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Double A side single releases from Ríona Sally Hartman released on February 24th 2022, two sister songs called SEED and BLOOM. Available now from Bandcamp, Apple Music and Spotify
“I want these songs to get people out of bed in the morning. Seed starts gentle, and joyful, to wake you up while you make your coffee. By the time you’ve reached the end of Bloom the whole band is in full ecstatic mode, cheering you on so you’re ready to go out to face the day.”
On this edition I'ld like to pay tribute to trombonist SLIDE HAMPTON who sadly died last November but who thankfully left us a huge treasure trove of his music.
A complete departure for our 80th birthday, with wall-to-wall vocal groups, stimulated by a positive reaction to the all-vocal content of the 77th Hot Box. So, for the first time, we have an hour of the best harmony vocalising in jazz, from the streets of New Orleans to Carnegie Hall.
Dorota Konchevska is releasing a new single entitled “Gold Goes Out” on 18 February 2022 on the Max Min Records label. Gloriously dark Polish -via-Dublin electronic diva producer conjures up emotional introspective sketches writing them in a woodland hut during lockdown.
Dublin based artist Dorota, began her career as a jazz singer and has evolved into a multifaceted artist & producer, capable of breathtaking feets of alchemy that fuses her ethereal vocals with leftfield electronic music.
On this edition I'ld like to lead you into the magic sound world of Hans Georg Brunner-Schwer's MPS Studio in the Black Forest where he recorded the Creme de la Creme of Jazz from Oscar Peterson, Hans Koller, Joe Henderson, Rolf+Joachim Kuehn, Baden Powell and others
Irish singer songwriter Aoife Doyle released LOVE CONQUERS ALL, the fourth single from her upcoming album on 11th of February. It's a soulful song about love released just in time for Valentines Day.
'LOVE CONQUERS ALL is about coming to a realisation that love truly is the answer to many of life's problems and questions.'
'Aoife Doyle combines the guts and vulnerability of a blues singer with the poise and musicianship of a well-schooled jazz artist .... Her albums to date have charted her growth from singer to songwriter, and she always keeps impeccable musical company.'
THE IRISH TIMES
'One of the most eagerly awaited albums... and it doesn't disappoint. It's right up there with anything I have heard this year.'
LINLEY HAMILTON BBC Radio Ulster
Aoife Doyle is originally from Bray, Co. Wicklow now living in Co. Clare. While she has been performing for many years, it was upon moving to the West Coast of Ireland that she found her songwriting voice.
On this edition I'ld like to lead you into the magic of the Vibraphone in Jazz by drifting between and beyond the mastery of Gary Burton and Bobby Hutcherson with contribution by the two innovators as well as some others deeply influenced by them.
