North Sea Around Town
Between 27 June and 12 July, Rotterdam will be all about jazz. During the fourth edition of the jazz festival North Sea Round Town visitors can attend over 150 concerts, exhibitions, jam sessions, master classes, lectures, in-house concerts, jazz boat tours and...
iJazz – Amsterdam
If you like Jazz, Funk and Soul you have to check out the iJazz Festival in Amsterdam on June 5, 6 and 7. Besides many national and international artists such as Incognito, Oleta Adams, Zuco 103, Sabrina Starke and Benjamin Herman you will also find several Music...
New Soul Snatchers 7″
Is on it's way. It's been a while but the long expected new Soul Snatchers 7" is almost there. After a very succesful spanish tour, The Soul Snatchers finally found the time needed to finish two brand new songs: 'Good & Plenty' ft. Curtis T. and 'Soul to Soul' ft....
Am I Dreaming?
Laura Vane & The Vipertones are doing quite well. Next week they're about to release their first (radio)single in the UK, Germany, Spain and The Netherlands. The maxi cd will contain two original compositions: the title track 'Am I Dreaming?' and on the flipside...
The Soul Snatchers conquered Spain
Last week The Soul Snatchers did their very first tour through Spain and to be honest... it was quitte a succes. Funk minded spanish loved the shows at The Boogaclub in Granada, Club Tempo in Madrid and at The Black Note Club in Valencia. Even the b-boys and girls...
Prologue – Bart Wirtz
With "Prologue", Bart Wirtz presents his surprising debutalbum. With his flexible way of playing the alto saxophone, Bart knows how to please his audience. The debut album contains eight fantastic original compositions. Authenticity is the keyword on this album and...
Debut album Laura Vane & The Vipertones
Last month you already had the change to get a sneak preview of the upcoming album. We've also mentioned that several tracks are already available for download at the iTunes superstore. This time we can tell you the vinyl testpressing sounds superb but that's not...
Artvark SQ = busy busy busy
One of world's best saxophone quartets is busier than they've ever been. Recently they performed very succesful with percussion group Anumaduchi, Peter Erskine (Steps Ahead/Weather Report) and Doudou N'Diaye Rose (Miles Davis). There is some footage available but...
Unique Soul Weekender
On Friday (April 3rd) and Saturday (April 4th) the Stadtgarten presents two Unique artists:Â The Sweet Vandals from Spain presenting their "Dirty Club Sound" to you. The new Vandals' record "Lovelite" is to be released March 27th. Their extensive European tour also...
Socialized Jazzbeats 2 Review
Although this title is not on the sleeve of the CD, my I-Tunes reads the disc as being called 'Jazz And Beyond' and it's an apt title (and obviously it's original title). It is a compilation of original versions and remixes of bands on Social Beats in Holland in the...
First official release Laura Vane & The Vipertones
Hey, we are really proud and pleased to announce that the debut Laura Vane And The Vipertones 7" single, 'Steam/Man Of Your Word' on Social Beats (Hol)/ Unique(Ger) is finally released!! For a FULL LISTEN of the single and for more info please head to their website To...
AIFF @ De Badcuyp
Vrijdag 16 januari 2009 staan de mannen van AIFF in de Badcuyp. In 2007 verscheen het debuut album ‘Afro Soul System' van AIFF, een afkorting voor Afro Influenced Funk Federation. DJ, drummer en producer Phil Martin en DJ, bassist/gitarist Ton van der Kolk brengen...
Charlie Vaughn Live
After a very succesful tour last october and november with 'Venice' Charlie Vaughn will be touring The Netherlands again. January 2nd he'll be playing an acoustic set at Merz in Dordrecht. January 4th he'll be doing 'de Meander' in Amsterdam. At these gigs he'll be...
Dutch Rare Groove 2
Recently 'Dutch Rare Groove Vol 2' appeared and again it's a nice piece of work. Forgotten masterpieces and ultra funky rareties were collected and put together by the one and only dutch funk professor: Sjeng Stokking. He'll be presenting this nice funky disque in De...
The Jazzinvaders did Spain
In November, the Jazzinvaders were invited to play in Spain twice. On Friday the 14th, we arrived in Granada, a gorgeous town with a lot of history, a large community of students and among them - as it turned out - many music fans. The night in the Boogaclub was just...
Laura Vane & The Vipertones
Music & More proudly presents a new hot and steaming group that goes by the name 'Laura Vane & The Vipertones'. Since they're about to release their debut 7" on SocialBeats, it's time for a proper introduction. Drawn together from both sides of the North Sea,...
Jazzinvaders invading Spain
It's not a secret but we love to share it: The Jazzinvaders are doing really well. After releasing their latest album BLOW! worldwide (ps check out the free download on this website) they're invited all around the globe to promote it and that's exactly what they're...
Review OOR
If you don't like dancin' you'd better start reading something else. Otherwise The Soul Snatchers will kick you on the dancefloor, no matter what or who you are! That's exactely what they've doing over the past year out there in the clubs and now it's on vinyl as...
Single Warrior AIFF RMX
After two years of concentrated working on my bandproject "Familiy Vision Care", I attended to my new project called "Shareholder Tom" lately. To commission a Remix of your own song, is not that easy. It is an amazaing feeling, if someone grapples with your material...
Delfos Day @ SJRUUR
Rolf Delfos is definitely one of the best and busiest saxophone players in The Netherlands. The man is doing so many things that's it's almost impossible to give an impression of his skills in only 1 night... but we're gonna try it anyway. So the first 'Rolf Delfos...
Soul Snatchers go Germany
After some very succesful gigs and an outstanding performance at the well known Jazzcafe London (accompanied with a live interview at the famous BBC radio station), The Soul Snatchers are now ready to conquer Germany! They will do so this weekend as they play Cologne...
Beatclub supporting Kraak & Smaak
It's been a while but they are still around: The Beatclub deejays Phil Martin & Draaikolk. For those of you missing those great Beatclub dance events there's good news: write down in your calender october the 10th cause that's when Phil Martin & Draaikolk will...
Heineken The City presents
Finally it's there: live music for the first time at the Heineken Store: deejay Draaikolk - known for The Beatclub and The Soul Snatchers - will turn Amsterdam upside down without destructing the old city centre! With his wide knowledge of African beats and Soul...
Soul Snatchers @ London Jazzcafe
The Soul Snatchers gaan lekker, na succesvolle optredens op diverse festivals in binnen- en buitenland is het moment nu daar dat ze op zaterdag 20 september 2008 afreizen naar London om daar in het prestigieuze 'London Jazzcafe' te spelen. Een hele eer want het...
Wereld Jazzdagen 2008
Na een wat natte en winderige zomer(vakantie) vindt van 29 tot en met 31 augustus de vijfde editie van de Wereld Jazz Dagen plaats en de organisatie is van mening dat de (inter)nationale programmering verrassend genoeg is en van alles in zich heeft om de...
Diesler & Laura Vane Live
Jonathan Radford aka Diesler produceert zeer diverse muziek. Naast funk, soul en jazz grijpt hij net zo gemakkelijk naar samba en elektronica. Laura Vane is zangeres van o.a. Gnarls Barkley en bracht onlangs haar eerste solo lp uit. Cotton Wool', de eerste song die...
Frank Montis News
De vakanties zijn praktisch weer voorbij maar sommige mensen hebben gewoon doorgewerkt. Frank Montis is er bijvoorbeeld zo een. Terwijl u en ik tussen de buien door aan het genieten waren van de zon, schreef en produceerde hij nieuwe nummers voor zijn nieuwste album...