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Fused around saxophonist Ornella Noulet and a shared devotion to the spiritual jazz of John Coltrane, OLA TUNJI is a Brussels-based quartet whose music channels the intensity and openness of the 1960s “New Thing” movement.Their name pays homage to Babatunde Olatunji, the Nigerian-born percussionist and close friend of John Coltrane, who introduced African drumming to jazz audiences in the U.S. and helped shape the rhythmic and spiritual dimensions of 1960’s jazz. For OLA TUNJI, his legacy represents the power of music as a path toward connection, awareness, and transcendence.Deeply inspired by John and Alice Coltrane, Pharoah Sanders, and Albert Ayler,…
Famously described as “The Citizen Kane of British pop movies” by BBC film critic Mark Kermode, 1975’s Slade In Flame movie was expected to be another rung on the ladder to international stardom for Slade, but it didn’t quite work out like that. In 2003, Classic Rock spoke with frontman Noddy Holder about one of the greatest, most enduring dramatic rock films of all time. It’s all too easy to forget just how enormous Slade actually were. Perhaps it’s because it would be inconceivable today for four homely rapscallions from Wolverhampton to gain even the most tentative foothold in a…
Based out of Forest Knolls is American singer-songwriter Prem Byrne, and his new single here in America has recently been released…. awarm, soulful, and delightful slice of stripped-back acoustic rock laced with clean Americana charm.The song is his seventh of the year and is a very whimsical blend of acoustic rock mixed with some soulful moments that really bring an absolutely stunning warmth to your ears when you listen to it for the first time.The intro is absolutely delightful, and as soon as his vocals come in you will be melting within no time.It’s a rather stripped-back track with finger-picking…
One of our finest songwriters delivers an album for our times with consummate clarity and lyrical daring..Mary Gauthier was something of a late starter, delivering her first album when she was in her late thirties but she has become one of americana’s most distinctive songwriters over the years since she started recording her songs in 1997.But let us go back for a short resume of her life, because it informs her songwriting and her later music. Mary Gauthier was born in New Orleans in March 1962 and adopted as an infant by a couple in Thibodaux, Louisiana – the father…
Control Resonant is the sequel to 2019’s Control and the next chapter in the Remedy Shared Universe, but is this genre-flipping sequel worth your time? Set some time after the shocking ending of Alan Wake 2, Control Resonant catches up with the Federal Bureau of Control (FBC), who are dealing with its own dark presence: the Hiss, a hostile frequency that’s mutating humans into monsters and has now escaped FBC HQ and is causing havoc on the streets of New York. To make matters worse, FBC director, Control 1 protagonist, and Alan Wake ally, Jesse Faden, is missing on some…
Ozzfest is coming back to both the US and the UK in 2027, the festival has confirmed. The festival announced the news on social media, several months after Sharon Osbourne said it would be returning, but not elaborating on exactly what capacity. The post asked fans to comment on where else they’d like to see Ozzfest happen, suggesting the door might be open for more dates to be added. Ozzfest hasn’t taken place in the US since 2018, not long before Ozzy Osbourne’s health began to deteriorate. Sharon said in an interview in March that there were never any plans…
Credit: Jon MooreMolly & Me is the latest single from the upcoming album from Margo Cilker, Little White Cross, which is out on October 9thviaFossil Records. Molly & Me starts out as a story about a teenage friendship which rapidly takes a darker turn as the new friend’s brother dies in a mass shooting that he initiated. It’s not just news that’s here and then gone – the ramifications continue to blight a small community left to their shock.It’s the other side of gun culture that many don’t like to talk about; however, Cilker is unbending, saying, simply, honestly, and…
West African afro-house innovator AMÉMÉ closes out a landmark summer with the release of ‘Chulo’ via Altra Moda Music, and the conclusion of One Tribe’s debut five-week residency at Ibiza’s Cova Santa. The two moments arrive together by design, capping a season that saw AMÉMÉ bring his community-first ethos to the island for the first time. ‘Chulo’ has spent months building anticipation before its official release, driving dancefloors across AMÉMÉ’s summer sets and quickly becoming one of the most requested moments in his live shows. Its release now gives fans a studio counterpart to the track that soundtracked the summer.…
Laidback Luke’s new take on A.S.H.A.’s ‘JJ Tribute’ is now out via Fankee, the revolutionary community-driven label redefining the relationship between artists and their audiences. ‘JJ Tribute’ has achieved a major double No. 1 on the Music Week Upfront Club Chart and Commercial Pop Chart with the 2K26 Remix pack, further underlining the enduring impact of the iconic track and its continued relevance across today’s dance music landscape. Originally released in 1990 on Beat Club Records, A.S.H.A.’s ‘JJ Tribute’ was created by three young Italian producers, aged just 18–20, in their Milan-based recording studio. The track quickly gained massive popularity…
French-Brazilian producer, pianist and live electronic artist Ella Romand brings her classically trained background, Brazilian heritage and international experience to a career spanning electronic production, live performance and composition. Based in Miami, Ella Romand has developed a sound that brings together Brazilian musical influences with Deep, Organic, Afro and Melodic House, while her live performances incorporate keys and synthesisers into her captivating performances. Ella’s work spans music production, composition, and live performance, rooted in classical piano training and more than a decade working across different areas of the music industry. Ella now continues this progression with a new remix of…
Directed by: Martin Darondeau, Bertrand UsclatWritten by: Bertrand Usclat, Martin Darondeau, Pauline Clement, Clemence DargentStarring: Pauline Clement, Julien Frison, Laurent Stocker, Marina HandsA comedy drama feature directed by Martin Darondeau and Bertrand Usclat, written by Usclat, Darondeau, Clemence Dargent and Pauline Clement and starring Clement, Julien Frison, Marina Hands and Laurent Stocker.Things are not going smoothly at a Parisian theatre. It is the day that stage actress Nina (Clement) will have her directorial debut and the Culture Minister will be attending. The play is William Shakespeare’s Macbeth, and the lead actress has just informed the crew that she will be…
The unlikely resurgence of vinyl has delivered plenty of unexpected sights over the past two decades. Major labels have discovered the lucrative joys of deluxe packaging. Teenagers are buying turntables again. LPs are selling in quantities that would have seemed unimaginable 20 years ago. But there is another, less welcome, sign that records are genuinely valuable again: counterfeiters are making a fortune from fake LPs. The issue has been thrust into the spotlight following the jailing of Rehan Ahmed, the west London businessman behind what investigators have described as Britain’s largest counterfeit vinyl operation. Trading under the names Phoenix Of…