In 2022, Legendary Saxman Frank Catalano will be touring the USA, Europe and Asia extensively as well as releasing a collection of recordings from his many performances at New York’s legendary Birdland Jazz Club. These recordings feature Herbie Hancock Headhunters alum Mike Clark and will be Frank’s 5th album on the Ropeadope label.

Larry Williams was an American rhythm and blues and rock and roll singer, songwriter, producer, and pianist from New Orleans, Louisiana. Williams is best known for writing and recording some rock and roll classics from 1957 to 1959 for Specialty Records, including "Bony Moronie", "Short Fat Fannie", "Slow Down", "Dizzy, Miss Lizzy" (1958), "Bad Boy" and "She Said Yeah" (1959). John Lennon was a fan, and The Beatles and several other British Invasion groups recorded several of his songs.

Deeply ingrained into the fabric of the British electronic music landscape, Luke Vibert shows no sign of slowing down, after an illustrious career spanning three decades (to date!). Vibert returns to Hypercolour after 2020’s hugely successful trilogy series (Amen Andrews/Modern Rave/Rave Hop) with his 18th album (not counting albums released under his other monikers Kerrier District, Plug, Wagon Christ et al).

28 recordings, including early singles with orchestral backing by: Dave Barbour; Jerry Gray; Dick Stabile and Ray Anthony, with whom she had the hits 'Wild Horses' and 'The Hokey Pokey', as well as 11 great tracks with Les Brown's Band of Renown featuring superb renditions of 'The Man That Got Away', 'He Needs Me' (from Pete Kelly's Blues), 'Liberace's 'Sincerely Yours', Irving Berlin's 'Sittin' in the Sun' and the Arlen-Mercer song 'Hit the Road to Dreamland'.

Initially founded by German-born Robert Raths in 2007, the London-based label has grown and extended across the world with satellite offices in Los Angeles and Berlin. Spanning over ten years, Erased Tapes has nurtured avant-garde artists from all around the world whilst remaining genre-defying and truly independent.

The new sound ranges from finest neo swing to glaring pop to groovy hip hop. Between rap songs, Alice Francis sings, sighs and purrs; she dances swing of the Roaring Twenties and hip hop virtually at the same time. An incredibly postmodern, trend-setting band that confidently says: That’s today’s Jazz!

Emanuele Filippi, from Udine, recently received a very prestigious endorsement from Enrico Rava, who described him as “one of the best pianists of the new generation”. At U&J, accompanied by Canadian saxophonist Seamus Blake. The repertoire, entirely original, has an intimate character, refined sonorities and intense expressive sensitivity and nuances deriving from the tradition of contemporary jazz, classical and pop music. Emanuele Filippi has collaborated with important musicians such as: Fabrizio Bosso, Seamus Blake, Soweto Kinch, Chris Morrissey, Jure Pukl; he lived in New York, where he studied with Fred Hersch and currently resides in Paris. A glimpse into new jazz scenarios…

While they’re working on their 3rd album, Acid Arab have asked some of their electronic music producer friends to revisit tracks from their first two albums. Simply entitled “Remixed”, the resulting digital mini-album includes exciting reworks in a variety of styles, by artists originating from half a dozen countries, including egyptian’s 3Phaz, London’s The Reflex, Tunisian-Belgian producer Ammar 808, Parisian duos Polo & Pan and VoX LoW and more.

THE DEAR HUNTER was originally a side project by guitarist and vocalist Casey CRESCENZO of post-hardcore band THE RECEIVING END OF SIRENS…

One of the most prolific and reliable names in instrumental easy listening music, the 101 Strings Orchestra has literally recorded hundreds of albums since its inception in 1957…

The Rolling Stones‘ 1981 album Tattoo You will be reissued in October across six physical formats including a five-disc super deluxe edition.

The Lockdown Sessions is the upcoming 32nd studio album by English singer, songwriter, pianist and composer Elton John. It is set to be released through EMI and Mercury Records (Interscope Records in the US) on 22 October 2021.