I also wrote in Matt Matthews' 4 French Horns Plus Rhythm, but I like non-mainstream instruments, and in recent years I've been collecting 4 beats and classics.Swingin' Pretty and All That Jazz was like the ultimate point of the road.

At a dismal time of unadulterated virtuosity and product marketing, Michael Studer’s unique art is particularly comforting. Indifferent to trends, his piano and his music speak to the heart with candor and simplicity. Many performers, including some of the greatest, match themselves against the composer, attempting to impose and stage themselves.

Strangely enough, my perspective as a non-guitarist informs my profound appreciation of Max Light, an artist whom I am grateful not only to recognize as a peer and collaborator, but also as a deep inspiration and ever-warming bonfire in the often challenging journeys of art and life.

Funk Generation is the sixth studio album by Brazilian singer Anitta. It was released on 26 April 2024, through Republic Records and Universal Music Latin Entertainment. It is her third trilingual album after Kisses (2019) and Versions of Me (2022).

‘Most Perfect Solitude’ is the sixth studio album from The Third Sound, due out May 17th on Fuzz Club. The follow-up to 2022' 'First Light' LP marks a new chapter, in terms of both sound and personnel, for the Berlin psych/post-punk band led by Icelandic musician and author Hakon Adalsteinsson. “After touring ‘First Light’ heavily and releasing our Fuzz Club Session LP last year – a career-spanning, retrospective document – this album feels like starting with a clean slate”, Haken says.

New recordings of late Beethoven at his most heroic and visionary.

Matthias Reim ist zweifellos ein großfühlender Mensch. Ein beneidenswert produktiver Zeitgenosse ist er sowieso. Vor bald 35 Jahren hinterließ der Vollblutmusiker und Songwriter einen Aphorismus von bleibendem Wert: „Verdammt, ich lieb' dich“. Liedzeilen, die aus einer Laune heraus entstanden, formte der damals 32 Jahre junge Mann zu einem Mammut-Refrain, der zu einem Millionenseller gelangte. Er hat rund zwei Dutzend Studioeinspielungen veröffentlicht, etliche davon brachen in Gold- und Platin gegossen Verkaufsrekorde. Auf dem neuen Longplayer „Zeppelin“ präsentiert Reim seine 16 neuen Songs so frühlingsfrisch und auf den Punkt gebracht wie ein tatendrängender Newcomer. Einer, der sich gleichzeitig eines enormen Musikmacher- und Lebenserfahrungsschatzes ermächtigen kann. Anders lässt sich die gesteigerte Wahrhaftigkeit in „Zeppelin“ nicht erklären. Reims Rock klingt heute handgemacht-rockiger als je zuvor, die Refrains sind größer geworden und die Balladen balladesker. „Zeppelin“ ist kurzum der beste Reim aller Zeiten.

2024 release from the veteran Canadian vocalist. 18 Albums into her career, Aaron has written, recorded and produced music achieving gold and multi-platinum sales. Recognized as one of Canada's top rock vocalists she's also made forays into jazz, blues, and even opera, receiving numerous awards and accolades and most recently, a 2023 induction into Canada's Walk of Fame. Taking a nostalgic journey, Tattoo Me pays homage to musical trailblazers who helped shape her own artistic path. As a reflection of her eclectic taste, yet in keeping with a profound respect for the greats, these 11 tracks are a unique tapestry of influences tending to transcend era and genre.

It was back in 2019 when Alice Cooper went back to his musical roots. The iconic singer recorded six songs that are all in a way connected to his hometown Detroit. The album includes cover versions from the 60s and 70s and it is ‘East Side Story’, originally from Bob Seeger, ‘Sister Anne’ (MC5) and other classics. And there is with ‘Detroit City 2020’ a flashback to the ‘The Eyes of Alice Cooper’ release.‘Breadcrumbs’ was released as a limited 10” vinyl version and now it is earMUSIC, releasing the album in a CD format. All six songs from the original release are also part of the CD version and fans get tow extras too. With ‘Don’t Give Up’, Alice Cooper added a bonus track to this release and ‘Go Man Go’ has been added as a live version also, recorded at the 2022 Hellfest. Release date for the D format is April 26th, 2024 and the album will come via earMUSIC.

b. Eddy Conrad, 1959, Gary, Indiana, USA. Conrad grew up in Indiana obsessed by the sound of Isaac Hayes’ ‘Theme From Shaft’. The first record he ever purchased, Conrad would spend his pocket money continually attending reruns of the film at local cinemas. ‘As a kid you always have heroes but with John Shaft [the film’s protagonist] it was serious. He had that certain macho feeling that every kid wishes he had too.’ In 1985 he fulfilled a long-held ambition by re-recording the track, which became a number 13 UK chart hit. It might well have charted higher had another version of ‘Theme From Shaft’ by Van Twist not been released at the same time. Afterwards, however, Conrad and his band disappeared from view completely.

Mantras (stylized as ~mAntras~) is the sixth studio album by American rock band Alien Ant Farm, released on April 26, 2024. It is their first studio album in 9 years, since Always and Forever in 2015. The album was announced on January 19, 2024, alongside releasing a single titled "So Cold" that same day.

ECM legend Arild Andersen, one of Norway's leading bassists for over 30 years, forges promising relationships with two rising stars - Daniel Sommer (drums) and Rob Luft (guitar) - in an expansive, playful exploration of song and collective improvisation.

Guitarist/vocalist Bart Bryant delivers reliably on inspired-sounding renditions of gems such as Little Johnny Taylor’s “If You Love Me Like You Say” and the Willie Dixon-penned, Otis Rush-popularized “I Can’t Quit You Baby”.

Maria Chiara Argiro's album Closer departs from her prior work, fuelled by an indescribable, dreamlike feeling - the album's core duality of blurred lines and clarity reflects Argiro's philosophy - A philosophy encapsulated in the urgency of her production process and the unique lucidity with which she weaves ambient, dance, jazz, and experimental pop seamlessly together The album defies easy definition, emphasising an inner self-discovery process, detached from external influences, not only breaking sonic ground but signifying a deeply personal journey, anchoring Argiro to her creation.

The Piano Sonata in E minor D 566 by Franz Schubert is a sonata for solo piano written in June 1817. The original manuscript appeared to lack a finale. Ludwig Scheibler (1848-1921) was the first to suggest in 1905 that the Rondo in E, D.506 might be that movement. The British composer and musicologist Kathleen Dale produced the first edition using this suggestion in 1948. The 1976 Henle edition by Paul Badura-Skoda followed the same practice.