Click on the link here for Audio Player: As much as I like putting posts up for Jazz dates in the deep-deep past, it’s always nice to run across something recorded recently as a way of letting you know the world of Jazz is alive and healthy and
Click on the link here for Audio Player: Checking out the latest from Stockholm tonight with a set recorded live by Sveriges Radio of Swedish Indie/Alt/ band Polstiljonen just a few weeks ago. They’re new to me and pretty new as a band (together since 2011). With no
Click on the link here for Audio Player: Festival season is roaring along. This week from Brussels, Belgium and the Nuits Bontanique Festival 2013. Tonight it’s a set by Belgian Indie/Alternative/proto-Psych band Vismets, recorded on May 8th during the homegrown portion of the festival. Vismets have been
Click on the link here for Audio Player: One of the early practitioners of Dreamscape and Experimental Electronica, Cocteau Twins came very much to be synonymous with the 80s and the Atmospheric turn the decade took in music. Embracing a minimalism in their music, Cocteau Twins and the
Become a Patron! Tonight one of those bands that had fiercely loyal fans or loudly damning detractors. Not soliciting that kind of reaction over here, they were moderately successful and enjoyed a good relationship with their American label Elektra until their extended hiatus, which began in 2006. One of the
Click on the link here for Audio Player: A very busy weekend, with two large festivals taking place simultaneously but in different parts of the world. Jazz Fest in New Orleans was heading into Week Number 2 with non-stop bands (and non-stop rain from the sounds of it),
Click on the link here for Audio Player: Digging into some recent-past Festival concerts this month. This one featuring the legendary Charles Lloyd in concert at The Charlie Jazz Festival, recorded on July 1, 2011. Lloyd has been around for a while, and he’s still at it and
Click on the link here for Audio Player: An example of a somewhat short-lived genre from the early 1970s, one that translated well in the States. PubRock was very big in the UK – it was basic stripped-down/no-frills Rock n’ Roll, concentrating on upbeat numbers that appealed to
Click on the link here for Audio Player: Over to Paris this week for a concert by the Girard Quartet, with Raphael Pidoux lending an extra bit of cello for two of the four Boccherini pieces, recorded in concert at the Musèe d’Orsay this past March 19th by
Click on the link here for Audio Player: Cyan are a band from Barcelona. They’ve been together since 2008 and have just released their third album, Delapso and have been regarded by the Spanish press as one of the Best Bands of 2011. Fronted by Javi Fernandez whose
