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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SoulCulture presents Robert Glasper Experiment’s EPK “to keep us all going until the release date; focusing on the creation of the album, with the Hip Hop-inspired jazz pianist talking about how some of the multitude of featured artists watched each other work in the sessions.”

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Via Entertainment Weekly “Casey Abrams has a Record Deal. Abrams is now signed with Concord Records, the jazz label that is also home to Esperanza Spalding, Carole King, and Kenny G.” As a bonus, here is Haley Reinhart & Casey Abrams recorded LIVE in the Akoo studio, in December.

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First you read the long interview that Trombone Shorty gives to SFWeekly on “New Orleans Attitude, Growing Up With Hip-Hop, and Covering Lil Wayne“. Then you watch Trombone Shorty doing a radio-show for Public Radio WFUV (Two more vids on the WFUV YouTube channel ).

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PopMatters reviews The Puppini Sisters‘new album “Hollywood.” “the Puppini Sisters—Marcella Puppini, Stephanie O’Brien and Kate Mullins—are to pop music what Dita Von Teese is to the adult entertainment industry.”

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“GIFTED composer, producer and percussionist Ralph MacDonald, whose father was a Trinidadian calypsonian, has died” writes Trinidad Express

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Via Vintage Vinyl News Paul McCartney is preparing an album of covers “Harold Arlen, Cole Porter, all of those guys… he first heard his father perform on piano at home. “the songs me and John based quite a few of our things on” Call it a return to sender!

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Popa Chubby returns with a new album titled “Back To New York City” via Provogue Records on October 11. Zoiks! Online writes “His imposing figure, weighing more than 300 pounds with a shaven head, tattooed arms, a goatee, and a performing style he describes as “the stooges meets Buddy Guy, Motörhead meets Muddy Waters, Jimi Henreix meets Robert Johnson.” Chubby or not Chubby?

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The Seattle Times reviews “This is Jazz”, the new Donald Harrison‘s CD “Treme man Donald Harrison shines on ‘This is Jazz’”

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