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Look Out Old Mack Is Back! We Speak To The Legendary Ute Lemper About Her Arrangement Of The Classic, ‘Mack The Knife’

May 9, 2025

Ute Lemper is legendary, on both stage and screen. This incredible vocalist and renowned songwriter played Sally Bowles to great acclaim in the original Paris production of ‘Cabaret’, winning the Molière Award in 1987 for Best Newcomer, as well as the Olivier Award in 1998 for Best Actress In A Musical for her role of Velma in the revival ‘Chicago’, which saw her perform in both London and New York. She recently released her take on ‘Mack The Knife’, the song composed by Kurt Weill, with lyrics by Bertolt Brecht, for their 1928 music drama, ‘The Threepenny Opera’. We spoke with Ute about her rendition of the song, and her music.

‘Even Things’ Is A Welcome Return From Sid Hillman, First Track From Long Anticipated Solo Album, ‘Oxygen’

May 8, 2025

The frontman of Los Angeles’ aptly named, Sid Hillman Quartet, since 1999, Sid Hillman first mentioned his debut solo album, ‘Oxygen’, in a blog post back in August 2022. Now, nearly 3 years later, that record has finally been released, with the stripped back and chilled track, ‘Even Things’. Both album and single dropped on the 2nd of May.

BAL Brings Haitian Creole And Opera To Rap With ‘VOODOO BABY’

May 7, 2025

Although he’s a lifelong music lover BAL only started making music around five years ago, initially creating in Haitian Creole, but now his tracks are delivered in English and French as well. BAL, which translates from Creole to English as “Bullet”, or “Festival”. brings his sound to a wide and diverse audience, and new single, ‘VOODOO BABY’, will have him winning over even more hearts and minds.