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thursday evening updates

5161 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

Idle prop turns pop idol: Sheridan releases album

5163 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

thursday evening updates

5175 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

5182 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

5189 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

5203 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

John Jorgenson brings Django Reinhardt-inspired Gypsy jazz back to SoCal

5203 days ago
L.A. Times - Pop & HissIn 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 gu... more info

FESTIVAL/CRUISE: Guitarists Are Choice Picks at Carefusion Newport Jazz Festival

5240 days ago
All About JazzFreelance Writer Eugene Holley, Jr. takes a look at a new generation of guitarists performing at CareFusion Newport Jazz Festival NEWPORT, RI--In Oklahoma in the 1930s, Charlie Christian plugged in, and was the first to swing the body electric. Half... more info

Django Drom with Didier Lockwood and Bireli Lagrene, Barbican, review

5241 days ago
The TelegraphThe gypsy roots of Jazz Manouch still sound fresh at a Django Reinhardt centenary concert. Rating: * * * * more info

Various Artists: Gypsy Swing Jazz Festival | CD review

5250 days ago
Guardian Music(Leq)This triple-CD set contains some truly astounding music. The sheer virtuosity often beggars belief, but it's the inventiveness and creative abandon in the playing of such masters of the genre as Lollo Meier and Sébastien Giniaux, and especially... more info

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