This album represents much of my own background, upbringing and musical experiences over the last few years. It also repreents the sound that people have come to expect from our concerts over recent times - the backbone duo of myself and my husband, Eamon Doorley, with lyrical highland fiddler Duncan Chisholm, driving guitarist Tony Byrne from Dublin plus the rhythmic beats of Martin O'Neill's bodhran playing. I am very pleased to welcome some long term friends and extraordinary musicians to the album too - Phil Cunningham, Mary Smith, Eddi Reader, Allan MacDonald, Jerry Douglas, Sharon Shannon and Ewen Vernal, plus of course our own family members Tom Doorley and Michelle Fowlis.
So here we are !
Julie
Since being presented with her award as BBC Radio 2 Folk Singer of the Year 2008 by KT Tunstall, the Daily Telegraph's prediction that "Fowlis could be the first Scottish Gaelic crossover star in the making" has seemed increasingly prescient.
Indeed Julie Fowlis is no stranger to awards and distinctions, winning Gaelic Singer Of The Year & Album Of The Year at the Scots Trad Music Awards 2007 and nominated for the third year in a row as BBC Radio 2 Folk Singer of the Year (the first ever Scottish Gaelic singer to win this prestigious award when given the title in 2008). Her single 'Blackbird' was also playlisted on BBC Radio 2, the first Scottish Gaelic artist to be playlisted in such a manner. She was also the first Scottish Gaelic artist to appear on the legendary show 'Later…with Jools Holland” in 2007.
She is perhaps most proud of her award as Scotland's Gaelic Ambassador - "Tosgaire na Gàidhlig", bestowed by the Scottish Parliament in 2008, the first person to ever receive this honour.
Since the release of her award-winning album 'cuilidh' in 2007 Julie has spent much time developing her own sound with a top-class touring band including husband Éamon Doorley, Dublin's Tony Byrne, Highlander Duncan Chisholm and bodhrán champion Martin O'Neill. This formidable line-up has become synonymous with emotive, expressive and high energy live shows.
Still finding time for collaborations with other musicians, Julie has recently worked with artists as diverse as Bill Whelan, John McCusker, Eddi Reader, Jayme Stone, and Salsa Celtica. She recently worked with Bill Whelan (Riverdance, Timedance) to produce a new piece of music, the World Premiere of which was on St Patrick's Day in Belfast 2009. As part of the internationally acclaimed Transatlantic Sessions 4 series, she has also been honoured to sing with James Taylor, Martha Wainwright, Stuart Duncan, Ronan Browne, Allan MacDonald, Liam O' Maonlai (Hothouse Flowers), Maireád Ní Mhaónaigh (Altan), Mike McGoldrick, Phil Cunningham, Tim O'Brien and Karen Matheson (Capercaillie).
In addition to having one of the busiest music touring schedules in Scotland, Julie has now delved into the world of broadcasting, presenting her very own show 'Fowlis and Folk' on BBC Radio Scotland for the second year running and also presenting regularly for television on Scotland's new Gaelic digital channel, BBC ALBA.
In the last year Julie has also worked on two other acclaimed recordings – the 'dual' project – an exploration of musical connections between Gaelic Scotland and Ireland with her husband Éamon Doorley, Irish songstress Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh and Lochaber's Ross Martin, and 'Under One Sky', John McCusker's ambitious crossover project featuring the likes of John Tams, Iain MacDonald, Graham Coxon (Blur) and Norman Blake (Teenage Fanclub).
Julie is currently also studying for a Masters degree through Scotland's only Gaelic College 'Sabhal Mòr Ostaig' in 'Material Culture and the Environment', exploring in depth the culture and social history of the Highlands and Islands of Scotland, in it's European context.
For Julie is a passionate torchbearer for the culture of her native Western Isles. And, coupled with her extraordinary talent, it is this quiet determination to celebrate the music of the Outer Hebrides and Highlands of Scotland on its own terms that ensures that Scots Gaelic music is reaching a wider audience than ever before.
kantango invite you to a journey, under the guise of a tango, a journey of "ida y vuelta" – a “round trip” to those who do not speak spanish – as well as the title of their new album, a journey to and from the tango, and from the thousand nations of the world from which come the many artists who have helped to release this new project, a trip to and from the testing (linked to tango, but also disconnected from it). 
The TINGVALL TRIO was founded in 2003 by the Swedish pianist and composer Martin Tingvall. The pieces composed by him are characterized by catchy melodies which sweep along not only jazz lovers quickly and tend to stay with you long afterwards. Not only the technical ability of the musicians carries away. The three Hamburgers play Scandinavian jazz with Cuban reminiscences and an easy rock'n'roll attitude. In the expressive ballads also Nordic melancholy and liveliness resonate, however. Listening closely one can recognize traditional Swedish folk songs as one of the elements of the compositions. Despite the wide variety in their backgrounds, a level very much their own emerged from their creative alliance. Among the mentors who taught Swedish pianist Martin Tingvall his craft was Bobo Stenson. Jürgen Spiegel from Bremen, Germany gigged mostly as a veritable rock drummer, but audiences were "boffoed" above all by his enormously multifaceted playing and the vividness of this percussion work. Bass player Omar Rodriguez Calvo from Cuba was already a sideman of Ramon Valle and Roy Hargrove among others. Regards the new cd we can tell that follows "Skagerrak" and "Norr" and with it the trio finalizes their trilogy of nordic stories. Recorded at the famous ArteSuono studio in Italy, bestknown for a series of great ECM recordings, "Vattensaga" stands for an even improved group sound and the outstanding songwriting qualities of Martin Tingvall. Thirteen new musical pearls, leaving space for sound paintings of drummer Jürgen Spiegel , the mediterranean lightness of double bass player Omar Rodruguez Calvo and the bright piano playing of Martin Tingvall , experiencing a Fazioli grand piano fort he first time. A definite highlight of the trios band history so far.
