"To celebrate the legacy of one of the greatest musicians of our time"

A post office in Jimi Hendrix‘s hometown will be named after the musical icon, it has been announced.

Last month (November 28), it was reported that Congress in the US were voting on the re-naming decision after Rep. Adam Smith proposed the idea to designate a post office in Renton, Washington the ‘James Marshall Jimi Hendrix Post Office Building’ in July.

The building, located at 4301 Northeast 4th Street, is on the same street where Hendrix grew up and close to the Greenwood Memorial Park where Hendrix is also buried.

Washington’s eight representatives in Congress all voted for the post office to be named in Hendrix’s honour, with the motion passed by the House Committee last week.
When announcing the bill in summer, Smith said it would be “one more way we can celebrate the legacy of one of the greatest musicians of our time and the importance of the south Seattle and Renton areas in his enduring legacy.

Mike "Beard Guy" Taylor, keyboardist and vocalist in Walk Off the Earth, has died, the band has confirmed.
The group posted the following statement on social media Sunday night (Dec. 30):
"It is with profound sadness that we announce the passing of our beloved brother and band member, Mike 'Beard Guy' Taylor. Mike had a love for life that was unmatched and a willingness to give that went beyond ordinary means. He passed peacefully from natural causes last night in his sleep. Our deepest sympathies are with his two children, whom he adored more than anything else in the world. We ask for privacy for his family in this trying time."

The Canadian indie pop band, known for their well-crafted cover songs on YouTube as well as originals including recent single "Fifth Avenue," was scheduled to perform on New Year's Eve in Niagara Falls for CBC.

"I’ve trained quite hard at being a keyboard player since I was four years old, worked my lifetime trying to get my chops up at the highest level I can," Taylor said in an interview in 2012, when the group's cover of Gotye's "Somebody That I Used to Know" went viral.
Just before Christmas, Taylor shared his beautiful solo piano rendition of "O Holy Night" on Facebook, where he said it was "hands down my favorite Christmas song." 

"Jazz is a music that I have come to love since I started playing it as a sixth grader, but as I have grown older I have come to understand it’s limitations. One example of these limitations is how jazz pianists usually play chord changes in the left hand and melodies in the right hand, ignoring many of the instrument’s possibilities. Through the study of many of Chopin’s solo piano works—which use the full instrument in extraordinary ways—I created The Lonely Sailor by blending classical textures with jazz vocabulary, thus expanding the concept of jazz."
-James Fernando
 
James Fernando’s musical journey began when he started playing classical piano at the age of five. He was first exposed to jazz in middle school and quickly fell in love with the genre, working relentlessly to develop his skills. While in high school, James received awards from both Downbeat Magazineand the National Young Arts Foundation and was nominated for the Jazz Fellowship Awards of the American Pianists Association. He was also selected for the prestigious Jazz Band of America, as well as the Berklee Summer Jazz Workshop, placing him firmly among the elite musicians of his age group. James attended Berklee College of Music on scholarship, where he graduated summa cum laude after only three years of study.

Shortly after graduating, James went on tour with legendary saxophonist Chris Cheek (Paul Motion, Charlie Haden, Steve Swallow, Bill Frisell). Highlights from that tour include performances at the Regattabar in Boston and Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola at Lincoln Center in New York City. After returning from that tour, he attended the historic Banff International Workshop in Jazz & Creative Music. It was at this workshop he met Toronto-based vocalist and composer Mingjia Chen, with whom he recorded and released his debut album Extended Layover. James is set to release his first solo album, entitled The Lonely Sailor, in February of 2019.

Along with performing and composing, James is a passionate teacher. He strives to challenge all of his students by using their favorite music as a tool for education.
Central to my artistry is the concept of expansion. Jazz is a music that I have come to love since I started playing it as a sixth grader, but as I have grown older I have come to understand it’s limitations. One example of these limitations is how jazz pianists usually play chord changes in the left hand and melodies in the right hand, ignoring many of the instrument’s possibilities. Through the study of many of Chopin’s solo piano works—which use the full instrument in extraordinary ways—I created The Lonely Sailor by blending classical textures with jazz vocabulary, thus expanding the concept of jazz.

I also expanded the sound of the piano itself by using what I call the electronically augmented piano. To accomplish this, I placed contact microphones on the piano and ran the sound through my computer while controlling the software with a foot pedal. The effect is that the acoustic piano is always audible, but there are electronic elements that enter and exit throughout the course of the album.

All of this expansion occurs while telling the story of personal growth. The album is about a man sailing through the sea. As he progresses through his journey, the soundscape changes from purely acoustic to almost entirely electronic, reflecting the development in his voyage. Similarly to my musical concept, the protagonist is looking into unknown territory, searching for a better place.
 

TRACKS AND TIMES:
1. The Lonely Sailor 5:35
2. Untold 6:46
3. The Journey Within 8:03
4. Ancient Lullaby 4:48
5. Troubled Waters 3:36
6. The Other Side of the Storm 4:45
7. The Last Sunset at Sea 3:46
8. Where the Grass is Greener 4:41

PLAYERS & INSTRUMENT:
James Fernando - piano

**All compositions by James Fernando
Artist: James Fernando
CD Title: The Lonely Sailor
Label: Self-Released
Street Date: February 8, 2019 

One month after the release of their 10th studio album ‘Looking For Stars’, Hooverphonic achieves a golden award for sales exceeding 10.000 units in Belgium. Grateful to have played some amazing sold out shows in their home country and The Netherlands,  the band will continue their international tour as from February 2019.
 
LIVE
27.02.2019 | Zorlu PSM, Istanbul, Turkey – SOLD OUT
28.02.2019 | Zorlu PSM Studio, Istanbul, Turkey – SOLD OUT
01.03.2019 | Zorlu PSM, Istanbul, Turkey
22.03.2019 | Vox Club, Nonantola, Italy
23.03.2019 | Latteria Artigianale Molloy, Brescia, Italy
26.03.2019 | Tvornica Kulture, Zagreb, Croatia
27.03.2019 | Kombank Dvorana, Belgrade, Serbia
28.03.2019 | MKC, Skopje, Macedonia
29.03.2019 | Venue TBC, Sofia, Bulgaria
31.03.2019 | Venue TBC, Brno, Czech Republic
01.04.2019 | Lucerna Music Bar, Prague, Czech Republic
02.04.2019 | Rockhall, Luxemburg
13.04.2019 | Jazz Carthage, Tunis, Tunisia
 
 
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We have good news for you – rock is not dead!

