Lisa Bassenge

While all the songs on “Borrowed and Blue” are of the past, the album is very much in step with the times. There is a very natural and nonchalant ignorance of musical categories about the selection and execution of these songs by Lisa Bassenge and her musical companions. It seems quite irrelevant, if one wants to perceive this album as jazz, pop, folk, chanson, country, as all or none of the above. The songs stem from quite different epochs, genres and artistic personalities, among them George Gershwin, The Beatles, Patsy Cline, Ann Peebles, Billie Holiday, Bill Withers, Paul Simon, Hank Williams, Warren Zevon or Townes Van Zandt. The originals may sport quite different or even opposing sentiments, but by the virtue of artistic integrity and with the help of her attentive musical partners, Lisa Bassenge manages to weave a common and fascinating thread out of an seemingly all too diverse jumble. At the end of the day the provenance of the songs don´t really matter anyway – on “Borrowed and Blue” they are utterly and completely Lisa Bassenge!

Lisa Bassenge has called her new album "Mothers". It is a tribute to the mothers of popular music. To women who have created something unique in a creative process. "Both now and in the past, there are so many great works by women," says Bassenge. "It was important to me to emphasize that with my album and to shine the light on all these strong women."

A lounge electronica compilation series by french DJ Stéphane Pompougnac.
Hotel Costes is one of France's most famous hot spots, and regularly attracts stars of the film and fashion world. Pompougnac released his first CD in 1999, titled Café Costes. Pompougnac's second CD, Costes, La Suite, met with more success and the song "Sympatique" was used for a car ad in France sending record sales over 100,000. His first two albums were released in France through Barclay Universal; his increased success, however, saw a deal with MSI for his third compilation, Etage 3, released in October 2000. His first three compilations together sold nearly half a million copies.

The [re:jazz] band has seven members plus a technician: Inga Luehning (voc), Oliver Leicht (sax), Jan Stuermer(git), Matthias Vogt (p), Heiko Himmighoffen (perc), Andreas Manns (b), Volker Schmidt (dr). The band is formed exclusively of young and extremely gifted musicians. Their music puts a smile on the face of their audience.