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An interview with JC Cherry - Conchita Venderbosch, Jelle Wunderink, Michel Bruijniks and Peter Doppen: We are freelance in music - Photos : All band members, Conchita Venderbosch vocals, Jelle Wunderink guitar, Michel Bruijniks bass guitar and Peter Doppen drums, are present in this interview and their answers have been processed as a…

John Mayall was a decade older than the British Invasion rock stars and his background was in jazz - Photos : He was the “Godfather” to these would-be rock tastemakers, the poet laureate, the full professor who from the beginning of his recording career was 20 years ahead of the curve.…

Review: Pat Metheny - MoonDial - 2024 - Video : Pat Metheny was first encountered in this parish in the autumn of 1982, promoting Offramp (ECM), released earlier in the year. He was making a London stopover on the tour…

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Live review: In America it all seems to have gone at a rapid pace with pages: North Sea Jazz Festival 2024 - Dag 2 - Photos : Although blues fans are not exactly spoiled this weekend, there is a blast waiting for you today that no one will want to miss. There is great anticipation for the…

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John Mayall, British Blues legend, dies aged 90 - Photos : John Mayall was announced as a 2024 Inductee to the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame, receiving the Musical Influence Award along with Alexis Korner and Big Mama Thorton. “I’ve had a very interesting life,” blues legend John Mayall once told American Blues Scene. “And I think, being a musician, you are able to put your […]

Review: Blind Boys Of Alabama & Bobby Rush – 99 And ½ Won’t Do - 2024 - Photos : The historical collaboration of the sacred soul classic “99 And ½ Won’t Do” between artists with legendary six-decade careers in American music with proceeds to support the Mid-South Food Bank in Memphis, TN. Both Rush and the Blind Boys won GRAMMY Awards this year; the Blind Boys appeared on the Today Show in April, sat […]

Marshall Allen and Chucho Valdés included in 2025 class of NEA Jazz Masters - Photos : A saxophonist of otherworldly gusto, two pianists of impulsive eloquence and a critic with a pen nearly as sharp as his ears — these are just a few choice epithets for the 2025 class of NEA Jazz Masters, announced this morning by the National Endowment for the Arts. The four new inductees — Marshall Allen, […]

An interview with Buckwheat Zydeco Jr.: Take care of your dad.’ I stood by his side, and as time passed took care of my father and kept that in the family - Photos : “It was a blessing to have my first CD nominated, but when they said we won the Grammy, I said, ‘Oh, my God.’ When they called our name, I was like, wow.” Buckwheat Zydeco Jr.’s real name is Reginald Masters Dural, ‘Sir Reg’ for short. He’s been fronting his dad’s band since dad died in […]

Review: Emaginario - Ethan Margolis - Interlude Of The Duende - 2024 : Guitarist, composer, and arranger Ethan Margolis is the driving force behind “Interlude of the Duende,” a soundscape that puts into focus his strong rhythmic and compositional sensibilities, which include a deep interest in Jazz, Delta Blues, and the roots Flamenco music that he has studied for over 25 years since living in the Andalusian region […]

Review: Sonny Rollins - Freedom Weaver: The 1959 European Tour Recordings - 2024 : On Record Store Day in April 2024, Sonny Rollins fans were faced with an abundance of riches. Two archival offerings appeared: Blue Note’s A Night at the Village Vanguard: The Complete Masters (in the Tone Poet series), and George Klabin’s and Zev Feldman’s Resonance Records Freedom Weaver: The 1959 European Recordings. Rollins’ performance on November […]

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An interview with Val Starr of The Blues Rocket: To The Blues and Back Again - new CD - Photos : An interview with Val Starr of The Blues Rocket The joy in your playing has brought joy to so many others, including and especially me. What do you think is its secret? That is such a wonderful thing to hear. I think the secret is to always strive to be a better person, not only […]

New CD Review: Ron Carter & Art Farmer - Live At Sweet Basil - 2024 - Photos : This is truly a dream band of Jazz Legends, with Ron Carter on bass, Art Farmer on trumpet and flugelhorn, Cedar Walton on piano and Billy Higgins on drums. Four of the world’s most respected musicians (all honored as NEA Jazz Masters) come together for a scintillating night of jazz…live from New York’s Sweet Basil, […]

