​NAKED releast de single “Into the Night” om het toetreden tot de band te vieren van pianist en Hammond wizard Patrick Cuyvers (The Scabs). 
 
Het “Wired Up” album staat in verschillende jaaroverzichten 2019 en airplay charts in de UK en de US genoteerd. Na concerten in Benelux, Duitsland en Frankrijk in 2019, inclusief het memorabel optreden op het Blues Peer-festival, staat TBK dit jaar op Moulin Blues, het grootste blues & roots festival van Nederland.

Already a bona fide star in her native Denmark, jazz singer Sinne Eeg has in recent years been weaving her spell in performances throughout Europe and the United States, where audiences and critics alike have responded enthusiastically to her dark, alluring voice, rich timbre, impeccable intonation, inherent sense of swing and remarkably natural scatting ability that recalls her own vocal jazz heroes, Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan and Anita O’Day. On We’ve Just Begun, her winning collaboration with the 19-piece Danish Radio Big Band and 9th album overall, Eeg sings with signature soulfulness, sassy spirit and jazzy abandon on a program of three well-chosen standards, a swinging adaptation of a tune from a vintage Danish film, and five affecting originals with Eeg as composer and/or lyricist. Eeg released her self-titled debut in 2003 and gained international attention with her critically acclaimed 2007 album, Waiting for Dawn, and Remembering You in 2008. Her latest, We’ve Just Begun, is her most impressive outing to date.

He was known by millions for a single song, but what a song it was. Robert Parker, the musician and singer who shot to the top of the charts with his 1966 smash, “Barefootin’,” has died at age 89.
The New Orleans born Parker was a saxophonist with eclectic performer Professor Longhair, and became a fixture on the NOLA scene, working with such stars as Irma Thomas and Fats Domino.
Parker moved to the front of the stage in the late 50s, charting with “All Night Long,” but remained under the radar (and continued to hold a “day job”) for nearly a decade before “Barefootin’” made him a household name. The song allowed Parker to tour the world, often performing barefoot while sharing the stage with many of R&B’s most popular performers.
Robert Parker never again achieved the level of success he had with his biggest hit, but he remained active, playing local clubs well into his 80s, and was inducted into the Louisiana Music Hall of Fame in 2007.
Parker is survived by his wife Carolyn, and by millions of fans who found joy in taking their shoes off for his classic hit. 

Revered songwriter David Olney died Saturday, January 18, 2020, after suffering an apparent heart attack during a performance in Santa Rosa Beach, Florida. He was 71.
 
A key member of Nashville’s music community since his move to Music City in 1973, the Lincoln, Rhode Island native was a compelling and enigmatic presence. He wrote sonnets and starred at the Nashville Shakespeare Festival, and his live concerts blended tenderness and ferocity, theatre and sincerity, agitation, and embrace.
 
Country Music Hall of Fame member Emmylou Harris said: “David Olney tells marvelous stories, with characters who cling to the hope of enduring love, all the while crossing the deep divide into that long, dark night of the soul.” Troubadour Steve Earle called Olney, “One of the best songwriters working in the world today,” and the late Townes Van Zandt once said, “Anytime anyone asks me who my favorite music writers are, I say, ‘Mozart, Lightnin’ Hopkins, Bob Dylan and Dave Olney.’”
 
Olney’s songs have been recorded by Harris, Del McCourty, Linda Ronstadt, Steve Young, and many others. His lyrics are products of a remarkable inquisitiveness that allowed him to explore subjects that few songwriters would consider: He wrote of a Nashville train disaster, of baseball shortstop Phil Rizzuto, and of actor John Barrymore. He wrote about Jesus Christ from the narrative perspective of the donkey that carried him into Jerusalem, and about the Titanic from the perspective of the iceberg that sank the ship.
 
His friend and songwriting great Guy Clark said that Olney’s art “transcends craftsmanship. It’s inspired, for sure.”
 
Olney moved to Nashville after briefly studying English at the University of North Carolina. He quickly fell in with a group of like-minded songwriters that included Clark, Van Zandt, Rodney Crowell, and Richard Dobson. In the early 1980s, he formed The X-Rays, a jagged rock band that secured a contract with Rounder Records. In 1986, he embarked on a solo recording career that produced more than 20 albums and allowed him to travel the world making music.
 
He is survived by wife, Regine, daughter, Lillian, and son, Redding, and by a devastated music community. Memorial details are not yet available. 

13.07.2020
Paleis 12, Brussel
Tickets te koop vanaf vrijdag 24 januari om 10u.

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Volgende zomer zal Diana Ross niet enkel het 'Sunday Legends Slot’ op het Glastonbury Festival invullen, maar ook haar fans in Ierland, UK, Spanje en België trakteren op een wervelende show vol tijdloze muziek, schittering en glamour. Op 13 juli 2020 komt ze naar Paleis 12 in Brussel.

Diana Ross is een icoon. Ze wordt beschouwd als één van de succesvolste zangeressen en entertainers aller tijden. Vanaf haar debuut als frontvrouw van The Supremes en tijdens haar onnavolgbare solocarrière hertekende Ross het muzieklandschap en maakte ze de weg vrij voor hedendaagse sterren.

