Builder Breakfast – Town Hall: Building a Better Business Model for Housing Jeff Lage, SkanskaDuring his 21-year tenure at Skanska Jeff Lage has led more than $3 billion worth of construction projects spanning aviation collected leader who creates collaborative environments between joint ventures Lage is part of the leadership team working closely with the Port of Portland and ZGF Architects on the Portland International Airport’s $1.75 billion TCORE project He is responsible for contractual requirements and helps the team find solutions to complex challenges When safety concerns arose during the final stretch of Phase 1 Lage and the Port didn’t hesitate to hit pause resulting in significantly improved site safety and a successful project completion Lage is known for his person-first approach He works with individuals to identify career growth opportunities and is often the first person to suggest sending flowers or cards when personal issues arise His “no surprises” management style 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its growing Northwe[...] Hacker has promoted John Dalit to associate He is a registered architect and a member of NOMA with [...] Hacker has promoted Sophia Tan to associate She contributes to diverse projects spanning civic Jason Murakami has been promoted to preconstruction manager at R&H Construction Sara Stone is now vice president/project manager of Pioneer Waterproofing Company Christine Schlicker has been named chief operating officer of Deacon Construction Daily Journal of Commerce provides 24/7 legal news coverage and events honoring top legal professionals Get our free DJC Oregon Daily News & breaking news notifications Subscribe for access to the latest digital and special editions It was Manchester City chief executive Ferran Soriano who first noticed the similarities between the business of football and what Walt Disney started a century ago sell T-shirts and instigate theme parks,” he wrote in Goal: The Ball Doesn’t Go In By Chance in 2009 “Manchester United might not have had Mickey Mouse who used to sell a whole lot of television programmes (football matches) and to turn Old Trafford into a lucrative theme park.” This “Disneyfication” of football is the theory underpinning the multi-club ownership model that Soriano has implemented at City Football Group the holding company that owns stakes in 13 clubs But a £6million ($8m) legal case filed at London’s Commercial Court in March has revealed that John Textor the man behind the Eagle Football group of clubs has spotted another potential multi-club benefit: managerial recruitment Textor’s pitch to former Wolverhampton Wanderers manager Bruno Lage in July 2023 appears to have been words to the effect of ‘join our Brazilian subsidiary Botafogo for six months and we will move you to one of our sexier posts at Crystal Palace or Lyon’ This is not an offer any owner of a single club could put forward will hinge on whether such promises are enforceable Lage didn’t get his move to the Premier League or Ligue 1 — and now he wants around £6m for the ‘job offer’ that never came were top of the Serie A table in Brazil but without a head coach as Portuguese manager Luis Castro had just joined compatriot Cristiano Ronaldo at Saudi side Al Nassr Having been sacked by Wolves in October 2022 Lage was available and looked like a decent fit at Botafogo as Botafogo had made their best ever start to the season and were seven points clear at the top of Brazil’s Serie A Botafogo were a very surprising league-leader and there was still a lot of football to be played Brazil is a long way from the bright lights of European football’s biggest stages and that was where Lage really wanted to be he needed some assurances from Eagle that this move away from Europe was not permanent Eagle gave him a six-month contract to see out the rest of the Brazilian season and a side deal that detailed a potential promotion to Crystal Palace or Lyon The particulars of the claim were filed in London by Lage’s lawyer which is a statement of facts that precedes all the legalese Crystal Palace and OL (Olympique Lyonnais or as Eagle owns 43 per cent of the Premier League club It then says that Lage is to be employed by Botafogo from July 15 to December 31 but “Eagle Holdings is desirous of engaging (Lage) as head coach of either Crystal Palace or OL” and Lage “is desirous of being engaged as head coach of Crystal Palace or OL” “The parties have agreed that during the period January 1 Eagle Holdings must use its powers as beneficial owner of Crystal Palace and OL to offer the head coach a new position as head coach of the men’s professional football first team at either Crystal Palace or OL,” it says includes letting Lage appoint his own assistants net of tax and social security contributions” as football agents have often put it to English clubs there was a reciprocal agreement by Lage that he would pay Eagle Football the same sum “in compensation” if he took a job in the restricted period Lage was committing to making “himself available” to Eagle during this period and the parties “intend this retainment agreement to be legally binding” After Roy Hodgson fell ill in February 2024, Crystal Palace replaced him with Oliver Glasner the Austrian coach who was in demand after successful stints at LASK Getting Glasner looked like a coup at the time for Palace and that is how it has panned out Lage’s name was never linked with the role in any media report that The Athletic can remember Lyon, meanwhile, had Pierre Sage in the dugout He had initially taken the role on an interim basis in November 2023 Textor officially gave him the job until the end of the season Sage was then given a new two-year contract that summer as a reward for getting Lyon into the Europa League Lage was linked with this job in the media but Sage was the man in possession and nobody thought it was odd that he ended up keeping it Lage, however, was very much available by this point, as he and Botafogo had parted company on October 3 less than three months after taking the job In a post-match press conference on September 3 after Botafogo had lost 2-1 at home to local rivals Flamengo Lage said: “Regarding this thing of only looking at my career at Botafogo “There is only one way to free them from this pressure I have thought a lot and I am putting my position at the disposal of the director “I have a contract with Botafogo until December I have prizes that are practically guaranteed for going to the Libertadores but I have no problem giving that up because I’m not greedy for money “What I cannot allow is for the pressure that is being exerted on me to be exerted on my players My place is at the disposal of whoever is in charge Eagle’s interpretation can be found in the statement it released when news of Lage’s legal action emerged last month which it says “relates to a dispute over the proper interpretation of a historical agreement” between the parties It continues by saying that Eagle does not believe Lage has a case and it will “vigorously defend the claim” We then get this withering assessment of Lage’s exit “Eagle Football notes that Bruno Lage’s claim relates to an alleged failure to offer him a role at one of its clubs if he were terminated by one of Eagle Football’s clubs “Eagle Football finds it curious that Bruno Lage feels aggrieved at not having been made such offer he effectively walked away from one of Eagle Football’s clubs at a time when he was highly supported by ownership Mr Lage announced that he should be terminated while walking out of a live press conference after Botafogo’s game against its biggest rival His abdication of his leadership position was a clear breach of his agreement and Eagle Football remains surprised that he would characterise his departure as a unilateral termination.” It adds Eagle is “happy” to see Lage back in management with Benfica and “remains open to an honest and constructive discussion with him to resolve this dispute” nor his lawyer has responded to requests for comment but his demands are very clearly spelt out in the legal documents “If Eagle Holdings fails to secure that Crystal Palace or OL makes a job offer during the restricted period then Eagle Holdings shall pay to (Lage) the sum of $3.6million net of tax and social security contributions,” the claim says It concludes by noting that this payment was due on April 29 costs and whatever damages the court sees fit to award but I think as we see more multi-club ownership models things like this will become more prevalent,” Jamie Singer a founding partner of sports specialist Onside Law “A fundamental principle of English contract law is that an agreement to agree is unenforceable this retainment agreement looks very like an agreement to agree “It’s also difficult to see what consideration Lage is providing forgoing other employment opportunities after Botafogo.” an international sports lawyer and an associate professor at Sheffield Hallam University is another who thinks Lage’s legal team have their work cut out and might want to exhaust football’s usual disciplinary procedures — via the English Football Association or FIFA — before going to court “Football parties are subject to regulatory restrictions in that they must follow arbitration and avoid recourse to national courts,” Ioannidis says “This is a strict rule that national associations tend to enforce this is going to be tricky because we are looking at allegations of a breach of contract for a promise made regarding an employment opportunity in the future “There may also be jurisdictional issues — say he is successful in his claim he may find it difficult to recover monies The claim may be dismissed before it even starts “That’s why I advise clients to go through the usual disciplinary process — FIFA has more power to enforce decisions at a global level with harsher punishments.”  (Top photo: Satiro Sodre/Eurasia Sport Images/Getty Images) Based in North West England, Matt Slater is a senior football news reporter for The Athletic UK. Before that, he spent 16 years with the BBC and then three years as chief sports reporter for the UK/Ireland's main news agency, PA. Follow Matt on Twitter @mjshrimper Sign In Tenor great talks touring with Julian Lage Asante Santi Debriano and Living Colour's Will Calhoun In a recent interview with pianist Pablo Held eminent tenor saxophonist and multireedist Joe Lovano spoke about “living in the library of sounds and spirits of the masters.” For me Lovano is very much a part of that library When I saw the personnel of his new Paramount Quartet (Julian Lage on guitar Asante Santi Debriano on bass and Will Calhoun of Living Colour fame on drums) I vividly recalled past Lovano quartets I’d seen live Christian McBride and Lewis Nash lineup from Quartets: Live at the Village Vanguard (Blue Note documented on Blue Note with I’m All for You (2004) and Joyous Encounter (2005) The Paramount Quartet kicks off its European tour this week with an appearance at Cadogan Hall in London on Thursday Audiences are in for a treat: Julian Lage has done captivating work of late with his own projects and those of Kris Davis Panamanian-born Asante Santi Debriano’s current band is the nine-piece Arkestra Bembe which released Ashanti (Truth Revolution) in 2022; the bassist’s raft of sideman credits include Larry Coryell 1995) as well as Debriano’s Artistic License (Savant We caught up with Lovano via Zoom from his home in upstate New York and we started to project into this period now We have quite a lot of dates: eleven concerts in Europe starting this week then in March and April another 14 in the States After that we go back in the studio with Manfred [Eicher] and document the quartet for ECM So Van Gelder’s that day was the first time Julian met and played with Santi and Will and the music just poured out of everyone in a natural way Everybody played with a real sense of listening It’s an amazing period for me these last few years with Trio Tapestry [pianist Marilyn Crispell and also co-leading an ensemble with [guitarist] Jakob Bro [heard on the 2022 ECM release Once Around the Room: A Tribute to Paul Motian] The approach in that band is like a little orchestra So after we come home from this Paramount tour one with Trio Tapestry and one with Jakob and the band It’ll be incredible to come off this tour and step into that Ten years ago, while speaking with Nellie McKay about the unorthodoxy of her career, I asked about the logic of slowing her roll as a … Read More “The Roman Spring of Nellie McKay” Speaking as a transplant from California, April on the East Coast defies belief — week after week of interminable grimness surrendering to a riot of … Read More “The Efflorescence of Jeff Goldblum” Though beloved for roles on film and stage — the Criterion Collection’s new re-release of her starring vehicle, Crossing Delancey, still proves to be one … Read More “Amy Irving’s Genre-Smashing Take on the Songs of Willie Nelson” As the pandemic continued to upend society from March 2020 until restrictions gradually loosened, those lucky enough to have avoided serious illness or the loss … Read More “Mutual Mentorship for Musicians (M³) Celebrates New Work from Its Fifth Annual Cohort” JazzTimes—“America’s Jazz Magazine”—provides comprehensive and in-depth coverage of the jazz scene JazzTimes is a favorite of musicians and fans alike Try a