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"..there's 12 notes, most people either go up or go down; in my case, sideways!"
Some records that stay in history are born out of many things. Naturally, there is the artist's fundamental input, first and foremost; then, almost due to, perhaps, astral alignments, more talented elements get added to the aforementioned alignments, at the right place and at the right time.
The late great David Bowie has always been, throughout his career, extremely good and wise on cherry-picking the right musicians for each of his records, just like it happened in 1973 for one of Bowie’s most loved and celebrated masterpieces, the jewel that is Aladdin Sane.
Read more: 50 Years Of Aladdin Sane - In Conversation With Mike Garson
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Shepherd had reached global stardom already in the early stages of his career, thanks to the hit single Blue On Black, included in the Trouble Is.. album, a body of work that has smashed several record selling figures and had a special celebration in 2022, for its 25th Anniversary since its release date. Shepherd's drive and genuine love for music still inspires the American artist to continue writing and recording albums of remarkable beauty and lyrical depth, as confirmed, once again, by his brand new record called Dirt On My Diamonds Vol. 1, recently released and reviewed also by our website.
Read more: Diamond Life - In Conversation With Kenny Wayne Shepherd
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The Netherlands have solidly been, in the last half a century, one of those few European nations that has heavily contributed to chisel new and exciting artists, as the years went by, with a deep understanding and appreciation of music, no matter the genre.
One particular name comes to mind, when you think about genuinely raw, pure and real talent, coming from the aforementioned part of the world and it is that of the explosive Rock & Soul trio called DeWolff.
Read more: The Force Of Human Energy - In Conversation With DeWolff's Robin Piso
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Music is and has always been an Art that, perhaps more that others, is capable to speak to the heart and soul of people. It might be because this marvellous art has got the power to unravel our memories, distant or more recent or touch our spirituality in a way that no other art is able to, always, of course in a subjective way.
Somebody that through his talent and compositional skills has been able and still is, throughout his whole career, to touch the emotional chords of millions of fans around the world, it is the Italian pianist and composer Roberto Cacciapaglia, one of the most renowned Piano Geniuses recognised universally around the world, from United States, Russia, his own country of origin Italy and many more.
Read more: Rainbows Of Connectivity - In conversation with Pianist and Composer Roberto Cacciapaglia
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It would be fair to say that many marvellous records are often the outcome of painful or particularly hard times in the life of a music artist. A little like what happened to one of the biggest music revelations in the British music industry, Roxanne De Bastion, a very talented singer/songwriter who, through her 2021 album You And Me, We Are The Same, a truly wonderfully written, arranged and sang record that dealt with the loss of De Bastion’s father Richard, a music artist himself that played a huge part in the personal and artistic growth of the London-based artist.
An album produced by a highly renowned British artist like Bernard Butler, You And Me, We Are The Same is a record that catapulted even further the talent of Roxanne De Bastion to the attention of the medias in the United Kingdom, after the young half-British half-German singer/songwriter had already impressed few years ago music fans and the media world with the release of her 2017 album, called Heirlooms & Hearsay. Following a triumphant 2022, where De Bastion toured incessantly the You And Me, We Are The Same album around the whole of the country, joining, at one point, also one of the most celebrated worldwide Synth/Pop artists of the last 4 decades, Howard Jones, as his opening act, the singer/songwriter decided to frame one of her most successful years of her career to date with an intimate live recording at St. Pancras Old Church in London, now released also as a record via Bandcamp, both in digital and physical format.
Read more: Empathize And Connect - In Conversation With Roxanne De Bastion
