic tracks, nonetheless contains its own intriguing ...
Libertango - The art and music of Leonardo Suarez Paz
by Duncan Heining
Argentinean violinist-composer Leonardo Suarez Paz personifies the tango. Both a dance and a music, Tango bridles with passion and seethes with a barely suppressed sexual tension. “To bridle" is the correct verb here with its dual connotations of intense emotion and constraint. It is far from the braggadocio of immature machismo and speaks instead to a ...
It’s The Last Call for Le QuecumBar’s crowdfunding campaign! We need Your Support!
A month ago, Le QuecumBar, the home and temple of Gypsy swing, London, started a crowdfunding campaign in response to rising rents. Like many jazz clubs and live music venues, Le Que has been subjected to rising rental and lease costs but fought back to remain in situ. To date, their crowdfunding campaign has raised £17,000 ...
Bringing Latin To Britten – FlipSide at Snape Maltings, October 2-4, 2015
A Latin American arts festival in sleepy Suffolk? It sounds “bonkers," as FlipSide executive director Genevieve Christie puts it. However, the festival is now marking its third year at Snape Maltings near Aldeburgh on the Suffolk coast. FlipSide 2015 presents its most intriguing bill of fare yet with writers like Louis de Bernières, Fernanda Torres, Esther ...
Bassist And Composer Michael Janisch To Release Solo Double Disc "Paradigm Shift" October 2 (October 16 USA) + Launch Tour + New Website
Some four years in gestation, the ambitious new double-disc project Paradigm Shift from London-based US bassist, composer and producer Michael Janisch sees the Whirlwind Recordings founder enter the spotlight with his multi-level approach to composition and performance. Increasingly growing in stature as a creative artist, with this expansive new album he strengthens his already budding reputation ...
Michael Gibbs & The NDR Bigband: Play A Bill Frisell Set List
by Glenn Astarita
Guitarist Bill Frisell probably never had a preconceived notion that he'd one day record with famed British arranger, conductor and composer, Michael Gibbs after taking several of his classes as a student at Berklee College of Music back in 1975. Thus, Gibbs and the legendary NDR Bigband instill a symbiotic musical relationship throughout this cunningly envisioned ...
Man Overboard Quintet: Down In The Deep Deep Blue
by Bruce Lindsay
A rhythm section that would make even a half-decent front line sound great; a front line that would enhance any ensemble; a bunch of great, sometimes neglected, songs with catchy tunes and quirky, image-laden lyrics. Surely, it's all just a wonderful dream? Nope, it isn't. It's Down In The Deep, Deep Blue, album number two from ...
Dire Straits: On Every Street
by John Kelman
Dire Straits On Every Streetuniversal Music Japan2013 (1991) After a lengthy hiatus, Rediscovery returns with a Japanese SHM CD edition of Dire Straits' final studio record, 1991's On Every Street. While many folks who bought it on the strength of the mega-selling Brothers in Arms (Warner Bros., 1985)--which contained so many ...
Eddie Prevost, Evan Parker and John Edwards at Cafe Oto
by John Sharpe
Eddie Prevost, Evan Parker and John Edwards Cafe Oto London, UK July 28, 2015 “There won't be any tunes." That was the response to the inquiry from a passing tourist as to what to they might expect. A fairly accurate answer you might think given the line up of saxophonist ...