Als erkenning voor haar internationale verwezenlijkingen op cultureel en humanitair vlak kreeg Ross in 2007 de prestigieuze Kennedy Center Honors in Washington DC. In 2012 kreeg ze de hoogst mogelijke erkenning van de National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences: een GRAMMY® Lifetime Achievement Award. In 2016 mocht Ross dan weer de Presidential Medal of Freedom in ontvangst nemen, de meest prestigieuze erkenning die een Amerikaans staatsburger kan krijgen. President Obama sprak bij de uitreiking de gevleugelde woorden: "ze straalt gratie uit, haar invloed is onontkoombaar”.
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Maar het liefst van al staat ze onder de gloed van de spots en vertolkt ze de songs die in ons collectief geheugen gegrift staan: "I’m Coming out”, "More Today Than Yesterday”, "Stop! In The Name Of Love”, "You can’t hurry love”, "Love Child”, "The Boss”, "Upside Down”, "Love Hangover”, "Why Do Fools Fall in Love”, "Ain’t No Mountain High Enough”, "I Will Survive” en "Reach Out and Touch (Somebody’s Hand)”.
Op 13 juli krijg je de unieke kans om een diamanten -75 jaar jong- Diana live aan het werk te zien. Tickets te koop vanaf vrijdag 24 januari om 10u via greenhousetalent.be.

 

THE INSPECTOR CLUZO
BROTHERS IN IDEALS 
We the People of the Soil UNPLUGGED 
Out Jan. 17th, 2020, available on CD / LP / Digital 
(F.thebassplayer Records/Caroline International) 
Engineered, mixed and produced by Vance Powell (Jack White, Clutch, The Raconteurs, Stapleton)

Live with 5 piece acoustic band @Botanique 4 Februari ​

​Het verhaal van The Inspector Cluzo is tegelijk ongelooflijk, atypisch, buitengewoon.

De 'Rockfarmers' combineren hun carrière als muzikanten met het runnen van een Bio boerderij in Gascogne (met hun families). In de beide disciplines staan indie / onafhankelijk zijn voorop, dus hebben ze een eigen label (en nu Caroline als distributeur), eigen management, eigen booking, eigen financiën … . Bovendien is hun motto ‘act locally to think global’, zo verdelen ze de producten van hun boerderij via lokale netwerken (coop's).

Ze vierden een jaar geleden hun 10e verjaardag als duo met een album "We the people of the soil" - waarmee ze bijna letterlijk over de hele wereld opgetreden hebben (in Be op Bsf, in de AB en Bota). Geproduceerd door Vance Powell (rechterhand van Jack White), ging het album (tot nu toe) al meer dan 25.000 keer fysiek over de toonbank). Clutch (US), nam het duo mee op hun Europese én Amerikaanse tournees, waarna ook Eels overstag ging en E zich deze lente als fan van de band outte en hen meenam op een aantal US data. 

Het album "We People Of The Soil" werd danig goed ontvangen dat de Cluzo's besloten een volgende stap te zetten: "Brothers In Ideals". Een akoestische versie van "We the People of the Soil" werd afgelopen Mei in Nashville, TN live (analoog) opgenomen op amper 4 dagen tijd, opnieuw geproduced en gemixt door de 6x Grammy Awards Vance Powell (The Raconteurs, Jack White, Stapleton). De bezetting omvatte naast de 2 Cluzo's ook een paar gastmuzikanten uit Nashville: een viool, een cello en een piano/Wurlitzer breiden het soulvolle klankpalet uit. Het album verschijnt op 17 januari, gevolgd door een een exclusieve tourné....met dus een uitzonderlijk concert, op 4 februari in de Botanique te Brussel.

TIC over het nieuwe album: 
It was the proper time to record our 1st acoustic record... to share what we felt in that Middle West with Clutch & Eels, a kind of a testimony. After the EELS tour we stopped and recorded in Vance Powell's studio. All was recorde live live during 4 days, mixed in 2 days. Just like this, simple..We invited some friends, Charles Treadway (piano, Wurlitzer), Eleonore Denig (Violin), Austin Hoke(Cello) and Marianne Dissard(Vocal on "The Best") (Cfr Calexico) we played all together in the studio...that's it. We were not planning to release it, but being our own Label and doing what we want we decided to release it - never having a specific career plan, just following our artistic feelings. ​

Jimmy Heath, a prolific saxophonist, composer and bandleader who played alongside some of the biggest names of jazz, including Miles Davis and John Coltrane, has died.

Heath died Sunday morning in Loganville, Georgia of natural causes, his grandson told NPR. He was 93 years old. His family was at his side, including his wife of 60 years, Mona Heath, his children Mtume and Rozie, his grandchildren and great-grandchildren, and his brother, drummer Albert "Tootie" Heath.

In a career that spanned seven decades, Heath brought the bebop he loved to big bands — and into the 21st century.
Heath is best known as a saxophonist, but he wrote and arranged music throughout his life. In 2013, when he was 87 years old, he told NPR it was important to be a complete musician. "Not just to stand up and improvise," he stressed. "You know, you got to compose. I want to be a person who can compose, and leave something here for posterity."

Heath left hundreds of compositions that were performed by his own bands, and others.
Phil Schaap is a curator of Jazz at Lincoln Center. He says that one of Jimmy Heath's most important contributions was bringing the bebop revolution of the 1940s to succeeding generations.

"Moses is dead. The tablets are still here," Schaap declares. "Well, Jimmy Heath read the commandments of jazz, and he got the tablets from the great prophets. And he used it his way to great benefit, and he even fed it back towards the prophets. You know, Miles Davis used his stuff. Charlie Parker used his stuff. And John Coltrane was nurtured by Jimmy Heath."

James Edward Heath was born October 25, 1926, in Philadelphia. His sister Elizabeth played piano; his older brother Percy played violin and bass; and his younger brother Tootie played the drums.

