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Sweet Honey In The Rock Recently Released New Single “Second Line Blues”

GRAMMY-nominated, Sweet Honey In The Rock gears up for their upcoming album #LoveinEvolution (out January 22nd) via SHE-ROCKS 5, INC./Appleseed Recordings (distributed by E1 Entertainment). The A Capella ensemble recently released their second single and music video, “Second Line Blues,” available now on iTunes and Amazon. The album’s stark second single “Second Line Blues” with its ...
Breathless

Label: Blue Note Records
Released: 2015
Track listing: Compared To What; See Me As I Am; Everglades; Breathless; Confident Selflessness;
Shutting Down; Soldiers;
Samadhi; Talk To Me; Tom & Jerry; I Ain't Got Nothin' But Time; Cosmic Warrior;
Midnight.
Grammy Nominees 2016 - The Jazz List

The 58th Annual Grammy Awards have named their jazz list of 2016 Grammy nominees. And the nominees are... Improvised Jazz Solo Giant Steps," Joey Alexander Cherokee," Christian McBride Arbiters if Evolution," Donny McCaslin Friend or Foe," Joshua Redman Past Present," John Scofield Jazz Vocal Album Many a New ...
Jakob Buchanan: Requiem

by Jakob Baekgaard
One of the defining characteristics of mankind is the awareness of death as a part of the human condition. We all know that we are going to die. This awareness has been an inspiration to many artists and it could be said that art itself is a way of coming to terms with death. This is ...
Lionel Loueke: GAïA

by Mark F. Turner
Guitarist Lionel Loueke brings a presence to jazz unlike any other due in part to his West African upbringing heard in the uniqueness of his playing, vocals and phrasing which have enriched recordings from trumpeter Terence Blanchard to singers Angélique Kidjo and Luciana Souza. Recorded live in front of a small audience Gaïa finds Loueke with ...
Joe Jackson at the Paramount Theater, Denver

by Geoff Anderson
Joe Jackson Paramount Theater Denver October 8, 2015 Joe Jackson has led a double (or maybe triple) life for most of his lengthy career. He hit the scene in 1979 with his debut album Look Sharp! (A&M 1979) rolling into the U.S. from England as part of the New Wave," a ...
The Day the Music Died

by Jeff Fitzgerald, Genius
On one of my infrequent trips outside the 'Dome recently, I stopped at a convenience store for a cold Coke Zero when I noticed a man about my age (48. 52, in heels) driving a red 1988 Pontiac Trans Am and blasting Whitesnake's Here I Go Again" on his car stereo. He wore Zubaz workout pants ...
The New Orleans All-Star Brass Band: Do You Know What It Means?

by Ian Patterson
This article was originally published in October 2006. It has been said that the truest expression of a people is in its music and dance. That being the case, then pianist {m: Herbie Hancock was right on the money when he described New Orleans as the soul of our country. The nation's soul however, ...
North Sea Jazz Festival Recap: A Moveable, Musical Feast

by Joan Gannij
North Sea Jazz Festival Rotterdam, Netherlands July 10-12, 2015 Three days immersed in sounds and sensations. Followed by two days at home in zombie mode, zen silence. Rather than do an exhausting commute from Amsterdam to Rotterdam each day (by train or auto (50 miles / 75 kilometers each way), I ...
North Sea Jazz Festival 2015: The Roller Coaster Has Taken Off

by Joan Gannij
Jan Willem Luyken, Director of the North Sea Jazz Festival, has a lot to celebrate this year. It is not only the 40th anniversary of the popular festival, it's also the tenth anniversary of their move from the Hague to Rotterdam, and the year that Luyken became director. Described as the world's largest indoor music festival," ...