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10 Aug

Posted at 19:03h in Music, Reviews
On my way into the Jazz Café on July 22, a sign in the window possesses some unwelcome news; “Due to medicals reasons, Pete Rock will not be able to perform tonight.” After the initial disappointment wears off, the fact is if it were Ayers who had pulled out the gig would probably have been cancelled, so the audience are even more grateful than usual to see Ayers amble onstage and pick up his trusty mallets tonight. Backed by a drummer, a keyboardist/saxophonist, backing singer and bassist – the ageless Ayers (70?! Really?!) makes it look oh so easy as he leads the band and audience on a trip through his many classics early in his set. The one two punch of the lush “Searching” and the timeless beauty of “Everybody Loves The Sunshine” has everyone in the venue singing and swaying together and all of a sudden the Jazz Café resembles the atmosphere of an old football stadium terrace.

03 Nov

Posted at 15:30h in Interviews, Music
In the wake of Avery Sunshine’s debut solo release, a self titled 'therapeutic' blend of R&B, Soul, Jazz, and Gospel, the Atlanta based singer, songwriter and pianist took some time to talk to SoulCulture about her new project and the organic creative process behind it and evaluate her dream list of future collaborations, having already worked with the likes of Chaka Khan and Roy Ayers. "I like to call it therapeutic music. It’s my form of therapy anyway..." she says. "The album definitely exceeded what I thought I could do or even wanted to do. I’m most proud of that. Thanks to the team, we ended up making 93 on Billboard’s Top 100 albums… and we’re independent!  We did the project thinking it would be good and that people would like it but I don’t think we were expecting something like that so soon..."