"My father played the clarinet," recalled Jimmy Heath. "He was an auto mechanic for a living, but he played the clarinet on the weekends. He'd get it out of the pawn shop and play in a marching band in Philadelphia. But my mother sang in a church choir. But we were privy to have all these great recordings in our home at that time. We heard all the bands. The big bands were prominent at that time."

​Jimmy Heath developed a big sound on his saxophone. But he was a little man — 5'3". For most of his life, his colleagues on the bandstand called him "Shorty" and "Little Bird" (a reference to saxophonist Charlie Parker, who was nicknamed "Bird").

"My father told me about that. He was a small guy," Heath said. "He says, 'Jimmy, you just got to work harder as a little person. Because the big guys get all of the girls, and all of the gigs. They get everything. But if you pursue your profession, and music, like I do, every day, just like before you came in here, I was practicing. And things like that, you can overcome these myths.'"
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Jimmy Heath had to overcome more than myths. He beat a very real heroin habit, and went on to perform and record for more than half a century. He also taught for 20 years at Queens College in New York. Heath said the reason he was able to do all that was simple.

"I'm going to do this until I leave. This is all I love. It's a matter of love. If you love what you do, and you can make a living at it, What's better?"

And Jimmy Heath was one of the best.

Sharing All He’s Learned Lately About Love,
The Multi-Talented Indie Singer/Songwriter and Producer Gets
The Seduction Off to A Vibey, Up-tempo Start With The
Upcoming Drop of The Lead Single “Virginia Is for Lovers”
Adopted by the Virginia State Travel Service 50 years ago, “Virginia is For Lovers” has become one of the most beloved and iconic slogans in the world. While it’s meant a lot of different things to many people over time, the one constant has been spreading love. With the release of his fresh new single with that title, Richmond-based multi-talented singer/songwriter and producer Lydell Williams spreads that love while continuing to fulfill his mission of getting us back to the roots of R&B and Neo-soul with substance. 
Driven by an uptempo, vibey and ultra-seductive flow, “Virginia is for Lovers” is, for Williams, “a great representation of what love is, and my recent experiences with love, Richmond being considered by many the city of love, period.” It’s also the perfect intro to the singer’s highly anticipated upcoming full-length album Without You, whose tracks groove together to create a powerful and emotional, moment by moment chronicle of a profound recent relationship in his life, which played out very much like the plotline of the classic 1997 romantic drama film “Love Jones.”

​The great Chicago bluesman Luther Allison lived by a simple philosophy that he was happy to share (“Leave your ego, play the music, love the people”). Now, twenty-three years after Luther’s passing, the great man would surely be thrilled to hear Bernard Allison’s Songs From The Road, and proud to find that his ferociously talented son is sworn to the same mission, bringing soul-soaked, all-guns-blazing blues to audiences who need it more than ever.
Released in January 2020 as a CD/DVD set on Ruf Records, Songs From The Road is a live snapshot so raw and real that hearing it feels like hanging off the security barrier of Dortmund’s Musiktheater Piano club when Bernard and his crack-squad band hit town last October 23rd. With an A-list crew on-hand – and a dynamic mix from industry legend Jim Gaines – this immersive recording catches every last flash of virtuosity, bead of sweat and drop of atmosphere. “I actually prefer live performances,” says Bernard, “because you can communicate and interact with the audience. I basically feed off of that energy, combined with my group’s talent and personalities.”
Since he embarked on his acclaimed solo career with 1990’s The Next Generation, Bernard’s studio catalogue has been heavy with highlights, and that night in Germany, every fan in the house got something off their wish-list. This prolific songwriter reminded us that his recent output is his strongest to date, with cuts from last year’s acclaimed Let It Go album including Night Train, Cruisin For A Bluesin, Same Ole Feeling, Backdoor Man and the wound-licking slow-blues of You’re Gonna Need Me. “We showed more mature songwriting with that album,” he nods.
But Bernard is happy to embrace his past glories, too, on a setlist that digs up his studio catalogue for diamonds. From 1998’s Times Are Changing album, there’s The Way Love Was Meant To Be and the funky strut of I Can’t Get You Out Of My Head. From 2000’s Across The Water, there’s Meet Me Half Way and the powerhouse, fingertwist blues-rock of Feels Kinda Funny. After stopping off for the grooving title track from 2002’s Storms Of Life, Bernard pulls out Stay With Me Tonight from 2005’s Higher Power, and mines 2015’s In The Mix for fan-favourites Call Me Momma and Something’s Wrong.
Oldest of all – and a treat for long-standing fans – is Let’s Try It Again. Borrowed from his father’s classic 1984 album, Life Is A Bitch, it’s a moment that brings Allison Jr’s story full circle, reminding us of his own formative years, when he jammed with Luther as a kid, broke out in the band of Koko Taylor and frequently cut heads onstage with close friend Stevie Ray Vaughan.
You might know the songs – but you don’t know these interpretations. With Bernard leading the lineup on vocals and searing lead guitar, backed by Dylan Salfer (guitar), George Moye (bass), Mario Dawson (drums) and José James (sax/percussion), this is a live band whose chemistry lets them stretch out and shake up these classic songs. “Fans that know our choice of songs will notice the change in arrangements that highlight my current band members,” says Bernard. “As opposed to hearing the studio versions, which normally feature my vocals and guitar. We’re the Bernard Allison Group and we show our unity night after night across the world. It’s ‘the Allison way’…”
On Songs From The Road, the result is a glorious exchange of energy between band and crowd – and evidence that Luther’s old philosophy is burning brighter than ever. “Our shows aren’t like going to the movies and staring at the big screen,” Bernard considers. “We’re there for the people to enjoy each other’s stories for the evening.”

