Atlanta’s Freshest R&B Singer-Songwriter Uses His Incisive Pen to Craft a Heady and Immersive Album About the Highs and Lows of Love. Chase Shakur’s keen songwriting unravels the complexities of modern love, communicating vast emotions with economical turns of phrase. Today, the Atlanta native officially announces WONDERLOVE, his next album, an ...
Genre: R&B
Subgenre: Soul
Julia Hülsmann’s quartet resurfaces with a fresh Norwegian voice on horn in tow and presents an attractive batch of originals that finds the group thoughtfully exploring common ground with a knack for adventure. When saxophonist Uli Kempendorff first joined Julia’s trio on 2019’s Not Far From Here, a new sense of expressionist urgency was ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Contemporary Jazz
Renascence’ is a true return to form and the crown jewel of their legendary discography. It picks up where their 1974 album ‘Promised Heights’ left off - a spiritual and sonic successor that gives a fresh, modern twist to their legendary sound, which remains fundamental to the early hip-hop and funk scenes in the US and UK. ...
Genre: R&B
Subgenre: Hip Hop Soul
Swing Invention is a captivating album by the Joscho Transatlantic Guitar Trio Stephan, released by Mgl Musik Produktion. This musical masterpiece showcases the incredible talent and synergy of the trio as they blend traditional swing music with innovative twists and modern influences. ....
Genre: Guitar
Subgenre: Jazz
A Plastic Theatre (Choral Works by Joanna Marsh)
The title work on this album is A Plastic Theatre, an extended setting of a five-act text by Katie Schaag exploring the connotations—whether positive or negative—of all things ‘plastic’. Joanna Marsh’s response is a work of pathos and humour, a tone which carries through to several of the other works presented here. ...
Composer: Joanna Marsh (1970)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Choral
Fresh from his triumphant onstage success in Paris, Berlin and Brussels singing leading roles in the operas of Rameau and Mozart, tenor Reinoud Van Mechelen presents his long-awaited first Mozart recording. Together with his ensemble A Nocte Temporis, he has devised a highly imaginative programme. From the eleven single opera and concert arias for tenor ...
Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Vocal
Renowned Canadian / International vocalist Holly Cole is set to release her 13th studio album, Dark Moon, on January 24th. Teaming up with her long-time live performance partners, along with additional musicians to create rich harmonies and layers, this album is a true ensemble project that highlights her signature style. ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Vocal
Nicole Zuraitis created siren songs volume 1 with a clear purpose in mind: Celebrate women songwriters. It’s a concept she’d been thinking about for years. Her own success as a songwriter made the project even more timely: in 2024, she became the first artist, man or woman, to win Best Jazz Vocal Album at the GRAMMYs for a project of ...
Composer: Joni Mitchell (1943)
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Vocal
This fresh European jazz with a larger band than usual fuses its sources without trying to lecture. Carl Wittig's Aurora Octet touches with the unexpected, it is there as a matter of course as a convincing synthesis of the old and new world. ...
Composer: Carl Christian Wittig
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Crossover Jazz
Live From The Record Plant (December 15, 1974) (Remastered)
The show presented here returns to Welch’s final days with Fleetwood Mac, possibly his last show with them. it is an excellent radio broadcast from the Record Plant, December 15, 1974. The show is live, but without an actual audience, being in front of only a couple dozen Record Plant-affiliated people, ...
Genre: Rock
Subgenre: Modern Rock
With their first album “Tanz' von innen”, the Divinerinnen ensemble impressed with this slender sound ideal that challenges the typical sound of Viennese light music. Three years later comes the new album “divinerisch!”, for which the seven musicians seem to have distilled and aired out their style ...
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
Live at Newport'77 (Remastered) (Live)
Live at Newport '77 was the second live recording of the Toshiko Akiyoshi – Lew Tabackin Big Band and was followed by another release, Live at Newport II recorded on the same day. Both albums were recorded at the 1977 Newport Jazz Festival. ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Big Band
The new version, 1432, add four extra tracks to the singer's recent "143" album. What’s New in "1432"? The four additional songs promise to bring fresh energy and emotional depth to an already celebrated album. Titles like ‘NO TEARS FOR NEW YEAR’S’ hint at reflective, seasonal themes, while ‘HAS A HEART’ and ‘OK’ might explore empowering and ...
Genre: Pop
Subgenre: Pop Rock
Brazilian siren Ana Caram's intoxicating combination of jazz and bossa, effortlessly converge into the mesmerizing masterpiece that is Blue Bossa. This retrospective musical performance celebrates the lush marriage between Brazilian song and America's "cool jazz," with Ana crafting an atmosphere of incredible wonder, from the sizzling self-titled "Blue Bossa" to the nocturne "Desafinado." ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Latin Jazz
Quempas (Weihnachten in Wuppertal - Christmas in Wuppertal)
Singing, especially at Christmas time, is an age-old tradition that the Wuppertal Kurrende cultivates consciously and with great care. Among the many Christmas carols, the ‘Quempas’ stands out as an important piece that has been sung in various regions of Germany for centuries. ...
Composer: Heinrich Schütz (1585-1672), Andrea Falconieri (1585-1656), Bo Wiget (1971), Martin Luther (1483-1546), Lodovico da Viadana (1560-1627), Michael Praetorius (1571-1621), Franz Tunder (1614-1667), Paul Gerhardt (1607-1676), Franz Xaver Gruber (1787-1863)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Choral
German producer and drummer Daniel Scholz presents his new album "Château Les Clos". The 12 compositions are sometimes detailed and upbeat with excited solos, sometimes soothing and almost dreamy. The result is a multi-faceted album that gives the feeling of long summer evenings in France! Daniel Scholz started classical drum lessons at the age of 5. Due ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Contemporary Jazz
Ruby Vroom (30th Anniversary Edition Remastered)
Soul Coughing is reuniting for a tour around the 30th anniversary of their critically acclaimed debut album "Ruby Vroom". The album is now available in a stunning new remastered package with three previously unreleased bonus tracks: "Murder of Lawyers", "Amy Fisher" and "Rachel". It also contains two other tracks from these sessions. ...
Genre: Rock
Subgenre: Adult Alternative
Recorded at the Philharmonie de Paris and one and a half years after releasing his magnum opus "Music For Animals"—described by PopMatters as “a musical waterfall of monumental proportions”—Nils Frahm shares a new live album, due for release by his LEITER label on December 6. In what’s becoming a tradition, it follows 2013’s "Spaces", a Pitchfork Album ...
Genre: Electronic
Subgenre: Ambient
„When Lucia asked me to play on a few songs of her album I said yes right away, her trio is fresh and powerful, her writing is capturing unique feelings and her voice is mesmerizing.“ (Kurt Rosenwinkel) Lucia Cadotsch’s newest musical guise is AKI, a quartet of some of the most brilliant and distinctive voices working in contemporary jazz. Kit Downes (piano/organ), Phil Donkin (bass), James Maddren (drums), and guest Kurt Rosenwinkel (guitar) ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Vocal
Ali Neander, who has been a versatile and busy guitar virtuoso in this country for many years (Rodgau Monotones, Moses Pelham, Edo Zanki, Sabrina Setlur, Rilke Projekt and many more. ) has teamed up with two drumming giants on his latest solo album ‘Boomer Bends’, namely Anika Nilles (Jeff Beck) ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Fusion
