A few weeks ago I met German pianist Nils Frahm in New York (that sounds so damn cosmopolitan, doesn’t it?) and had the chance to talk to him. I arrived at the Living Room in New York’s East Village, while he was doing his soundcheck, or rather tried to get some decent sound out of

Some debut albums are harder than others. Releasing a vocal jazz album, one can essentially assume, that the great female jazz singer legacy is hanging like the sword of Damocles over the own head. Zara McFarlane won’t have to share this fate with other contemporary jazz singers for two reasons. Firstly, her album shines with

On October 12th, Codes In The Clouds played at the Prinzenbar in Hamburg and I used the chance to talk to the band before their show. Although Stephen, Ciaran, Rob, Jack, Joe and newest member Oliver (percussion) just arrived after a nine hour drive from Belgium (were they played the night before) to Hamburg, they

A few days ago, I had the most amazing talk about classical music. The funny thing is, I don’t have a clue about it. I guess I’m like a lot of people: I suffer from the bitty knowledge. I don’t play any instrument, I’m not able to read music, and when I hear the word

The Goldberg Sisters consist of Adam Goldberg and his purported twin sister Celeste presenting a sound that ranges from “psychedelic to the psychotropic, exploring themes from the depressing to the negligibly less depressing, will put a wiggle in your step and a Prozac in your coffee.” Well, if you think this album probably sounds odd,