Dec 4, 2020 10:01 AM
What To Stream This Week
As performers look to replace income from lost gigs and regain a sense of community amid the coronavirus pandemic, a…
Brian Charette plans to stream a set marking the release of a new album on Saturday.
Dec 4, 2020 10:01 AM
As performers look to replace income from lost gigs and regain a sense of community amid the coronavirus pandemic, a…
Veronica Swift has both a historical connection to the music and a desire to expand its artistic purview.
Dec 3, 2020 8:58 AM
Welcome to our enthusiastic, optimistic look at the future.
Below, DownBeat presents short profiles of two dozen…
Hedvig Mollestad is among the 25 artists DownBeat thinks will help shape jazz in the decades to come.
Nov 5, 2020 9:20 AM
“Especially in the beginning, when we were kind of searching for ourselves—we were just playing music and we…
Guitarist and composer Hedvig Mollestad debuts a commission at the Vossa Jazz Festival, in Voss, Norway, on April 13.
Apr 26, 2019 2:29 PM
The day before guitarist/composer Hedvig Mollestad and her six-person band headlined the 46th annual Vossa Jazz…
Guitarist Hedvig Mollestad (center) said her band doesn’t think in terms of “jazz or rock.”
Jan 29, 2019 9:33 AM
Norwegian guitarist Hedvig Mollestad learned music through a jazz lens. Her father, Lars Martin Thomassen, was a…
Maja S.K. Ratkje performs at the Rune Grammofon 20th anniversary celebration at Nasjonal Jazzscene in Oslo, Norway.
Jan 4, 2019 12:22 PM
Back in the ’80s, Rune Kristoffersen was a founding member of the Norwegian post-punk/new wave band Fra Lippo Lippi.…
