Tulip 2021

Sarah recorded her first solo album earlier this year, Tulip or Turnip. It is a collection of unlikely standards, and surprising interpretations that illustrate/ draw from her experience living in New York City — memories bejeweled with flowers, song and dance, before and during the 2020 pandemic. Sarah’s delivery is a little bit Blossom, a little bit Billie, and she considers herself a newfangled jazz clown of her own time and place.

Hiroko Murakami (Hiroco.M) began to play classical piano when she was 3 years old and continued until today. In University she studied musical composition and piano meanwhile she performed in music salons every night in Ginza, and sometimes on cruises ship. It was around that time that she started composing her first album.

Mario is composing and playing his original music for a long time but only recently he has released his debut album as a composer and band leader.

Chanteuse depuis l'enfance, Judy Garland (1922-1969) devient une star du cinéma en plein âge d'or des comédies musicales inspirées de Broadway. La créatrice du standard « Over The Rainbow » extrait du Magicien d'Oz (1939) enchaîne les rôles dans Place au rythme (1939), En avant la musique (1940), Girl Crazy (1943), Le Chant du Missouri (1944), Ziegfeld Follies (1946) et Parade de printemps (1948). Partenaire de Mickey Rooney, Gene Kelly et Fred Astaire, Judy Garland épouse le réalisateur Vincente Minnelli (de leur union naît Liza Minnelli) avant de sombrer dans la dépression et l'accoutumance à l'alcool. Relancée par le biais de la scène, l'actrice et chanteuse apparaît dans Une étoile est née (1954), se produit au Carnegie Hall et termine sa carrière à la télévision.

2021 was a big year for Jimmie Allen, who took home new artist awards from both the Academy of Country Music and the Country Music Association, making him only the second black performer to do so at the CMAs (following Darius Rucker's win in 2009) and the first at the ACMs. There are, obviously, big expectations for his third album, Tulip Drive—the title of which, like Mercury Lane (bearing the name of the street he grew up on) and Bettie James Gold Edition (combining the names of his late grandmother and father), holds personal significance: It's the street where his grandma lived. Family and home are big influences for Allen, who tends to weave meaningful touches into his songs. "you won't be alone," a reassurance for his kids that he will always be there for them, starts with a sweet spoken message from his young son.