Only 90 miles seperate Key West in Florida from Cuba. The cultural differences couldn’t be bigger. Stefon Harris, David Sanchez and Christian Scott are travelling from Florida to Cuba to meet pianists Rember Duharte and Harold Lapez-Nussa to collaborate musically. The CD is to be released on 21 June, check out this preview, it sounds amazing.
Yes, I admit. it I’m one of those people who was really into Maroon 5 before they landed their first big hit and became teenage idols over night - and with the hype came the unstandable arrogance of pretty much all the band members, esp. front man Adam Levine.
Be that as it may, their new album “Hands All Over” was released today, so head over to iTunes or Amazon and have a little listening session. I will do so later today. And yeah, here’s the video of the first single “Misery”. And I don’t need to warn you, because it’s just way too obvious: There’s a hot girl dancing around oh-so-beautiful Adam…
U2 - City Of Blinding Lights (Taken from the 360° DVD).
I took this photo with a pinhole camera straight after the interview.
Tori Amos in Vienna, May 2009. Photo by Sandra Keplinger.
The video for Jamie Cullum’s new single “Wheels” has just been released. Personally, I think it’s one of the weaker songs of “The Persuit”, but commercially it seems to be a good decision.