SqueezeMyLemon (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
Cassandra Wilson is an American jazz singer-songwriter and two-time Grammy Award winner from Jackson, Mississippi. Two of her albums, Blue Skies (1988) and New Moon Daughter (1996), have topped the US jazz charts, and the latter also won her a Grammy for Best Jazz Vocal Performance in 1997. More recently, Wilson’s latest album Loverly (2008) also won the Grammy for Best Jazz...
The Music Digest (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
Armed with a knack for storytelling and cowgirl logic, Eliza Gilkyson's music evokes the spirit of Lucinda Williams, Shawn Colvin and Nanci Griffith yet spins a sound distinctly its own. Cassandra Wilson turns out hypnotic African beats meets bluesy swing on Loverly.
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
It's a tough time to be a singer. With an excessive plethora of vocalists mining the Great American Songbook ad nauseum, or trying their hands at songwriting with less than distinctive results, it's harder than ever to be heard. Even once-innovative singers like {{Cassandra Wilson = 11433}}--now a Grammy Award-winning "star"--have deserted experimentation, resting instead on...
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
... Jason Moran. Moran has performed alongside some of today's jazz greats including Ravi Coltrane and Cassandra Wilson and has been commissioned for numerous projects including Jazz at Lincoln Center. Having had what he calls a "breakthrough experience" while watching the Company, Moran pairs his technical virtuosity with a cutting-edge approach to jazz in creation of his first...
What's on in Barcelona (Free subscription) | 10/19/2009
... many of the biggest international stars will be present. This year's best-jazz-vocal Grammy winner Cassandra Wilson will play the Palau with her voluptuous, intense voice on 13 Nov; The Wayne Shorter Quartet led by legendary sax player Wayne Shorter are on their way to becoming almost as Miles himself and will perform on 28 Oct; Bassist Marcus Miller , the great trumpeter´s...