N´Tribe (yes, short for the Nordic Tribe) is a living & kicking example of that: this new band´s been founded in 2018 by three highly esteemed professionals – André Andersen, Jonas Larsen, Henrik Brockmann – initially bonded through their original band Royal Hunt; all participated in numerous bands/projects, all received various accolades from the industry, sold tons of albums and toured the world countless times.
Message from the band and song preview is available on YouTube: https://youtu.be/lzpyXEiG6oE
​“Staring Down the Barrel” is availbale on iTunes * Amazon * Google Play

N’Tribe
Contemporary Classic Rock outfit from Copenhagen, Denmark. The band was founded in 2018 by these three old-time friends and top-notch professionals: André Andersen, Jonas Larsen and Henrik Brockmann – all mated through their original band Royal Hunt.
In the spring of 2018 the label asked the guys to get together and re-record one of the original/unreleased songs from RH´s debut album (for the re-issue of the classic) and they had so much fun doing it that – all of the sudden – the idea of N´Tribe was born. All of the guys are huge fans of those “70´s Golden Years” yet very well aware of the fact that it´s 2018 outside… so to unite these two things was the main goal from the start. Their idea behind N´Tribe is relatively simple: 1. Take the vibe of “classic rock” and make it sound contemporary 2. Get the best team around 3. Record the hardest hitting album possible 4. Get behind it 100% and bring the music on the road 5. Repeat p. 3 & 4 With some significant help from their Scandinavian musician-friends (all as competent and dedicated as our trio) the album is about to be recorded, artwork agreed on, music video and a lyric video is under construction, some selected shows for the forthcoming spring/summer is about to get settled, PR/web crew is on fire so what are we waiting for?! Get on board and let´s go!
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N'Tribe is André Andersen – bass, keyboards Henrik Brockmann – vocals Jonas Larsen – guitars Connect with N'Tribe: Official website: https://ntribe.dk Facebook: @ntribeband Instagram: @ntribeband Twitter: @ntribeband

De organisatoren van Couleur Café hebben de eerste vier namen als geschenk onder de kerstboom gelegd. Goran Bregovic, BCUC, ISHA en Veence Hanao & Le Motel staan al zeker op het podium van het Brusselse muziekfestival. Couleur Café vindt plaats van 28 tot en met 30 juni 2019.Voor Goran Bregovic is het de tweede keer dat hij neerstrijkt op Couleur Café, na een eerste passage in 2016. De Balkansensatie moet opnieuw voor een onstuimig feestje zorgen met zijn hits "Gas, Gas, Gas" en "Bella Ciao". De Zuid-Afrikanen van BCUC zetten het feest voort met een psychedelische mix van afro, punk, hiphop en funk.

De hiphopfans kunnen alvast niet klagen bij de bekendmaking van de eerste namen. De Brusselse rapscene is meteen goed vertegenwoordigd met de rauwe beats van ISHA en voor het duo van straatpoëet Veence Hanao en topproducer Le Motel wordt het een thuismatch.

Tickets voor Couleur Café zijn al online te koop aan een voordelig Early Bird-tarief.
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Met Arsenal presenteert Labadoux Belgische topkwaliteit! De band is eigenlijk België al lang ontgroeid en is niet meer weg te denken uit de rijke verzameling Belgisch, creatief muziektalent. Met onlangs vier uitverkochte concerten in de AB in Brussel trekken ze in mei met volle goesting richting Ingelmunster. 
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Arsenal op Labadoux, dat wordt een echt topconcert! Het wordt drummen voor een plaatsje, zorg dat je dit niet mist!


Voorverkoop tickets 2019
Nog geen ideaal eindejaarscadeau gevonden? 

Tickets aan het voordelige voorverkooptarief kan je vanaf nu bestellen op onze site. 
  

Met de feestdagen voor de deur leek ons dit een goede gelegenheid om je op de hoogte te brengen van wat je het eerste weekend van mei (3 & 4 mei) zoal kunt verwachten van Moulin Blues 2019. Tevens vind je in deze mail meer informatie over de voorverkoop.

Voor nu wensen we je namens Stichting Rhythm & Blues Ospel, geweldige feestdagen en een fantastisch 2019!

 
De eerste tien namen voor Moulin Blues 2019!

The Blues Giants ft. Sugaray Rayford, Albert Castiglia, Nick Schnebelen, Willie J. Campbell & Jimi Bott (USA)

Studebaker John & The Hawks (USA)

Mike Zito (USA)

The Reverend Shawn Amos (USA)

Samantha Martin & Delta Sugar (CAN)

The Weight Band (USA)

Joe Louis Walker (USA)

Greyhounds (USA)

Jeremiah Johnson (USA)

Joakim Tinderholt (NOR)

 

Informatie voorverkoop Moulin Blues 2019
 
De voorverkoop voor Moulin Blues 2019 start op woensdag 16 januari om 12.00 uur. Ook dit jaar is het mogelijk om tegen gereduceerd tarief een vroegvoordeel combiticket te bemachtigen... als je er tenminste op tijd bij bent want er zijn  maar 350 vroegvoordeel tickets beschikbaar en op = op. Kijk op onze website voor meer informatie.

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​Nóg meer reden om een ticket voor Paaspop 2019 onder de kerstboom te leggen: ook 's lands meest succesvolle symfonische rockband Within Temptation is nu bevestigd als één van de headliners die volgend jaar in Paaspops indoor stadion Apollo zullen optreden.
 
Eerder werden onder meer al Passenger, Oscar and the Wolf, Clean Bandit, 25 Years Charly Lownoise & Mental Theo, Camo & Krooked, Davina Michelle, Donnie & Joost, Douwe Bob, Dropkick Murphys, Heideroosjes, Ilse DeLange, Kovacs, Lukas Graham, Novastar, Rowwen Hèze, Sam Feldt LIVE, Scooter, Steel Panther en White Lies aangekondigd.
 
De komende maanden worden de overige acts bekendgemaakt. Het programma tot nu toe staat hier. Early Bird-tickets à € 135,- zijn verkrijgbaar via www.paaspop.nl/tickets.
 
Within Temptation
Niet voor het eerst op Paaspop, en zeker niet voor het laatst: ons aller trots Within Temptation.
Enkele facts & figures: sinds zijn oprichting in 1996 scoorde deze sympathieke symfonische rockband  meer dan 250 miljoen Youtube-views; behaalde 200 miljoen streams en verkocht 3,5 miljoen albums en DVD’s in meer dan 60 landen. W.T. ontving daarnaast maar liefst 30 (!) gouden en platina platen en won een berg prijzen in binnen- en buitenland: van Edisons tot MTV- en World Music Awards. En dan hebben we nog die trits hits als ‘Ice Queen’, ‘Mother Earth’, ‘Stand My Ground’, ‘Angels’, ‘What Have You Done’, ‘Frozen’, ‘Forgiven’ en ‘Faster’. Ook de recente single ’The Reckoning’ -waarvan de indrukwekkende scifi-video inmiddels al 3.6 miljoen views op YouTube telt- is trouwens hard op weg om een internationale hit te worden.
 
