Shane Lestideau is an Australian violinist with a passion for historical music and instruments. Renowned for her talents as a baroque and classical violinist, she is also in demand as an artistic director, teacher and music researcher.

Being a jazz musician often involves being confronted with the unexpected: booed yesterday, cheered today, ignored tomorrow, used to cellars or palaces, constantly on the move and prone to accidents, we go through life as if at an angle according to our meetings and our commitments.

The admiration I had for them led me quite naturally to use synths and especially Moog (like the Minimoog), when I was able to give my first jazz concerts.

Alain Jean-Marie has been tirelessly exploring the wonders of biguine for a while now. The whole series of "biguine reflections" bears, for years, the testimony of his brotherly love for this music with swaying melodies whose phrases he never ceases to magnify in relaxed dance steps.

Los Angeles-based instrumental supergroup Circles Around the Sun returns with the release of Language, their fourth studio album. The group, known for their genre-bending skills, pays tribute to their origins while introducing their first body of work with now full-time guitarist John Lee Shannon. The album sequence will take fans on a psychedelic journey to a place of refuge, celebration, and peace, reflective of the band's own journey.

Legendary singer-songwriter Jonathan Butler traveled back to his home country of South Africa to craft his most exciting and deeply personal album to date. Featuring producer/bassist Marcus Miller, Ubuntu is a reintroduction of Butler’s life story, going back 60 years to his upbringing in apartheid-era Capetown, which shaped his world view, prompted years of advocacy and instilled the ideology of ‘Oneness’ (Ubuntu). Featuring special guests Keb’ Mo’ and Stevie Wonder, the new album serves both as a rebirth of musical creativity and reconciliation with systemically biased history to forge a brighter future.

Mando Diao have always been free spirits. They have always gone their own way, resisted authority and enjoyed the hedonistic side of life, elements which have contributed to the band's successful and musically extensive career which celebrates its 20th anniversary this year.

In 1971 Stephen Stills embarked on a U.S. tour, opening each show with an intimate acoustic first set, and closing each night with a riveting electric set featuring the Memphis Horns.

The Chopin Project" ist das bisher ehrgeizigste Projekt der französisch-belgischen Cellistin Camille Thomas, das ein Trio von Alben umfasst, die Chopins Lieblingsinstrument Tribut zollen.

Das Kino ist wahrscheinlich der einzige Ort auf der Welt, an dem ein Mann weinen, sogar schluchzen kann, ohne sich zu schämen«, sagt Jean-Marc Luisada. Der Pianist ist nicht nur ein großer Filmfreund, er ist selbst Geschichtenerzähler.

Der britische Countertenor Alexander Chance (*1992) wurde 2022 zum Gewinner des Internationalen Händel-Gesangswettbewerbs (einschließlich des Publikumspreises!) gekürt.

Dieter Ammann has won numerous international awards and is now one of the most renowned Swiss composers of his generation.

Rising from the depths of hell with fury and rage, Danava return with the release Nothing But Nothing, a devastating soundtrack for the inevitable decline of western civilization. Formed in 2003, Danava has delivered a sound that incorporates hard rock, heavy metal and a fire forged in the spirit of Iommi and Schenker. Their scorched earth approach has blazed brightly over psychedelic metal solos, glam-rock flair, fretboard wizardry and a white line fever reminiscent of Lemmy at his most lethal.

Hawkwind have announced a brand-new studio album.‘The Future Never Waits’ follows their critically acclaimed 2021 album ‘Somnia’ and 2022 double live album ‘We Are Looking In On You’.The band’s 35th studio album is an outstanding progression to their varied and celebrated catalogue.

Die schwedischen "Templars Of Steel" HAMMERFALL haben im Jahr 2002 mit "Crimson Thunder" eines ihrer erfolgreichsten und hochgelobtesten Alben veröffentlich.