Dutch stories, part 1 – GoGo Penguin

We put electronic music and classical music together and we listen to GoGo Penguin. Subject matters, way closer to Bjork, Aphex Twin, Massive Attack, but played entirely acoustically, with a whole lot of craftsmanship, innovation and incredible concentration. Magic!

The Jamie Saft quartet – Blue dream

The Jamie Saft quartet – about the complicity between music, the deep understanding of it and experiencing the same things together. The new album in a quartet formation only proves the genius of Jamie Saft.

John Zorn in Sarajevo

About John Zorn in Sarajevo, the impossible perfection and real artists.  Yes, the impossible perfection. No matter what you listen to, how interested you are, where you go, where you look, where you learn – sooner or later you get to Zorn’s music. And you realize that what you’ve been listening to up to this point was just practice…

Nublu jazz fest 2018 highlights - Now vs Now

Musicaround is still riding the festival wave and we go straight from Sarajevo to New York – Ilhan Ersahin’s Nublu club, for this year’s edition of the Nublu jazz fest. A wide variety of accents this year – from the classics by Sun Ra Arkestra and Brian Jackson, Now vs Now and Dave Harrington to Spy from Cairo amongst many more…

MMW – easy going solid music

The currently approaching autumn is flooding us with new projects by our favorite pianists. The day becomes shorter, so we have more time for listening and concentration. And to our great joy, this season we are introduced to new recordings – Medeski, Martin and Wood, Jamie Saft quartet and Jason Lindner with a new album by his band Now vs Now. Innovation has always been the best approach to music. To dare, to do something, without worrying about how it will be perceived. 

Musicaround on the run

This autumn, the Musicaround team has been quite busy. A few words about just past and coming events around, and here in Bulgaria too. Thessaloniki, Sofia, Sarajevo, Eindhoven in late October and early November.