Heel verbazingwekkend is dat overigens niet want in het buitenland is W.T. al jarenlang enorm populair. Ter promotie van het (ver)nieuwe (nde) album ‘Resist’ (dat aanvankelijk deze maand uit zou komen maar naar februari 2019 is verplaatst, mooi op tijd voor Paaspop dus) toerde de band in de afgelopen maanden al door Europa, waar inmiddels al meer dan 125.000 tickets verkocht werden -een unicum voor een Nederlandse band in het buitenland.
Net zo’n unicum als Within Temptation zelf...
De line-up tot nu toe (meer namen volgen):
25 Years Charly Lownoise & Mental Theo • The All Star Gary Moore Tribute Band • All Them Witches • Arie & Silvester • Black Water County • Camo & Krooked • CH!PZ • Claw Boys Claw • Clean Bandit • D-Block & S-te-Fan • D-Sturb • Davina Michelle • The Dirty Daddies • Disco Snolly • Donnie & Joost • Douwe Bob • Dropkick Murphys • Flonti Stacks • Frenna • The Gaslamp Killer • Hannah Williams & The Affirmations • Heideroosjes • HENGE • Idaly • IDLES • Ilse DeLange • Jiri11 • Johnny 500 • Kovacs • LNY TNZ • Loco Loco Discoshow • Louder Than Love (Soundgarden tribute) • Lukas Graham • MADUK hosted by Ben Verse • Mate Power • Mula B • NAFTHALY RAMONA • Nervana • Nona • Novastar • Ooostblok • Oscar and the Wolf • Passenger • Puinhoop Kollektiv - The Final Weekend Tour • Rave van Fortuin • Rowwen Hèze • Russkaja • Sam Feldt LIVE • Scooter • Sevn Alias • Sir Reg • SMÈRRIG • Steel Panther • Stoepkrijtdisco met Keezus Christus • T & Sugah b2b NCT • Tabanka • Terry Alderton • White Lies • Within Temptation • Young Ellens • Yung Felix
 
Tickets
Een Early Bird combiticket voor 3 dagen inclusief camping kost € 135,- en is verkrijgbaar via www.paaspop.nl/tickets.
 
Early Bird-tickets (prijzen exclusief servicekosten)
* 3 dagen: €115,-
* 3 dagen inclusief camping: €135,-
* Young & Free: 3 dagen €79,-
* Young & Free 3 dagen inclusief camping €85,-
 
Ook verkrijgbaar: pendelbustickets, camper/caravantickets, Paradise City resort accomodaties, vriendenarea's. Alle soorten tickets, hun prijzen en de speciale voorwaarden (ook voor de Young & Free) staan op de website.
 
Paaspop!
Sinds zijn eerste editie in 1974 heeft Paaspop een ware metamorfose ondergaan van gemoedelijk regionaal festival naar een driedaags internationaal gerenommeerd evenement dat tot de top van de Europese openluchtevenementen behoort en even ongrijpbaar als onweerstaanbaar is. Dit jaar kreeg Paaspop -het Brabantse Las Vegas- maar liefst 83.000 festivalgangers op bezoek die gedurende drie dagen en nachten zo’n 230(!) acts op 14 podia & area’s zagen; zich culinair uitleefden bij 42 foodtrucks met eten uit alle windstreken; een weergaloos uitzicht hadden vanaf de imposante Brooklyn Bridge die de camping met het festivalterrein verbindt; en die zich vermaakten in campingdorp Paradise City.
 
De afgelopen edities kwam een indrukwekkende parade van (inter)nationaal gevierde acts naar Schijndel waaronder Iggy Pop, Bastille, Kensington, Nothing But Thieves The Prodigy, Underworld, Kaiser Chiefs, The Kooks, Fatboy Slim, BLØF , dEUS, The Bloody Beetroots, 2ManyDJs, Golden Earring, Balthazar, Triggerfinger, Jett Rebel, Guus Meeuwis, Dotan, The Wombats, Anouk, Kensington, Doe Maar, De Jeugd van Tegenwoordig, Racoon, Within Temptation en Kovacs.
 
Website & Social Media
Volg de Paaspop website en social media (Instagram, Facebook) voor alle gedetailleerde festivalinfo over o.a. podia, bands en overige nieuws.

​Vocalist JUNE BISANTZ has co-written and produced several collections of original vocal jazz, all of which have received national recognition.

She has toured internationally, and performed and recorded with distinguished jazz musicians including Steve Swallow, Bob Moses, Paul Brown, Lew Soloff, Jerry Neiwood, Mike Stern, Steve Davis & Will Lee. Reviews and articles about her work have appeared in publications including People Magazine, USA Today, JazzQuad.Ru, Jazziz Magazine, Jazz Podium Magazine, Jazz USA, the New York Times, New York Newsday & the Boston Globe.

Bisantz’ 2012 release, It’s Always You, inspired by the vocal work of the legendary Chet Baker, featured both familiar and obscure Baker songs spanning the course of his fascinating career. Her current release Love’s Tango, co-authored with jazz/classical pianist & composer Alex Nakhimovsky, signals her return to original music with a collection of Latin inspired songs about love in all its many forms.

Ms. Bisantz is also Professor Emeritus of Art & Design at Eastern Connecticut State University and has exhibited her visual art work in galleries, museums and public spaces throughout the United States.

Pianist ALEX NAKHIMOVSKY enjoys a versatile career as a performer, recording artist, producer, composer and educator.  His musical accomplishments as a jazz and classical artist include musical direction, arranging, solo and ensemble performances.

He has toured throughout the United States, Russia, Japan and Israel, performing with jazz legends Benny Golson, Jackie McLean, Jimmy Cobb, Valery Ponomarev, Sheila Jordan, Curtis Fuller, Victor Bailey and Grammy-nominated artists Bill Evans, Jazzmeia Horn & Rene Marie.  His performance as soloist with award winning Joe Hisaishi’s New Japan Philharmonic Orchestra in Tokyo was recorded and released on the Universal label as American In Paris in 2005. Later that year, Nakhimovsky toured with the Orchestra, performing in Japan’s major concert halls.

As co-producer of Russia’s Baikal Waves International.Jazz Festival since 2006, Alex has made cross-cultural connections for several Russian Music Festivals, bringing important international artists such as Tania Maria, Richard Bona, Mike Stern, Jeff Tain Watts & Jeff Lorber to Russia. He is currently co-founder and artistic director of the BSBI Jazz Festival in Manchester, CT.

​Ben Goldman is a dynamic and versatile percussionist and music educator.  In 2017, Ben was a guest artist and teacher at the Tefen Music Festival in Israel, where Ben performed with the Faculty Jazz combo and led steel drum masterclasses.  When not performing as an associate artist with the Rodney Marsalis Philadelphia Big Brass, Ben maintains an active and diverse performance schedule in Philadelphia playing drumset, timpani, and steel drums.  As an educator, Ben has built a studio of 30 private students and is the instructor of percussion and drumset at Cecil College in Maryland.  Ben holds an MM from University of Delaware and a BFA in multi-focus percussion performance from California Institute of the Arts. 
Glen Boldman & The Philadelphia 5 is a fresh take on Jazz.  Groove oriented and unique, each song draws from various world music traditions.  From the Hindustani inspired “The Slizzard” to the melancholic chromaticism of “December 2017” the listener will be guided through four moments and moods that have shaped Ben’s musical experience. 
 

TRACKS AND TIMES:
The Slizzard 9:41
December 2017  10:56
The Hip Dip 8:50
Klezmerica 9:45

PLAYERS & INSTRUMENT:
Ben Goldman- Drums
Sam Nobles -Bass
Kevin Cross -Guitar
Blayne Salerni – Trumpet
Andrew Bedell – Tenor Saxophone  
Ian Kurlan- Vibraphone

All songs composed  and arranged by Ben Goldman
Produced by Ben Goldman, Samori Coles
Recorded at Lil’ Drumma Boy Recordings by Samori Coles

Debut Instrumental Duo Release from Jazz Bass Virtuoso CHARNETT MOFFETT with Guitarist JANA HERZEN, Founder of Motéma Music,
Out 12.28.18 on Motéma 
 
Seven Track Free-Form Improvisational Digital EP + Meditational Video with Photography by Sharron Lee Crocker
 
New York, NY – December 18, 2018 – To celebrate the upcoming start of a New Year, Motéma Music is pleased to release Overtones, the debut recording from Nett Duo, a new acoustic upright bass with guitar duo formed by legendary jazz bass virtuoso Charnett Moffett with guitarist Jana Herzen, Motéma Music's founder and President. 
 
