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Album:  Malabar Princess Artist:  Charline Mignot aka Vendredi sur Mer Label:  Sony Music Websites:  https://www.instagram.com/vendredisurmer_/ https://www.tiktok.com/@vendredisurmer Swiss-born, French singer Charline Mignot (aka Vendredi sur Mer) is a magnetic ingenue whose clarion vocals are aurally uplifting.  In a class of contemporary power pop/electronica vocalists liken to Ela Taubert and Still Corners's Tessa Murray, Mignot's vocal musings liberate listeners inhibitions and self-restraint, imbibing them on a sonic elixir that ferments a warm, dreamy solace inside them.   Radiating a modern dance glint throughout her recording Malabar Princess , Mignot's music is balmy, breathy and breezy, inviting the body to sway to the rhythmic pulse and the soft, fluid cadence of her ruminating vocals.  Track after track, Mignot keeps the vibes uplifting and flowing with an intoxicating smoothness.  Once captured in the ambient soundscapes, it is hard t...

Album:  Looking For Light Artists:  Shiri Zorn and George Muscatello Label Name: Self-Released Website: shirizorn.com Facebook (artist page): https://www.facebook.com/shirizornvocalist Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shirizornband YouTube: https://youtube.com/channel/UCqGtlBdNSGUR-dDH_tYin2w Bandcamp Link: https://shirizorn.bandcamp.com/album/into-another-land Looking for the Light is the second offering from Israeli-born vocalist Shiri Zorn, accompanied by guitarist George Muscatello and Brazilian percussionist Mauricio Zottarelli.  The effort is a sequel to Zorn's debut album Into Another Land .   Both albums share a penchant for warm aesthetics and a luxurious sonic landscape, bringing together various musical cultures from American torchsong to Latin smooth swing and Middle Eastern folklore.  The trio is a congregation of voice, guitar, and percussion, rising to the level of an inviting global luau or scintillating fiesta. The Latin trimmings of "Nothi...

Album:  The Silent Wish Artist:  Michelle Nicolle Label:  Self-Released Website:  Michellenicolle.com Facebook.com/jazzsingeraustralia IG: @michellenicollejazz Bandcamp: https://michellenicolle.bandcamp.com/ Relishing a career as a vocalist-composer that has spanned more than 30 years singing with a multi-piece band, Australian based performer Michelle Nicolle strove to leap into unknown vocal territory with her recording The Silent Wish .  Backed by Southern Californian native, guitarist Larry Koonse, Nicolle found the inspiration she was looking for, performing eight standards plus one song from a New Zealand pop band, and one song penned by Nicolle.   The recording is her 11th release and her first release in the USA.  The warm intimacy she emotes in her delivery, the tenderness she applies to the lyrics, the nuanced layers of her timbres, the depth of her vocal inflections all demonstrate her talent and charisma to breathe life into a song. The sou...

Album:  Self-Titled Artist:  Woodsliders Collective Label:  Self-Released Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/woodsiderscollective Website:  https://woodsiderscollective.com/#ABOUT Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/@woodsiderscollective7810 Spotify:  https://open.spotify.com/artist/3GWsbX6rA41kjhrhCP0Wqx Based in New York City's Woodside, Queens neighborhood, the Woodsiders Collective is a collaboration of saxophonist Luis Sigüenza from Ecuador, trombonist Justus Heher from Germany, pianist Andrew McGowan from New Orleans, Louisiana, guitarist Yuto Kanazawa from Japan, and Russian/Belgian drummer Ilya Dynov.  Together, the quintet takes harmonious aesthetics and melodic sensibilities, relatable to icons like Dave Brubeck, Paul Desmond and John Coltrane, to the next level of adult contemporary jazz.   Their self-titled recording from 2021 shows a flare for straight-ahead jazz improvising and cool Bohemian jazz stylizing, propagating a r...

Album:  Dream With Me Artist:  Naama Gheber Label:  La Reserve Records Website:  https://www.naamasings.com/ Endowed with a vocal depth reminiscent of CeCe Gable enhanced by a smooth vocalese reflective of Donna Singer topped in a sprightly youthfulness recalling of Fleur Seule, vocalist Naama Gheber's talent is vast and multi-layered.  She demonstrates an unwavering command of nuancing her phrasing with impromptu punctuation and interpolating poignant inflections, spiking the tracks on her latest recording Dream With Me with a liveliness that compels the listener's attention and holds each one spellbound. From the rhapsodic scatting she unleashes across "Weaver of Dreams" to the dulcet vocal swells wistfully ruminating through "Street of Dreams," Gheber keeps her audience enthralled.  Her focus to detail and staying true to the traditional swing ethos is applaudable.  Her talent to hold the listener magnetized makes her an alluring songstress, as her ...