Romano Nervoso, de zelfverklaarde ‘Godfather van de Spaghettirock’, omschrijft zijn muziek als wilde rock-'n-roll gespeeld door Italianen (en een Griek).

Nadat hij Danko Jones in 2005 aan het werk zag in zijn thuisstad Toronto, groeide er een wederzijds respect voor elkaar als muzikanten. Het begin van een nieuwe vriendschap, die eind 2019 resulteerde in de release van ‘Wild Boy feat. Danko Jones’, de eerste single van Romano Nervoso's vierde album ‘The Return of the Rocking Dead’.(11 April 2020 via Mottow Soundz) 
 
Check Romano Nervoso als support van Danko Jones tijdens zijn tournee in België:
In januari kan je Romano Nervoso op volgende locaties live aan het werk zien in het voorprogramma van Danko Jones: 
22 January – Het Depot, Leuven 
24 January – De Kreun, Kortrijk 
26 January – De Casino, Sint-Niklaas 
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Na vijf jaar stilte is Roosbeef terug. Terug uit Kentucky én met een nieuw studio-album dat ons wachten rijkelijk beloont: 'Lucky'.

'Lucky' is komende week album van de week op Radio 1. Op zaterdag is frontvrouw Roos Rebergen te gast bij Belpop (Radio 1) en op zondag hoor/zie je Roosbeef voor het eerst in de nieuwe bezetting live op De Zevende Dag (Eén). 
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OVER 'LUCKY'Met ‘Lucky’ — het vierde studioalbum van Roosbeef — is terugkomen voor Roos Rebergen ook thuiskomen. Het hiaat sinds de vorige plaat is niet onbewogen geweest. Ze heeft haar muzikale bron opgezocht en twee jaar tussen de bluegrass geleefd. Ze vond daar meer dan muziek. Ze zag natuur zo groot als de wereld en mensen die alleen zijn en elkaar nodig hebben. Achter de Appalachen leerde ze het Amerikaanse lied beter begrijpen, en hoorde verhalen die nu op ‘Lucky’ een weerklank vinden.

Intussen belandde Roos terug in Antwerpen. Ze raapte haar band terug bijeen, met als nieuwe aanwinst Pascal Deweze (Sukilove, Metal Molly), maar nog altijd met Tim van Oosten (Het Zesde Metaal) op drums  en Tom Pintens (Zita Swoon, Het Zesde Metaal) op gitaar en keys. Met het ongelofelijke vakmanschap van de band is het resultaat niet mals. ‘Lucky’ snijdt diagonaal door de ziel en heeft vele facetten.

Met ‘Lucky’ verkent Rebergen nieuwe oorden. Het is een testament van haar muzikaal en tekstueel wasdom, wat onderschreven wordt door de ijzersterke band, die een groot deel van de arrangement voor deze plaat op zich nam. Pascal Deweze nam de productie en mixing voor zijn rekening. Ook Tom Pintens speelde een bijzondere rol in de productie en arrangementen. Roosbeef is terug!

Roosbeef staat sinds 2005 garant voor Nederlandstalige, humoristische pop, dwarse melodieën en spannende live-shows. 
Vandaag is Roosbeef niet alleen meer de band van Roos Rebergen, maar net zo goed die van Tim Van Oosten, Pascal Deweze (producer van ‘Lucky’) en Tom Pintens.

Eerder loste Roosbeef twee singles als voorlopers van het album: 'Menselijke Mensen' en 'In Mijnen Tijd'. 

​After making her first appearance on the ballot, the late superstar has been honored with induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame as part of its class of 2020.
Joining Houston as inductees this year will be another late icon, rapper The Notorious B.I.G., as well as The Doobie Brothers, '80s synth-pop pioneers Depeche Mode, alt-rock veterans Nine Inch Nails and British glam rockers T. Rex.
Houston sold 200 million records worldwide was the first artist to have seven consecutive No. 1 hits.
She was also the first female artist to have an album debut at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart. Her awards are so numerous that she's in the Guinness Book of World Records.
In 2019, Houston returned to the charts with a remix of "Higher Love" produced by KYGO, and with a posthumous duet of "Do You Hear What I Hear?" with Pentatonix. Next month, a hologram tour sanctioned by her estate gets underway in England.
While some may dismiss her as simply a pop singer, Rock Hall President and CEO Greg Harris says Houston is more along the lines of some of the legendary singers who are already in the Rock Hall.
He told ABC Audio, "[She] ... follows in the footsteps of those great diverse singers before her, like Marvin Gaye and Smokey Robinson and Aretha Franklin. They could deliver soulful ballads and hard-hitting dance numbers, rock and roll, soul, funk all rolled together."
The 2020 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony will be held Saturday, May 2 in Cleveland, Ohio, and will air live for the first time starting at 8 p.m. ET on HBO.
Tickets to the ceremony go on sale Feb. 27 at 10 a.m. ET via www.RockHall.com.