Out digitally on December 28, 2018, this all-original free-form program takes the listener on a spontaneous improvisational journey with jazz, folk, and classical overtones.  Conceived as a stress-busting antidote to anxiety, and the hustle and bustle of our times, this is music that relaxes the mind, brings a smile and leads the listener within. 
 
A perfect program to re-center for the New Year, this EP marks Charnett Moffett’s first foray into the instrumental duo format and also marks Herzen’s debut as a solely instrumental recording artist. (Her prior releases have featured her guitar work as an accompaniment to her vocal compositions).                               
This audiophile recording faithfully captures the vibrational overtones of Moffett and Herzen's distinctive string instruments on five improvised musical interplays recorded at Power Station Studio C in NYC on September 16, 2018. [Moffett plays a custom Kolstein Bussetto acoustic upright bass, and Herzen plays a vintage 1950 Gibson CF100 acoustic, and a C.F. Holcomb ‘Hunter’ model acoustic-electric jazz guitar on the recording.] Also on the EP are two unreleased archive tracks: Herzen’s "Afro-Cruz" recorded during sessions for Herzen’s Passion of a Lonely Heart (Motéma, 2013), and “Celestial Dimensions,” an unreleased solo-bass track recorded during Moffett's studio sessions for Music From Our Soul (Motéma, 2016).
 
"It is with great honor that I present Overtones,” states Moffett who produced the project. “This freeform improvisational recording is influenced by raga, tribal, free jazz, blues, funk, rock and orchestral music. Music is a universal language, as exemplified by the many different types of musical cultures we have in our earthly society. The common denominator is our humanity. This project focuses on the vibrational overtones that resonate with the human senses. Performing in this duo format frees me up to play the creative musical idea on the bass in a lead capacity playing melodies, harmonies and counterpoint, in addition to fullfilling it's primary function and position. Enjoy. " 
 
"Charnett and I have developed a distinct musical vocabulary over these past ten years of working together,” reflects Herzen. "As a record label executive, I always aim to record artists or groups that have their own unique sound. It was in a sectional rehearsal for my own band in 2008 that I first discovered that our duo, whether with vocals or without, had such a soundprint. Charnett and I come from very different backgrounds, and we each have a range of influences as diverse as the Motéma roster. These varied cultural influences give the duo an unusually broad palate of colors to choose from when improvising, which is clearly reflected on Overtones.”

 
NETT DUO: OVERTONES RELEASE SHOWS
 
Sunday, January 6: Rockwood Music Hall, Stage 3
 
Monday, January 7: Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola, Jazz at Lincoln Center
(Exclusive to Jazz Congress & APAP Attendees) -
RSVP: (212) 258-9595 or [email protected]
 
At both shows, the artists will also perform music from Herzen & Moffett's upcoming Spring releases. The band performing appears on both albums: namely, Jana Herzen (vocals + electric guitar), Scott Tixier (violin), Brian Jackson (keys), Charnett Moffett (electric bass), Mark Whitfield Jr., (drums) 
 
For more information on Nett Duo, visit their Motéma artist page at motema.com

Poly-disciplinary musician and touch guitarist Markus Reuter has just released his first Christmas album - a free, limited-availability-period recording of five traditional Christmas songs (each of which has been given Markus’ distinctive loop/solo/soundscape treatment). As with much of Markus’ music, the pieces are accessible and enjoyable while concealing hidden depths. Beneath and behind Markus’ soulful touch guitar renditions of the original melodies, billowing detailed soundscapes are built on re-examinations and explorations of the pitch series of each tune. Listeners can enjoy the simple snowfall, or choose to tunnel deeper into the ice kingdom. A parallel universe... strangely hypnotizing.
 
The album is available for free download from https://iapetus-store.com/album/winter-solstice-free-download between 17th and 31st December 2018 (and is available long-term as a free 5.1. surround sound version from https://surroundmusic.one/album/winter-solstice/).
 
For more information:
http://www.markusreuter.com
http://www.iapetus-media.com
http://www.touchguitars.com
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Datum: 22/10/2019
Zaal: La Madeleine, Brussel
Prijs: €42
Start concert: 20u00

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Op 22 oktober verwelkomen we een ware legende in La Madeleine Brussel. Met meer dan vijf miljoen verkochte albums wereldwijd, drie gouden platen, verscheidene Grammy-nominaties en een hele resem awards op zak verandert Angie Stone alles wat ze aanraakt in puur goud.
 
Haar zeemzoete stem met een onmiskenbaar soulkantje en haar legendarische kwaliteiten als songwriter werden al ingeroepen door topartiesten als Mary J. Blige, Stevie Wonder, D'Angelo, Alicia Keys en Lenny Kravits.
 
“Toen soulmuziek bij de verloren voorwerpen lag, kwam zij het genre opeisen”, zo stond ooit in het blad Rolling Stone te lezen.
 
In de jaren 70 hielp Angie Stone, toen nog als lid van de eerste vrouwelijke rapformatie Sequence, het inmiddels legendarische Sugar Hill Records op weg naar zijn kenmerkende sound. De Sequence-hit Funk You Up is een klassieker die iedereen trouwens nog steeds aan het dansen krijgt! Begin de jaren 2000 pikte Clive Davis de sound van Stone op toen hij J Records lanceerde. Angie nam er haar albums Mahogany Soul – goed voor goud – en Stone Love op. De populaire diva blies de soul nieuw leven in en stapte moeiteloos over van de studio naar de planken (ze schitterde op Broadway) en van het televisiescherm naar het witte doek. Angie Stone groeide uit tot een ware legende in een meedogenloos wereldje, een heuse diva buiten categorie.  
 
Mis Angie Stone niet op 22 oktober 2019 in La Madeleine Brussel!

 
Tickets en info:
Tickets te koop via  www.gracialive.be, www.ticketmaster.be, www.fnactickets.be en in alle Fnac verkooppunten.

 
 

Gezien de grote vraag naar tickets naar aanleiding van de terugkeer van Vanessa Paradis naar ons land, voegt de Française een extra concert in het Koninklijk Circus in Brussel aan haar agenda toe. Afspraak op vrijdag 31 mei 2019!
 
Na vijf jaar afwezigheid keert Vanessa Paradis eindelijk terug naar de planken, én naar de winkelrekken! Met ‘Les Sources’ stelt ze ons een nieuw, helder en vrolijk album voor, waarin ze vertelt over de natuur, haar dromen en de liefde. Op het podium neemt ze ons mee op een nieuwe reis doorheen haar nieuwe werk en haar grootste successen, in een show boordevol zachte, zonnige en ritmische sfeer.
 
Vanessa Paradis staat dus ook op vrijdag 31 mei 2019 op het podium in het Koninklijk Circus in Brussel. Tickets voor dit extra concert zijn, net als voor de eerder aangekondigde shows op 1 juni in het Koninklijk Circus en op 5 juni in Le Forum in Luik, nu verkrijgbaar.

