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- Written by: Giovanni "Gio" Pilato
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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- Written by: Giovanni "Gio" Pilato
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.
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For a considerable number of years, now, Denmark and, overall, the Nordic part of Europe, has been injecting the world of Jazz music with hugely talented artists, most of them now widely known and appreciated in many parts of the world too.
Given the constant flourishing of a so much vibrant scene, the talented young Lithuanian Jazz vocalist Dalia Valančiūtė did not have to think twice, back a few years ago, to consider moving from her country of origin to Denmark, a place that would potentially open to her so many more possibilities and where the Lithuanian singer could fulfil her dreams and express herself at the very best.
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The name of Nordic composer, pianist, keyboardist and film scorer Christian Balvig has been for quite some time a big buzz, within not only a classical music field, but also a more pop and rock orientated too, given his recent collaborations with Danish collectives like Efterklang, When Saints Go Machine or Mew, just to mention some of the bands Balvig has been working with.
Fresh from scoring a Danish TV series called Cry Wolf (Ulven Kommer), broadcasted in more than 30 countries worldwide, plus a short movie called Eternal Father, shortlisted for the 2025 Oscar ceremony, Balvig has found himself very much inspired and evidently at ease, lately, to work on pieces that would still have a strong cinematic appeal in his music, given the success of the aforementioned soundtracks that he scored in the recent past.
Read more: Christian Balvig & Ensemble Hermes - Find And You Will Seek
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- Written by: Giovanni "Gio" Pilato
How many times so many of us have gone through life without being able to express our true feelings or talking about painful triggers that brought us down in a dark place of our minds and souls for years? Our guess is "millions of us", but we were always too afraid to admit it and face our internal demons, so we just kept on hiding, by saying to people "Nah, I'm fine".
Thankfully though, there are still out there those that are able to say to themselves "enough" to those torturing feeling and find the platform to outpour their negative karma, often through an artistic vehicle, like music.