De affiche van Gent Jazz krijgt verder vorm met vier, enfin, vijf topacts! Novastar en Stef Kamil Carlens zullen, net als vorige zomer, openen voor Sting op dinsdag 14 juli. Het exotische jazzcollectief Compro Oro sluit op zondag 12 juli de Garden Stage af. En ook de Amerikaanse singer-songwriter Marc Cohn strijkt op zondag 12 juli op de Bijlokesite neer, in het gezelschap van de legendarische gospelband The Blind Boys of Alabama. Ze spelen er net voor Van Morrison.
De festivaldag van Sting is intussen volledig uitverkocht, maar voor de dag van Van Morrison zijn nog standaardtickets te koop via gentjazz.com.
Hieronder vindt u meer informatie over de nieuwe namen van Gent Jazz, dat dit jaar plaatsvindt van 8 tot 18 juli.
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Het is eindelijk bijna zo ver: de voorverkoop gaat starten. Morgen, woensdag 15 januari, zal om 12.00 uur de voorverkoop van start gaan. Daarnaast hebben we weer nieuwe namen toegevoegd aan het affiche voor Moulin Blues 2020. Tevens introduceren we je in deze nieuwsbrief iets nieuws: de Festipi op Moulin Blues!

Voorverkoop
Zoals al eerder aangegeven is het voor de vroege vogels weer mogelijk om early bird combitickets, tegen gereduceerd tarief, te bemachtigen. Let wel: er zijn maar een beperkt aantal early bird tickets verkrijgbaar en er geldt: maximaal 4 early bird tickets p.p. Natuurlijk zijn er ook reguliere dag- en weekendtickets verkrijgbaar! Vanaf morgen op www.moulinblues.nl.

Let op: vanaf deze editie is het helaas niet meer mogelijk om tickets in de voorverkoop bij Primera vestigingen aan te schaffen.
 

 
Nieuwe namen Moulin Blues 2020:

Texas Blues Guitar Summit ft. Anson Funderburgh, Mike Morgan & Shawn Pittman (USA)

Nikki Hill (USA)

Dany Franchi (ITA)

Travellin' Blue Kings (NL/BE)

Richville (NL)

Festipi op Moulin Blues 2020

Vanaf deze 35e editie is het mogelijk om op de Moulin Blues Camping te overnachten in een ware Festipi. Comfortabel overnachten met alle positieve elementen van een tipi-tent. Je kunt een Festipi huren incl. inrichting (bed, slaapzak etc.). De Festipi is een Tipi tent met een doorsnede van 3 meter. Ideaal voor 1, 2 of 3 personen.

 
Meer info over Festipi
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Pearl Jam komt voor het eerst in zeven jaar met een nieuw album. De Amerikaanse rockband van zanger en gitarist Eddie Vedder presenteert op 27 maart ‘Gigaton’, hun elfde studioplaat. Dat heeft de groep op zijn website bekendgemaakt.

Het laatste album was ‘Lightning Bolt’ uit 2013, waarvoor de groep een Grammy won. “Het maken van deze plaat was een lange weg”, zegt gitarist Mike McCready in een korte verklaring op de website. “Het was emotioneel duister en soms zeer verwarrend. Maar het proces was ook opwindend en gaf ons een experimentele plattegrond naar muzikale verlossing.”
McCready had in november al laten weten dat de groep recent weer de studio in was gedoken. De groep had dit weekend op sociale media al gehint op een spannende mededeling, met twee mysterieuze foto's.

Pearl Jam geldt als een van de grootste bands die de Amerikaanse stad Seattle in de jaren negentig heeft voortgebracht. Hun debuutalbum ‘Ten’ sloeg in 1991 in als een bom, dankzij hits als ‘Jeremy’, ‘Alive’ en ‘Black’.

Deze zomer, op 2 juli 2020, staat Pearl Jam als headliner op het podium van Rock Werchter. Diezelfde maand treedt de groep ook twee keer op in de Ziggo Dome in Amsterdam. Die concerten zijn uitverkocht.
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The popular and award-winning orchestra, Thorbjørn Risager & The Black Tornado, brings forth a new album via Ruf Records on January 31, 2020. The intensity is intact, but there is also room for new streaks of melancholy. Through more than 1,000 concerts in 21 different countries, the hard-swinging, critically acclaimed ensemble makes people smile and dance. For that is what the blues is capable of, grooving away life’s problems. On this, his 10th album, frontman Thorbjørn Risager knows this better than most, tackling complex topics  from own age to political reality.

In this way, the title Come on In, symbolizes everything that Thorbjørn Risager & The Black Tornado stand for. Thorbjørn explains: “Some people think the blues is sad because it’s named after the color of the melancholy and has its roots in music played by the slaves in the United States. But you have to remember that this was music that people gathered around when they were trying to relax from their hardships. It emerged in festive situations and was meant to be danced to. I would like to help lift that tradition:  To try to ease your problems through music, and then go home with a smile on your lips.”
Presently, the band still work in the same way as when they began. Thorbjørn Risager sits at home with his acoustic guitar and creates the core of the song before they enter the studio, where everyone offers beats, bass lines, horn parts, backup vocals and fills. All that provides the Black Tornado with a sound that evokes a feeling of the elements raging around Risager’s voice.
Their open-minded and innovative approach to the blues adds elements to the songs from genres like funk, gospel, soul and rock ‘n’ roll. It all depends on the feeling and the direction of the song. One of the significant nuances of the new album is its axis of melancholic songs with acoustic guitar. It has instinctively arisen because the blues now reflects where Risager stands in life.
“The blues is my outlet. And this time, I’ve written some songs about having doubts about whether I’m the right place in my life. However, there is something fundamental in my songwriting that seeks the light. Which is about clenching your teeth together, saying, ‘I’ll just keep moving on’.”
Some orchestras break through and fade out. Others give up if the breakthrough doesn’t immediately show up. And then there are those for whom it is a matter of life and death to play music, steadily gaining popularity by keeping the standards high year after year. Thorbjørn Risager & The Black Tornado belong to the latter category. Quietly, both in Denmark and abroad, there is a growing awareness of their explosive concerts, in which guitar, bass, drums, organ and horns surround Risager’s powerful vocals – reviewers have drawn parallels to both Ray Charles and Joe Cocker.
The Blues has been in Risager’s bloodstream ever since he, at the age of 10, heard something absolutely magical. In his home in Jyllinge, his two music teacher parents primarily put classical records on the turntable, but at the neighbor’s house another world opened up. Thorbjørn was too young to understand the depth of the roots, the amount of dust and gravel, the size of the pain, and not least the redeeming euphoria of singing it all out. He just knew that he had to take it home with him. So he got cassette tapes with the exotic music and for years he was falling asleep to the sounds of Fats Domino and Muddy Waters.