 
 NU TE KOOP
TICKETS VIA
PROXIMUSGOFORMUSIC.BE
LIVENATION.BE
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TICKETPRIJZEN
Koninklijk Circus
70.85€, 59.95€, 54.50€, 49,05€ et 38,15€
Le Forum
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Dé doorbraak voor Gregory Porter was de Claptone-remix van Liquid Spirit. Sindsdien heeft Porter bewezen dat hij het ook kan zonder remix. Hij kreeg onder andere de Grammy voor Best jazz Vocal Album voor Liquid Spirit en mag dit album rekenen tot het meest gestreamde jazz-album ooit. Als ode aan Nat ‘King’ Cole bracht hij vorig jaar rond deze tijd van het jaar nog de coverplaat Nat ‘King’ Cole & Me uit en eind vorige maand zijn eerste live album “One Night Only – Live at Royal Albert Hall”. Van Lowlands tot North Sea Jazz en van Glastonbury tot Couleur Café: de charmante man met het typerende hoofddeksel trekt nu al jaren uitverkochte zalen met z’n soulvolle jazzsongs. Hij laat zich hiervoor steevast omringen door een traditioneel jazztrio, kwartet of big band. Met welke bezetting hij deze zomer naar Gent Jazz Festival komt is nog maar de vraag!
 
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Gregory Porter: de Amerikaanse jazzzanger die zijn eigen weg gaat Ondanks het grote succes van de Claptone-remix, bleef Porter toch vooral zijn eigen weg volgen en dat is die van de jazz. Hij houdt van allerlei muziek, maar vindt het vooral leuk om weer thuis te komen, terug naar de roots. Sinds zijn eerste album “Water” in 2010 uitkwam, kent de man succes. Ondanks het feit dat Porter nu veel meer succes heeft dan vroeger, kiest hij niet altijd voor grote bigbands, maar durft hij ook voor kleinere en dynamische bezettingen te gaan. In 2015 stond de zanger nog op het podium van Gent Jazz Festival. Met welke bezetting de zanger op zondag 7 juli 2019 op Gent Jazz Festival zal staan is nog maar de vraag.
 
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Gent Jazz Festival 28/06-09/07/2019, Bijlokesite, Gent Tickets beschikbaar via www.gentjazz.com of via Fnac
 
Vrijdag 05/07/2019
22.30u – 00.00u: Diana Krall
 
Zondag 07/07/2019
22.30u – 00.00u: Gregory Porter
 
Dinsdag 09/07/2019
John Zorn ‘Bagatelles’
22.30u – 00.00u: Nova Quartet / Peter Evans Solo / Asmodeus 20.30u – 21.45u: Gyan Riley & Julian Lage / Brian Marsella Trio / Ikue Mori / John Medeski Trio 18.30u – 19.45u: Craig Taborn Solo / Trigger / Erik Friedlander-Mike Nicolas Duo / Kris Davis 16.30u – 17.45u: Masada / Sylvie Courvoisier & Mark Feldman / Mary Halverson Quartet Contactpersonen pers [niet voor publicatie]
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​On January 25, 2019, Universal Music releases KISSWORLD – The Best Of KISS on CD and digitally, with the vinyl edition being released on March 29.
 
KISS, America’s #1 Gold Record Award winning group of all time in every category, has a stunning catalog of rock ‘n’ roll classics. The release of KISSWORLD – The Best Of KISS comes in time to mark the anniversary of the band’s first show ever performing on January 30, 1973 to no more than 10 people in attendance at Popcorns, a small club in New York, as well as celebrating the global superstar band as they launch their 2019 End Of The Road final tour at an eighteen-thousand seat major arena on January 31 in Vancouver. KISSWORLD brings together 20 of their best-loved tracks all on one album. Iconic fan favorites such as “I Was Made For Lovin’ You”, “Rock And Roll All Nite” and “God Gave Rock ‘N’ Roll To You II” alongside top 10 U.S. chart hits “Beth” and “Detroit Rock City” on one huge collection.
 
KISS is one of the most iconic and influential rock acts oby record breaking global tours. Cityvisit www.KISSOnline.com

Tracklisting of KISSWORLD – The Best OF KISS
 

1. Crazy Crazy Nights
2. Rock And Roll All Nite
3. I Was Made For Lovin' You
4. God Gave Rock 'N' Roll To You II
5. Detroit Rock City
6. Beth
7. Lick It Up
8. Heaven's On Fire
9. Tears Are Falling
10. Unholy
11. Hard Luck Woman
12. Psycho Circus
13. Shout It Out Loud
14. Calling Dr. Love
15. Christine Sixteen
16. Love Gun
17. Shandi
18. I'm A Legend Tonight
19. Modern Day Delilah
20. Hell Or Hallelujah

 
ABOUT KISS:
As America’s #1 Gold Record Award winning group of all time, and that’s in every category (RIAA), KISS can easily be named one of rock’s most influential bands. The Rock N Roll Hall of Famers have released 44 albums and sold more than 100 million albums worldwide.  Honored by their peers, KISS received the illustrious ASCAP Founders Award in 2015.  Over 40 years of record-breaking global tours have brought KISS to their fans. They kicked off their recent world tour with 5 headlining shows in Japan and a #1 single in 2014 “Samurai Son” with pop group, Momoiro Clover Z.  Their 40th Anniversary World tour also rocked North America, South America and Australia.  Additionally, once a year the “KISS Army” becomes the “KISS Navy” as fans from across the globe board the KISS Kruise (2017 will mark their 7th voyage). KISS teamed up with Warner Brothers in 2014 to create the well-received original movie ScoobyDoo and KISS: Rock And Roll Mystery. Other high-profile appearances have included the Super Bowl, the Winter Olympics, Rockin' The Corps concert, a FOX alliance with KISS appearing in multiple episodes of Family Guy, plus two special guest performances on American Idol finales. KISS has been featured in major advertising and marketing campaigns for John Varvatos, Google Play, Hello Kitty— even appearing in a Dr. Pepper Super Bowl commercial and advertising campaign in support of their Hottest Show On Earth tour. KISS founding band members Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons have also entered the culinary world by opening a string of successful restaurants aptly named Rock & Brews. KISS is dedicated to numerous Veterans Organizations including: Vet Tix, The Wounded Warriors Project, The USO, The U.S. Chamber of Commerce “Hiring Our Heroes” program, The Legacy Organization in Australia, Help For Heroes United Kingdom and The Dr. Pepper Snapple Groups Wounded Warriors Support Foundation.
 
For more information, visit www.KISSOnline.com
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ERA, de mythische groep uit de jaren 2000, komt terug met een uitzonderlijke show! Een muzikale reis door de tijd, onder leiding van maker Eric Levi en maar liefst 40 zangers en muzikanten.
 
22 jaar na de triomf van hun eerste album, bereidt ERA zich opnieuw voor om je te verblinden met een heuse familie- en sprookjesshow. Maak je klaar om ondergedompeld te worden in het fascinerende universum van de groep die wereldwijd meer dan 10 miljoen albums heeft verkocht en die tot de dag van vandaag nog nooit in Europa optrad.
 
ERA staat op zaterdag 7 december voor het eerst op de planken in Vorst Nationaal in Brussel. Een niet te missen concert!

 
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BRDCST 2019: de groei naar een toekomstgericht stadsfestival

BRDCST is het buitengewone festival waarbij AB inzet op muzikale grenze(n)loosheid. Centraal tijdens BRDCST staan artiesten die muzikale vernieuwing hoog in het vaandel dragen. Ons buikgevoel doet de rest. Of om het met de woorden van James Holden te zeggen: ‘BRDCST is the ideal antidote for paranoia, hysteria and bubbles.’
 

