Yorker 2017

To call him a Blues artist is to belittle who he is and what he stands for. Horowitz is so much more than that: Singer, songwriter, guitar stylist, his passions run deep and shine bright. With a performance style he describes as “the Stooges meets Buddy Guy, Motörhead meets Muddy Waters, and Jimi Hendrix meets Robert Johnson”, Popa Chubby is an endearing character who is one of the genre’s most popular and innovative figures.

Seattle and Brooklyn-based Jessica Lurie is an award-winning multi-instrumentalist, composer, and improviser, performing on saxophones, flute, voice, accordion and electronics. Influenced by her parent’s love of classical, jazz, broadway and Americana, combined with having come up in the diverse Seattle music scene of the ‘90s on, she calls on a wide range of musical influences, including, funk, jazz, Americana, gospel, Klezmer, Balkan, Latin, and Afro-Cuban music, as well as a great love for free improvisation.

You could say that US saxophone man Jared Sims plays with spirt. Or perhaps, more accurately; spirits! Check out the third cut on his gorgeous new album “Change Of Address”, and let me explain…. The track is called “Ghost Guest 1979.” Six minutes and 40 seconds in duration. Like all seven cuts on the instrumental album, his fifth record as leader, Sims plays baritone sax and is joined by the very able skills of Steve Fell on guitar, Nina Ott on organ, Chris Lopes on bass and Jared Seabrook on drums.

Contemporary jazz’s most promising artist is set to release her fourth studio album. Ragan Whiteside, the flautist-singer who catches the ear like few in the world of contemporary jazz can, is getting ready to make waves this May 12th with her fourth studio album, Treblemaker. A favorite of well-known stages such as Capital Jazz, Whiteside’s sound brings to mind the stylings of Najee and Dave Valentin. The preceding album, Quantum Drive, has received major airplay and acclaim by such publications as Jazz In M.E.E., and was described as "an enchanting and vibrant album" by Hans-Bernd Hülsmann of smooth-jazz.de. As its successor, Treblemaker promises a further expanse of Whiteside’s variety and style. Frank McComb, Kim Waters, Marion Meadows, and Tom Browne make their appearances on the album to lend their touch to a well-seasoned musical mix.

UMFANG will make her debut on Ninja Tune's Technicolour imprint with “Symbolic Use Of Light” on 16th June 2017. Previously sharing her analogue-based rhythmic excursions via videogamemusic, 1080p, Phinery and Allergy Season, the New Yorker is a co-founder of Brooklyn’s colossal Discwoman crew and resident at Bossa Nova Civic Club’s Technofeminism monthly.

Lange hält es Nick nicht mit seinen Frauen aus. Erst hat er Maria mitsamt Familie sitzen lassen, aber auch die ambitionierte und engagierte Jade erwies sich nicht als die Richtige. Viel haben die beiden Frauen nicht miteinander gemein, nun führt ihr Ehevertrag mit Nick sie zusammen. Der spricht ihnen nämlich bei der Scheidung jeweils eine Hälfte seines New Yorker Luxuslofts zu. Das führt zunächst zu Streit und erbitterter Anfeindung. Und dann zu einer Annäherung, die sich die beiden nicht erwartet hätten.

Catie Curtis's list of accomplishments spans 14 albums, songs featured on TV shows “Grey’s Anatomy”, “Dawson’s Creek”, and “Felicity”; and movies like “Finding Graceland” and “A Slipping Down Life”. For over 25 years, she has been a perennially popular headliner, appearing at Lilith Fair, Carnegie Hall, performing arts centers, concert halls, folk clubs, music festivals and the White House! She was even dubbed a “folk rock goddess” by The New Yorker. "While We're Here" is a collection of new Catie Curtis songs about endings and beginnings, about love and human connection.

The spectacularly exceptional singer Esther Phillips performing a magical concert at Onkel Pö's Carnegie Hall, in 1978. The legendary Hamburg hot spot is once again turned into a seething cauldron of emotions. Phillips was rediscovered in the disco era: with "What a Difference a Day Makes", a song which had previously been an inherent part of the repertoire of Dinah Washington, an artist much admired by Esther. Of course, the song was also performed at Onkel Pö, just before the end of the concert. The concert, which was recorded by NDR and featured powerful accompanists and a highly enthusiastic audience - now documented on CD - showed her ability to completely enchant her audience.

To call him a Blues artist is to belittle who he is and what he stands for. Horowitz is so much more than that: Singer, songwriter, guitar stylist, his passions run deep and shine bright. With a performance style he describes as “the Stooges meets Buddy Guy, Motörhead meets Muddy Waters, and Jimi Hendrix meets Robert Johnson”, Popa Chubby is an endearing character who is one of the genre’s most popular and innovative figures.