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AVERY RAQUEL – Without A Little Rain

November 28, 2017

GKM 2017 Young Canadian’s sophomore album as a way of creating a quiet sensation that’s bound to become a jazz thunder further down the line. Still a teenager, this chanteuse is short of stunning – not in terms of Avery … Continue reading →

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CHARLES XAVIER – Happy Note Records Sampler 2016

November 7, 2017

Happy Note 2016 The Xman’s experiments in oxymoron continuum of retrograde avant-garde. Berklee graduate Charles Xavier has been around for four decades now, playing in and out of jazz circles, but it wasn’t until he’d settled down in San Francisco … Continue reading →

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STRAT ANDRIOTIS – Less Off Patient

October 11, 2017

Dekatria 2016 Delving deep into acoustic textures, Canadian guitarist pumps vibrant life into his veins. A good decade has passed since Strat Andriotis started to drift away from hard rock reefs and look for riffs of serene disposition. A couple … Continue reading →

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XAVI REIJA – Reflections

July 31, 2017

Xavi Reija 2017 On pastures unplugged, Catalan paragon of percussion ponders upon inner peace. Maybe it’s a sign of maturity: a logical roll from the edgy, electrically driven to this acoustic album which is no less charged on emotional level. … Continue reading →

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PEPE SÁNCHEZ Y SU ROCK BAND – Regresión

July 5, 2017

Marfer 1976 / Pharaway Sounds 2017 Retrofuturistic acid-spiked jazz from Spanish drumming legend. The sounds of señor Sánchez are seminal for Spanish popular music’s adventurous fringe and beyond it – given his percussion enriched selected numbers by Misses Streisand and … Continue reading →

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