Jazz trumpeter Herb Alpert, famously associated with the popular, horn-blasting Tijuana Brass group of the 1960s, released his first studio-recorded collaboration with wife and fellow performer Lani Hall on February 8. Amorously titled I Feel You, the collaboration is the first of its kind for the couple (married almost 37 years) and was released just [...]

David Garrett’s new classical CD/DVD is the Beethoven Violin Concerto – a LEGACY to Beethoven (and Kreisler). This is an opportunity for fans of the 31-year-old German-born violinist, familiar with his rock-inspired concerts and CDs to discover his first love – classical music. The DVD part is divided into two sections; first: Live In Baden-Baden, [...]

Neither sororal nor from the 40s, the Puppini Sisters are a London-based trio who sing kitschy, close harmony covers. They may not have particularly robust or characterful voices, but the public’s appetite for all things retro has got them to this, their fourth album. Stylish, rather than substantial, it’s filled with busy arrangements of standards [...]

Re-interpreting a classic is no joke, and it takes a true artist to delve into this path and come out smelling like roses. A number of revered local jazz acts have decided to take this task head-on and give some standards, Motown, jazz, contemporary and R&B evergreens African make overs. The result is the “African [...]

Creeper is a Durban/Cape Town project…. there’s bassist Dan Wilson in Durban and saxophonist Luke Townsend in Cape Town. Dreamscapes is Creeper’s fourth album following ‘The Trip’ in 2008 which was an in your face electronic affair. Dreamstates is much less electronic and Creeper has consciously stripped away several layers of sound in order create [...]

Acoustic Café combines the best elements of Putumayo‟s successful Acoustic and Café series, which together have sold more than 2 million copies. On Acoustic Café, Putumayo features rising young stars and new discoveries. In keeping with their global approach, the artists hail from around the globe. American singers such as Trevor Hall, Justin Townes Earle, [...]

The first collaboration of Steinway Artist Charl du Plessis and violinist Zanta Hofmeyr has just been released on CD. Beethoven Tango is this duos first recording project after sold-out performances all across South Africa. Beethoven Tango (as the name suggests) is a unique musical journey joining the fire of tango rhythms with the sounds of [...]

Her most personal album to date, it draws together music and songs she loves from across classical, traditional, folk and easy pop that have inspired her over the course of her life. Recorded in Los Angeles and London in spring this year, Katherine has once again teamed up with John Shanks in the U.S (credits [...]

Internationally renowned harpist, María Luisa Rayan-Forero has performed to critical acclaim in the USA, Europe, Latin America, China and Japan.  Described by the New York Concert Review as “clearly an extremely talented, accomplished, experienced performer who can keep an audience listening with rapt attention,” Ms. Rayan-Forero has been performing all over the globe for the [...]

John Wilson is a conductor and arranger who specialises in reviving the music of the old Hollywood and MGM musical films – he leads his own symphonic orchestra built around a jazz big band. The John Wilson Orchestra was formed in 1994 for their first ever gig at London’s Bloomsbury Theatre. They went on to [...]