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Sinikka Langeland - "The kantele is the mother of the band"
On her new album "The Land That Is Not", the singer Sinikka Langeland creates a congenial mixture of folk-jazz and poetry. Langeland, who lives in the small Norwegian town of Grue Finnskog, is as well ... [more]
by Carina Prange
Unni Wilhelmsen - "Small detail, big poetic event"
The Norwegian singer, songwriter and guitarist Unni Wilhelmsen — we could as well call her a "multi intrumentalist as she also plays the piano, the banjo and assorted keyboards — recently published ... [more]
by Carina Prange
Siiri Sisask - "Multilingual from Estonia"
For the Estonian singer and songwriter Siiri Sisask it is not the first collaboration with pianist and composer Kristjan Randalu. Her album "Teine Jälg" recorded with the Randalu band in 2006 already ... [more]
by Carina Prange
Jessica Pilnäs - "Ups and downs of love and life"
She is from Sweden and she has an expressive voice—something that might not yet be sufficient to make Jessica Plinäs stand out among all the other young aspiring female Scandinavian singers. However, ... [more]
by Carina Prange
Yaron Herman - "A Rabbit out of a hat"
With the CD "Follow The White Rabbit" the Israely pianist Yaron Herman has now published his debut on the German label ACT Music. Fitting the title, he creates a world "behind the mirror" —and yes, ... [more]
by Carina Prange
Paula Morelenbaum - "Bossa Nova is big in me!"
The connection between the Brazilian singer Paula Morelenbaum and Bossa Nova is as tight as can be imagined. In the past for ten years she had been part of the legendary band "Novada Banda" of the ... [more]
by Carina Prange
Erlend Ropstad - "Writing about real stuff"
"Whatever you do, do it to the bone," says songwriter Erlend Ropstad when asked about his motto. Another one could be "keep it real", as Ropstad loves telling stories but dislikes metaphors and symbol ... [more]
by Carina Prange
Eivind Aarset - "Texture and energy"
The Norwegian guitarist Eivind Aarset is an inventor and creator of extrovert sound tapestries and generates almost spheric clouds of energy with the help of his instruments, half a ton of effect peda ... [more]
by Carina Prange
Emilio Castillo - "Five People acting as one"
To experience this band on stage in the venue of NH Hotel during the "Jazztage Ingolstadt" was an exceptional event. The incredible energy of Tower Of Power with it's famous brass section rocked the ... [more]
by Carina Prange
Sublime - "The cherry on the cake"
At the first glance, this is a strange liaison: a Japanese artist, living in Paris and a French singer living in Tokyo working together for an album. But that's exactly what happended in the case of ... [more]
by Carina Prange
Hugh Masekela - "South Africa holds a special place..."
Trumpet player Hugh Masekela, born in 1939 is considered one of South Africa's most important pioneers in Jazz and worldmusic. Over many years, Masekela had to live in exile—in London, New York and ... [more]
by Carina Prange
Peter van Huffel - "Essentially free"
After several years in New York the Canadian saxophonist Peter van Huffel meanwhile has centered his life in Berlin. The German capital is his new musical base for touring, for example together with ... [more]
by Carina Prange
Frøy Aagre - "Writing notes on paper"
On her new album "Cycle of Silence" the Norwegian saxophonist Frøy Aagre follows a unique vision based on the sound of her soprano: Her band, although conventional in line-up with piano, bass and drum ... [more]
by Carina Prange
Rebekka Bakken - "Songwriting is like alchemy"
With her new album "Morning Hours", the Norwegian blonde beauty emerges like a princess from the forest and presents songs destined to take the hearts of her listeners by storm. Despite that big ambit ... [more]
by Carina Prange
Magnus Fra Gaarden - "No Coke—but Bionade!"
Similar things could happen as with the small manufacturer who invented the ecological lemonade "Bionade"—thanks to an inventive and convincing marketing campaign, the bio-drink in large parts of Germ ... [more]
by Carina Prange
Vienna Teng - "A mixed tape full of songs"
For several years, Vienna Teng has worked as software engineer—but from early childhood on, there was something else calling for her: She started to play classical piano at the age of five ... [more]
by Carina Prange
Sarah-Jane Morris - "I write my life into song"
One year ago she was touring with Sting's guitarist Dominic Miller-just the two of them-and played some extraordinary concerts by chosing a repertoire that fitted perfectly into this intimate atmosphe ... [more]
by Carina Prange
Ronan Guilfoyle - "Seven in one"
Seven in one—it almost reads like one of Ronan Guilfoyle's rhythmic patterns. But it could also stand for bassplayer, composer, bandleader, author, organizer/musical director, teacher, producer. Ronan ... [more]
by Herbert Federsel
Caroline Henderson - "I give classics a new dimension!"
Five years ago Danish jazzsinger Caroline Henderson set a landmark in interpreting jazz standards with her album "Don't Explain". Now, in 2008, her album "No. 8" she moves on ... [more]
by Carina Prange
A Fine Frenzy - "Trying to grab a cherry..."
She is a young woman of twenty-two, claims her songwriting to be inspired by Lewis Carrol and other writers of phantastic literature, plays the piano equally well as she sings with a haunting voice. ... [more]
by Carina Prange
