Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
LISTEN TO a pre-war recording of Stéphane Grappelli and Django Reinhardt, during the glory days of their Hot Club de France quintet. Out of the background susurrus emerges mus
Electric Roulette (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
Somehow, English bands have rediscovered the joys of pastoral English folk music with a twist. The twist usually being that the bands are merely playing at being folkie and can pick to save their lives. However, in amongst the dross...
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
DjangoFest comes to Mt Crested Butte, CO for a weekend festival that celebrates the music and spirit of the great French/Belgian Gypsy guitarist, Django Reinhardt. DjangoFest Colorado 2008 is an unique opportunity for music lovers, Gypsy Jazz fans, players and enthusiasts from around the globe, to congregate in the beautiful mountains of Crested Butte, while attending an extraordinary series of concerts...
Filles Sourires (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
And the second I disable the mp3 of Marianne Dissard singing Padam, Padam, the nocturnal angel from Tucson sends a new file. A very smokey, intimate version of Django Reinhardt's Nuages, sung by her. With Matt Mitchell and Naim Amor on guitars, and Marco Rosano on melodica/clarinet. Mar also send an ambient version, with samples 'n shit, but the jury's still out if that is a good, or just a bonkers...
The Hype Machine (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
in post The Sun: Rare Star-Making Machine Discovered... from Star Maker Machine .
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008
These co-leaders had been stalwarts of the scene for decades by the time they cut these sides in Chicago in 1981. They worked that rich seam of post-bop music that conversely looked back to the music immediately prior to that significant shift. Here, they lay out their credentials in the company of a rhythm section that's right in the pocket and alert to every twist and turn the music takes...
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008
The folks at Concord Music Group have added five more rare and collectible classic Jazz titles to their recently launched Collector's Corner site. These five fantastic collectibles (below) as well as many more rare and collectible vinyl and box set titles from labels such as Fantasy, Specialty, Prestige, and Stax are now available at The Collector's Corner...
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 07/15/2008
Django Reinhardt is often overlooked as one of the seminal figures in jazz. Jazz, a uniquely American art, became international in the hands of Reinhardt and his partner in crime, French violinist Stephane Grappelli. Reinhardt's jazz was colorful, natural, and spontaneous. As a trend setter, Reinhardt gave birth to many "gypsy jazz" combos, one of the best being the quartet, Harmonious Wail...
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
The Hot Club of Detroit has always walked a delicate tightrope, honoring its commitment to the nostalgia of Django Reinhardt-inspired gypsy jazz with the recognition that jazz and American culture didn't stop evolving in 1944. If the band looks too far into the past, it becomes simply an exercise in musical dress-up. If it looks too far into the future, the music turns into awkward pastiche...
Itching for Eestimaa (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
Back in San Francisco the other day, I decided to ditch my hotel room for the hotel lobby to get some work done. I stayed in a French-owned hotel where music by Django Reinhardt and Edith Piaf played in the background, and my articles seemed to rip free from my fingertips like one of Django's many amazing guitar solos. I noticed in the adjacent room that people were asking about Internet connectivity....
Mazurland Blog (Free subscription) | 07/07/2008
We've got our share of musically talented people at the church I attend. In order to encourage the young people in the parish to join in not just the singing, but the music making, one of the guys in the...
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 07/03/2008
Traditions were both honored and surpassed Wednesday night at Benaroya Hall, and the results, at times, were glorious. Renowned fiddler-composer Mark O'Connor...
Metroblogging Dublin (Free subscription) | 07/01/2008
Guitar enthusiasts and music fans across Dublin are in for a treat this week with the return of the Walton’s Guitar Festival of Ireland. Celebrating it’s 5th anniversary, this year’s festival is set to be one of the most exciting to date with a stellar line up and an awesome calibre of workshop mentors. Sponsored [...]
Denver Post (Free subscription) | 06/29/2008
Who doesn't like Willie Nelson? I'm almost suspicious of someone who doesn't warm up to his everyman voice and off-kilter guitar style.
This French Life (Free subscription) | 06/17/2008
JUST how good is your knowledge of France, both covering events from the present day to looking back over the past? Well have a go at the questions posed by...