Albert Cummings werkte samen met Double Trouble, de ritmesectie van Stevie Ray Vaughan en deelde het podium met B.B. King, Johnny Winter en Buddy Guy. Rondje namedropping om het muzikaal soortelijk gewicht van Albert Cummings te schetsen.
Deze gitaarlegende in wording schrijft, speelt en zingt al twintig jaar lang de blues zoals geen ander dat kan. Zijn muziek wordt het best live geserveerd, met een enthousiast publiek en een killin’ band, en dat is precies wat deze Amerikaan komt doen op Blues Peer.
"Believe", zijn nieuwste worp, ligt in de rekken op 14 februari en belooft een warme mix van blues, country en rock ’n roll. Het water loopt ons reeds in de mond.
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​As far as anyone knows, Dolly Parton is mortal just like the rest of us, despite her seemingly boundless musical creativity and industrious hustle. Unlike most of the rest of us, however, she actually has a plan to preserve her musical legacy for all the generations yet to come.

In the final episode of WNYC’s hit podcast Dolly Parton’s America, co-producer Jad Abumrad catches Parton in a spiritual, reflective mood and poses questions to her about faith, the afterlife, and planning for the eventual end.

“I’ve got hundreds, hundreds, even thousands of songs — a big part of them have never even been recorded,” Parton tells Abumrad, around 21:45 in the episode. “There’s enough stuff to go on forever with my music, to do compilation albums, to do new and original stuff. I am purposely trying to put songs down for that very purpose, to have a click track and my vocals where any arrangement could be done.”
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Without really going into details, Parton says she’d like for producers and songwriters of the future to be able to take her vocal tracks and overlay them with whatever kind of song they’re recording.

Jaarlijks zoekt radiozender Stubru naar aanstormend muzikaal talent in België. Ook dit jaar zullen bands en artiesten strijden om de titel in 'De Nieuwe Lichting'. Vandaag maakte Studio Brussel de negen finalisten bekend.


De finalisten zijn Alison Jutta, Crooked Steps, Demi Lou, Dvkes, IKRAAAN, Rian Snoeks, Sunday Rose, The Radar Station en Yong Yello. Zij werden gekozen uit maar liefst 999 inzendingen. Een jury, bestaande uit Jan Paternoster (Black Box Revelation), Black Mamba, Jeroen De Pessemier (The Subs), Michael Ilegems (Knack Focus) en juryvoorzitster Kirsten Lemaire, pikten de negen finalisten eruit.

Van 13 tot 23 januari zullen de finalisten om de beurt eens voorgesteld worden aan het grote publiek. Vanaf dan kan iedereen via de Studio Brussel-app en op de website stemmen op zijn of haar drie favoriete bands. Op 30 januari maakt Studio Brussel live vanuit Trix in Antwerpen de drie winnaars bekend. De winnaars winnen airplay op Studio Brussel en professionele begeleiding op maat in Trix.

Sinds 2013 stelt Studio Brussel elk jaar een nieuwe lichting voor aan het brede publiek, drie jonge beloftevolle bands of muzikanten die alles in huis hebben om de toekomst van de Belgische muziek mee te bepalen. Vorig jaar nog waren Mooneye, David Ngyah en Tessa Dixson 'De Nieuwe Lichting' van Studio Brussel. Andere ex-winnaars uit het verleden zijn onder meer Sons, Tamino, Portland, Brihang en Equal Idiots.

An impressive assembly of blues music masters, ranging from Blues Hall of Famers to rising stars, will gather in Memphis on Thursday May 7, for the 41st annual Blues Music Awards. Presented by The Blues Foundation, the BMAs honor the past year’s exceptional achievements in blues music recording, performance, and songwriting, as well as supporting the blues’ rich cultural traditions. This celebratory evening, recognized internationally as the blues world’s premier event, not only attracts nearly all the nominees, but also presents them in performance.

The event takes place at Memphis’ Cannon Center for the Performing Arts (255 North Main Street), where a Blue Carpet will lead to the theater. Doors open at 5:30 p.m., with the ceremony commencing at 6:30 p.m. sharp. Tickets range from individual seats for $80 to full boxes of 10 for $2,500 per box, with most seats being at a $150 per person price point. All tickets (unless otherwise noted) include admission to the post-show After Party, which will feature additional live performances by nominees, buffet dinner, cash bars, and more festivities. The After Party takes place in the newly renovated Grand Lobby of the Renasant Convention Center, which is attached to the Cannon Center via an indoor walkway. Ticket sales are now open and can be purchased by clicking here.

