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Hot Club of Cowtown: What Makes Bob Holler – review

4936 days ago
Guardian Music(Proper)The Hot Club have always had one foot in the gypsy jazz of Django Reinhardt, the other in the western swing of 40s Texas. Here, the New York trio offer a sweet tribute to the latter, specifically to swing king Bob Wills. Compared with Willie ... more info

thursday evening updates

4953 days ago
Totally FuzzyMr Tear said... Beautiful music from Argentina: Atahualpa Yupanqui - Campesino (Chants Du Monde 1968) http://snapcrackleandpops.blogspot.com Levin said... Twenty Sixty Six And Then - Reflections (1972)FLAC Mavericks - Trampoline (1998) Rolling Ston... more info

Django Bates 50th Birthday | Jazz review

4954 days ago
Guardian MusicKings Place, LondonHowever seriously Django Bates is taken – as a composer of time-warping, romantically fragile jazz, but also of contemporary classical music – serious self-regard isn't in his nature. The British star may have been celebrating ... more info

Idle prop turns pop idol: Sheridan releases album

4954 days ago
The Independent Andrew Sheridan is probably not the greatest guitarist since Django Reinhardt, although he could knock Pete Townshend into a cocked hat when it comes to reducing a Fender Stratocaster to its component parts: he is, after all, a master bricklayer who... more info

RADIO/PODCAST: Riverwalk Jazz Presents "A Night at Bricktop's: Jazz in 1930s' Montmartre"

4955 days ago
All About JazzBeginning Thursday, October 7, Riverwalk Jazz, heard nationwide on Public Radio International and Sirius/XM, will present a special broadcast on Ada 'Bricktop' Smith, who played barkeep to the "Lost Generation" of international ex-patriots living in ... more info

Django Bates, Kings Place, London, review

4956 days ago
The TelegraphBates's whimsy sometimes overshadowed his formidable musicality and originality. Rating: * * * * more info

thursday evening updates

4967 days ago
Totally Fuzzysimon2307 said... From 1973 a rare ? bootleg of Gram Parsons and The Fallen Angels. Buckaroo Still Feeling Blue That’s All It Took California Cotton Fields Cry One More Time A Song For You If You Don’t Love Him (with Emmylou Harris) Hang On Sloop... more info

INTERVIEW/PROFILE: Jazz Musician of the Day: Charlie Byrd

4974 days ago
All About JazzAll About Jazz is celebrating Charlie Byrd's birthday today! Charlie ByrdCharlie Byrd jammed with Django Reinhardt, recorded with Woody Herman, studied with the great Segovia, and with Stan Getz introduced the Brazilian bossa nova to international ... more info

Readers recommend: songs inspired by poems

4980 days ago
Guardian MusicNow that our birthday celebrations are over, we'd like you to suggest songs that prove rhyme definitely paysThis fifth anniversary is turning into a celebration of P Diddy-esque proportions. Into its second week and still going strong, you can find i... more info

PERFORMANCE/TOUR: John Jorgenson Brings Django Reinhardt-Inspired Gypsy Jazz Back to Socal

4994 days ago
All About JazzIn the year that marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of Gypsy jazz pioneer Django Reinhardt, Southland fans will have reason to celebrate with several Southland appearances later this week by contemporary Reinhardt devotee John Jorgenson. The... more info

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