different filter or a new search keyword Streaming and Download help Redeem code supported by 70 fans who also own “Live In Brooklyn” Re.Slateman comment - didn’t see them at the Vanguard Mark Turner’s writing and playing getting deeper and more (intricately) logical all the time supported by 41 fans who also own “Live In Brooklyn” supported by 38 fans who also own “Live In Brooklyn” The legendary jazz label Strata-East comes to Bandcamp packed with scorching classics like this LP from Charles Tolliver and crisp production render the Brooklyn trumpeter and composer's jazz compositions simple The Brooklyn jazz trio dig deep into their stacked improv resumes and experimental smarts on this head-spinning supported by 37 fans who also own “Live In Brooklyn” Bandcamp Daily  your guide to the world of Bandcamp The Stories Behind Big Crown Records’ Soulful Singles Composer Meara O’Reilly Brings Hockets Into the Future The Merch Table: Samana Give Listeners a Map to Locate an Obelisk Hidden in Wales Backxwash joins the show to discuss her recent release Thanks for visiting The use of software that blocks ads hinders our ability to serve you the content you came here to enjoy We ask that you consider turning off your ad blocker so we can deliver you the best experience possible while you are here This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page Artists Album ReviewsReview: Julian Lage’s ‘Speak to Me’ Is a Deep and Multifaceted Album from the Young MasterWhether you’ve been out of the Lage loop or you’re simply Lage-curious this album feels like the perfect vehicle to explore his talents as a player 2023); and a masterful acoustic trio date with reeds legend Charles Lloyd and Indian percussionist Zakir Hussain (Lloyd’s Trio of Trios Whether you’ve been out of the Lage loop or you’re simply Lage-curious, his latest album, Speak to Me feels like the perfect vehicle to explore his seemingly boundless talents as a player one-hour set covers an amazingly broad range of styles and different instrumental configurations including solo acoustic; the trio with Roeder and Lage playing either electric or acoustic (and both on one composition); and several pieces where the sound is further filled out with contributions from Levon Henry on saxophone or clarinet The brilliant musician/producer Joe Henry (Solomon Burke Rhiannon Giddens) helmed the sessions at Brooklyn Recording (engineered by Mark Goodall) and expertly captured every nuance of the undeniable chemistry of the different groupings Lage wrote the entire album—the bones of the tunes—but it is the combined improvisational wizardry of the players that makes this set so compelling and exceptional.  You never quite know where a piece is headed—the beginning rarely seems to foretell the middle or the end—or how the musicians are going to interact with each other or who will suddenly come to the forefront and dominate is as technically faultless as it is imaginative moving easily from fleet-fingered flights to beautiful ballad spaces to jazzy/bluesy grooves to unpredictable discordance.  But all of the players get their chances to stand in the spotlight and the album is also laced with subtle instrumental touches that don’t necessarily command attention but add so much color and texture—a background organ wash the resonant rumble of a low alto clarinet There’s a lot going on within these pieces with many containing surprising tempo and rhythm changes and textural shifts but they never feel cluttered; there’s always room to breathe There are delicately etched melodies (“Hymnal,” “Serenade,” “Myself Around You”) chugging rhythmic workouts (“Northern Shuffle,” “Speak to Me,” “76,” “Two and One”) catchy tunes (“Omission,” “Tiburon,” “Nothing Happens Here”) a dollop of old-fashioned folk (part of “South Mountain”) and even one that sounds like it could have been a jazz standard in the ’40s (“As It Were”) Lage plays acoustic guitar on nine of the tunes: his sparkling signature Collings OM1A JL on six and a wonderfully warm 1930s Gibson L-0 on three mostly distortion-free electric lines come courtesy of a Nachocaster (guitar maker Nacho Baños’ contemporary version of a vintage Fender Telecaster) and on one Every time I’ve listened to Speak to Me it has revealed new things and a new favorite track has emerged This article originally appeared in the July/August 2024 issue of Acoustic Guitar magazine. 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Sign Up Enter your email address and we'll send you directions to change your password Enter your email address and we'll send you your username Longtime industry leader Lage's last role was as a board member for the parent company of California Tattoos & Promotional Products which also announced it has a new president to lead sales and marketing a prominent leader in the promotional products industry has retired after serving as a board member for Tattoo Manufacturing International (TMI) parent firm of California Tattoos & Promotional Products (asi/43530) • Leadership Evolution: California Tattoos has adopted a co-president leadership structure appointing Jason Kern as president of sales and marketing and Chris Huff as president of operations • Company Initiatives: California Tattoos said sales are on the rise The firm has expanded its product range and is now offering enhanced customer service support One of the promotional products industry’s most influential leaders of the last several decades has officially retired Paul Lage, Counselor’s 2017 Lifetime Achievement Award winner 24 that he was calling time on his latest role in promo which saw him serving as a board member for Tattoo Manufacturing International (TMI) the parent company of California Tattoos & Promotional Products (asi/43530) It wasn’t the only big news coming out of the Tucson California Tattoos shared with ASI Media that it has moved to a new co-president leadership structure – an evolution made necessary by what the firm described as significant sales growth As part of the leadership structure change TMI/California Tattoos has hired Jason Kern as president of sales and marketing has moved into the role of president of operations "I'm excited to be joining the California Tattoos & Promotional Products team who have an already impressive track record within the industry," Kern said "I look forward to leveraging my experience to drive innovation expand our market presence and deliver exceptional value to our distributor partners." Counselor’s 2007 Person of the Year, Lage built a successful career over the course of nearly 40 years in the promotional products industry. He was long a perennial fixture on Counselor’s Power 50 list of promo’s most influential people including having formerly ranked as number one he influenced and mentored many promo professionals “Paul has been an amazing, selfless superstar who has made the promotional products industry better for everyone,” Counselor Power 50 member Memo Kahan, CEO of Counselor Top 40 distributor PromoShop (asi/300446) Paul has helped hundreds if not thousands of people in both their professional and personal worlds he created environments where people could succeed Paul leaves our industry a better place than when he started He forever will be remembered as a trailblazer.” Lage was serving as president of IMAGEN Brands when Koozie Group acquired the former Counselor Top 40 supplier in 2020 but that didn’t mark the end of his promo days he took the role of interim president and board member at TMI helping to lead California Tattoos back to growth He became a board member only at TMI after Huff became president in 2022 and working alongside a talented management team,” Lage told ASI Media “There comes a point when you realize that your input is no longer needed and the team is driving forward on their own with strength and clarity and I feel great about this being the closing chapter of my career in the industry.” Lage shared that he’d been contemplating retirement for a while and the timing “just felt right.” He’s proud that a hallmark of his career includes stepping in at companies that had been struggling and then helping turn them around strategic direction and fostering communication we were able to drive real change,” Lage told ASI Media “I’ve been blessed to work with some of the best people in the industry and many of them I had the pleasure of collaborating with multiple times I truly wish that everyone could experience a journey as rewarding as the one I’ve had.” so too does California Tattoos & Promotional Products fan banners and other solutions believes it’s poised to continue its upward sales momentum with its co-president structure California Tattoos & Promotional Products (asi/43530) “We’re going through fun changes in 2025,” said Wendy Flaherty "We’ve also increased our customer service support and added new products so we can continue to offer innovative and affordable solutions to help our distributor customers grow their businesses.” Leading the charge now are the tandem of Kern and Huff Huff has been with TMI for nearly 20 years with extensive experience focused on operations Prior to becoming president in 2022 and now co-president Operations will be his focus as co-president has an extensive background in leadership in those fields He began his career at Altria—a then Fortune 20 company he took operational control of a $350 million business unit contributing to its inclusion on the Fortune Unicorn list alongside companies like Lyft His success there led to executive roles at other companies including president/general manager of supplement maker Doctor Safe and executive vice president of sales and marketing at Healing Solutions | Essential Oils Jason has helped startups and emerging companies achieve their potential through commercialization strategies growth structuring and building loyal customer bases,” read a statement from California Tattoos & Promotional Products Subscribe to ASI's industry-leading newsletters.All the award-winning content from ASICentral and Print & Promo Marketing, delivered right to your inbox. 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POV Forward Thinking Review of the Year Jenny Brewer Olivia Hingley Ellis Tree Elizabeth Goodspeed Liz Gorny Extra Search the Buenos Aires-based artist is creating “simple Naturally he is drawn to subjects like: “the circus and everyday objects that conceal a universe of meanings – like toys and films.” weaving together different techniques and experimenting across formats his process usually begins as more traditional drawings before they transition into the colour-filled rhythms of his fuzzy animations The creative process itself is where the animator “finds the magic” in this blending of abstract experiments and animated character developments “where figurative elements meet the unpredictable” Juan has been exploring animation since 2017 he was initially drawn to live-action filmmaking but gradually shifted toward experiment with frame-by-frame video art and 2D character design “Through this process I was able to develop my own unique style,” he says helped along by a whole array of 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POV Forward Thinking Review of the Year Jenny Brewer Olivia Hingley Ellis Tree Elizabeth Goodspeed Liz Gorny Instagram TikTok LinkedIn Facebook Twitter Pinterest Careers at It’s Nice That Privacy Policy Insights Residence Creative Lives in Progress If You Could Jobs GP Presents teams with SFJAZZ for Lage’s residency in San Francisco Julian Lage is the face of modern jazz guitar and he returns to SFJAZZ as Resident Artistic Director over the last weekend in February for a series of nightly shows at impeccable Miner Auditorium Thursday features Lage in a solo guitar setting followed by a duo with bassist Jorge Roeder on Friday John Medeski and Kenny Wolleson on Saturday and finally a duo with fellow master guitarist Marc Ribot Guitar Player will be on site that special Sunday in eager anticipation of seeing the two jazz masters make a dozen strings come together as one sound He spoke all about the art of solo acoustic, including so many lessons learned from touring with Leo Kottke that we broke that out into its own Learn column This time we’re fired up about Lage’s duo show with Ribot a jazz man with deep roots in the Americana scene whose recording credits include Tom Waits Ribot has also released over 25 albums under his own name over a storied career spanning more than four decades Watch Lage's and his band play "Speak to Me" at SFJAZZ below A Guitar Player Presents promotion will be in effect on site February 23rd We’ll have some free packs of Martin’s top-shelf Luxe Kovar strings Secure your seats now! 