We all know that the music styles that emerged in the last two centuries in the "New Worlds", America: North and South, were heavily influenced by African music and culture. In this environment where African, European and American indigenous populations were forced to coexist, a universe of extremely interesting new musical genres emerged with wonderfully… Continue reading OUR PLAYLIST: BRAZILLIAN AND LATIN MUSIC ALBUMS
Category: MUSIC
MUSIC VIDEO- SERENITY
In this category we will feature some music videos. The first one is in reminiscence of our person of the week Matthias Coenen, the German composer and guitar virtuoso. Here a video that also features his friend and colleague Günther Johannes Schmitz as co-composer and flute player. Also featured are flutes by Geoffrey Guo, an… Continue reading MUSIC VIDEO- SERENITY
Our Saturday Playlist
Pop Music 1. Bruno Mars - Just The Way You Are Bruno is a Hawaii born (*1985) R&B singer, songwriter, producer, and Grammy winner who sold more than 6 million albums. He grew up in Hawaii in a musical family with 6 children being exposed to many musical styles from early age. His albums are "Doo-Wops… Continue reading Our Saturday Playlist
PERSON OF THE WEEK: JOE FREEL
Joe Freel is a United States-based Jazz Singer with over 4 decades experience in the music industry. He is also the Associate Director, A&R Administration at Sony Music Entertainment. Joe released his much anticipated album All This Love in December, 2016 which is a fine blend of classic and contemporary material, blending compositions from Cole… Continue reading PERSON OF THE WEEK: JOE FREEL
Our Saturday Playlist
Olly Murs - Dear Darling Olly Murs is a British singer born in 1984 in Witham who came to fame in 2009 when he appeared in the casting show „The X-Factor“. Up to now he released 5 studio albums: „Olly Murs" in 2009, In „Case You Didn´t Know“ in 2011, „Right Place Right Time“ in… Continue reading Our Saturday Playlist
MUSIC: OUR SATURDAY PLAYLIST
It's weekend again, our most favourite time of the week, a time to relax and refuel for the upcoming week and we guess you are doing the same. Today, we are sharing with you what's on our playlist this Saturday and we wish you have a wonderful weekend. Catapult by Jack Savoretti. Jack is an… Continue reading MUSIC: OUR SATURDAY PLAYLIST
MUSIC: CONTEMPORARY ROCK AND JAZZ FLUTE PLAYING AND IT’S ORIGIN IN AFRICAN TRADITIONAL MUSIC by GJS
When we think about flute playing in modern popular music unfortunately not many names come to our minds. In the rock field the only name that appears is Ian Anderson. A very big name though, as he is world famous for heading the band Jethro Tull from it´s founding in 1967 to this very day… Continue reading MUSIC: CONTEMPORARY ROCK AND JAZZ FLUTE PLAYING AND IT’S ORIGIN IN AFRICAN TRADITIONAL MUSIC by GJS