Pirates

After the critical (and commercial) success of her debut two years earlier, Rickie Lee Jones had a lot riding on her sophomore album, Pirates. From the opening track, "We Belong Together," Jones served notice that she was willing to challenge herself and experiment with more unusual, complex song structures…

Pour nos contemporains, l'évocation des pirates et des corsaires se résume aux aventures flamboyantes de marins dans la mer des Caraïbes ou aux attaques de farouches brigands au large de la Somalie. Moins réductrice, la réalité est à la fois multiple, passionnante et souvent plus riche que la fiction. L'Histoire des pirates et des corsaires propose un tableau de ces phénomènes maritimes sur la longue durée jalonné de fi gures emblématiques comme celles de Drake, Surcouf, Duguay-Trouin, Dragut, Barberousse, Koxinga. …

The internationally active jazz band SOIL & “PIMP” SESSIONS have finally announced a new release, this time for a jazz cover album titled “SOIL & “PIMP” SESSIONS presents Stoned Pirates Radio.”
The band wants to give the cover album the feel of a pirated radio show mix tape, quite a unique concept for a jazz release. The entire album won’t be singular songs, but one flowing piece that will be narrated by a the voice of a yet unnamed foreign DJ. It will have short skits by the members and even made up commercials in between the segments.