Posts Tagged ‘jazz’

Latest word on Portman jazz bar: open by May

Friday, February 8th, 2008

I have been informed by illustrious vocalist Anna J that the Portman Ritz-Carlton second-floor jazz bar will definitely be open on or before May 1st of this year, because she has signed a contract to perform there starting from that time.  Of course, it is entirely possible that the bar will be open even earlier…but it’s not clear right now if that is the case or not.

Anna Jacyszyn, better known in these parts as Anna J, has been spending the last half year or so back in Canada taking care of various things back there before she returns to Shanghai.

Soulfire Radio now broadcasting online

Tuesday, January 15th, 2008

A project I’ve been involved with for the last year or so already, Soulfire, has been broadcasting in Hangzhou already since last March.  However, I had hesitated to report on it here until it managed to get onto the radio waves here in town…but that hasn’t happened yet, and seems to be at least a few more months away.  But not long ago it did begin broadcasting through Soulfire’s website, which anyone can listen to from anywhere.

So have a listen–we program three hours a day, and the three hours stream live online at the same time it is broadcast on FM 99.6 in Hangzhou (9am to 12 noon Beijing time).  Then, for the rest of the day the three hours play in a continuous loop streaming through the website until the next day’s programs begin.

The program, all in Chinese, is a mix of talk radio and good music (mostly jazz, but with a sprinkling of other interesting stuff) that focuses on the finer things in life, including music itself.  As you might have guessed, I’m involved with the music end of things there.  Give me a shout if you want to know more about it.