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Steven Wilson: In a Fragment of the Cosmos
Steven Wilson: In a Fragment of the Cosmos. One of the busiest musicians of our time reflects on the vastness of the universe
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A Lost Item in Hamburg: The 1975 New Jazz Festival Album
The 1. New Jazz Festival Hamburg '75 album remains a lost item today. It contains four long tracks from a festival whose lineup, half a century later, is still difficult to reconstruct: Terje Rypdal, Liebman & Beirach, Eberhard Weber, and Tomasz Stańko.
Tenco Faces
For years, it has been no secret that there is considerable crossover between the Sanremo Festival and the Tenco Prize. This year, the overlap...
Marianne Faithfull: A Hard Life
Marianne Faithfull: a memory of an artist in dazzling chiaroscuro
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Caterina Caselli: The Faces of Life
2024 was a rewarding year for Caselli. In the spring, she was named a Knight of Labor, and in the fall, she received the...
Barry Altschul: sounds from another space/time
A member of some of the most innovative groups of the seventies, a faithful partner of Dave Holland in an unforgettable rhythm section, Barry Altschul left us some important records
Sam Cooke: “Mr. Soul” between Church and Nightclub
The life, career and tragic end of one of the greatest voices of the 20th century – and not just an African-American one.
The Indestructible Eddie Condon
They called him The Indestructible, and that’s how we’ll remember him: with that trademark sneering smile, croaky voice, his ever-present guitar slung over his shoulder, a bottle of gin never far from reach, and Gershwin’s “Liza” floating in the background.
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John Cale: The Academy Inside and Out
A new recording life for two excellent albums from the 1970s
Remembering Martial Solal
The great pianist recently died at the ripe old age of 97, but he wasn't retired for long: when he said "enough" to live performances, he was 92, and he continued to write music until the end. We remember him with an extensive examination of his formative years