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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
Lizz Wright - "Music is about the journey"
On her new CD "The Orchard" Lizz Wright steps forward with a new palette of songs that reflect her lifelong musical journey and also closes a circle that began with her debut "Salt" and the second ... [more]
by Carina Prange
Caecilie Norby - "Juicy, tasty, ripe..."
She likes to challenge herself all the time as she states herself: With her new album "Slow Fruit", Caecilie Norby casts off again—her voice ever so soulful, mature and expressive. The 43 years-old ... [more]
by Carina Prange
Stephen Duffy - "The color of lilac"
Stephen Duffy, the British songwriter, guitarist and singer of the band "The Lilac Time" in the past obviously did not spare any effort to fall though the meshes of success. He left Duran Duran which ... [more]
by Carina Prange
Tord Gustavsen - "Dilemmas in music and relationships"
This interview with the Norwegian pianist Tord Gustavsen took place some months ago. Now, as 2007 comes to an end, there finally is time to scribble down and publish what we talked about. For several ... [more]
by Carina Prange
Kristin Asbjørnsen - "About being a wayfaring stranger"
As her name reveals at first sight, the singer and songwriter Kristin Asbjørnsen doesn't come from the USA but from Norway. Nevertheless her current album "Wayfaring Stranger", published by Emarcy ... [more]
by Carina Prange
Sonya Kitchell - "Listening to someone's footsteps..."
This year in May Sonya Kitchell could be experienced in a few German cities as opener for pop musician Joe Jackson. Before that she had shared the stage with Tuck & Pattie or Shawn Colvin. All the ... [more]
by Carina Prange
Mark Bragg - "Stories without moral"
Mark Bragg is a Canadian singer-songwriter, who went on tour in Germany some months ago, supporting "The Boss Hoss". His concerts as well as the music on his new album "Bear Music" are sort of trashy, ... [more]
by Carina Prange
Karl Seglem - "The call of the goat horn"
There is Ying and Yang, black and white in everything. In Karl Seglem's world there is traditional Norwegian Folk Music and Electronics combined with his own interpretation of what jazz is ... [more]
by Carina Prange
Arlo Guthrie - "Wash their dishes, clean their house"
Arlo Guthrie, son of the legendary worker-singer Woody Guthrie, has been "on the road" by now for over 40 years. Like for his father before him the political song became his second nature: folk with ... [more]
by Carina Prange
Kari Bremnes - "Words are precious to me"
Kari Bremnes sees herself as "a songwriter". With this she not only underlines that to her lyrics are very important, but that the music definitely belongs to her and is not just being sung by her ... [more]
by Carina Prange
Mack Goldsbury - "A world sound on the saxophone"
A robust yet delicate sound on the tenor saxophone is the trademark which made Mack Goldsbury famous on the international stage, which helped him to advance from the provincial backwaters of Texas ... [more]
by Carina Prange
Joe Sample - "Fire in my spirit"
His name is directly and inseparably connected to the history of jazz and jazz rock—namely with the "Jazz Crusaders" and as a pioneer of contemporary electric jazz piano, Joe Sample was among ... [more]
by Carina Prange
Mike Keneally - "Back to nature"
On his solo-CD "Nonkertompf" Mike Keneally still preferred a strongly fragmented, electronic statement. Nowadays, the ex-Zappa guitarist - he played there from 1987 to 1988 ... [more]
by Carina Prange
Josh Roseman - "To get the ball rolling"
He had been the "rising star" of the Downbeat Critics Poll 2003. The following year Josh Roseman astounded the public with his album "Treats for the Nightwalker" on Enja Records ... [more]
by Carina Prange
Under Byen - "The dream and the nightmare"
From "under the city", as their name translates, into the limelight of the world: This could be a short description of the success story of Under Byen. It already might appear unusual that a Danish-si ... [more]
by Carina Prange
Gene Coleman - "The wide field of sound"
The "Sound Field"-Festival in Chicago, always good for causing a stir in America’s progressive scene, is one of his foundings. Consequently also it‘s European counterpart "Transonic" in the "Haus der ... [more]
by Carina Prange
Misha Alperin - "One can become music"
The classically trained pianist and composer Misha Alperin was born in Ukrania. After having spent a number of industrious years in Moscow, he finally found his new homeland in Oslo ... [more]
by Carina Prange
Jocelyn B. Smith - "Girl, you go!"
Jocelyn B. Smith is back to her roots: A long journey passing through different phases well documented by her annual CD-publications. And as well visualized by her ever changing ... [more]
by Carina Prange
Mode Plagal - "Little Moon perhaps"
There are no better, or more delicate, old symbols for common ground across boundaries than Constantinople - Istanbul and Bosporus: Asia and Europe, Orient and Occident. ... [more]
by Thomas Götzelt
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