BRDCST 2019 lost eerste namen

BRDCST is verheugd om een eerste golf namen de wereld in te sturen. Artiesten waarvan wij denken dat ze het verschil maken, muzikanten die onder de radar opereren of artiesten die het simpelweg verdienen in de spotlight gezet te worden. Maar bovenal is BRDCST onze blik op de toekomst van de muziek. Het programma steekt met plezier stokken in de wielen van muzikale algoritmes.
 
Zo kan je je op één avond - met een dagpas of combiticket én op verschillende locaties in de stad  - volledig onderdompelen in hedendaagse Turkse psychedelica, de heetste jazz van het moment, cutting edge electro of hedendaags klassiek. Of smul je van indie-goden, de hiphop van de toekomst of verbrand je je met plezier aan verschroeiende noise? Welkom in de spannende en wondere wereld van BRDCST! Wij wensen je alvast veel ontdekkingsplezier.

Dit zijn de eerste namen:

Steve Gunn, Obongjayar (Hip-hop), The Comet Is Coming (aka Shabaka Hutchings), Whispering Sons (postpunk), Gwenifer Raymond, Black MIDI, Blanck Mass, K Á R Y Y N, Lea Bertucci (electro minimalism), Brecht Ameel, Kelly Moran, Saz Power (Turkish Psychedelica Nights) en Nadah El Shazly als curator op BRDCST 2019.

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BRDCST breidt uit met drie nieuwe speelplekken: Beursschouwburg, Café Central & La Machine
 
BRDCST heeft de stille ambitie om uit te groeien tot een toekomstgericht stadsfestival. Met de heraanleg van de centrale lanen maakt dit alles makkelijker om niet enkel de hand uit te reiken naar muziekcafé Bonnefooi maar ook naar Café Central en La Machine in de vlakke nabijheid van de befaamde Sint-Gorikshallen. ‘Nothing Really Ends’ is niet alleen de mooiste single van dEUS, maar ook het devies van BRDCST. Zo trekken we – na afloop van alle concerten in en rondom AB – nog de nacht in. De logische partner daarbij is de Brusselse Beursschouwburg die de perfecte host is waarmee we graag ons muzikale nabuurschap mee in de verf zetten. Het programma wordt later bekend gemaakt.
 

BRDCST 2019, Brussel
4, 5, 6 en 7 april 2019

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De Noorse singer-songwriter Torgeir Waldemar komt in januari 2019 voor het eerst naar België voor een reeks van vier concerten.

Torgeir Waldemar verraste met zijn debuutalbum in 2014. Op zijn 40e bracht hij een akoestisch meesterwerk uit dat klonk alsof het rechtstreeks uit de oefenruimte kwam van een jonge troubadour van Laurel Canyon in de jaren zeventig (denk aan Neil Young, Gene Clark en Gram Parsons). Met het album bereikte Waldemar liefhebbers van het folk- en americanagenre over de hele wereld. Ook live wist hij te overtuigen, onder meer op het TakeRoot-festival in Nederland.
Ook zijn tweede album, No Offending Borders (2017), werd uitste­kend onthaald in de pers. Een stevigere plaat, waar Torgeir Waldemars achter­grond als gitarist in verschil­lende rockbands doorklinkt. Op No Offending Borders is het een beetje meer Neil Young And Crazy Horse, Gene Clark in The Byrds en Gram Parsons rond het kampvuur met The Rolling Stones. Op de plaat wisselen eerlijke akoestische klaagzangen en grootse rocknummers elkaar af.
In het voorjaar van 2018 volgde nog een album. Op Jamais Vu hoor je vijf herwerkte songs, hetzij elektrisch of akoestisch. Waldemar bewijst op die plaat zijn diversi­teit als artiest en de sterkte van zijn nummers. “Songs blijven nooit stil staan. Na jaren ze live te hebben gespeeld, zijn ze blijven evolueren, ver weg van waar ze ooit begonnen zijn. Daardoor ervaar ik geregeld een ‘jamais vu’, waaruit deze nieuwe plaat is ontstaan.”, aldus Waldemar.
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15.1 cc Palethe, Overpelt
17.1 gc De Wildeman, Herent (met Dries als voorprogramma)
18.1 De Wildeman, Arendonk (met Renton Jules solo als voorprogramma)
19.1 N9, Eeklo (double bill met The Calicos)
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“Waldemar beweegt zich soepel tussen fraai gezongen akoestische ballads (Rodriguez, Fred Neil, Tim Hardin) en elektrische gitaar voortgestuwde countryrock (Neil Young & Crazy Horse, Sixteen Horsepower). IJzersterk en avontuurlijk album.” Heaven
“Zijn inspiratie lag bij artiesten als Wovenhand, Jason Molina en Neil Young. Op zijn tweede plaat brengt Waldemar weer uitgesponnen melancholische songs, die hij met minimale instrumentatie en zijn zachte stem uitstekend weet te dragen.” OOR
“Dit album van Torgeir Waldemar heeft zo niet alles, dan toch heel veel te bieden: diepgang, afwisseling en ook gewoon verdomd goede songs met één been in de traditie en met het andere in de toekomst.” daMusic
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Ariana Grande brengt volgend jaar op vrijdag 30 augustus haar ‘Sweetener World Tour’ naar het Sportpaleis in Antwerpen! Het is haar langverwachte terugkeer voor de talrijke Belgische fans na het geannuleerde uitverkochte concert in mei 2017. De Amerikaanse zangeres kondigde haar nieuwe Europese tournee afgelopen vrijdag zelf aan op haar social media met een kort filmpje en de boodschap “EUROPE <3”. Tickets zijn beschikbaar vanaf donderdag 20 december om 10u.
 
Ariana Grande is meer dan ooit happening! De actrice/zangeres werd eerder deze maand gehuldigd als “2018 Woman of the Year” door Billboard Magazine. Na Adele is ze de tweede vrouwelijke artiest die met drie nummers ("Problem", "Break Free" en "Bang Bang") tegelijkertijd in de top 10 van de officiële Amerikaanse hitlijst stond. Ze is één van de meest gevolgde personen op Instagram met meer dan 139 miljoen volgers. Haar nieuwste album ‘Sweetener’, uit sinds 17 augustus, kwam wereldwijd op #1 in de charts binnen. Eerder vorige week releaste Grande een nieuwe single “imagine” (hier te beluisteren).