One hesitates to call this her best album yet, because the diversity of her art renders such statements inherently unfair—unfair, that is, if so many of the others weren’t of the same high caliber. Let’s leave it at another unqualified triumph of conception and execution, with a surplus of greasy, funky soul to recommend it. This music lives. 
“You can tell immediately that John’s approach to jazz is both new and refreshing; showing great respect for both the melody and the lyric — a rare thing among jazz vocalists. I’ll bet that Chet Baker is looking down on John saying, ‘Yeah, John, go for it’.”
When Guy Clark discusses the art and craft of songwriting, people listen. He has, after all, been writing songs of uncommon quality for nearly four decades, songs like “L.A. Freeway,” “Desperados Waiting For a Train,” “The Randall Knife,” and “Texas, 1947.” Some of them have been snatched up and recorded by other distinctive artists, many of whom are no slouches in the songwriting department themselves (“She’s Crazy For Leaving” by Rodney Crowell, “New Cut Road” by Bobby Bare, “Let Him Roll” by Johnny Cash and “Heartbroke” by Ricky Skaggs, to name just a few), while others have filled out the ten studio albums bearing Clark’s name, beginning with his 1975 debut, Old No. 1. He’s just added an eleventh entry to his enduring body of work, Some Days the Song Writes You.
"I met Bob Dylan once, a long time ago. He was an electrified wolf pressed up against the back of a booth at the Marigold Ballroom in Minneapolis. I saw him from the stage and told my Albert Grossman joke : "Here's a man whose last name should have been hyphenated."
Chiaroscuro” introduces a new duo and a rare instrumental combination – trumpet and acoustic guitar. The repertoire: a programme of old and new Ralph Towner compositions and duo improvisations, plus an old Miles Davis favourite, its presence a key to the musical priorities at work here. 
Non finisce piu' di stupire questa cantante-chitarrista fiorentina innamorata fin da ragazzina del Brasile ormai divenuta la sua seconda patria musicale. Tuttavia la scoperta della bossa nova, di Jobim, João Gilberto & co., non è stato un punto di arrivo in cui si sono fermati i suoi interessi musicali ma l'inizio di un lungo viaggio che le ha consentito di incontrare da un punto di vista interpretativo dai Beatles agli standards jazz passando per quello che per alcuni versi può essere considerato un cd fondamentale per la sua crescita artistica. Stiamo parlando naturalmente di “Vento” registrato con Enrico Rava per l’etichetta francese Label Bleu, con Stefano Bollani al pianoforte, Giovanni Tommaso al contrabbasso, Roberto Gatto alla batteria, e con l’accompagnamento dell’Accademia Filarmonica della Scala diretta da Paolo Silvestri, autore degli arrangiamenti.Ora abbiamo il piacere di rincontrarla impegnata nella canzone d’autore francese. In “Formidable!”, nuova produzione Philology, Barbara interpreta 12 classici di Charles Trenet. Grazie alla sua bella ed espressiva voce, all’impeccabile accompagnamento di Fabrizio Bosso, tromba, Pietro Lussu, pianoforte, e Ares Tavolazzi, contrabbasso abbiamo il piacere per il nostro udito e per il nostro cuore di ascoltare in una veste totalmente nuova brani immortali come “La Mer”, “J’ai Connus De Vous”, “Boum!”, “Le Soleil Et La Lune” sino ad arrivare alla toccante “Que Reste-T-Il De Nos Amours”, che chiude l’album. 
Ecco come la stessa Barbara descrive questo suo ultimo lavoro " Un viaggio in auto da sola, la voce di Trenet alla radio in uno dei suoi brani piu' famosi.... e io, colpita al cuore da quel canto, all'improvviso voglio sapere tutto di quello che chiamano il "cantante pazzo".... la sua musica è teatro e poesia, e io voglio indossare le sue canzoni, voglio diventare un po' francese e un po' pazza anch'io : cosi' nasce questo progetto e questo nuovo dico, come sempre per un nuovo incanto e il desiderio di portarlo con me e trasmetterlo agli altri "
Il Cd “Dove volano gli angeli” è composto da 12 brani intensi ed emozionanti, che esprimono l’intento dell’autore di raggiungere una libertà espressiva che è difficilmente inquadrabile in un genere musicale predefinito.
Not only is Enrico Pieranunzi considered the best jazz composer and pianist in Europe, he is also regarded as an amazingly prolific artist. The ideas and the music never stop. Perhaps that creative restlessness is why he named his third release of 2009, Wandering. The recording is his 14th for the acclaimed Italian jazz label, CAM Jazz, which will release the new music in the United States on October 13, 2009 in digital form only. 
Writes Paul Benkimoun in the liner notes,