Steely Dan have announced their full spring and summer tour itinerary. Their tour begins June 8th in Hollywood, Florida and wraps up August 2nd in Stateline, Nevada. The tour also includes five shows at New York City’s Beacon Theater.

Jazz Kamikaze recently proved last week here in Bangkok that without a doubt, a new generation of jazz musicians has arrived. And they have a CD to prove it too on local label Hitman Records.

For those of you who caught a glimpse of Nils Landgren’s Funk Unit (the hottest funk band in Europe according to German press), headlining the Sunday slot at the Heiniken Jazz Festival a while back…

Record labels want us to buy music, so ? The Guardian’s Chris Salmon goes on the scrounge

Billboard has reported that Steely Dan principal Walter Becker plans to release his first solo album in 14 years by early June, and says he may hit the road to promote it later in the year.

Progressive rock band Billy The Mountain have signed an open-ended record deal with UK-based ACMEBROADC@ST RECORDS, an independent label specialising in original rock music with roots in the ‘60s and flavoured with the blues and R&B.

They paid their dues, did the homework and gigged to audiences from around the world

It sounds like a dream come true: eat certain foods and banish belly fat forever.

Some of Denmark’s finest guitar FX ex-stock here in Thailand and much much more….

We have a big sister who loves to tell you where to go. Go check her out and keep up to speed on what’s on where and when

Local jazz impressarios Enlightened Planet tell us jazz fusion monsters Return To Forever featuring of course Chick Corea, Al DiMeola, Stanley Clarke and Lenny White have dusted off the bank accounts and, possibly alarmed by the lack of zeros, are back on the road taking the blueprint for modern fusion jazz to a venue near you.

NICK LOWE ANNOUNCES U.S. TOUR DATES