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31.07.2025 Brontosaurus Records announces the August 1, 2025 release of Sonidos, the latest album from award-winning vocalist Lauren Henderson. This carefully curated collection represents a profound exploration of how sound ("sonido") connects us with our roots, identity, and development. read more 31.07.2025 Five-time Grammy Award winner Samara Joy has released a new single, "Flor de Lis (Upside Down), " a fresh take on the Brazilian classic originally written by Djavan nearly 50 years ago. Sung in Portuguese and arranged by Joy's drummer Evan Sherman, the track pays tribute to Brazil's enduring influence on jazz, arriving just ahead of Joy's tour dates in South America, July 27 through August 2. read more 31.07.2025 Acclaimed Danish singer SINNE EEG (seeneh ee) has accrued fans around the world. From Europe to the U.S. to Asia, her superb technique, flawless sense of time, and impressive vocal range have garnered praise from audiences and musicians alike. read more 31.07.2025 "Be It Known" marks the long-anticipated debut of bassist and composer Wink Winkelmann—a bold and genre-defying statement from an artist whose musical path has been anything but conventional. After a 15-year hiatus spent studying medicine and practicing dermatologic surgery, the Venice, California–based Winkelmann quietly cultivated his sound as a self-taught composer. read more 31.07.2025 In 2023, Gary Bartz made a bet. At 83 years old, the iconic saxophonist cashed out his 401k, went on sabbatical from teaching at Oberlin Conservatory, and made a record - not for a label, but for himself. The result is Damage Control, his first studio album in a dozen years, and one of the most heartfelt projects of his career, releasing September 26, 2025 via his own OYO Records. read more 31.07.2025 Marthe Halvorsen invites you into a world that moves at the speed of stillness. Her upcoming sophomore album, Feed the Fire, Breathe the Night, is a self-produced offering of quiet power—rooted in nature, reflection, and the kind of deep listening that leads to transformation. read more 28.07.2025 Pianist, composer, and Brazilian jazz master ANTONIO ADOLFO has gained international fame for his gorgeous reharmonization of both jazz standards and Brazilian songs. He has reimagined Milton Nascimento, Jobim, bossa nova, samba, choro, and baião compositions as jazz, as well as creating soulful, Brazilian-tinged interpretations of Cole Porter and Wayne Shorter, among others. read more
 10.06.2025 Now in its 28th year, The Columbia Pike Blues Festival is an electrifying summer celebration that brings together music, community, and culture to the heart of Arlington's most vibrant corridor. This festival is the largest blues festival in the D.C. metropolitan area. Presented by the Columbia Pike Partnership in partnership with Arlington Arts, the festival shines a spotlight on the phenomenal musical talent of Washington D.C. while honoring the rich diversity and lively spirit of the local Arlington, Virginia area. read more23.05.2025 On Monday May 26, a special Sol Roots band formation performs at "Blue Monday Concert Series" at Westminster D.C. This will be a special Memorial Day evening concert. Sol Roots performs an award-winning blend of New Orleans influenced funk, deep blues, heartfelt jazz and soul, and energetic rock. Known for his ferocious guitar skills and soulful vocals, Sol has toured around the world with many musical legends. read more  06.05.2025 On Thursday May 8, the Sol Roots Band with guest David B.Cole perform a special concert of New Orleans influenced funk, deep blues, heartfelt soul and R&B, upbeat jazz, and hypnotic rhythms at JV's Music Room located in Falls Church, Virginia. Hailed as a fierce guitarist and soulful vocalist, Sol Roots has toured around the world with many musical legends. His monthly residency concerts at the legendary JV's Music Room in Northern Virginia feature an array of special guest appearances of world-class performers. read more11.04.2025 Recorded in his former hometown of Memphis, TN, Which Way Do We Go?' showcases Santini at his most authentic, weaving deeply personal songs written during the pandemic and its aftermath into a tapestry of raw emotion and masterful musicianship. read more
31.07.2025 On Saturday, August 23rd, at 7pm, Composers Concordance presents its 2025-2026 season opener: Sound Liberation at Joe's Pub. Sound Liberation was born in 1996, a musical rebellion led by visionary composer and guitarist Gene Pritsker. Guided by the philosophy of "ending the segregation of sound vibration, " the ensemble tears down the walls between genres, weaving the threads of classical, jazz, rock, hip-hop, and global rhythms into a tapestry of pure sonic freedom. read more 18.07.2025 With Old Friends, The Secret Trio continues its mission of uniting people with the common language of music. As with their previous studio recordings (Soundscapes, Three of Us and Coexist), they use their diverse experience to blend eastern micro-tonal modes and complex time signatures with western harmony and form to create a refreshingly new sonic palette. read more 24.06.2025 Released on April 23, 2024, Onde was created in collaboration with Ernesto Nobili and Cristiano Della Monica, and produced by the Apulian label Zero Nove Nove, which this year also placed 5th and 6th in the same rankings with Culla e tempesta by the all-female quartet Faraualla, and Talassa by singer-songwriter Dario Muci. read more 24.06.2025 "The Cameroonian master musician Franck Biyong remains an enigma on his kick-ass new single for Tangential Music. Only he could follow up his brilliant tribute to the great musicians of Africa on his 2024 album - 'Radio Masoda' - with a tough-as-nails psychedelic blues-rock tune that channels Jimi Hendrix, Buddy Miles and a host of Afro Rock and boogie blues devotees. read more |
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