CLASSICAL/ JAZZ/ BLUES

The prodigy Victor Alexeeff started learning the piano at the age of four and started attending the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto when he was seven years old. His musical tastes are diverse, despite the fact that he is best known for his renditions of Chopin and Prokofiev. In…

Veron Lou’s latest release ‘Just a Number’ has a music video Veron Lou travels between France, Switzerland, and Thailand. She has spent time in Singapore, the Seychelles, and Bali. Her debut single is “Just a number.” It has a summery feel and a catchy atmosphere. She composed the song with…

Virginia Constantine release a new single ‘When I Get Over You’ When you sing, it’s instinctive. The most important thing is to be sincere and to get into the emotion of the moment. I love to sing ballads, although I also like songs that move. You have to let yourself…

Maëla Raoult release a new album ‘Reflections’. Mala Raoult’s second album is now accessible on Spotify, Youtube, and all other digital platforms. For this second album honoring composers of the twenty-first century, Mala presents a tour around the globe. She performs a virtuosic and luminous rendition of unmissable and essential…

Chae on fire release a new EP ‘COLOMBIANOS’ CHAÉONFIRE, a Colombian-born international recording artist, multi-genre singer-songwriter, music producer, and cultural activist, is a Colombian-born international recording artist, multi-genre singer-songwriter, music producer, and cultural activist. With her explosive words and strong, distinctive, soulful voice, she is a musical force of nature…

Ori Dagan Features Erik Flow on a new single ‘Viruses’ From of Singer/Songwriter singer Ori Dagan’s new album Click Right Here”. Viruses is an epic 3-minute romp to confront our daily struggles on the internet, a fusion of Jazz and Hip Hop featuring rapper Erik Flow. WINNER of the Grand…

Mama Got Rhythm and Daddy Got Rhyme, by Robin Wilson, was first published in 2009 and re-released last year. It has stunning illustrations by Mario Moore, a now-famous artist. Robin Wilson recalls a musically rich environment in her childhood home. Her mother sang, and her father had a basement recording…

The Flagstar Strand Theatre will host the Oakland University jazz and world music programs, which will include student and faculty ensembles with OU artist-in-residence Regina Carter, from March 30 to April 2. The Oakland University School of Music, Theatre, and Dance, in cooperation with the OU-Pontiac Initiative, is hosting these…

Don Braden performing with the Big Fun’k in New Jersey in 2011. By Courtesy of Adam Zyto Don Braden ’85, a composer, world-class saxophonist, and jazz performer, supervised The Harvard Jazz Combo Initiative’s Jazz & Java Cafe concert in Leverett House in early December last year. Many in the audience were unaware…

Note from the editor: This article is part of the On the Ground Edison series from Southwest Michigan Second Wave. It’s about to become jazzy in the Edison neighborhood. In September, Kalamazoo’s most populous neighborhood plans to launch a first-of-its-kind jazz festival, involving local musicians as well as talented jazz…