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Brian May says Freddie Mercury fought his now-classic guitar solo on one of Queen's biggest hits Guitarist for pioneering death metal group killed in police shootout at his home in San Francisco “We turned the Marshall up all the way That’s the sound.’” In a rare interview Barry Goudreau talks creating Boston’s smash debut and his ongoing rift with Tom Scholz The Estadi Olímpic is already donned in blaugrana for the Champions League This afternoon it played host to the Benfica's pre-match press conference and training session The Portuguese side arrived this morning with the aim of turning the two-legged tie around to go through to the next round they'll have to defeat a very much in-form Barça side going for another win in the tie in order to achieve that goal Benfica coach Bruno Lage is very aware of the situation acknowledging that Barça are a very strong side We have the courage and ambition to do it again" Despite Benfica's confidence regarding getting a good result against Barça the coach praised the blaugrana playing style but they are also deadly in one-on-one situations" Lage considers that the Catalans are potent in attack too as he went on to say that "they are very strong and we can't just base our approach on defending against Lamine Raphinha and Lewandowski play very well too and can cause us a lot of problems" Bruno Lage gave some clues as to where they will try to do damage to the blaugranes He thinks that the defence and goal are the key despite their talent stating that "we see that Barça set up the defence in one way or another depending on the players We need to understand where the spaces will be and I think we can do that very well" Defender Tomás Araújo is available for the game and spoke to the press before his coach He is confident about his team's chances and commented that "we have prepared like we always do the Portuguese defender considers the team can create chances against the Catalans before going on to say "it will be a challenge" to potentially defend against Raphinha After opening their multi-night stand at Chicago’s Salt Shed on Wednesday Goose returned to the venue yesterday evening which consisted of their typical expansive two-set delivery Setting this performance apart was the emergence of special guest Julian Lage who added his touch to a pair of Goose originals during the latter half of the concert the Connecticut band cut into Peter Anspach’s Great Blue project’s “Yet” before dusting off a cover of Foster the People’s “Pumped Up Kicks.”  The show picked up on the aptly titled “Mr Action” before the second-ever cover take on Swimmer’s “Draconian Meter Maid,” a song introduced to this group by newcomer Cotter Ellis during the band’s Sept the band set course a retro synth wave on “Indian River.”  who faced off with Rick Mitarotonda during the band’s frequented number “A Western Sun,” a back-and-forth that ensued during Moon Cabin originator “Turned Clouds.” Returning to the stage after the set break Goose played a partial “Yeti,” cutting it short in favor of Foster The People’s 2010 chart-topper “Pumped Up Kicks,” played for the first time since December 18 the group jammed through “Thatch” and “Red Bird” before finding an out after “Factory Fiction.” The band returned to their positions for their encore Set II: Yeti -> Pumped Up Kicks[3] -> Yeti Coach’s Notes:    [1] 80s synth version With Welcome to Delta jam.    [2] With Julian Lage on guitar.    [3] Foster The People.    [4] With Duel of the Fates teases from Rick Show Notes: Pumped Up Kicks was played for the first time since December 18 Setlist/ show notes via elgoose.net.  Watch: Phish Become ‘Seinfeld’ Cast in New ‘Everybody’s Live with John Mulaney’ Sketch Billy Strings Performs for Kids at Michigan’s Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital Widespread Panic & Aquarium Rescue Unit Revisit the Touring Festival Listen: Bruce Springsteen Previews Unreleased Film Soundtrack ‘Faithless,’ from ‘Tracks II: The Lost Albums’ Daze Between New Orleans Day Two: Odes to The Allman Brothers Band Listen: Van Morrison Shares “Cutting Corners,” Second Preview Single from ‘Remembering Now’ Listen: Warren Haynes Unveils Four ‘Million Voices Whisper’ Bonus Tracks Thanks for visiting Silva is expected to leave Wolves for good in the summer transfer window once his time at Las Palmas has concluded With 10 goals in La Liga for the relegation-threatened side, Silva has been making the headlines during his loan spell The Old Gold haven’t seen anywhere near the level expected from the forward during his time in the West Midlands following his record £35m transfer in 2020 The Portugal U21 international’s failure in England hasn’t been solely his fault, as Wolves have seen a host of managers come and go over the years, each of them unable to unlock Silva Silva was an admirer of Nuno Espirito Santo but only had a season to work with his countryman Bruno Lage replaced Nuno the coach sanctioned Silva’s first loan away from Molineux a move to Anderlecht that the Portuguese manager had high hopes for After Silva’s exit, Lage revealed his desire for Silva to put together a strong campaign in Belgium before returning, prompting the striker to take inspiration from Morgan Gibbs-White “It’s about the opportunity to find the best space to continue to grow up be happy and score goals,” Lage said of Silva in 2022 “I want to look at the end of the season and see the same as what happened with Morgan and now he can be an important player for the team and me Lage was left inspired by Gibbs-White’s transformation on loan at Sheffield United a single season that had the former manager wanting the same from Silva Wolves watched Gibbs-White go from an academy-produced fringe player to a talent ready to become a Premier League regular The levels the midfielder showed in the Championship with the Blades paved the way for his Molineux exit, a transfer that added £42.5m to Wolves’ budget Though Gibbs-White is not a popular figure at Wolves, the playmaker’s loan was considered a benchmark for success for others to follow, highs that Lage wanted from Silva.  The Englishman caught Nottingham Forest’s attention with his 22-goal contribution season at Brammall Lane, as he flourished in a starring role away from Molineux.  While Silva went on to excel over two loans in 2022/23, representing Anderlecht and PSV Eindhoven, the striker was unable to transform as Lage had hoped, returning as a player still shy of hitting Premier League standards.  To this day, Gibbs-White’s loan at Sheffield will be considered an inspiration to those who leave Molineux in search of building an identity, being proof that time away sometimes holds the answers. extends winning streak for five matches in a row It meant a lot for the result, but most of all, for team solidity on the pitch: Benfica's 4-0 win against Atlético de Madrid during the Champions League second round Head coach Bruno Lage managed to get the most out of his squad Follow Playing for 90 on X (Twitter). the Portuguese did not give their opponent an inch Estádio da Luz hosted another exhibition of strength by the Encarnados who now accumulate six points in the competition and are tied with Brest This victory places the team in third position in the ranking Bruno Lage insisted upon the union within the squad "This winning streak created the fantastic atmosphere we had today," said the coach the relationship between the players and the fans has been of extreme importance for these good performances from the team creating an atmosphere according to Lage that boosted the execution The coach also praised both the contributions of the starters and those of the substitutes: "Once again it was the best version of each player," Lage stated There's little doubt that Benfica is in a good moment Five victories in a row had attested to the fact that the team was ready for the challenges of the Champions League Lage remains cautious: "We've got six points But we still have six matches and 18 points to fight for," he stated he knows that it is a long road and demands constant focus Bruno Lage's leadership is lauded most for the commitment of the player to preparation The manager spoke of hours upon hours spent in learning and internalizing tactical ideas to lay the foundation for what has been happening on the pitch "The players are spending a lot of time in a room to better understand our ideas," Lage said That is the level of commitment that has made a difference especially with set pieces and quick transitions Benfica managed to neutralize Atlético de Madrid and capitalized on created opportunities Lage praised the players for being able to do what they had worked out in training and that reflects the effort the team has been putting into understanding and following the instructions of the coach © 2025 Minute Media - All Rights Reserved The content on this site is for entertainment and educational purposes only Betting and gambling content is intended for 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Bruno Lage’s smart tactics lead Benfica to a dominant win The transfer window may have shut last week but the future of several stars at Molineux is already being discussed Wolves are in talks to terminate Craig Dawson’s contract, with Vitor Pereira leaving him out of his Premier League squad alongside Sasa Kalajdzic Pereira could also see several players depart on a free transfer, with Pablo Sarabia likely to leave Wolves alongside right-back Nelson Semedo Semedo sees his contract expire in June 2025 and there have been suggestions the Portuguese international won’t sign fresh terms One of those has come from expert Liam Keen, who claims Semedo could leave Wolves this summer after almost five years at the club The 31-year-old was only named as captain in December but his high wages and age mean it could be difficult to hold onto him Now, it has emerged that former Wolves manager Bruno Lage who worked with the ex-Barcelona man at Molineux could poach the right-back on a free transfer According to SIC commentator Luis Aguilar there is a ‘possibility’ Semedo will return to his former club Benfica in the summer market with Lage reportedly in the market for a new right-back Semedo was the ninth most-used player during Lage’s 15-month stint at Wolves from July 2021 to October 2022 and it meant he faced at least a month on the sidelines The ex-Benfica star was an integral player under Lage at this point and he praised the Portugal international “Nelson is going to be out for at least one month. Let’s see how he goes, but we have that news for now – one month out,” Lage said via Birmingham Live Considering how highly he’s rated by the manager it wouldn’t be a surprise to see Semedo return to his home country and link back up with Lage this summer Lauded as one of the finest guitarists alive today Julian Lage performed at the Grammys at 12 years old before graduating from the prestigious Berklee College of Music in 2008 Learning from elder jazz innovators like Jim Hall and Gary Burton further placed Lage in a renowned musical pedigree His 2024 project Speak to Me brings an avant-garde twist to blues and Americana never relegating itself to a particular niche No doubt his formative experiences with some of the greats have put him in good stead to push the genre forward with every new project It is left to him and an acoustic guitar to put this on full display tonight Lage might be forgiven a level of exhaustion he performs with a generous amount of vigour and playfulness Lage opens with a lengthy section that flits over classical stylings with a tinge of the blues Other anachronistic pairings are presented before settling into Gardens from 2015’s World’s Fair Typical of Lage is his ability to expand indulgently on the fly leading us down an apparently bottomless rabbit hole before returning to the main theme A cover of Spike Hughes’s Nocturne from 1933 follows This reference point is useful to hear how Lage takes core ideas as a jumping-off point to launch his improvised musings It is done with the utmost respect to the source material carefully returning to the original melody to avoid altering it beyond recognition Blue Dove is based on Jim Hall’s reworking of a Mexican folk song The arrangement fits very well on the acoustic guitar – Lage uses the full range of his instrument to pluck sharp twangs that smooth out into lighter passages that flutter along the guitar’s neck Northern Shuffle appears on the album Speak to Me as a driving bluesy number played on distorted electric guitar Without a steady drum beat pounding along in the background Lage wilfully plays with the audience’s expectations only to launch back into the pulse he has been tapping on his foot the entire time but the joy that Lage emits in these moments gives the sense that we’re being included in his own private jam session – who are we to judge Perhaps it is expected of a generational talent that they can wield a single instrument with such variety and detail The standing ovation he receives indicates that Lage can account even for that daunting reputation For further information and future events visit Julian Lage’s website here Julian Lage at Cadogan Hall - Mike Garnell - The Upcoming Watch the video for the single Nocturne here: Rivalries are the best and worst thing about football the eternal dilemma of “how do we get back on top?” knowing failure means years in the wilderness One such club who finds themselves in this unenviable position right now in Benfica A European heavyweight with a rich history Benfica are the most successful side in Portugal They’ve won the Primeira Liga an astonishing 38 times 8 more than northern rivals Porto and almost double Lisbon rivals Sporting (20) Jan-Niklas Beste: Benfica’s New German Wideman the Reds have begun to suffer from an identity crisis High player turnover has meant the club have struggled to cement an identity since 2019 they’ve had more managers since 2019 (4) than the previous ten years (2) and this has started impacting performances The club has