An interview with Sam Joyner: Blues and other music became a commercial product : How has the Blues and Soul music influenced your views of the world and the journeys you’ve taken? Early on the music has helped me express myself and navigate my way through life in my community and later beyond. The words to every song would say what I was thinking and the music what I […]

ZZ TOP gives the audience what they came for - Live concert at Amsterdam - Photos : Peace seemed to have returned for a while after the enormous fuss surrounding the performances of Taylor Swift, currently the most popular act in the world, which took place here a few days ago. Hundreds of ‘Swifties’, as the fans are affectionately known, had even arrived with full camping equipment to set up a tent […]

An interview with Herb Alpert: Nobody knows what a hit sound is. So, I never tried to make a hit record - Photos : About as close as trumpet player Herb Alpert ever came to the blues was signing artists like Joan Armatrading and Quincy Jones to A&M Records, but his role as a renaissance artist, record executive, painter and sculptor could fill a book on how independent artists can make it out of the bush leagues that so many blues […]

Live review: North Sea Jazz Festival 2024 - Rotterdam Ahoy - Dag 1 - Photos : This year too, Blues Jazz Scenes online Magazine was present during the North Sea Jazz Festival to give an impression of the enormous event. No fewer than 46 editions have already preceded it and for this year a particularly wide range of diversity, styles and genres has been selected. The excitement in the city had […]

Review: Chucho Valdés and Royal Quartet - Cuba & Beyond - 2024 - Photos : Chucho Valdés Celebrates Iconic 60-Year Recording Career With The Release Of A New Royal Quartet Album. Acclaimed living legend of Afro-Cuban music, seven-time GRAMMY Award winner and six-time Latin GRAMMY Award winner Chucho Valdés celebrates his lauded 60-year recording career with an instant-classic, Cuba & Beyond, set for release on Friday, September 20, 2024. Valdés is the preeminent composer/pianist of modern Afro-Cuban […]

Review: Celso Salim and Darryl Carriere - About Time - 2024 - Video : Making music together for over two decades, Brazilian guitarist Celso Salim and California harmonica player Darryl Carriere present their first record in collaboration. “BBQ,” the first video from Celso Salim and Darryl Carriere’s new album, About Time, is not about one of America’s favorite food groups. Rather, it’s about not being dragged over the coals by your significant other and […]

An interview with Dave Thomas: Music is so much more to me than what I do - Photos : How do you think that you have grown as an artist since you first started making music? What has remained the same about your music-making process? I have grown as an artist by finding my own voice. I remember hearing Memphis Slim say that this was the most important thing one could achieve. Naturally I […]

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Review: Al Di Meola - Twentyfour - 2024 - Photos : US guitar legend Al Di Meola has announced that he will release a brand new studio album, Twentyfour, through ear Music on July 19. The album is he follow-up to 2020’s Across The Universe, a second album of Beatles interpretations, and you can listen to the first single from the new record, Fandango, below. “Fandango […]

An interview with Kid Andersen: If I heard “blues radio” today, I would never be interested in Blues : How do you describe Kid Andersen sound and songbook? What characterize your music philosophy? I take everything I like, that moves me, and I put it together in my own way. Sort of like deconstruction and reconstruction. I learn and absorb as much as I can of what I like of my musical surroundings, and […]

Rotterdam Bluegrass Festival was a great success with a sold-out ... - Photos : Twelfth edition with many international roots music acts at Noordplein in Rotterdam. With a sold-out Saturday, the twelfth edition of the Rotterdam Bluegrass Festival was again a great success. People from all over the Netherlands – and from far beyond – knew where to find the green, cozy Noordplein. Spread over three days, about thirty […]

Review: Jason Ricci and The Bad Kids live concert 2024 - Photos : Jason Ricci live visiting Europe was not possible for him for a long time. In 2010 and 2013 he had to cancel his European shows due to personal problems. Ricci struggled with addiction and manic depression, which led to legal problems that prevented him from leaving the United States. He managed to overcome all this […]