Dutch guitar player Jan Wouter Oostenrijk (JWO) (1965) completed his professional jazz guitar studies at the conservatory of Amsterdam (1994) and got the “Gouden Notenkraker” award for his contribution to the Dutch live music with Moroccan formation Raïland. In the past 20 years he became a succesfull international artist with his innovating crossovers Sharqi Blues, Maghreb Jazz.

The brand new animated rendition of Sergei Prokofiev’s much-loved symphony, Peter & The Wolf, transformed into an enchanting and contemporary visual masterpiece that touches on themes of growing up, loss, courage, transformation, and our relationship with nature. Featuring music and narration by Gavin Friday, and artwork based on original illustrations by Bono, the animated short film is scheduled to premiere later this year and is part of an ongoing relationship with Irish Hospice Foundation.

One of the most engaging team-ups in exploratory jazz celebrates 30 years of simpatico collaboration and creativity with the release of Stay With It, their first outing on the Clean Feed imprint. It finds Phillip Greenlief and Scott Amendola developing the febrile dialogues mapped out on their deliciously bristling 1995 debut, Collect My Thoughts, an absorbing set that saw the pair garner considerable international plaudits, inspiring them to further cultivate their connection through regular touring expeditions.

Fredrik Kronkvist Trio - live at Glen Miller Café! Fredrik Kronkvist plays sax trio with some of the country's leading musicians in a stripped-down format that is guaranteed to give a musical kick straight into the heart.

Massimo Pupillo’s Prayer for the Survival of the North Is a Haunting Ambient Masterpiece. Massimo Pupillo’s Our Forgotten Ancestors takes the Sámi peoples of the Arctic Circle as its theme and inspiration for an instrumental tour-de-force.

Following the news that all three Lush albums are going to be reissued, Emma Anderson, the band’s co-founder, releases her debut solo album, Pearlies, via Sonic Cathedral.

A few months before the COVID-19 2020 lockdown, I received a CD labelled ‘Valdapozzo 05/30/2004’, from an unknown sender. Thinking it over, it came to me… yes! On that day we had performed a unique gig at Valdapozzo, the location where we had recorded the CD ‘Pic_nic@Valdapozzo’ just two years before.

Let Me Be the First is the second album by Deborah Allen, released by RCA Records in 1984.

Despite both artists enjoying remarkably intensive careers which have seen them collaborate with many of the finest talents operating in free-improvisation, experimental and classical music, Pas de Deux marks the auspicious first ever encounter between Swiss drummer Fritz Hauser and Portuguese marimba maestro Pedro Carneiro.

Itzhak Perlman is an Israeli-born violinist, conductor, and is regarded as one of the pre-eminent violinists of the 20th and early-21st centuries, renowned for his brilliant technique, direct interpretation and precision. When it comes to evoking the colours and moods of Vivaldi’s Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter, Itzhak Perlman deploys an inimitably rich and varied palette. He directs the London Philharmonic Orchestra from the violin.

The Fratellis are a Scottish rock band from Glasgow, formed in 2005. The band consists of lead vocalist and guitarist Jon Fratelli (born John Lawler), bass guitarist Barry Fratelli (born Barry Wallace), and drummer and backing vocalist Mince Fratelli (born Gordon McRory). "In Your Own Sweet Time" is their fifth studio album. The Fratellis still favor melody, which is their saving grace.

Soccer Mommy is a project from Nashville-based musical wunderkind Sophie Allison. Collection compiles the best of her DIY Bandcamp releases from the past few years as well as a few new songs, all of which Allison wrote, mixed and produced herself. Her songs are melancholic but playful - thoughtful pop gems that ooze with charisma.

The Districts' third full-length, "Popular Manipulations", and it's a significant leap forward for the band. The Districts turn the mundane into bombastic epics, the commonplace into life-affirming anthems. Not unlike fellow Philadelphians The War on Drugs, The Districts strive for an earnest grandiosity devoid of winks, irony, or a sly grin. This is rock and roll like they used to do, full of big sounds and gut-punching melodies. Their third LP - and second for Fat Possum - "Popular Manipulations" will make you want to punch a hole through a wall while maintaining a toothy grin.