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The contemporary Jazz movement has been and still is highly active, thanks also to some new vital lymph brought by new inspired and driven young newcomers, especially in the last decade. More and more emerging artists from all around the world, year after year, are keeping the genre alive with such application, drive and inner talent, prone to move the genre towards the next century by putting their own personal stamp but still, without forgetting those significant sonic roots brought by many of the Jazz giants in the last century, being them either players or singers.
One of the rising stars in the contemporary Jazz World is, unquestionably, the 20-years-old American singer Anaïs Reno, an artist that has embraced Jazz in its entirety through studying it deeply throughout the genre's growth and consequent metamorphosis, revealing a vocal depth of great class and maturity already at a very young age.
Read more: The Joy In Jazz - In Conversation With American Jazz Singer Anaïs Reno
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"..there's 12 notes, most people either go up or go down; in my case, sideways!"
Some records that stay in history are born out of many things. Naturally, there is the artist's fundamental input, first and foremost; then, almost due to, perhaps, astral alignments, more talented elements get added to the aforementioned alignments, at the right place and at the right time.
The late great David Bowie has always been, throughout his career, extremely good and wise on cherry-picking the right musicians for each of his records, just like it happened in 1973 for one of Bowie’s most loved and celebrated masterpieces, the jewel that is Aladdin Sane.
Read more: 50 Years Of Aladdin Sane - In Conversation With Mike Garson
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Shepherd had reached global stardom already in the early stages of his career, thanks to the hit single Blue On Black, included in the Trouble Is.. album, a body of work that has smashed several record selling figures and had a special celebration in 2022, for its 25th Anniversary since its release date. Shepherd's drive and genuine love for music still inspires the American artist to continue writing and recording albums of remarkable beauty and lyrical depth, as confirmed, once again, by his brand new record called Dirt On My Diamonds Vol. 1, recently released and reviewed also by our website.
Read more: Diamond Life - In Conversation With Kenny Wayne Shepherd
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The Netherlands have solidly been, in the last half a century, one of those few European nations that has heavily contributed to chisel new and exciting artists, as the years went by, with a deep understanding and appreciation of music, no matter the genre.
One particular name comes to mind, when you think about genuinely raw, pure and real talent, coming from the aforementioned part of the world and it is that of the explosive Rock & Soul trio called DeWolff.
Read more: The Force Of Human Energy - In Conversation With DeWolff's Robin Piso
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Music is and has always been an Art that, perhaps more that others, is capable to speak to the heart and soul of people. It might be because this marvellous art has got the power to unravel our memories, distant or more recent or touch our spirituality in a way that no other art is able to, always, of course in a subjective way.
Somebody that through his talent and compositional skills has been able and still is, throughout his whole career, to touch the emotional chords of millions of fans around the world, it is the Italian pianist and composer Roberto Cacciapaglia, one of the most renowned Piano Geniuses recognised universally around the world, from United States, Russia, his own country of origin Italy and many more.
Read more: Rainbows Of Connectivity - In conversation with Pianist and Composer Roberto Cacciapaglia