failed to win the league more than once over that period (poor by their standards) Crosstown rivals Sporting became a powerhouse he led the team to their first division title in 19 years during his first season in charge before dominating the league last season promising side led by a talismanic striker in Viktor Gyökeres Sporting are showing serious signs of entering a golden era Understandably it’s set alarm bells ringing on the other side of the IP7 António Silva: The Lowdown on Benfica’s Prodigious Center Back Lage started working at Benfica as a youth coach in 2004 He stayed at the club for 8 years before deciding to try his luck abroad moving to UAE before following Carlos Carvalhal to England he simply couldn’t stay away and by July 2018 he was back in Lisbon In January of 2019 Benfica were struggling stuck in 4th place and with no hope of winning the league To try and fix the problem they fired Rui Vitoria and turned to Lage to fix the problem designed to maximise wonder kid Joao Felix As well as winning the league he won 94% of his matches and equalled the clubs record for goals scored in a season (103) The following season was one of the clubs worst Spells in England and Brazil were no better Tactical Analysis: Roger Schmidt’s Benfica After a lackluster 2023/24 season and an unconvincing start to this season Benfica decided they needed a new manager determined to prove that his first season as the rule Benfica’s problems over the last few years are best summed up by a word familiar to all Portuguese clubs Player trading is a fact of life in Portugal but Benfica have turned it into an art form making an estimated 750m in transfer profit in the last decade Anatoliy Trubin: Benfica’s New Goalkeeper is likely to be happy with the defenders he’s inherited are returning and the club have spent big to replace departing left/centre back Morato bringing in Alvaro Carreras and Jan Niklas-Beste Between the sticks should be a safe area too young goalkeeper Anatoly Trubin led the Primeira in clean sheet percentage last season (46.4%) Benfica’s midfield last season was special defensive midfielder Florentino Luís was a wall star boy Joao Neves ranked 4th in passes into the final third and Orkun Kökçü was 6th in progressive passes Rafa Silva and Angel Di María were clinical Orkun Kökçü: Analyzing Benfica’s New Signing in Midfield The club has lost one of its most creative forces the club hasn’t been idle to fix the issue They’ve signed 3 new wingers and 3 central midfielders only one (Kerem Aktürkoğlu) appears to have hit the ground running For a team reliant on direct play from its wingers the club has replaced expert passer Neves with box to box midfielder Leandro Barreiro (genuinely the first player I’ve come across from Luxembourg) While Barreiro has plenty of talent his lack of skills in possession make the team’s ability to progress the ball through midfield very difficult It’s easy to see why this is likely to be a big area of focus Florentino Luis: Benfica’s Midfield Anchor While it only needs some minor tweaks (unlike the midfield) Benfica’s front line looks very different to last season Only one striker that scored 4 or more goals last season is still there the club have signed Greek striker Vangelis Pavlidis There’s a lot riding on Pavlidis adapting quickly to life in Portugal goals usually take the pressure off a new manager Perhaps Lage’s biggest strength is his pragmatism He’s more than willing to alter his formation depending on his players strengths Lage favoured a 4-4-1-1 that allowed him to maximise the skill set of emerging wonderkid Joao Felix At Wolves he used no less than seven different formations With that being the case his formation might change but the key principles will remain the same Ángel Di María: The Quintessential Big Game Player Lage’s other biggest strength is that he’s a defensively solid coach When Lage’s team don’t have the ball in the attacking third they adopt starting positions that force the opposition to go long When this happens and the ball advances into the middle third and players focus on blocking passing lanes and pressuring opposition players forcing them to make mistakes that Lage’s team can then aggressively exploit If the opposition are then able to advance the ball into the defensive third Lage’s team will adopt a low block and the formation becomes a narrow compact 5-4-1 with wide players adopting deep positions and any forwards other than the central striker dropping into midfield combined with a hybrid man/zonal marking policy ensures that players can swarm to the ball generating a high number of defensive pressures and tackles making opposition shots on target very hard It’s an extremely effective system that gets results Benfica conceded the 2nd least goals in the division (31) while in his first season at Wolves they conceded the 4th fewest goals in the Premier League (43) Benjamin Rollheriser: From the Heart of La Plata to the Coast of Portugal While he’s rightly praised for his defensive solidity Lage’s attacking record isn’t the best… Lage’s attacking record is Are we going to get the record-breaking Benfica that scored 103 goals or the stale and boring Wolves side that ranked 17th and 20th for goals scored I actually think it’ll be closer to his first spell at Benfica Player Profile: Gianluca Prestianni when the team was in possession it turned into a 2-2-5-1 Blessed with a perfect combination of deep lying playmaker (Gabriel) and defensive destroyer (Andreas Samaris) in the heart of his midfield Lage’s build up play involved getting the ball to his deep-lying central midfielders who would then take up positions in front of the back four This new defensive screen allowed Benfica’s full backs Álex Grimaldo and André Almeida to push into more advanced roles while the two wingers moved into the half spaces on their side of the field Gabriel could then choose either to distribute the ball out wide creating an overload vs the opposition full back and generating crossing opportunities or give the ball to Joao Felix centrally and watch the magic happen It was devastatingly effective and saw 5 players score at least 15 goals while another 4 generated double digit assists Lage is very likely to adopt some form of his old system during his 2nd spell likely switching between his traditional 4-4-1-1 and a 4-2-3-1 and praying it works a 2nd time I think the formation’s going to be what Lage has used already Trubin and Silva’s places are guaranteed short of injury while Otamendi gets the nod despite his advancing years Kaboré’s pace and Beste’s passing skills should allow them to get into advanced positions and open up crossing opportunities into Pavlidis Florentino is the perfect defensive screen while Kokcu’s creativity will allow him to dictate play from deep Aktürkoğlu will be expected to drift inside and create goal scoring opportunities from inside with Rollheiser or his replacement if he isn’t clinical enough while Di Maria’s crossing ability will generate further overloads on the right hand side Vangelis Pavlidis: AZ’s Greek Forward Pavlidis’s attributes as a target man mean he’s perfect to put away the masses of crosses this formation should generate while his ability to make runs in behind will allow the team to generate chances off of long balls I think that Lage will keep Benfica competitive He’s at a team he knows well and in a league his 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but we must have the quality to take advantage of them Coming back would give us a lot of prestige,” he noted Lage reflected on the past performances against Barcelona and stated that his team had the sensation that they could have won both previous encounters “We have the feeling that we could have won the two previous games because we created many chances and we believe that we can do it now,” he said He remained focused on maintaining the strengths displayed in those past matches while recognising the challenge posed by Barcelona a team filled with top-tier talent and still undefeated in 2025 we want to continue those two previous games against a Barça that is a great team it is the only team that has not lost in 2025.” Instead of singling out individual players Lage preferred to analyse Barcelona as a collective unit he did acknowledge that he was familiar with Raphinha from his time at Sporting CP and Leeds praising the Brazilian’s impressive performances in Barcelona’s squad “I knew Raphinha from Sporting de Portugal and Leeds ​​who knows if he could win the Ballon d’Or.”  He also mentioned that Lamine Yamal is among the best players in the world though Benfica’s strategy would not revolve around stopping a single player He also recognised the threats posed by Robert Lewandowski who played a key role in the first-leg victory but our strategy is not to focus on one player Szczesny who was the best in the first leg,” he added Lage also highlighted how Benfica carefully analyse their opponents particularly in the absence of Pau Cubarsi He explained that his team carefully studies opposition centre-backs assessing their preferred passing angles and decision-making when building play from the back “We prepare the strategy well to put pressure on the centre-backs we look at which foot they use to come out from behind the passing lines they usually use,” he explained Source: Mundo Deportivo Achievements • Privacy Policy • Cookie Policy • Licensed Images • Copyright © 2017 - 2024 Barca Universal - info@barcauniversal.com While Santana was touring the US with Jeff Beck Lage turned up unannounced to meet his hero – and was invited onstage for a jam Julian Lage is one of the world’s finest electric guitar players so it will come as absolutely no surprise to learn he was already being tipped for greatness before he was even 10 years old In a new episode of the Broken Records podcast the jazz virtuoso reflects on his early guitar-playing years and looks back on the time he shared the stage in front of 20,000 with a bona fide guitar legend… when he was just nine years old The guitar legend in question was Carlos Santana who at the time was touring the US with Jeff Beck a chance encounter between his father and a friend of Santana’s put the aspiring guitarist on a path to the guitar gig of a lifetime Lage recalls: “My father worked at Fog City diner in San Francisco and someone came in who he was friends with and he said ‘I know Santana and I heard your son's playing guitar.’ My dad said Santana's playing at [a San Francisco venue] in two weeks So we got in the car and we drove there and showed up at 2pm This would have been when I was seven” it was clear Santana had been expecting the Lage entourage: “We go backstage ‘Where's Carlos?’ ‘He's in that room.’ ‘Okay.’ So my parents and I and that night it was Jeff Beck and him doing this tour ‘Do you want to play tonight?’” Playing in front of 20,000 clearly wasn’t what Lage had planned for the evening and so – as you’d probably expect from a seven-year-old aspiring guitarist – he politely declined Santana’s offer the offer was extended for another 12 months I didn't come to play in front of 20,000 people That's the point,’” Lage continues you should just come again and bring your guitar.’ Lage’s long-awaited cameo – which saw the youngster solo through a cover of Funkadelic’s Maggot Brain – was captured on the night and can be seen via grainy fan footage online “It was surreal,” Lage says of the experience I don't think I was in an environment that hyped anything up And I've known people who have that figure in their life who says kid.’ There was none of that good cop Matt OwenSocial Links NavigationNews Editor GuitarWorld.comMatt is the GuitarWorld.com News Editor and has spent the last 16 years playing everything from blues and jazz to indie and pop When he’s not combining his passion for writing and music during his day job Matt records for a number of UK-based bands and songwriters as a session musician ‘Do you want to play with Joe?’ Before I could say ‘yes’ or ‘no,’ he brings Joe over and tells him ‘Jason wants to play a set’”: Jason Sinay on jamming with Joe Bonamassa – and why his early sessions with Mike Campbell were a struggle “I remember there was a video of Gary Moore and he played Red House on this Fiesta Red Strat and I thought it was just the most incredible thing”: Is Toby Lee Britain’s next blues-rock superstar Free Eddie Van Halen mini-documentary explores the origins of Eruption and his two-hand tapping technique – and it’s partly narrated by the man himself An extraordinary artiste needs an extraordinary presentation for his life-story Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia has no equal in the field of flute virtuosos and it is not for nothing that he has been awarded the Padma Vibhushan all of 25 years ago had directed a documentary named Bansuri Guru in 2013 his life is presented with a magical look at his music and persona for besides his stature as a classical musician who took the simple flute towards global acclaim he was also a popular player in cinema (and many live shows) a non-film classical composer and in movies (earlier in Oriyan cinema alone) a part of an illustrious music duo that enriched Hindi cinema with outstanding musicals like Silsila Lamhe and Sahibaan between 1981 and 1993: Shiv-Hari have conceptualized the most exciting and ingenious tribute—a two-hour musical presentation titled Bansuri Jab Gaane Lage (When the flute begins to sing) on Panditji’s life His friendship with the late Pandit Shivkumar Sharma and their emotional relationship is given due attention and importance as is his heartwarming bond with Lata Mangeshkar There are various different and refreshingly outre and original strokes used to narrate this succinct but scintillating saga Five women played key parts in this wunderkind’s life: his mother a neighboring aunt who gave him motherly affection and was also the wife of his first music guru his loving and ever-supportive wife Anuradha and finally the guru he approached when he was already successful on radio and in movies—Annapurna Devi to learn classical music as a beginner (at 25-plus!) all these roles are essayed expertly by Reshma Shetty who also plays an additional role of a dancer (which she is in real life too) for whose performance Pt Hariprasad also played the flute when he was young The most ingenious aspect here is the use of a brilliant actor playing—not the flute maestro—but his instrument The bansuri thus takes on the mantle of the candid narrator and his story of how he was first discovered (through a wandering flautist) and even stolen by the legend makes for great listening indeed Vikas also comes in as Raj Kapoor (who had once called Anuradha Chaurasia) and imitates the voice of Yash Chopra as well as Amitabh Bachchan in the song Rang barse from Shiv-Hari’s debut film erroneously mentioned in the play as 1982) Hariprasad’s life took many twists and turns Born in a wrestler’s family (his father was very strict and wanted his son to follow suit) he first secretly learnt music and his instrument and soon his life took him to Cuttack’s All-India Radio From there to Mumbai’s All-India Radio and thereon to become one of the most unavoidable musicians for all top composers in Mumbai and remain so for decades is a story that must be experienced rather than narrated in this review with all its triumphs and humor The third stroke that scores high is the use of 20 popular film songs with apt-for-his-life lyrics presented live by singers Pritha Mazumdar (of Mohabbatein fame) and Srikant Narayan (the popular voice of Rafi et al in stage shows) with great skill These songs ably help demonstrate the highs and lows of Panditji’s life that nine of the 20 tracks here are written by Anand Bakshi who wrote lyrics for five of the composer’s eight films and was to do a film that never took off—B.R The outstanding melodies presented included Phir wohi shaam the Madan Mohan-composed classic from Jahan Ara (1964) to lovelies like Jo waada kiya woh nibhana padega (Taj Mahal) here Panditji played under the batons of all the top composers (Panditji’s disciples Suchismita Chatterjee perform the bansuri live here the genius’ emotions patently comes out along with his ever-humorous demeanor and dogged determination to excel is of a special award by Filmfare magazine for the whizkid’s work in Milan (1967) Laxmikant-Pyarelal’s award-winning musical: something unprecedented in film awards history Another one is a lovely tidbit of Sanjeev Kumar’s admiration for Panditji is the surreal presentation of Panditji’s mother near the climax speaking with pride as she watches (from above) her son’s progress and evolution The emotional voltage of this imaginative sequence is massive and proves the high-point of the absolutely masterful script (Suhail Abbasi with Pushpanjali Chaurasia Directors Bhushan Korgaonkar and Kunal Vijayakar keep a tight grip on this wonderful replay of a titanic artist’s saga After the stage adaptation of Mughal-E-Azam this is the second landmark music-based stage presentation that merits a minimum one experience And apart from the entire team on stage and behind the single soul responsible for this triumph is the titan being celebrated—Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia himself Parikh Worldwide Media is the largest Indian-American publishing group in the United States The group publishes five periodicals – “News India Times,” a national weekly newspaper; “Desi Talk in New York,” a weekly newspaper serving the New York-New Jersey-Connecticut region; and “Desi Talk in Chicago,” a weekly newspaper serving the Greater Chicago area and the Midwestern states; and “The Indian American,” a national online quarterly feature magazine The combined circulation and readership of these publications make the media group the most influential in the ethnic Indian market Bruno Lage was asked directly about the potential for Benfica to sign the defender Nelson Semedo is out of contract in the summer and speculation is now starting to pick up regarding his future Liam Keen reported last month that Semedo was likely to leave Wolves in the summer with the club looking to get their wage bill down It was then claimed that Semedo had interest from Benfica Wolves have lost their captain in each of the last three summers and some are fearful of that happening again Today, Bruno Lage was asked about Semedo ahead of Benfica’s Champions League match with Barcelona tomorrow night – and gave an interesting response knows Semedo’s qualities well having spent 15 months as the head coach at Molineux As has been the case ever since he arrived at Wolves Today, following reports Benfica are ‘eager’ to sign Semedo in the summer The former Wolves boss would not really be drawn on the speculation He is quoted by A Bola as saying: “About Nelson I believe that at this moment he will support Wolverhampton and about the possibility of him being a reinforcement or not “And at the moment my focus is on what we can do tomorrow and understand very well what we will do until the end of the season We are currently in the round of 16 of the Champions League we depend on us to win the League and we have already won a title and our focus is on trying to win more titles by the end of this season.” Semedo has been a great signing for Wolves and him leaving this summer would be a blow He struggled in his first season, but has improved in every one since, with Semedo admitting 2023/24 was his best campaign for Wolves The fact he was named Players’ Player of the Season last term would further suggest that He does sometimes have poor outings and can be at fault positionally Young Pedro Lima looks like a great prospect and someone who could potentially replace Semedo long-term But losing the Portugal international could really sting Tony Robertson Digital Sports ReporterPublished: Invalid Date CRYSTAL PALACE co-owner John Textor is being sued for £6million by former Wolves boss Bruno Lage The extraordinary lawsuit reported by The Telegraph sees Lage suing Textor following the appointment of Oliver Glasner He accuses the American businessman of signing a contract stating he would use his power as the largest shareholder at Selhurst Park and French giants Lyon to offer him the head coach role to at one of those teams The alleged contract covers the period between January 1 to April 15 last year and was signed after Lage became manager of Textor's Brazilian side Botafogo Lage, now in his second spell managing Portuguese side Benfica was sacked less than three months into a six-month deal in July 2023 in what was his first job after being axed by Wolves in October 2022 following a 16-month spell in charge The Portuguese was never publicly linked with the Palace job and the South London club ultimately appointed Glasner in February 2024 when Roy Hodgson stepped down after he was taken ill during training days before Lyon made Pierre Sage their new boss in July after appointing him as an interim manager the previous November Lage remained out of work during the alleged "restricted period" before taking the Benfica job Documents seen by The Telegraph claim a "retainment agreement" signed by Textor would offer Lage a minimum of a two-year fixed-term contract with a salary of £3.6million for him and his staff The "legally binding" contract also states Eagle Football Holdings would pay Lage that amount by April 29 last year if he failed to make such an offer during the agreed period. costs and "further or other relief as the court deems fit," to a total amount of £5.9m The lawsuit also claims the deal included a clause which would see Lage pay Textor £2.75m if he took a managerial role other than with one of Palace or Lyon during the same period A statement from Eagle Football Holdings on the matter said: "Eagle Football is aware of a court claim filed against it on behalf of Bruno Silva Do Nascimento (known as ‘Bruno Lage’) "The claim relates to a dispute over the proper interpretation of a historical agreement between Eagle and Mr Lage Eagle’s view is that Mr Lage is not contractually entitled to the sums being claimed on his behalf Eagle will vigorously defend the claim and seek to recover its costs of doing so from Mr Lage "Eagle Football notes that Bruno Lage’s claim relates to an alleged failure to offer him a role at one of its clubs "Eagle Football finds it curious that Bruno Lage feels aggrieved by this given that he effectively walked away from one of Eagle Football’s clubs Botafogo "Eagle Football remains open to a constructive discussion with Bruno Lage or his representatives with a view to resolving the dispute and settling the litigation which will ultimately serve neither party.” Textor, 59, announced in May he was trying to sell his 45 per cent stake in Palace after declaring interest in buying fellow Premier League side Everton The bid ultimately ended in failure due to the bid resting on Eagle Football Holdings losing its stake in a rival team Crystal Palace currently sit 11th in the Premier League, four points behind rivals Brighton in ninth, and are in the FA Cup semi-finals against Aston Villa later this month They face Manchester City away tomorrow morning but have not lost a football game since February 15 Our journalists strive for accuracy but on occasion we make mistakes. For further details of our complaints policy and to make a complaint please click this link: thesun.co.uk/editorial-complaints/ "(Required)" indicates required fields Goose continued its ongoing fall tour on Thursday with its second of three nights at Chicago IL’s The Salt Shed featuring a two-song sit-in from revered jazz guitarist Julian Lage After beginning the evening’s first of two sets with live staple “Mr. Action”, recent debut “Draconian Meter Maid“ and an “’80s synth version” of early-days Goose favorite “Indian River” Goose—comprised of Rick Mitarotonda (guitar vocals—brought Julian Lage to the stage to go toe-to-toe with Mitarotonda for exploratory takes on “A Western Sun” and “Turned Clouds” Wow! Such a blast to sit in with the @goosetheband guys last night in Chicago. Let’s do it again soon! Video: Jared Lichenberg pic.twitter.com/D7KirtYipY — Julian Lage (@julian_lage) September 13, 2024 Scroll down to watch a fan-shot clip of the Goose/Julian Lage collaboration, view the full setlist, and check out a gallery of photos via Daniel Ojeda from Thursday’s performance at The Salt Shed in Chicago, IL. A complete recording of the show is available to stream via nugs.net Copyright © 2025 L4LM | Website by Computer Courage The jazz virtuoso has a close bond with the Telecaster and one of his earliest experiences with the model involved some drastic relic'ing methods Julian Lage has reflected on his relationship with the Fender Telecaster prompting him to recall an especially radical relic’ing experiment he and his father once conducted on a pristine Tele considering Lage is one of the most tasteful and expressive guitar players currently around Lage has once again taken the Tele for a spin on Guitar Center’s YouTube channel in a video that also explores the influential jazz virtuoso’s history with the single-cut The Telecaster’s influence can be traced all the way back to Lage’s earliest days as an aspiring guitar player when his father made a plywood model of Bruce Springsteen’s famed ‘The Mutt’ model that Lage would carry around and pretend to play He later upgraded to a proper functioning Stratocaster but his father owned a Tele that they both decided to radically age using some DIY methods being a brilliant artist and having an aesthetic background – this was before relic’ing was really a thing – and he said ‘I think we should make it look older.’ “We’d take the Tele out and hit it against curbs And it was immaculate – by today’s standards it would be considered perfection his own passion for the guitar – and the Telecaster specifically – stems from his childhood and these experiences he shared with his father “His love of the instrument on a whole informed every thing I ever do as a guitar player That’s something we bonded over.” which involves completely removing the neck “Norm was like, ‘Do you want to play with Joe?’ Before I could say ‘yes’ or ‘no,’ he brings Joe over and tells him, ‘Jason wants to play a set’”: Jason Sinay on jamming with Joe Bonamassa – and why his early sessions with Mike Campbell were a struggle “I remember there was a video of Gary Moore and he played Red House on this Fiesta Red Strat, and I thought it was just the most incredible thing”: Is Toby Lee Britain’s next blues-rock superstar? Volume 3 - 2022 | https://doi.org/10.3389/frsus.2022.954660 This article is part of the Research TopicFrom an Ethic of Sufficiency to its Policy and Practice in Late CapitalismView all 10 articles Sufficiency is an indispensable strategy for sustainable development that is gaining growing attention in both the scientific and the political sphere the question of how sufficiency-oriented social change can be shaped by different actors remains unclear There are many different concepts of sufficiency and all of them entail certain notions of social change these notions of social change remain mostly implicit By conducting a semi-systematic literature review on sufficiency and transformation this article makes explicit notions of social change in various concepts of sufficiency these notions are structured and discussed concerning their possible contribution to a broader socio-ecological transformation to advance the debate about sufficiency-oriented strategies The literature was sampled by a systematic search in the databases of Web of Science and the ENOUGH-Network a European network of sufficiency researchers and complemented by texts known to the author The sufficiency concepts were analyzed regarding two dimensions: the goal of and the approach toward social change Various ecological and sometimes social goals that different concepts of sufficiency pursue were identified Some scholars operationalize the social and ecological goals in a sufficiency-specific way as consumption corridors or a pathway toward a post-growth economy three different approaches to sufficiency-oriented social change were identified: a bottom-up-approach a policy-making-approach and a social-movement-approach Specific contributions and limitations of these approaches were identified The three approaches differ regarding the role of conflicts and the conceptualization of behavior and social practices By interpreting the results utilizing the Multi-Level-Perspective of Sustainability Transition Research and Erik O synergies for sufficiency-oriented social change were identified The review founds a theoretical basis for further empirical and theoretical research on shaping sufficiency-oriented social change By these two dimensions, sufficiency can be distinguished from the sustainability strategies of efficiency and consistency2 Efficiency and consistency strategies are used to reduce the environmental damage per unit of products or services consumed and produced do not describe absolute limits to consumption and production efficiency and consistency strategies rely on (socio-)technical innovations the sustainability goal were to reduce CO2-emissions for space heating in the residential sector a possible sufficiency measure would not be to install better insulation in buildings (efficiency) none of them have analyzed the notions of social change in different conceptualisations of sufficiency Given the urgency of socio-ecological crisis the growing recognition of the necessity of the sufficiency strategy and the difficulties to implement it a reflection on the different notions of how to create and shape social change within the different concepts of sufficiency could help to advance the debate about sufficiency-oriented strategies sufficiency-oriented social change is confronted with specific difficulties and requires separate consideration a reflection on the implicit concepts of social change enables the identification of specific potentials and limits of the respective concepts of sufficiency such a reflection enables the discussion of contradictions and synergies between the different concepts of sufficiency Such a reflection on the concepts of social change present within concepts of sufficiency provides a basis for an elaborate discussion on the question of how and by whom social change toward sufficiency can be shaped the notions of social change that are often implicit in the concepts of sufficiency need to be explicated and structured this paper addresses the following research questions: A Which sustainability goals and notions of social change do concepts of sufficiency imply B What are the specific limitations and contributions of the different concepts of sufficiency concerning their notion of social change C What are the contradictions and possible synergies among the different concepts of sufficiency sufficiency policies and practices can be regarded a real utopia in a growth oriented economy and society Wright's theory seems to be very applicable for reflecting on the different notions of social change in different sufficiency concepts A semi-systematic review methodology was used to develop narratives and synthesize a broad inter-disciplinary strand of literature (Wong et al., 2013; Snyder, 2019). As Snyder (2019) points out a semi-systematic review can be useful for detecting themes and theoretical perspectives and thus aids the development of a theoretical model Snyder indicates that a semi-systematic approach can combine different methods of sampling (systematic or non-systematic) and analysis and evaluation (qualitative or quantitative) not only peer-reviewed papers were included but also books and book chapters which ensures a broader perspective on the sufficiency debate The abstracts of the selected literature were screened for relevance to the research topic which left a sample of 78 research articles The second set of literature derives from the International Network for Sufficiency Research and Policy (ENOUGH) database. This database is nurtured by dozens of researchers working on sufficiency (see Toulouse et al., 2019) This database is structured by different keywords so that all texts with the keyword ‘definition' were screened (n = 60) This screening added 34 articles to the sample By combining the keyword-based search in Web of Science with a screening of the ENOUGH-Database which are relevant to scholars in the field of sufficiency but that are not part of the Web of Science database or do not include the used key-words are still considered in the analysis The third set of literature contains publications which were already known to the author (n = 21) the first two sets encompassed only English literature this third step added some German publications as well This sample was supplemented with publications on adjacent topics increasing the total number of publications in this article to 184 The data analysis was guided by research question A and aimed at identifying the pursued sustainability goals and a development of a typology of sufficiency concepts concerning their notions of social change The three sets of literature were analyzed in an iterative process of induction and deduction First insights obtained from the material were theorized in the form of a typology which was then tested and further developed by analyzing more literature several feedback loops with different groups of sufficiency experts were conducted to strengthen the robustness of the results In order to operationalize the main research question and to differentiate notions of social change within the sufficiency concepts the analysis was guided by three sub-questions Since sufficiency is a strategy to achieve sustainability goals an analysis of the goals of the intended social change and their specific operationalisation is one dimension to differentiate sufficiency concepts A What are the sustainability goals that the sufficiency concept is aiming to achieve This question is answered in the first subsection of the results In order to analyse the process of implementing sufficiency measures and shaping social change toward sufficiency two questions focus on the leverage points and the actors of social change: who are seen as the central actors of change These two questions are answered in the second subsection of the results by developing a typology of different concepts of sufficiency concerning their notions of social change Based on the results of this analysis the research question B (specific limitations and contributions of the different concepts) is addressed at the end of each identified type of sufficiency concept The research question C (contradictions and possible synergies among the different concepts) is tackled separately in the discussion section of this paper To pursue social and ecological goals is not specific for sufficiency but applies for all sustainability strategies there exist sufficiency-specific operationalisations of these goals: sufficiency as consumption corridors and sufficiency as a way into a post-growth economy it is important to note that compliance with social foundations or ecological limits is the goal of any sustainability strategy Sufficiency-specific goals are limits to the consumption and production of services or products such as limits to the living space per person or the speed limit for cars who views the economy as a subsystem of the ecological sphere and argues for a steady-state economy as a prerequisite for avoiding ecological collapse Since sufficiency is a strategy used to attain sustainability goals, some authors argue that sufficiency is not an end in itself, but an indispensable element of effective sustainable development (Spangenberg, 2018) limits to consumption and the creation of a post-growth economy are strategies to pursue broader sustainability goals and no end in itself vision or a way of life also as descriptions of ends in themselves If these limits and visions are interpreted as means or ends depends on the point of view they can be interpreted as means to achieve sustainability goals from a narrow perspective they can illustrate a desirable state and function as ends to guide individual or political decisions to achieve quantitative reductions in consumption and production rebound effects of efficiency measures may be reduced and renewable energies need only provide the amount of energy services and resources that are necessary for a decent The following three types of concepts of sufficiency are analytically differentiated due to their (implicit) approaches to social change The first type describes a bottom-up approach focusing on changes in individual lifestyles Different reasons are given for the individualization of reductions in consumption. Firstly, some authors argue for the voluntariness and individualization of sufficiency with freedom of choice (Alcott, 2008, 2010; Heindl and Kanschik, 2016) In order not to restrict individual consumption liberties each individual should be able to decide whether they want to choose a sufficiency-oriented or non-sufficiency-oriented lifestyle the decision between sufficiency-oriented and a non-sufficiency-oriented consumption is left to the individuals If one assumes that non-sufficiency decisions contribute to environmental degradation to a greater extent and thus limit the life chances of future generations it can be argued that those individualistic sufficiency conceptions (unintentionally) place individual (consumption) freedom above questions of intergenerational justice he recognizes that there are structural obstacles to such individual responsibility That is why he limits the individual's moral obligation to reducing consumption to a responsible level appropriate to the circumstances and considers lobbying for political measures as the primary task of individuals rather than reducing consumption Sufficiency concepts for businesses follow as well a radical bottom-up approach which includes changes in individual consumer behavior development of alternatives in societal niches and the diffusion of such practices transformation is conceptualized as an incremental change that results primarily from a tendency to voluntarily change consumption practices This makes transformation seem relatively free of conflicts sufficiency research has for a long time underestimated the inertial forces of routine behavior and the scope of the social embedding of social practices and has overestimated individuals' willingness to change behavior and the chances for a sufficiency-oriented cultural change the orientation toward public policy measures aiming to achieve sufficiency plays a central role in the concepts summarized here The debate about a general speed limit on German motorways illustrates how contested sufficiency policies can be thus raises questions of intergenerational justice above or at least to the same level as questions of individual (consumption) liberties which clearly distinguishes these sufficiency conceptions from conceptions of the first type research aims to provide knowledge for decision-makers and thus influence discourses This relies primarily on the realization of the problem by decision-makers In contrast to the first type of sufficiency concepts those of the second type do not allocate the responsibility for change to individuals or businesses but emphasize the necessity for political change This perspective builds on insights from social practice theory that emphasizes the embeddedness of social practices in framework conditions such as infrastructures or other institutions unsustainable infrastructures or institutions are politicized rather than unsustainable behavior sufficiency policy measures with a high symbolic value (such as a ban on plastic bags) or with a potential to generate economic growth (such as the support of local food production) are likely to be implemented but not those leading to a broader reduction in consumption This suggests that in a growth-oriented world it might be easier to add more options to choose from than to limit choices a remaining question is how this political change could come