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​An Almost “MIDDLE AGE WOMAN” WHOSE “HIP-HOP STYLE” BECAME AN INSTANT GLOBAL SENSATION VIA THE TRACKS ON HER DEBUT EP ‘IN THE DAWG POUND’

Prolific, Multi-Talented Lyricist, Artist and Author Rebecca Davis Recently Released Her Latest Single “Groovin’ At the Louvre” And Will Kick Off 2019 With “You Can’t Call Me”

Taking a unique, hilarious, erudite, self-effacing and no holds barred approach to baring her wild and crazy soul and whimsically sharing her truth, rapper, hip-hop performer and lyricist Rebecca “DawgGoneDavis” sparked an across the board, demographic-busting Global Sensation beginning in early 2018 with her surprise breakthrough smash “Middle Age Woman – Hip Hop Style.” The track, whose autobiographical title (and super infectious hook) says it all about her unabashed embrace of who she is, is just the tip of the proverbial iceberg, folks. It’s just one of four massive hit singles that Rebecca has written to create her offbeat yet “can’t stop listening if you tried” four-track debut EP In the Dawg Pound.
“Middle Age Woman – Hip Hop Style,” which invokes her huge appreciation for Neil Diamond, mentions Elvis, the Black Eyed Peas and includes her rap “I likes to rocks and I likes to rolls/Shaking my booty in my panty hose,” hit #1 on the influential EuroIndieMusic chart and hit the top spot in Europe, Asia (including Russia) and South America. Her follow up track “Butt on Fiya,” which mocks the breast cancer she beat and finds her compensating for her removed breasts with a genetically blessed rear end, also hit the Top 10 on the EuroIndieMusic Chart. The hilarious video of this demands your immediate sensory immersion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvwME3tf7I8
The train’s kept rollin’ from there, with the #11 smash “Forever Music, which expresses Rebecca’s equal passion for the classical music her dad played (Mozart, Haydn, etc.) and classic rock (Elvis, Three-Dog Night, Warren Zevon). Her latest single “Anthem Pandemonium” – currently #4 on the chart – shares her conviction that she will not be a novelty or flash in the pan. “Blast out of the bottle/Going full throttle,” the rapper’s ongoing creativity will ensure that she will keep blowing the minds of open-minded rap, hip-hop and pop fans worldwide, along with the excited college kids across America she’s already got in her pocket. Her latest single is the hilarious and hypnotic “Groovin’ At the Louvre,” and she plans to launch 2019 in a big way with “You Can’t Call Me,” a track about keeping away from vanity and poking fun at herself as she engages in a full throttle embrace of an independent music career. 
For the multi-media sensation, the aesthetic of the music and lyrics is an extension of her three popular independently published books, whose witty titles are “Technicolor Hans and Other Events,” “Yo Hans! Sebastian’s Back” and “Intergalactic Hans So Low.” All proceeds from her book sales go to “Operation Breakthrough”’s neediest and most challenged babies and children. The Kansas City, MO based organization’s mission is to provide a safe, loving and educational environment for children in poverty and to empower their families through advocacy, emergency aid and education. 
Behind Rebecca’s silliness, wit, poignancy and Type-A personality is her secret musical weapon, French- based collaborator and renowned Euro producer and multi-instrumentalist, Helmut Wolf. Rebecca records her raps acapella at the “Audio Cave” studio in her hometown of Kansas City, then sends the .wav file off to Wolf to work his sonic magic – which includes anything from sensual, jazzy atmospheres and cool sax soloing, booming percussion and deep soul grooving.
“I was born a goofy jokester,” says Rebecca, the youngest of five children who has an MBA and is a successful IT professional (only for the time being). “I would write funny holiday story poems for my family each year. I think the combination of being able to see something in my mind or zombies in the sky comes as a genetic gift. Dad was hilarious and mom is deep and practical. From her I got great empathy and real life intuition. In the late 2000s, when I began publishing my books, people started telling me I should put my fun and sad writings to music – and it’s so gratifying to see how its gone gangbusters. What inspired me to record these songs? Me being nuttier than a Payday bar, the knowledge and confidence that I have ‘it,’ I can do ‘it’ and am doing it with Jesus in the Pound, too.”

Looking forward, Rebecca is bent on entertaining her huge following. This Dawg’s come undone and won’t be out-done.
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​Lynda Law woont al meer dan een jaar in Vlaanderen. Hierdoor is de link meteen gelegd met Ferry De Wolf, Belgische radio dj.
Sinds september 2017 maakt het koppel muziekvideo's in België, covers van sterke nummers met een "twist". Het was niet de bedoeling om er ogenblikkelijk geld mee te verdienen.
Het artistieke en creatieve primeert.
De liedjes worden momenteel niet officieel op de markt gegooid, al zou het wel fijn zijn om op termijn origineel werk te brengen. Songwriters zijn altijd welkom.
Samen brachten Lynda en Ferry in die 15 maanden reeds 6 muziekvideo's uit onder de vlag van LAW & WOLF Music Projects.
 
Oktober 2017: I Look To You,
December 2017: Don't Cry For Me,
Februari 2018: Am I Ever Gonna Fall In Love,
Juni 2018: A Matter Of Time,
September 2018: Set Fire To The Rain, nieuwe releases zullen volgen in 2018 en 2019.
December 2018 : The Perfect Year

Lynda leerde elektrisch orgel spelen toen ze zeven jaar was en dat betekende de start van een boeiende muziekcarrière.
De eerste professionele stappen zette Lynda op twaalfjarige leeftijd met weekendoptredens en plaatselijke talentenjachten, die meestal succesvol gewonnen werden.
 
Maar drie jaar later kwam plots alles in een stroomversnelling terecht.
Haar carrière begon met het winnen van het talentenprogramma "Sky Star Search" dat over de hele wereld werd uitgezonden door televisiezender Sky TV. 
 
Lynda werd vanaf dat moment gevraagd voor optredens in betere etablissmenten als ondersteuning voor bekende artiesten : Edwin Starr, Jimmy James, The Drifters, George McCrae, Tony Christie, Showaddywaddy, The Searchers,...
 
Hoogtepunt in Lynda's loopbaan kwam er in 1989 toen zij Gino Vannelli contacteerde met de vraag of zij met hem op de plaat mocht.
Gino was geïntrigeerd door haar durf en nodigde Lynda uit naar de Vannelli Studio's in Californië.
Lynda zong het duet "Moment To Moment" met Gino Vannelli voor zijn album Inconsolable Man en deed de backing vocals op nog twee andere nummers voor datzelfde album.
 
Intussen had Lynda ook de hitlijsten veroverd in Europa met "Somebody Somewhere" en "I Don't Want Your Love", beiden dansnummers.

Lynda heeft ook de radiomicrobe te pakken. Toen zij nog in Engeland woonde, maakte ze kennis met het medium en was ze twee keer per week te horen op Fylde Coast Radio.
Sinds ze in België woont maakt ze, met de hulp van Ferry, de wekelijkse Lynda Law Radio Show.
Het Engelstalig programma loopt op een tiental Belgische internetstations, maar ook in Nederland, Spanje, Italië en Canada lokt Lynda aardig wat luisteraars voor haar dance show.
 