The day before the BMAs, The Blues Foundation’s Blues Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony takes place Wednesday, May 6, at Memphis’ Halloran Centre at the Orpheum (225 South Main Street). Following a 5:30 p.m. cocktail reception, the inductions begin at 6:30 p.m. in the Halloran Theater. Tickets, which include ceremony and reception admission, are $75 each and, as with any other musical event or charitable donation, they are non-refundable. Tickets to all Blues Music Awards week events will be available at Will Call only; pick-up location information will be released one week ahead of the Blues Music Awards.
The ballot will be open for voting by current Blues Foundation members only until 5 p.m. CST on Friday, February 28.  To become a Blues Foundation member, click here to learn about the different membership levels and how to easily and securely join online. Upon membership confirmation, new and renewing members will be sent instructions on how to access the 2020 Blues Music Awards Ballot.


And the 2020 Blues Music Award nominees are…

​Acoustic Blues Album, Sponsored by Newman, DeCoster
Catfish Crawl – Catfish Keith
Confessin’ My Dues – Terry Robb
Good as Your Last Dollar – Fruteland Jackson
Solo Ride – Bruce Katz
This Guitar and Tonight – Bob Margolin
Acoustic Blues Artist, Sponsored by Folk Alliance International
Eric Bibb
Guy Davis
Rhiannon Giddens
Fruteland Jackson
Doug MacLeod
Album of the Year, Sponsored by Rum Boogie Café and Blues Hall
Church of the Blues – Watermelon Slim
Hail to The Kings! – The Cash Box Kings
Kingfish – Christone “Kingfish” Ingram
The Preacher, The Politician or the Pimp – Toronzo Cannon
Roots and Branches: The Songs of Little Walter – Billy Branch & the Sons of Blues
B.B. King Entertainer of the Year, Sponsored by B.B. King’s Blues Club
Billy Branch
Rick Estrin
Sugaray Rayford
Bobby Rush
Mavis Staples
Band of the Year
The Cash Box Kings
The Nick Moss Band featuring Dennis Gruenling
Rick Estrin and the Nightcats
Southern Avenue
Sugaray Rayford Band
Best Emerging Artist Album
Before Me – Ben Levin
Folie a deux – Hudspeth & Taylor
Kingfish – Christone “Kingfish” Ingram
Spectacular Class – Jontavious Willis
Through My Eyes – John “Blues” Boyd
Blues Rock Album
Killin’ It Live – Tommy Castro & The Painkillers
Masterpiece – Albert Castiglia
Reckless Heart – Joanne Shaw Taylor
Survivor Blues – Walter Trout
Up and Rolling – North Mississippi Allstars
Blues Rock Artist, Sponsored by Landmark Band
Albert Castiglia
Tommy Castro
Tinsley Ellis
Eric Gales
Walter Trout
Contemporary Blues Album
Contemporary – Rick Estrin and The Nightcats
Don’t Pass Me By: A Tribute to Sean Costello – Various Artists
Kingfish – Christone “Kingfish” Ingram
The Preacher, The Politician or The Pimp – Toronzo Cannon
Venom & Faith – Larkin Poe
Contemporary Blues Female Artist
Diane Blue
Vanessa Collier
Shemekia Copeland
Samantha Fish
Janiva Magness
Contemporary Blues Male Artist
Toronzo Cannon
Gary Clark Jr.
Luther Dickinson
Rick Estrin
Christone “Kingfish” Ingram
Instrumentalist Bass
Willie J. Campbell
Patrick Rynn
Bill Stuve
Larry Taylor
Michael “Mudcat” Ward
Instrumentalist Drums
Tony Braunagel
Cedric Burnside
June Core
Derrick D’Mar Martin
Kenny “Beedy Eyes” Smith
Instrumentalist Guitar
Christoffer “Kid” Andersen
Laura Chavez
Christone “Kingfish” Ingram
Junior Watson
“Monster” Mike Welch
Instrumentalist Harmonica, Sponsored by Hohner Harmonica
Billy Branch
Rick Estrin
Dennis Gruenling
Brandon Santini
Kim Wilson
Instrumentalist Horn
Mindi Abair
Jimmy Carpenter
Vanessa Collier
Trombone Shorty
Nancy Wright
Instrumentalist Piano (Pinetop Perkins Piano Player)
Anthony Geraci
Bruce Katz
Dave Keyes
Jim Pugh
Victor Wainwright
Instrumentalist Vocals
Shemekia Copeland
Sugaray Rayford
Curtis Salgado
Mavis Staples
Dawn Tyler Watson
Song of the Year
“Bleach Blonde Bottle Blues,” written by Rebecca Lovell
“Lucky Guy,” written by Nick Moss
“Resentment File,” written by Rick Estrin, Joe Louis Walker, and JoJo Russo
“Time To Get Movin’,” written by Eric Corne
“The Wine Talkin’,” written by Joe Nosek, John Hahn, and Oscar Wilson
Soul Blues Album
Dog Eat Dog – Billy Price
Keep On – Southern Avenue
Real Street – Tad Robinson
Sitting On Top of the Blues – Bobby Rush
Somebody Save Me – Sugaray Rayford
Soul Blues Female Artist
Annika Chambers
Thornetta Davis
Bettye LaVette
Terrie Odabi
Vaneese Thomas
Soul Blues Male Artist
Billy Price
Sugaray Rayford
Tad Robinson
Curtis Salgado
Wee Willie Walker
Traditional Blues Album
Church of the Blues – Watermelon Slim
Hail to the Kings! – The Cash Box Kings
Lucky Guy! – The Nick Moss Band Featuring Dennis Gruenling
Roots and Branches – The Songs of Little Walter – Billy Branch & the Sons of Blues
Spectacular Class – Jontavious Willis
Traditional Blues Female Artist  (Koko Taylor Award)
Rory Block
Sue Foley
Mary Lane
Trudy Lynn
Teeny Tucker
Traditional Blues Male Artist
Lurrie Bell
Billy Branch
John Primer
Jimmie Vaughan
Jontavious Willis

Zo'n 50 jaar na het uitbrengen van zijn negende studioalbum 'Nashville Skyline', bouwt de Amerikaanse zanger-componist en Nobelprijswinnaar Bob Dylan (78) een voormalige kerk in Nashville om tot een cultuurcentrum.


