Bangstyle writes “Last night D’Angelo played his first show in more than 11 years in Stockholm, Sweden. What’s more exciting is that the neurotic talent is making an attempt to rekindle his once-bright star.” Strong!

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And now …a 15 minutes interview with Paul McCartney and Tommy LiPuma while The Telegraph reviews his new CD “Kisses on the Bottom – Paul McCartney abandons the guitar and pays homage to the music of his youth.”

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Below, Terri Lyne Carrington‘s Mosaic Project (nominated for the Grammys cf “25 Berklee Alumni Nominated for Grammys” on Patch) playing “Unconditional Love” at The Red Sea Festival in Eilat. It’s the Women of Jazz Supergroup : Terri Lyne Carrington, Esperanza Spalding, Geri Allen & Tineke Postma.

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Something Else! Interviews Drummer Danny Seraphine, formerly of Chicago. ” Like CTA, Chicago was put together for musical purposes – and for musical purposes only. It also happened to be at the right time, because there was a renaissance in music happening.”

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“Lalah Hathaway: Looking Back, To Keep Moving Forward” writes The Huffington Post “Hathaway’s voice is a powerful, nuanced instrument; a husky, incredibly sensual alto that is well versed in all things passionate — this may be one reason why she absolutely excels at ballads.”

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Something Else! reviews Nils Petter Molvær‘s new album “Baoon Moon” “With Baboon Moon, it’s probably now safer to consider Molvær more experimental rock than experimental jazz.” It shows in this video taped live in Sofia with Stian Westerhus, guitar; Erland Dahlen, drums; Tord Knudsen, visuals

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TheCelebrityCafe.com interviews Sheila E from The E Family. “We didn’t realize it, but we hadn’t recorded a CD together as a family, or even written together as a family, so to write together took a minute because we are all individuals, so everyone had their say.”

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Nextbop streams and reviews the new album from the Le Boeuf Brothers, twins & saxophonists. “The Le Boeuf Brothers are of a young generation of fresh minds and new ideas, and cannot simply be labeled as jazz and ascribed to its creative traditions and histories.” Promising!

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