into practice the big question of how sufficiency policies can be implemented and which role different actors play remains for further research Taking up the argument that it seems to be difficult to reduce consumption in a growth-oriented and capitalist society the focus of the third type of sufficiency concepts is on the structural constitution of current capitalist consumer societies sufficiency is conceived as a critique of capitalism and domination and as an emancipatory strategy against a society focused on acceleration Many arguments in this type of sufficiency concepts are derived from eco-feminist and postcolonial perspectives the restructuring of the mode of production is focused on shaping a fairer additional core principle of liberal societies that “addresses the frame for policy making rather than the policy making itself” (p struggles and conflicts are described as a central driver of social change and social movements are named as central actors Since social movements not only resist or demand but sometimes work directly on the development of alternative practices a link to the grassroots initiatives of type one can be observed the role of social movements in processes of implementing sufficiency policies has been seldom examined so far One major point of critique of sufficiency concepts of the social-movement approach is that the implementation of sufficiency in this conceptualization seems quite unlikely und unclear sufficiency approaches of any kind are still far away from being a part of mainstream political discourse on sustainability and the overcoming of capitalist power and domination relationships and a growth logic seems even further away it is more difficult to translate the sufficiency concepts of the social-movement approach into concrete measures and instruments which makes direct applicability in the form of concrete political demands and decisions more difficult This means that the scope of application for policy practice is reduced compared to concepts of the policy-making approach One major contribution may be to offer a perspective for critical reflection on current patterns of unsustainability and planned measures Table 1 summarizes the three different notions of social change within sufficiency concepts in an idealized and simplified way In a nutshell: Different approaches to social change in sufficiency concepts The literature of this study was reviewed concerning two dimensions of social change, namely the goal of and the approach to social change (Figure 2). As part of the goals of sufficiency-oriented social change, some scholars describe sufficiency itself as an end, which was also described by Jungell-Michelsson and Heikkurinen (2022) the sustainability goals and the notions of social change were differentiated by the development of different narratives the nexus of these two dimensions can be discussed as one part of the relationship of different sufficiency concepts to each other (research question C) The underlying question is whether certain notions of social change are linked in the sufficiency concepts to certain sustainability goals One can recognize that all types of notions of social change are conceptualized to attain different sustainability goals it is not possible to link directly one notion of social change to a special characteristic of sustainability goals the sufficiency concepts that emphasize a growth-critique are not allocated to one type of notions of social change Nevertheless, some differentiations can be made that highlight some dominant narratives in an idealized way (Table 2) In all types some sufficiency concepts can be found that follow social sustainability goals but these goals are most dominant in sufficiency concepts of the social-movement approach concepts exist that describe sufficiency as a strategy to attain ecological goals only since sufficiency is conceptualized as a strategy to reduce externalization and discrimination In sufficiency concepts of the bottom-up approach social aspects and a critique of an ever-growing consumption are merely addressed in the context of individual wellbeing In concepts of the policy-making approach social limits to consumption are discussed as a (political) question of distribution Sustainability goals and notions of social change of sufficiency concepts The upper and lower limits to consumption as a sufficiency-specific operationalisation of social and ecological goals are mostly present in the second and the third type Especially in the second type the goal of sufficiency policies is described as to create framework conditions that enable a descent life within the consumption corridors questions of sufficient consumption are linked with questions of externalization and discrimination In some concepts of the bottom-up approach the development of generalizable individual lifestyles is pursued by an orientation of individual lifestyles toward ecological upper limits Concerning the question of economic growth in both the first and the second type some concepts exist that describe no conflict of sufficiency measures with economic growth and some that emphasize the necessity of an independence of societal development from economic growth Concepts of the third type describe sufficiency as a new logic of societal and economic organization which has significant overlaps to sufficiency they found the call for overall governance as being dominant in the literature on the housing sector whereas behavioral change was emphasized in the literature on food and consumption (p The question whether the concepts of the bottom-up approach or the policy-making approach dominate cannot be answered here but the hypothesis is formulated that the discourse is moving from the first type to the second The third type might gain attention since global social movements put climate justice in the center of their actions and are able to influence the sustainability and sufficiency discourse on the local and the global level The separation into three different types of approaches to social change is an analytical one which implies that the different types overlap and are to some extent heterogeneous and contradictive in themselves this analytical separation enables the identification of contradictions and possible synergies among the different concepts of sufficiency Two contradictions are highlighted below: (1) different approaches to behavioral change and changes of social practices and (2) the role of conflicts in social change First, in sufficiency concepts of the first type social theories of behavior dominate, whereas concepts of the second and the third type are linked to theories of practice. As Shove (2010) points out, these two types of social theories are based on contrasting paradigms. Whereas, theories of behavior, such as the theory of planned behavior (Ajzen, 1985, 1991) describe people as autonomous agents of choice and change the theory of practice emphasizes the embeddedness of individuals and their decisions in social contexts the focus lies on understanding and influencing attitudes that shape individual behavior Institutional or infrastructural framework conditions that enable or hinder behavioral change are conceptualized as external to behavior The aim of policymaking is to adjust these external factors individuals are carriers of practices and institutions and infrastructures are not external factors but configure and structure the practices political interventions are one part of creating new social practices They are not limited to influencing individual behavior but may question and redesign all institutions and infrastructures This social practices approach is dominant in the second and the third type of sufficiency concepts which indicates that they are contradictory to the first type The examples of different approaches to changes in behavior/practices and the role of conflicts in social change indicate that the different types of sufficiency concepts are not just different but to some extent contradictive This implies that the choice of sufficiency concept is highly significant for the analytical perspective on social change and the practical implications for political actions sufficiency concepts of the first type encompass a political dimension and do not merely individualize the responsibility of social change by focusing on individual lifestyles He describes the combination of interstitial (bottom-up) and symbiotic (policy making) transformation as a “sustained metamorphosis” (p it is possible to develop synergies among the different concepts of sufficiency and it seems plausible that no notion of social change alone is sufficient; a combination of (elements of) all three notions is necessary for sufficiency-oriented social change To put it in an idealized and simplified way if new sufficiency-oriented social practices are developed in societal niches by grassroots movements infrastructures and institutions are changed by using state institutions and social movements fight for shifting public discourse and other power relations and thereby render a deep shift toward sufficiency possible a profound theory of how to develop a sufficiency-oriented societal change does not exist the identification of the third type of notions of social change underlines the importance of such a broad search strategy but not exclusively present in books or book chapters which might have significant overlaps to concepts of sufficiency but do not or only seldom use the term “sufficiency,” might contribute valuable insights into this topic Further research could explicitly focus on links from adjacent concepts to sufficiency–especially those from countries of the Global South–and thereby enrich the sufficiency debate Several concepts of sufficiency problematize the role of endless economic growth The necessary macroeconomic preconditions for and consequences of comprehensive and deep sufficiency policies have been not sufficiently investigated different notions of social change within concepts of sufficiency were identified In the discussion some contradictions and possible synergies were provided the question of how to develop a sufficiency-oriented social change could benefit from a further in-depth analysis from the perspectives of transformation and social theories a theory for sufficiency oriented social change could be developed more empirical studies on the implementation of sufficiency policies and the way in which they enable deeper sufficiency-oriented social change is needed More attention could be paid to the role of conflicts since sufficiency is at odds with dominant structures of the economic system (e.g. economic growth) and conflicts have so far played a minor role in many sufficiency concepts sufficiency literature was reviewed concerning notions of social change which are inherent in concepts of sufficiency Since sufficiency is a strategy to influence social change toward sustainability namely the goal of and the approach toward social change within sufficiency concepts Sufficiency is thought to pursue ecological and sometimes social goals Sufficiency as consumption corridors or sufficiency as a way to post growth economy can be described as sufficiency-specific operationalisations of social and ecological goals and are part of some of the concepts three different types of approaches to social change were identified: the bottom-up approach In sufficiency concepts of the bottom-up approach a reduction in consumption by changing consumer behavior new business models and grassroots-movements is central One major limitation to this approach lies in the individualization of responsibility for sufficiency-oriented behavior because infrastructures and institutions do not support or even hinder such behavioral change the social embeddedness of social practices is emphasized and reductions in consumption are pursued by changes in political framework conditions One remaining question in concepts of this approach is how these changes in political framework conditions come into place It seems that in many concepts the decision for sufficiency policy relies more or less on the realization of the necessity to act by decision makers This limits the potential of this approach and points to the necessity of further research In sufficiency concepts of the social-movement approach sufficiency is conceptualized as a critical perspective on the nexus of unsustainability and discrimination and is described as a new organizing principle for society These concepts shed light on structures of power and domination and describe social movements as relevant subjects for transformation as their role might be to increase counter-hegemonic power The conceptualization of sufficiency in the social-movement approach is very broad and comparably radical That is why an operationalization in the form of policies seems to be difficult some possible synergies among these different approaches were identified utilizing the Multi-Level-Perspective of Sustainability Transition Research and Erik O grassroots movements may develop new sufficiency-oriented social practices mainstreamed and further developed by political decisions on changing infrastructures and institutions and social movements may fight for shifting public discourse and other power relations and thereby render a deep shift toward sufficiency possible Reflecting on possible synergies