Het centrum krijgt de naam "Heaven's Door Distillery And Center For The Arts" en gaat nog dit jaar open, aldus de toeristische dienst van de Amerikaanse deelstaat Tennessee. De voormalige methodistische kerk in Elm Street wordt dan een whiskydistillerie, concertzaal, restaurant en cultuurcentrum. Dylan wil er ook zijn eigen tekeningen en sculpturen tentoonstellen.

Bob Dylan is geboren in de staat Minnesota en raakte bekend met zijn muziek toen hij in New York woonde, maar de affiniteit met de stad Nashville, ook bekend als bakermat van heel wat countrymuziek, drukte de zanger dus al in april 1969 uit met het album 'Nashville Skyline'.

Mocht je niet helemaal bekend zijn met BLACK MIRRORS:  sinds hun album ‘Look Into The Black Mirror’ verscheen in september 2018, speelde de Brusselse band zo'n 120 shows verspreid over 16 Europese landen, won het een DMA-award (RTBF) en speelden ze op talloze festivals, waaronder het internationaal gelauwerde showcasefestival Reeperbahn Music Festival in Hamburg. Na dit uitzonderlijk parcours kon een uitnodiging van het befaamde Eurosonic showcasefestival in Groningen dan ook niet uitblijven. De Brusselse rockband rond de erg charismatische zangeres Marcella Di Troia is duidelijk (niet enkel naar Belgische normen) bezig aan een straf parcours, en blijkbaar volgt er nog meer!

Zo trok BLACK MIRRORS recent de “plug” uit enkele van hun albumsongs en herwerkten ze twee stevige rocknummers tot intens gevoelige ballads. In deze versies toont de band opnieuw over een uitzonderlijk en breed muzikaal talent te beschikken en de zangprestaties van Marcella kruipen genadeloos onder de huid!  Anderhalf jaar na hun release show in Ancienne Belgique (maanden op voorhand uitverkocht) lijkt BLACK MIRRORS dus nog niet klaar met hun succesvolle debuutplaat!
 
*Hun debuut ‘Look Into The Black Mirror’ kwam wereldwijd uit via Napalm Records (Smashing Pumpkins, Alter Bridge, Powerwolf,…) en PIAS België. Het album vol met opzwepende en groovende alternatieve Rock, met hier en daar wat vintage invloeden, kreeg internationaal lovende recensies en bleek een opvallend breed publiek aan te spreken. 

15 januari 2020 spelen ze op ESNS en in januari/februari brengen ze twee Unplugged singles/video's uit. De eerste "Günther Kimmich" zal deze week - voor hun show op ESNS - uitgebracht worden en kan je hier al checken.
 
Sounds like ? Dit schreef de ESNS redactie over Black Mirrors:  
Waar alternatieve rock, Sjamanistische psychedelica en vocale virtuositeit elkaar ontmoeten. Combineer Royal Blood, Massive Attack, Janis Joplin, Queens Of The Stone Age en Anouk, en je krijgt Black Mirrors. Het Brusselse viertal heeft de attitude, de vlammende rock, de hypnotiserende melodieën en de grooves om dit voor elkaar te boksen. Dat onderstreepten ze door de DMA prijs voor beste artiest ‘Rock & Alternative 2018’ mee naar huis te nemen.

Ugly Runner is a 3-piece rock ‘n’ roll outfit from Asheville, North Carolina. As broad as the spectrum of rock ‘n’ roll itself, so are the influences of Ugly Runner, which range from California Punk to British Rhythm & Blues. Aiming to create timeless rock 'n' roll that dances on the edge of psychedelia, and invokes nostalgia from the first listen, the band entered the studio in May 2019 to record their debut EP, “Romanticizer,” at Sedgwick Studios in Flat Rock, NC. Working with engineer, Peter Brownlee, they tracked the 6-song EP and spent the remainder of the summer playing shows and preparing for the release of their debut EP. Ugly Runner's “Romanticizer” will be released on Cleopatra Records on . 
 
Says the band, “'Romanticizer' is an EP we wanted to put out as a rock ’n’ roll showcase. It’s not a concept album in a lyrical sense, but it is a representation of personal growth, addiction, relationships, and the hope for societal awareness all around us. The concept: let’s put out rock ‘n’ roll music that flirts with various sub-genres while harnessing a fresh aesthetic, a unique delivery, and striving for distinction between tracks.” 
 
Ugly Runner music evokes sounds of The Stooges, Ty Segall & The Pixies on their debut EP!
 
Says Brett, “'Romanticizer' was mostly written in the winter of 2019 before Ugly Runner was formed. Stephen had written a collection of songs, and we picked the songs we thought best represented Ugly Runner. The entire EP was tracked over 3 days at Sedgwick Studios in Flat Rock, North Carolina. Peter Brownlee was brought on to engineer the project, and then we spent the next few months at Peter’s home studio mixing and finally mastering the record. Drums, guitar and bass were tracked live, with overdubbing on guitar, vocals, and some additional keys/percussion. It was an exhaustive, creative process but well worth it, and we can’t wait to begin tracking our full-length LP.”
 

 
Ugly Runner:
Brett J Kent (bass)   
Stephen Britt (guitar/vocals)
Russell Walker (drums)