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New Release from Riona Sally Hartman entitled Fód which is the Irish word for Sod or a piece of earth. This wonderful new track is about finding courage and hope in nature. Available from November 11th from Bandcamp, Apple Music and Spotify.
“I would love it if tomorrow you got a pair of headphones, stepped out the door and went for a six-minute walk and listened once through from start to finish. No doom scrolling, no checking emails, just walking and listening. Is that a lot to ask? Yes, it is. I know it is, but that's what I'd love for this song. That's my wish that I'm putting out into the universe.”
Irish singer songwriter Aoife Doyle will release THEY SAY, the third single from her upcoming album on 16th November. It's a soulful song with fabulous brass arrangements by Michael Buckley and impeccable backing vocals from Margot Daly.
'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
"THEY SAY is about learning to trust your gut and intuition. There are so many influences in this world and if we don't cultivate a strong sense of inner direction they can pull us in every direction and make for a confusing life.'
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.
THE GLOBAL LANGUAGE OF JAZZ.........explored on this week's edition of TALES FROM THE FAR SIDE
with contributions by Wolfgang Puschnig, Jelly Roll Morton, Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Chano Pozo, Gerry Mulligan, Astor Piazolla, Abdullah Ibrahim, Jan Gabarek, Rudresh Mahanthappa, Gilad Atzmon and others
another Jazz-Fairytale, another chapter of my weekly Jazz Show.
And today I explore the music of Herbie Mann, Alberto Socarras, Wayman Carver, James Moody, Eric Dolphy, Charles Lloyd, Yusef Lateef, Nicole Mitchell, Frank Wess, Bobby Jaspar and others.
On this week's edition of TALES FROM THE FAR SIDE we once again drop into the legendary Village Vanguard Club and today you can hear some historic recordings by John Coltrane, Sonny Rollins, the Thad Jones-Mel Lewis Big Band, Fred Hersch, Hank Jones, Wynton Marsalis and Gerry Mulligan's Concert Jazz Band..
What’s in it this time? We have tried to be quite noisy in celebration of our 75th edition - a “milestone”.
The celebration starts with the Chuck Owen Jazz Surge with more from Lonnie Smith, Eddie Daniels, The Big Phat Band, and Steve Slagle throughout the show.
