Econmoist 9 November 2019

Mark E Smith and The Fall are currently having their back catalogue reassessed by Cherry Red Records. The latest in what looks like a long line of forthcoming releases is ‘1982’. Featuring 2 acclaimed albums, a clutch of session tracks and 2 live albums plus a fresh 4,000 word essay by Daryl Easlea, this collection is a majestically compiled dive into the vaults of this much lauded band…

Our new complete recording of the organ works of Johann Pachelbel, the most important composer of the Southern German organ tradition, concludes with a total of three albums – all of them once again in SS and with first-class organists performing on selected organs. Our three protagonists, Michael Belotti, Christian Schmitt, and James David Christie, have produced enthralling recordings on which they demonstrate their expertise in performances on various outstanding historical instruments. This final volume of our complete edition adheres to the same policy as Vols. 1 and 2: it too is based on the new collection and edition of the composer’s extant oeuvre.

After more than 60 million records sold worldwide, 37 years of career and more than a dozen albums to his credit, Zucchero returns in 2019 with a new album. Among the greatest exponents of Italian blues, Zucchero (born Adelmo Fornaciari) is undeniably one of the most sold Italian artists in the world. His album "Oro, incenso e birra" sold more than eight million copies and was for a long time the best-selling album in the history of Italian pop music! His music is spread across national boundaries through numerous collaborations with international artists such as Bryan Adams, Blues Brothers, Bono, Jeff Beck, Charles Ray, Eric Clapton, Joe Cocker, Peter Davis Miles Davis, John Lee Hooker , BB King, Mark Knopfler, Brian May, Iggy Pop, Alejandro Sanz, Sting and many others. His new album, scheduled for November 8, announces rock and dance in the image of the first single "Freedom". He will be in Paris for promo around the release of the album. And will return in the hexagon in autumn 2020 for a tour of six dates through the Accor Hotel Arena in Paris.

No one can accuse Flying Steps of resting on their laurels. Hot off the heels of ‘Flying Bach’ and ‘Flying Illusion’, the Berlin-based troupe are back with their most ambitious project to date. ‘Pictures at an Exhibition’ is seemingly a hundred things in one, a magical amalgamation of dance, music, live performance, art, history and all the rest, highlighted by the instantly recognisable visible art of Brazilian brothers OSGEMEOS. This is an exhibition come to life, a spiritual successor to Modest Mussorgsky’s 1874 work of the same name. As exciting for adults as it is invigorating for children, we can’t wait to see what Flying Steps come up with next.