Michael Kaeshammer is a man of many talents: piano virtuoso, singer, songwriter, entertainer. With his sixth album, the German-born Canadian is making waves in new directions – not dissimilar to Englishman Jamie Cullum. With Kaeshammer’s pianistic influences ranging all across the board from classic jazz and blues to R’n’B, he now also makes a point in commissioning his immense skills to songs that fuse his background with a nimble-footed pop sensibility - without challenging his musical integrity. Employing a wide range of styles from New Orleans grooves to ballads, Michael Kaeshammer switches from original songs to covers from many different worlds and back. A major step forward for one of Canada’s most interesting young piano men.