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22nd January 202329th January 2023 Playlist Leave a comment 2020sfolkindiejazz

3-Piece Suite

Mid-winter in the Northern Hemisphere. Short days. Too cold to go out much. So let's pass the time curled up on the sofa and listen to some music. Here's a short playlist taken from my latest Spotify Release Radar. https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2aZ3sl0wRJB4Y3N7BxzeUf?si=b43206d7e12d4c90 The first piece looks forward to the month ahead. It probably won't be any warmer…Read more 3-Piece Suite

1st January 2023 Band/Artist Leave a comment 2020sBand/Artist of the YearHubzilla Recommendsjazzminimalism

Graham Costello’s Strata

Head and Cloud Strata, Geoffrey Key Here we are at the start of another year. What, I wonder, will it bring? It's dangerous, of course, to make predictions, but I'm going to stick my neck out and say that Graham Costello's Strata will turn out to stand head and shoulders above all the other bands…Read more Graham Costello’s Strata

19th December 2022 Track 2 Comments 2020sCirdecsongs recommendsdeathjazzretirement

Goodbye Treadmill

Sometimes, everyday life feels like a perpetual treadmill. Faceless people stream by, burdensome responsibilities pile up, events are never under your control. But you must keep going; if you don't, you will fall, suffering injuries to both body and pride. If the engine powering that treadmill is your job, retirement must seem like the end…Read more Goodbye Treadmill

4th December 2022 Band/Artist 1 Comment 2020sBand/Artist of the YearcooljazzSpotify Recommendsworld

Monsieur MÂLÂ

Spotify delivered an early Christmas present this week. Down at number 28 in my Release Radar playlist, there was a track called Sahara Spring by Monsieur MÂLÂ. In these cold, damp, early winter days, there could hardly be anything more incongruous than a Sahara Spring, but the music warms the heart like a glass of…Read more Monsieur MÂLÂ

28th November 2022 Track Leave a comment 2020sHubzilla Recommendsjazz

Metamorphosis

Metamorphosis of Narcissus, Salvador Dalí As a teenager, when other kids my age had photos of their favourite football team on their walls, I had a poster of Metamorphosis of Narcissus above my bed. It was the first example of surrealist art I had seen, and I found it fascinating. The composition is striking and…Read more Metamorphosis

3rd October 2022 Album, Band/Artist 2 Comments 2020sclassicalexperimentaljazzminimal grooverock

Fractal Sextet

A fractal is a complex geometric shape, but it's difficult to find a precise definition. One well-known example is the 'snowflake' curve, invented by Niels Fabian Helge von Koch in 1904. Start with an equilateral triangle, then add an equilateral triangle one third the size to each of its edges to generate a new, more…Read more Fractal Sextet

25th September 2022 Track 2 Comments 2020sjazzTrack of the Week

Prayer for Amerikkka

It's been a hectic time in Crotchety Land for the last few weeks. Old Man Crotchety has done little other than move his 92-year-old father into a retirement apartment, and it's proved to be much more burdensome than anyone could have imagined. Quite apart from the unbelievable mass of belongings in his old house (see…Read more Prayer for Amerikkka

30th August 2022 Track Leave a comment 2010sclassical crossoverelectronicajazzTrack of the Weekworld

Bloom

Roses bloom, algae may bloom, and musicians bloom sometimes, too. Yazz Ahmed, trumpeter and flügelhorn player, has been blooming since 2011, when she released her debut album, Finding My Way Home. This Track of the Week is from her second album release, La Saboteuse (2017). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHDayLZdPIY The general style of Yazz Ahmed's work is ambient…Read more Bloom

23rd August 2022 Album Leave a comment 1970sart rockjazz

I’m the One

There's something unique about this woman. No, not Leeloo in the 5th Element film, I'm talking about Annette Peacock, the American composer and musician who released her debut album, I'm the One in 1972. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLs9zwqXsceUjPhAZQhNJ2OKYbdNvSeofE In the film, Leeloo is grown in a lab from an alien blueprint, and the scene of her awakening is…Read more I’m the One

31st July 20221st August 2022 Band/Artist 2 Comments 2000s2010sclassicalfolkHubzilla Recommendsjazz

Anna Maria Jopek

From the pictures of Anna Maria Jopek on the Web, you'd have thought she is a glamour model. Her hair is the colour of sun-ripened wheat, her eyes shine cornflower blue, and her feminine curves would grace the cover of any glossy magazine. But AMJ is not known primarily for her looks. She is a…Read more Anna Maria Jopek

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