Posted By:  justloy Posted On:  Aug 7, 2008	AfricanTradeHub Reviews StartupsNigeria at BunduBlog.com
Again, I’m giving another props to African Trade Hub for writing a review about StartupsNigeria  on Bundublog. You can view the blog post here . African Trade Hub is hosted on a sub-domain blog called Bundublog , a new blog hosting environment for Africa, built on an...... [view]

Posted By:  justloy Posted On:  Aug 6, 2008	NotJustOk Reviews StartupsNigeria on Typepad.com
Today, I was looking through Google Blog Search, when I saw this remarkable review about StartupsNigeria from a site called NotJustOk . The site which is hosted on Typepad, showcases news and videos from the music & entertainment industry in Nigeria. Personally, I was tripped that...... [view]

Posted By:  Rapscallion Posted On:  Jul 31, 2008	North Sea Jazz Festival 2008
North Sea Jazz Festival Ahoy, Rotterdam July 11-13, 2008 The 33rd North Sea Jazz Festival was a showcase of epic proportions. 15 different stages in the Ahoy Centre played host to 200 artists; venues varied in size from large concert halls like the Amazon, Darling and Hudson to smaller,...... [view]

Posted By:  Rapscallion Posted On:  Jul 21, 2008	New wave of UK jazz groups shine at Europe’s biggest jazz festival
North Sea Jazz Festival 11-13 July 2008 Ahoy, Rotterdam A veritable Who’s Who of contemporary jazz was on the bill at the 33rd North Sea Jazz Festival, with titanic names like Herbie Hancock and Wayne Shorter alongside an exciting selection of newcomers. Empirical, Led...... [view]

Posted By:  Rapscallion Posted On:  Jul 24, 2008	Neil Cowley Trio - Koko, 20/7/08
Neil Cowley Trio + Portico Quartet Koko, Camden Sunday, 20/7/08 Two of our jazz scene’s rising names graced the stage at Koko, a venue normally reserved for the very latest disposable indie bands. Kudos must go to the iTunes festival programmers: even though the total...... [view]

Posted By:  Rapscallion Posted On:  Jul 11, 2008	Blink - Blink
Blink: Blink LOOP Records The latest offering from London’s infamous LOOP Collective, this eponymous debut features an unconventional bass-less trio of pianist Alcyona Mick, Robin Fincker on tenor sax and clarinet and drummer Paul Clarvis. All demonstrate considerable...... [view]

Posted By:  Rapscallion Posted On:  Jul 9, 2008	Kenny Garrett - Ronnie Scott's, 2/7/08
Hackneyed cliché it may be, but Kenny Garrett really has done it all. Work with names such as Duke Ellington, Miles Davis and Herbie Hancock provides a mere glimpse of his glittering CV, augmented by recording dates for labels including Atlantic, Warner and Nonesuch. At Ronnie’s he was joined...... [view]

Posted By:  mtampoya Posted On:  Jul 4, 2008	Film Friday's: Tell No One
As many of you know, I am a big fan of the cinema. I am a lover of most, if not all genres of film. So, to spice things up a bit, I am going to put a little twist on my blog postings on Friday's. I will TRY to review the online strategies and/or tactics of films I want to see or have seen....... [view]

Posted By:  Rapscallion Posted On:  Jun 8, 2008	The Heliocentrics / Flying Lotus - Thekla, 7/6/08
Bristol's ambitious Venn Festival came to the end of its fifth year in spectacular fashion with a showpiece evening at Thekla on Sunday 7/6/08. Californian DJ/producer Flying Lotus, a.k.a. Steven Ellison, warmed the crowd up with a frenzied sequence of myriad beats – drum&bass, hip-hop,...... [view]

Posted By:  Rapscallion Posted On:  May 24, 2008	James Carter - Present Tense
James Carter may not yet be forty, but he possesses a degree of instrumental mastery which could easily be a lifetime's work. At different stages of this record, the versatile multi-instrumentalist plays tenor, soprano and baritone saxophones as well as flute and bass clarinet, all with equal...... [view]

Posted By:  Rapscallion Posted On:  May 30, 2008	Ponto de Equilíbrio - Abre a Janela
Formed in a Rio de Janeiro hippy refuge in 1999, Ponto de Equilíbrio blend traditional aspects of roots reggae with musical flavours from across Brazil into an utterly distinctive and highly refreshing individual sound. The group's second album, Abre a Janela , conveys a similarly...... [view]