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Chicano Music has gone through a lot of transformations and highs and lows, in the last half a century, sometimes in a good way, some other time not really up to the standards that the genre's Kingpin, Lalo Guerrero, reached in the late 40's.
It is therefore refreshing that a record that sticks to the traditions and the foundations of Chicano Music, with a little contemporary twist, like Johnny & Jaalene sees the light of the day right now, in 2018.
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One of the secrets behind the success of a great album is the ability to keep the sound fresh and vibrant throughout the record, at the same time entertaining the listeners and jiggling different musical layers that magically fits inside one another, like a perfectly shaped sonic Matrioska.
This is something that the Leicester-born and London-based troubadour Jack J Hutchinson and his band of brothers Boom Boom Brotherhood fully manage to achieve in their debut album called Set Your Heart For The Sun.
Read more: Jack J Hutchinson's Boom Boom Brotherhood - Set Your Heart For The Sun
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It's rather unusual, in these days and age of Contemporary Music, to come across to an artist able to add irony, beauty, fun and swagger to already remarkable many talents as a singer, songwriter and bass guitar player quite as much as Oregon-based Blues and Funk artist Anni Piper does.
Piper, a strikingly charming Australian-born artist that saw her career taking off even further since her move to the United States in 2014, has always impressed the fans and the critics through the years for her charming lyrical style, coupled by a vocal and overall standout performing presence on stage, the latter being aspects that match very well Anni Piper's talent and witty personality.
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Many capital cities all over the world have got a special music venue that represents the sonic core and history of said cities.
While London has The 100 Club, Amsterdam got the Paradiso or Berlin has the Quasimodo, as some of their most iconic, historical venues, the Danish capital city of Copenhagen has got the Hotel Cecil, a venue that doesn't only serve Art in general, being a notorious Jazzhouse and Playhouse, but it used to be also a lecture hall and an administrative hub for the women’s emancipation movement in Denmark, when the Hotel Cecil was built in 1936.
Read more: Thorbjørn Risager And The Black Tornado - Live At Hotel Cecil
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There is something very comforting in hearing that an artist, in these days and age, keeps on being loyal to the music roots where said artist comes from, as the years go by.
In that respect and undoubtedly, a city like Detroit in the United States that has got an enormous musical heritage, has inspired hundreds of musicians as it keeps on doing today, still, nurturing their imagination and creativity each and every day.
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Modern blues roots guitar wielding champion, Samantha Fish, has been a leader in keeping the blues alive - and helping blues rock evolve. Leadership knows their audience and engages their passions. Leadership builds trust, then pushes the boundaries of curiosity and human connection. A free fall of thousands of people into the collective consciousness of total immersion does not happen by accident.
From a teenager cold calling bars, Samantha has been comfortable on stages, and she levels the field between artist and fan. She immediately welcomes the crowd into her wavelength. Once attuned, the energy twists, turns, with deliciously, deliriously blinding fire, and sends us off into exhilaration. Rooted in Kansas City blues, and influenced by artists from Prince to Leonard Cohen, as well as the legends of Mississippi Hill Country blues, she has created her own sound, and newcomers to her shows are often unprepared for her mighty power.
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2026 will be remembered by all true lovers of Jazz music and by those that truly appreciate music in its entirety because one of the greatest saxophonists and composers of all times, John Coltrane, would have been 100 years of age this coming September.
One of the most celebrated records off Coltrane’s vast discography, recognised by both the worldwide music press and millions of fans, it is undoubtedly A Love Supreme, an album released in 1965 counting, besides Coltrane’s magnetic way of playing the saxophone, also a stellar line-up musicians accompanying the renowned Jazz giant, which included pianist McCoy Tyner, bassist Jimmy Garrison and drummer Elvin Jones.
Read more: Mathias Heise & Danish Radio Big Band - A Love Supreme Revisited
