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When Music becomes a fundamental part of our lives, among its many positive effects, there is that one related to freedom of expression, that liberating feeling that helps people to channel their emotions and release them to the world, a special power that only Music is able to trigger.
For the last 15 years, Music and Blues Music in particular, have been a real catalyst for the American singer-songwriter and Harmonica Maestro Chris O’Leary, an artist that has lived and still lives quite an intense life on and off the stage, with Music being a loyal and trusted companion that keeps on fuelling his many artistic talents, helping him, at the same time, to share his endless tales of relationships gone wrong, military experiences (O'Leary served as a Marine in the Gulf War) and unfortunate judgements through his impressive vocal skills and on playing harmonica.
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It's rather unusual, in these days and age of Contemporary Music, to come across to an artist able to add irony, beauty, fun and swagger to already remarkable many talents as a singer, songwriter and bass guitar player quite as much as Oregon-based Blues and Funk artist Anni Piper does.
Piper, a strikingly charming Australian-born artist that saw her career taking off even further since her move to the United States in 2014, has always impressed the fans and the critics through the years for her charming lyrical style, coupled by a vocal and overall standout performing presence on stage, the latter being aspects that match very well Anni Piper's talent and witty personality.
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Many capital cities all over the world have got a special music venue that represents the sonic core and history of said cities.
While London has The 100 Club, Amsterdam got the Paradiso or Berlin has the Quasimodo, as some of their most iconic, historical venues, the Danish capital city of Copenhagen has got the Hotel Cecil, a venue that doesn't only serve Art in general, being a notorious Jazzhouse and Playhouse, but it used to be also a lecture hall and an administrative hub for the women’s emancipation movement in Denmark, when the Hotel Cecil was built in 1936.
Read more: Thorbjørn Risager And The Black Tornado - Live At Hotel Cecil
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There is something very comforting in hearing that an artist, in these days and age, keeps on being loyal to the music roots where said artist comes from, as the years go by.
In that respect and undoubtedly, a city like Detroit in the United States that has got an enormous musical heritage, has inspired hundreds of musicians as it keeps on doing today, still, nurturing their imagination and creativity each and every day.
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Modern blues roots guitar wielding champion, Samantha Fish, has been a leader in keeping the blues alive - and helping blues rock evolve. Leadership knows their audience and engages their passions. Leadership builds trust, then pushes the boundaries of curiosity and human connection. A free fall of thousands of people into the collective consciousness of total immersion does not happen by accident.
From a teenager cold calling bars, Samantha has been comfortable on stages, and she levels the field between artist and fan. She immediately welcomes the crowd into her wavelength. Once attuned, the energy twists, turns, with deliciously, deliriously blinding fire, and sends us off into exhilaration. Rooted in Kansas City blues, and influenced by artists from Prince to Leonard Cohen, as well as the legends of Mississippi Hill Country blues, she has created her own sound, and newcomers to her shows are often unprepared for her mighty power.
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2026 will be remembered by all true lovers of Jazz music and by those that truly appreciate music in its entirety because one of the greatest saxophonists and composers of all times, John Coltrane, would have been 100 years of age this coming September.
One of the most celebrated records off Coltrane’s vast discography, recognised by both the worldwide music press and millions of fans, it is undoubtedly A Love Supreme, an album released in 1965 counting, besides Coltrane’s magnetic way of playing the saxophone, also a stellar line-up musicians accompanying the renowned Jazz giant, which included pianist McCoy Tyner, bassist Jimmy Garrison and drummer Elvin Jones.
Read more: Mathias Heise & Danish Radio Big Band - A Love Supreme Revisited
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In a world where most days we wake up with news about various dooms and glooms, wars, atrocities and what have you, it is refreshing and uplifting to find, from time to time, some stories about resurgence, resilience and desire to reconnect with what matters the most in our lives.
One of those stories concerns a worldwide much loved and respected American Blues/Rock guitarists and singer/songwriters, Ryan McGarvey who, for quite some time, had not released a studio album (his last one was the 2018 one called Heavy Hearted, one of the best in McGarvey's career to date) and not toured live for a number for years too.
