Angela Ballhorn – Jazz in Europe

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Festival Review: Reykjavik Jazz 2025 Iceland

Being a (jazz) musician in Iceland is a complicated profession. Gigs are few and far between, and outside of Reykjavik, performance opportunities are even more scarce. However,...

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Festival Review: Ystad Jazz Festival, Sweden 2025

Inspector Kurt Wallander put the Swedish coastal town of Ystad on the literary map in the early 1990s. Writer Henning Mankell staged his investigations in this small town. But the...

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Festival Review: Jazzbaltica 2025

The expectant silence—the moment between two notes, between chords, the hush in which you can hear the musicians breathe before the next phrase begins, those beautiful lulls...

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Interview: Thomas Stieger

Many people have heard his bass tones, but far fewer know his name. That should change with “Choices” (Leopard / Jazzline), the debut of the electric bassist Thomas...

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Festival Review: Ystad Jazz Festival 2024

With 15 years under its belt, the Ystad Sweden Jazz Festival has firmly established itself on the European jazz map. The festival organizers took this milestone as an opportunity...

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Festival Review: Jazzkaar, Tallinn

The quote “Small country, big jazz” by John Cummings perfectly encapsulates the 2024 edition of the Jazzkaar festival in Tallinn, Estonia. Celebrating its 35th...

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Festival Review: Ystad Jazz Festival Sweden

Ystad is a small town in southern Sweden. The picturesque old town with its small houses and old churches became known worldwide, thanks in large part to the writer Henning...

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Festival Review: Viljandi Folk Festival, Estonia

Before I start, please accept my apologies. This article won’t be a jazz festival report, as it’s about a folk festival, although folk music is also a form of...

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CD Review: Marriage Material, Enchantment Under The Sea

After it’s prime in the 90s and early 2000s, many people quickly turned their noses up at fusion music and jazz rock: too cold, too technical, heartless virtuosity,...

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CD Review: Herve Samb, Jolof

Jolof is the sixth album by guitarist and singer Hervé Samb. Jolof refers to the kingdom of Jolof, founded by the Wolof in the 12th century and now part of Senegal. The jazz...

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