Marcello Fantoni has studied classical guitar since the age of eight. Under the guidance of Lena Kokkaliari and with Paolo Paolini at the Conservatory of Milan he graduated summa cum laude in performance, as well as studying composition.

Clara Schumann(-Wieck) (1819 Leipzig – 1896 Frankfurt am Main) was a widely travelled pianist – appointed as Imperial and Royal Chamber Virtuoso – composer, piano teacher, and editor; in this unique capacity, she embodied the most significant German female musi­cian of the 19th century. Having begun her pianistic career as a child prodigy, Clara Josephine Wieck con­tinued her path after marrying Robert Schumann in 1840. She subsequently appeared as a performer and composer under the name Clara Schumann, which is used in the following text.

Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter, and musician Lukas Nelson has announced that he will release his highly anticipated new album, “American Romance“, on June 20th – his first solo project and first in partnership with Sony Music Nashville.

Peter Bernstein really makes things kick here – thanks to a hip quartet that features Richard Wyands on piano, John Webber on bass, and Jimmy Cobb on drums! With a rhythm section like that, the session better cook – and it does so nicely, in the open freedom of the Smalls Live setting – with some long tracks that are awash in extended, exploratory solos from Bernstein – really showing off his skills on the guitar in a way you don't always get on some of his solo sessions, often with a nice raspy edge that reminds us of Kenny Burrell at his best from years back. Titles include the originals "Vida Blue" and "Sideburns" – plus "Say Little Mama Say", "Love Walked In", and "Stairway To The Stars".

Sinclair means more than 500 concerts in France, gold records, three seasons on the Nouvelle Star jury, an animator's cap on France 4 and original soundtracks on the counter.

The Blue Birds Big Band is a powerful old-school Blues and R&B band, influenced by the rich Cincinnati heritage of King Records as well as the sounds of Stax and Muscle Shoals artists.

Michael Dease has fully earned his stature as one of the great trombonists and jazz figures of these times. His formidably on the instrument, matched by his pursuit of inspired musical challenges and robust partnerships, is fully on display in the double CD, "City Life," his third album devoted to the music of composer Gregg Hill.

L.A. Guns are an American hard rock band from Los Angeles, formed in 1983. The lineup currently consists of Tracii Guns (lead guitar), Phil Lewis (lead vocals), Ace Von Johnson (rhythm guitar, backing vocals), Johnny Martin (bass, backing vocals), Adam Hamilton (studio drums) and Shawn Duncan (live drums).

An Enchanted Evening is a live concert album recorded during Kitaro’s 1995 world tour, featuring powerful renditions of his most iconic works. The album offers an immersive journey through atmospheric and ethereal soundscapes, capturing the essence of Kitaro’s signature style. Widely regarded as a milestone in his career, the tour highlights his extraordinary talent for creating a deep emotional resonance with his audience through music.

In 2000, Orlando became famous for studying at jazz in loredana spa and Repertoire with Giovanni Mazzarino.

TWICE A MAN planted the seed for "The Coloured Breeze Is a New Dimension" with the song 'Dahlia', a 'new' track that was written to complement the compilation album "Songs of Future Memories". For three years, the Swedish dark electronic trio fertilised and nurtured the germ bud until it had taken firm root in their musical heritage and began to send offshoots to find new sonic spots beyond any previously built garden walls. "The Coloured Breeze Is a New Dimension" is an organic entity that creates something new by re-combining its musical DNA in various ways. As a result its tracks blossom in many hues of electronic colours.

"Dreams I dream" is Alon Farber's 6th album as the leader of the "Alon Farber Hagiga" and third album of the group under "Origin Records" (Seattle, USA), one of the leading Jazz labels these days. This album is a quartet album for the very first time for Alon, after 5 albums where there were between 6 to 8 players.

In true Badflower fashion, the Nashville-based rockers return to make hard topics bearable with their 2025 album, 'No Place Like Home' - the long-awaited follow-up to their 2021 second record. Taking the time to get things right, frontman Josh Katz leads us through personal tales of paranoia, regret, and even pet loss, that somehow remain universally relatable and pleasantly palatable. The band's signature ability to coat uneasy subject matter in self-deprecating disarmament makes this album go down smooth.

When Meg Remy, the visionary behind U.S. Girls, got an offer to play at a festival in Hot Springs, Arkansas in early 2024 — over one thousand miles away from her home in Toronto — she enlisted Nashville-based friend Dillon Watson (D. Watusi, Savoy Motel, Jack Name) to assemble a one-time band for the occasion. The show went so well that she decided to ride thatenergy right back to where the impromptu band had initially rehearsed, in Music City itself, kickstarting the journey toward Scratch It.

The Wandering Hearts are a British Americana-Folk bandknown for their enchanting harmonies and heartfeltsongwriting influenced by the likes of Simon & Garfunkel,Fleetwood Mac, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young and have asimilar sound to The Lumineers and First Aid Kit. Theirnew album, Déjà Vu (We've All Been Here Before), is abeautiful re-work of Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young's1970 hit album of the same name.Recorded in one week in Joshua Tree, Taurus RisingStudios. This isn't an album out to besmirch the original,but to become a loving companion without being anoverly reverential copy. With a band as distinctive andexciting as The Wandering Hearts, a note-for-notefacsimile was never an option. One listen to how TheWandering Hearts have taken Déjà Vu's ten songs to newplaces and reimagined it over 50 years later, and it's clearthis is a very bold, very new work by one of Britain's mostaccomplished Americana artists.