A shared love of bebop and composition discovered at a fortuitous meeting at the Tate Britain, set guitarist Alban Claret and trumpeter Evan Clegg on a path leading to the May 2021 release of their debut album The Collection. After playing together for some time, the duo decided to put pen to paper to create ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Bebop
Based in Christchurch, New Zealand, five musicians with well-steeled personalities hammer out an original fusion of Blues with the inimitable sound of the guitars, highly impeccable beats off the drum, flawless vocals, infallible tunes off the keyboard. flawless reeling of the guitar and anarchists of the normal way performing act, all rolled ...
Genre: Blues
Subgenre: Bluesy Rock
One of the important but rather reserved singer-songwriters and authors from the heart of Northern Hesse, who has been awarded several times (!) by the AKADEMIA in Los Angeles / California (USA) for his musical work in 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 and has received the "Singer-Songwriter of the Year 2018 Award" and the ...
Genre: Songwriter
Subgenre: Folk Rock
One of the important but rather reserved singer-songwriters and authors from the heart of Northern Hesse, who has been awarded several times (!) by the AKADEMIA in Los Angeles / California (USA) for his musical work in 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 and has received the "Singer-Songwriter of the Year 2018 Award" and the ...
Genre: Songwriter
Subgenre: Folk Rock
How I Learnt To Disengage From The Pack
Ben McElroy first made music as a teenager experimenting with cassette recorders. His adult process may have upgraded to a laptop, but his primary tools remain doggedly lo-fi: accordions in such a state of distress that they fall apart before the end of a song, disintegrating audio equipment, plus well-worn string instruments, whistles and guitars. All often come ...
Genre: Songwriter
Subgenre: Folk Rock
The members of The Bootheels were frontman/songwriter/bassist Luther Russell, who would later lead The Freewheelers before emerging as a prolific solo artist and half of Those Pretty Wrongs (with Big Star’s Jody Stephens); guitarist Jakob Dylan, who would soon achieve stardom as leader of The Wallflowers; future Wallflowers guitarist Tobi Miller, whose instrumental ...
Genre: Rock
Subgenre: Adult Alternative
Ibert – Hartmann – Dvorák: Kammermusik
The art of the serenade: "The serenade: an evening song at someone's door", says a dictionary from the 17th century. The ensuing centuries have not changed this definition at all, as anyone knows who has heard Don Giovanni singing for Donna Elvira, Count Almaviva for Rosina or the Meistersinger Beckmesser for Eva Pogner. ...
Composer: Jacques Ibert (1890–1962), Emil Hartmann (1836–1898), Antonin Dvořák (1841-1904)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
Red Rum Club are one of the most loved bands around the country on the live scene. Every gig is a sweaty celebration of joy, of rock n roll, and of the collective power generated by a gang of mates in tune with each other. When their music is put to record there is ...
Genre: Pop
Subgenre: Adult Contemporary
Hands up if you’re a sucker for music that rips your heart clean out of your chest, throws it to the ground and, without mercy, cha-chas all over it. Fans of said genre may already be familiar with the deep timbre of Brighton-based alt-country’s Holly Macve; new ...
Genre: Songwriter
Subgenre: Contemporary
Fresh off the success of a #6 in the UK Album chart, people’s poet Jamie Webster returns to Guesthouse for an exclusive encore rendition of his ‘Live from Parr Street Studios’ set. ...
Genre: Songwriter
Subgenre: Contemporary
It is impossible to imagine the German singer-songwriter scene without Christina Lux. Since 1998, the Karlsruhe native has been releasing her albums at regular intervals and touring Germany with her music. Her album Leise Bilder was awarded the German Record Critics' Prize in 2018. She has gained a loyal fan base that has enthusiastically ...
Genre: Songwriter
Subgenre: New Acoustic
Felix & Fanny Mendelssohn: String Quartets
Felix’s impassioned F minor quartet was the fiercely personal response to his sister’s death in 1847, only a few months before his own. The Takács Quartet frames it with equally committed accounts of a much earlier work, and Fanny’s own important contribution to the genre. ...
Composer: Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel (1805-1847), Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809-1847)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre:
Multiple prize-winning conductor René Jacobs and the B’Rock Orchestra present the third instalment of their Schubert cycle on PENTATONE with a recording of the composer’s Fourth and Fifth Symphony. Just as with the Second and Third, Jacobs approaches these works as a symphonic pair, revealing contrasting aspects of Schubert’s personality and ...
Composer: Franz Peter Schubert (1797-1828)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Orchestral
Larry Coryell's Last Swing With Ireland
Larry Coryells Last Swing With Ireland contains guitarist Larry Coryell’s final studio outing recorded in Dublin during May 2016. (There is also a later live concert recording from Berlin – link to review below). Coryell was in town working at The Sugar Club with his hand-picked local rhythm section of Dave ...
Composer: Larry Coryell (1943-2017)
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Contemporary Jazz
Here is Bartek Dzikowski second album. Self produced. Took him several years, but it was worth it. Bartek Dzikowski gathered musicians from all over the world to join in on this project. Have a listen to those songs. You will find different colors and genres here. ...
Genre: Songwriter
Subgenre: Folk Rock
Bill Heller, best-known as the keyboard player for the GRAMMY-nominated jazz group The Rippingtons, released a new jazz fusion album as a leader earlier this year. The new collection offering 12 original compositions and an eclectic palette of sounds. The opening and title track is a transportive tour-de-force, featuring Heller on keys alongside Dave Karasony on drums, ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Fusion
In this first album for Prima Classic, Maestro Pérez-Quer selected works by Spanish composers of the 19th and 20th centuries, rarely recorded before: Julián Arcas, Federico Moreno-Torroba, Emili Pujol, Severino García Forte, and Ángel Barrio. ...
Composer: Julián Arcas (1832-1882), Emili Pujol (1886-1980), Federico Moreno-Torroba (1891-1982), Severino Garcia Forte (1854-1931)
Genre: Guitar
Subgenre: Classical Guitar
First Flight To Tokyo: The Lost 1961 Recordings (Remastered)
First Flight to Tokyo: The Lost 1961 Recordings is a thrilling previously unreleased live recording of Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers captured at Hibiya Public Hall in Tokyo on January 14, 1961 during the band’s first-ever tour of Japan. The Jazz Messengers were among the first modern jazz groups to tour the country, ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Hard Bop