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Twitter : twitter.com/law_lynda
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​BETTY BRYANT has a long and storied career as a pianist, composer, and singer. A child of the Depression, she began playing piano around the age of four when her parents invited two music teachers, who had fallen on hard times, to live with their family. Although it was a difficult era for most, that turn of events led to a lifelong career in music that is going as strong as ever today.
Besides performing regularly around Los Angeles to packed houses, Bryant is releasing PROJECT 88, her ninth CD. The title is a double entendre, since the piano has 88 keys and Bryant turned 88 a year ago. The CD features a mix of standards and originals penned by Bryant.
PROJECT 88 was produced by Bryant’s close friend, ROBERT KYLE. The two have been friends for 30 years, and Kyle has either produced or co-produced most of her CDs. A saxophonist and flutist, Kyle is a mainstay on the Los Angeles jazz scene and a touring and recording artist who has worked with many top names in both the jazz and pop worlds, including Natalie Cole, Della Reese, Francisco Aguabella, Michael McDonald, Johnny Mathis, Linda Ronstadt, Carole King, Kenny Loggins, Lou Rawls, and Christina Aguilera, to name just a few.
Kyle assembled a top-notch band for this project including bass player TOM GARGANO, who has played on all of Bryant’s previous releases. Kyle and Bryant wanted to create different sounds and styles for the CD, so they switched around the rhythm section as appropriate. Gargano plays on five of the tunes, while RICHARD SIMON plays bass on three and HUSSAIN JIFFRY plays electric bass on two numbers. Kyle also brought on board three different drummers for this outing: JAMES GADSON, QUENTIN DENNARD SR., AND KENNY ELLIOTT as well as Brazilian percussionist CASSIO DUARTE. Kyle also plays tenor and flute on several tunes, and renowned Brazilian guitarist KLEBER JORGE, who has a very busy touring schedule but was in town when Bryant was in the studio, appears on one tune. Each player has their own, unique style that added different and exciting textures to these performances.
Bryant sometimes plays solo or duo, but prefers to play in trio or quartet settings, so the addition of a horn section with Kyle -- TONY GUERRERO on trumpet (who also contributed the horn arrangements), RYAN DRAGON on trombone, JEFF DRISKILL on alto sax, and JAY MASON on bari sax – was thrilling for her.

Due to the tremendous response UK prog ensemble The Gardening Club received for the reissue of their 1983 self-titled album last year, the band has released a brand new album! The new Gardening Club album, “The Riddle” was recorded at producer/guitarist Norm Macpherson's Garry Oak Studios in Metchosin British Columbia. This location surrounded by forest and close to the Pacific Ocean, was ideal for writing and recording the new record. 
 
Martin Springett and Norm had known each other as young players while living in Victoria many years ago, both were drawn to the music the other was making; Norm was a phenomenal blues player even at the age of 17. Martin as a new immigrant from England, was setting Tolkien's words to music. Two very different worlds! The connection that started the new project, was a mutual friend, a poet named Cyril McColgan. Martin had been setting Cyril's poems to music for many years, and so after meeting up again, Norm and Martin decided it would be fun to 'do something' together, and Cyril's words were the connection for them both, and a starting point for recording together. There was no thought of an album, just an exploration of Martin's songs, old and new, with Cyril's words. The tale grew in the telling, to quote somebody or other, and when Gonzo Multimedia re-released the original “Gardening Club” album from 1983 in October of 2017, this inspired the recording sessions with a new hope that perhaps Gonzo might well be interested in this new Gardening Club project. 
 
The shape of the album grew and changed as players appeared, miraculously you might say, that seemed to be a perfect fit for Martin's music. Norm's son, James MacPherson brought in his phenomenal drum programming skills, as well as some very effective synth solos. Sean Drabitt, a highly respected jazz bassist, came in with fretless electric bass, to provide a unique underpinning to the songs, Sean's first love being bands like Rush and King Crimson. Wayne Kozak, with a wealth of studio experience over the decades, provided beautiful soprano sax solos. Finally, Norm Macpherson, an award winning guitarist gave the album it's 'second voice', after Martin's heartfelt vocals, his signature soaring, slide guitar. Norm also produced and engineered the album, giving it a shape and focus sound wise that again complemented Martin’s songs perfectly. 
 
The art that Martin Springett created for the album was actually a compilation of images created over a year prior to the recording. Inspired by the very positive reaction to his Gardening Club album's re-release, Martin explored as many aspects of The Garden as he could, and The Three Riddles came out of this fertile creative period. The 24 page illustrated lyric booklet that accompanies “The Riddle”, was the next visual challenge. Martin has always felt that the link between the visual and the musical exemplified the best of the Prog rock releases of his youth, and wished to emulate that particular specific synergy with “The Riddle”.  
 
The band is deep in the recording of the next Gardening Cub album, “Boy On A Bike”. All the songs are written, two thirds of the album recorded. This a very different experience to “The Riddle”, where the band was learning to work together. In the new one, Norm and Martin can afford to experiment just a little more, the songs are all connected together sonically, making this something of a rock concerto. The same team has assembled plus some very cool guests, which of course changes things yet again. 
 
Martin will be putting together videos with his art and music from “The Riddle” very soon, as well as for “Boy On A Bike”.
                
In closing Martin has this to impart, “Life is full of beautiful melancholy, moody mysteries, shadows and light, grand gestures, tiny life changing moments, exploding super novas, cosmic light shows, stalled cars, love, seven year old poets, thoughts on surviving heart surgery, an homage to a brilliant female artist, the original sleep; you know the usual stuff.” 
 

 
The Gardening Club features:
 
SEAN DRABITT - FRETLESS ELECTRIC BASS -  Sean Drabitt left Victoria, Canada, in early 90's to study Jazz bass in Los Angeles with mentor John Clayton. The next decade he spent first in New Orleans, where he worked with all members of the Marsalis family, then in New York, working with the best young players on the modern jazz scene, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Mark Turner, Eric Harland and Ari Honig among them. Specializing in a hard driving hard bop informed style of bass playing. Sean recently gave several performances on the West coast of Canada on fretless electric bass with his quartet, A Tribute To Jaco Pastorious! https://www.seandrabitt.com
 
WAYNE KOZAK - SOPRANO SAXOPHONE - Wayne is one of the most respected sax players on the West Coast of Canada. At home in any genre of music, his improvisations are intense and melodic explorations that add immeasurably to any song he is asked to play on. Wayne ran his own studio for many years in Vancouver, Wayne Kozak Audio Productions, involved in music production, advertising jingles and soundtracks. 
 
JAMES MACPHERSON - James began playing different instruments when he was very young, including woodwinds in a variety of orchestras, then went on to play guitar, bass, drums and keyboards in many bands.  Teaching these instruments professionally, he also became involved with audio production, recording and producing albums for local bands. James brings a fresh and young energy to the music that has become an essential ingredient in The Gardening Club sound. 
 
NORM MACPHERSON -  Victoria (BC) Canada Music Hall Of Fame Inductee 2010 / Lifetime Achievement Award. Norm’s reputation as an outstanding guitarist began with his lead playing in local Victoria bands like Blues By Five and Moxie. His recording and touring credits include The Poppy Family (Terry and Susan Jacks) Skylark (with founding member producer David Foster), Burton Cummings, Roy Forbes, Connie Kaldor, The Sample Stearns Band and many years with Canadian troubadour, Valdy. Norm is also an active bassoon player with the Sooke Philharmonic Orchestra, Victoria Chamber Orchestra, and The Victoria Civic Orchestra. 
http://normmacpherson.com
 
MARTIN SPRINGETT - Martin Springett is an artist, author and musician. He recorded his first album in 1969, settings of JRR Tolkien's poems. The album was never released, but this experience set Martin on a path to combine his art and music as one effective statement. The early days of the progressive rock movement were a huge influence, especially the combined effect of art and music, as in Roger Dean's covers for Yes. “The Gardening Club” LP, originally released in 1983, now considered a 'lost prog classic' by some, was the first mature linking of his art and music. After many years in the publishing industry, Martin is now committed full time to creating music and art that reflect his connection to this wondrous and terrifying place we call home. Planet Earth.
 
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