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Awakening: A Conversation with Vocalist Mirna Bogdanovic

Berlin, a city known for its rich musical tapestry, has nurtured diverse talents that continue to push the boundaries of jazz artistry. Among these is the Bosnian-Slovenian Mirna...

Festival Review: Canarias Jazz & Más International Festival

Recently I had the pleasure of attending the Canarias Jazz & Más International Festival that takes place in each July in Canary Islands. This year marked the 32nd edition of...

Festival Review: A to JazZ, Sofia Bulgaria

Earlier this month I had the pleasure of visiting the Bulgarian capital Sofia to attend the A to JazZ Festival. Since it’s modest beginnings in 2011, the A to JazZ Festival...

Festival Preview: Canarias Jazz & Más International Festival

Europe is well known within the jazz community for it's rich selection of jazz festivals ranging from the smal local festival through to the larger festivals featuring a broad...

Festival Review: Jazz Folk Bike festival in Syke, Germany

As a journalist, I’m usually invited to cover the larger festivals that tend to be quite hectic and sometimes quite a sensory overload. So to kick off this years festival...

JFB festival in Syke focuses on the Africa for the 2023 edition.

This June the Jazz Folk Bike festival in Syke, Germany will focus on Africa as one of it’s main theme’s. This coming edition of the festival marks the second year that...

Interview: Roberto Pistolesi

Recently we reviewed the debut album as a leader album from drummer Roberto Pistolesi, titled “Open Lands and Moving People”. This album not only drew the attention of Jan...

Nilson Matta – Samba Meets Jazz and more.

Recently we published a news item alerting our readers that in April this year, the Samba Meets Jazz Workshops, directed by Brazilian-born, Nilson Matta (bassist for, Trio da Paz,...

Sicilia Jazz Festival 2023 – Winter edition

Recently I received an invitation to attend the winter edition of the Sicilia Jazz Festival, in Palermo. Presented by the Brass Group, The Sicilia Jazz Festival has quickly become...

Tracye Eileen – Hitting the Spot

Recently we featured the new album by Chicago based vocalist Tracye Eileen titled “You Hit The Spot” on our new release Spotify playlist and the tracks we featured...

Interview: Franziska Loos, talking about our generation

German vocalist, Franziska Loos released her debut album “Generation Anything” earlier this year on the German label Mons Records. With the end of 2022 approaching, I...