Obscure Sound — Taking inspiration from detective films of the ’70s, “WOP” is an atmospheric new single from Gianfranco Malorgio, an artist based in Rome, Italy. Tracing his musical beginnings to playing classical guitar as a young boy, Malorgio went on to co-... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — Did Belgian-born Gypsy musician Django Reinhardt need to be the most celebrated guitarist of his day to survive a Nazi regime hellbent on eradicating his kind? It’s an intriguing premise, but one only fitfully explored in Étienne Comarâ�... more info

New York Post — Jazz lovers know that gypsy guitar virtuoso Django Reinhardt was one of the genre’s stars during the ’30s and ’40s — a fact that will be celebrated on Friday at the 10th annual Django a Gogo tribute concert at Carnegie Hall. But decades later... more info

Roadrunner - Blabbermouth — Alice Cooper says that AEROSMITH guitarist Joe Perry asked Johnny Depp for guitar lessons after hearing the actor play in movie. Cooper, Perry and Depp are members of the HOLLYWOOD VAMPIRES supergroup, dedicated to the memory of Cooper's late drinki... more info

Guardian Music — (Milan)Making a fusion of jazz and other idioms is nothing new. In the 1930s, the accordionist Tony Murena’s hybrid of American jazz and French musette vied for popularity with the music of Django Reinhardt and Stéphane Grappelli. A virtuos... more info

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L.A. Times - Entertainment — Merle Haggard took a few minutes before his set Friday at the 2015 Stagecoach Country Music Festival in Indio to talk to The Times about "Django and Jimmie," his forthcoming collaboration with fellow vet Willie Nelson. more info

Mercury News, California — The acclaimed East Bay guitarist performs as part of a four-day festival of French 'gypsy jazz' Jan. 23-26 at Berkeley's Freight & Salvage. more info

Guardian Music — The xx, On tourA lot of groups talk about going back to basics, but the achievement of this London band was to purge their sound of superfluous elements before they recorded a note. The vocals are allowed to morosely intone tales of emotional drama a... more info

Guardian Music — Royal Albert Hall, LondonWhen Martin Taylor and Guy Barker talk about their Spirit of Django Suite they like to point out that the music should "reek of nostalgia". On the Proms premiere of this Django Reinhardt-dedicated guitar concerto – performe... more info