Month: December 2022

Crystal Shawanda: Midnight Blues

Crystal Shawanda belts out the blues with the moon howling on this latest release with her team of Dewayne Strobel/g, Dave Roe/b, Mark Becket-Pete Abbot-Louis Winfield/d, Peter Keys-Jessie O ‘Brien/p-B3, Steve Marriner-Harpdog Brown/harp and guest Sean Jones/tp. This album has…

Dearest Sister: Collective Heart

Led by vocalist/keyboardist Andrea Hatanmaa and pianist Yiva Almcrantz along with drummer Liam Amner, bassist Joakim Lissmyr and flugelhornist Ellen Pettersson, the band Dear Sister mixes jazz with pop sensibilities on this mix of indie moods and pastoral settings. Petterson’s…