indicates how important a fruitful combination of these different approaches might be for shaping sufficiency-oriented social change the article hopefully contributes to an elaborated debate on how sufficiency-oriented social change can be implemented Building on the possible synergies identified above further theoretical and empirical research on the implementation of far-reaching sufficiency policies and the role of different actors is needed the analysis of the role of conflicts and the combination with related concepts from the Global South could be explored in further detail A major obstacle to the implementation of far-reaching sufficiency policies might be that sufficiency is a rather radical concept thought to aim for a major restructuring of the modes of production and consumption such a radical approach might be necessary considering the urgency of current socio-ecological crises and an investigation of transformation paths toward sufficiency is indispensable The author confirms being the sole contributor of this work and has approved it for publication This research has been conducted within the junior research group on energy sufficiency (Die Rolle von Energiesuffizienz in Energiewende und Gesellschaft funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research within the 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This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY) distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited in accordance with accepted academic practice distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms *Correspondence: Jonas Lage, am9uYXMubGFnZUB1bmktZmxlbnNidXJnLmRl Disclaimer: All claims expressed in this article are solely those of the authors and do not necessarily represent those of their affiliated organizations Any product that may be evaluated in this article or claim that may be made by its manufacturer is not guaranteed or endorsed by the publisher 94% of researchers rate our articles as excellent or goodLearn more about the work of our research integrity team to safeguard the quality of each article we publish guitarist Julian Lage credits his parents for his innovative approach to music Lage spoke to WBGO's Lee Mergner during a Blue Note at Sea cruise Wolves started promisingly under Bruno Lage Fans had been rocked by the news that Nuno Espirito Santo was to leave Molineux after a successful four-year spell at the club which saw Wolves gain promotion to the Premier League finish seventh twice in the Premier League play Europa League football and reach the semi-final of the FA Cup The little-known Bruno Lage came in and after some initial struggles the Portuguese managed to string some good results together By January, Wolves were looking good and actually in competition for European football Wolves lost five of their last seven games of the 2021/22 season Lage would then only last until the start of October in 2022/23 But after only a couple of months in charge he was sacked after an eight-match winless run but the 48-year-old is now about to return to management It is being widely reported that Lage is now set to become the new manager of Benfica which is the club he made his name in management Roger Schmidt was sacked as Eagles boss last week after a 1-1 draw at Moreirense Benfica had looked a shadow of the side that won the 2022/23 Primeira Liga in Schmidt’s first season in charge Last season Benfica finished 10 points behind champions Sporting CP and also got knocked out of the Taça de Portugal by them in the semi-finals And they only came third in their Champions League group Benfica reportedly consider Leonardo Jardim to be their next head coach But Lage is now set to be unveiled for his second stint and he will hope to be as successful as he was the first time around Lage won the 2018/19 league title with Benfica getting the best out of the likes of Joao Felix Record report that Benfica’s announcement of Lage should arrive soon So Lage will get another crack at management with Benfica and this is a good chance for him to restore his reputation which has taken a hit after his stints with Wolves and Benfica Things went pretty badly for Lage at Wolves towards the end He did pull off some really good results during his time at Molineux His brilliant 1-0 tactical victory over Manchester United at Old Trafford in January 2022 was a result to remember with the club having not won there for 40 years But Lage struggled for a couple of reasons at Wolves. Reportedly, he was not the warmest character and when things got difficult at the end, some players were said to have checked out and did not like his methods Lage had also said several times that he needed reinforcements which has been a running theme for Wolves managers under Fosun There was potential there with him but it just didn’t work out in the end But he now has the chance to do good things at a huge club and many Wolves fans will wish him well Benfica boss Bruno Lage is expecting another “great game” with Barcelona with the two teams set to meet in the Champions League last 16 on Wednesday Barca beat Benfica 5-4 in the group stages and Lage told his pre-match press conference another classic could be on the cards “I can’t predict how many goals will be scored in the match but I can predict a great game of football because there are two teams that have their sights set on attacking,” he told reporters Lage also said he was planning a similar approach to the previous game and is expecting his team to create chances the strategy we will implement is the one we feel will be the best,” he added but we also look at the positive things we did against this opponent the number of times we were in front of the goalkeeper “We looked at our opponents and tried to find the spaces they offered us As much as I would like to talk to you and go into more detail about your issue “Maybe at the end of the game we can talk a little But we have to know how to take advantage of the spaces that Barcelona will give us but before we can answer it here we have to answer it on the pitch.” The winners of the last 16 tie between the two sides will go on to play either Dortmund or Lille in the quarter-finals of the competition Benfica manager Bruno Lage has shared his thoughts on Tuesday’s Champions League tie as he prepares to come up against Barcelona once more in the competition Barcelona head into the match in the driving seat after securing a 1-0 win in Portugal last week but have seen their preparations for the match overshadowed by the tragic death of team doctor Dr Carles Minarro Garcia on Saturday Lage is well aware that the sad circumstances mean it’s going to be a tough evening for his opponents at Montjuic “I’m so sorry about the death of the Barcelona doctor I think they want to dedicate a victory to someone so close to them but we also have important things to do,” he told a pre-match press conference “We have a 37-year-old player who stayed at home and still has a record to beat in the Champions League We have an important competition for its prestige We have our reasons to be motivated and confident.” Lage also praised Hansi Flick for the job he’s done since arriving in the summer but is still optimistic his team can get a result “We have to understand that Barcelona are a great team although the one who stood out in the last game was the goalkeeper,” he added in 2025 they are the only team in Europe that has not lost yet We always created many goal-scoring opportunities and we feel that the results could have been different When the moment comes and when the game comes we have to understand very well how we can continue the two games we played.” The winners of the tie will progress to a quarter-final clash with either Dortmund or Lille That tie is locked at 1-1 after the first leg in Germany Wolves were in a world of trouble at the back end of 2024 Gary O’Neil had just been sacked for overseeing a terrible run of results and there was a real disciplinary issue within a frustrated and emotional squad It was by no means an easy job to walk into and has been a revelation – totally transforming the picture Pereira has overseen a win of six straight wins in the Premier League The last time Wolves went on such a run in the top-flight was 1970 It was an amazing April to say the least and now Pereira stands a golden chance to do something that’s quite rare for a Wolves manager Wolves won all five of their games in April It started with a 1-0 win over West Ham United at Molineux edged Manchester United and then disposed of Leicester City No Wolves fan would have foreseen this kind of form a few months ago But Pereira is doing something special at Molineux and excitement is growing regarding the future under this manager And as a result of Pereira’s brilliance in recent weeks he surely now stands a golden chance of being named the Premier League Manager of the Month for April Bruno Lage was the last Wolves manager to win the award He won three out of three games that month against Brentford and that win over United was Wolves’ first victory at Old Trafford since 1980 it’d be just the fifth Premier League award presented to a Wolves manager It would be an absolute shock if Pereira did not win the Premier League Manager of the Month award for April after winning five out of five Wolves have been the best team in the league and he will hopefully be acknowledged with the award And that would only strengthen Pereira’s hand further at Wolves It’s very possible he could use that as leverage to get himself a new and improved contract. Pereira has already admitted he’d be open to signing a new contract It would be ideal, because it puts pressure on Fosun to ensure that Pereira is backed And backing this manager feels like it could help the club bring back the good times The virtuoso guitarist explains his approach to music theory and the wider scope a little knowledge can bring “I find great support in knowing that I'm far from the only person doing this “I [ultimately] wanted to be part of a creative project and in order to do that and feel comfortable I needed to deal with a lot of things that are really no one else's business that's theory and that's understanding guitar.” Lage, whose recent twelfth album Speak to Me was met with wide acclaim from critics went into greater detail on how his abilities developed from amateur player to virtuoso “[It comes down to] even knowing where the pitches are on the instrument - I've always felt like that's massively overlooked,” Julian said is there are so many hurdles as guitar players we get into (I was there for a long time) that are attributed to [only] knowing 30% of the neck That's a very simple example of kind of doing your homework Julian, who once played on-stage with Carlos Santana at age 9 then went on to underline a method for dealing with progressively harder elements of learning guitar theory thinking ‘despite all the things I know that I don't know - what is something I can do that I just feel I could do in my sleep A really good example would be probably playing a C Major chord The reason I say that is because I probably learned it really early on That's a metric for what it's like to have a mastery over a little domain on the instrument.” Lage explained that he’d progress to trying something a little less comfortable and try to get into a zone where he felt more relaxed playing complicated parts “I’d immediately ask ‘what has left me?’ - I can’t really breathe when I’m doing [this] I would keep going back to the reset (that safe C Major chord) and I would keep going back to that touchstone you can get those difficult things to feel good in a way I had faith in It’s very hard to have faith that you’re good at something if you’re not used to that ‘good’ feeling.” Lage credited his father with teaching him this relaxed way in to learning theory “I think that's how my father looked at teaching me guitar "There’s plenty for us guitarists to learn – and ‘less is more’ is the overriding lesson": how to play like George Harrison on The Beatles' Abbey Road "You owe your guitar the chance to be its best": How to clean and polish your guitar frets a better way “You have everyone from senior citizens to little kids who like heavy metal music It's a very friendly community”: Scary Ghost’s Tobias Forge reckons you've got metal all wrong Northern Shuffle is one of the standout tracks from Lage's 2024 studio album Northern Shuffle should come with a warning that it’ll be in both head and body for days and it’s a track that remarkably started out as a solo study for guitar before becoming lead instrument in a full six-piece ensemble Speaking to MusicRadar in March Lage said Northern Shuffle evolved of an long-held obsession with the history of the shuffle how it was articulated on drums and in on guitar “Shuffles sound different played by different people,” said Lage “I think the shuffles I am most obsessed with are what you hear with T-Bone Walker and Muddy Waters Dun-dah-dun-dah / dun-dah-dun… Whatever that is – and it is different for everybody – it is no way shape or form meant as trying to replicate [something] but finding your own personal shuffle because people feel that very idiosyncratically.”  Throughout the writing process for Speak To Me which took place while Lage was on tour with his trio one of the through lines was that they needed a groove “I wish you could hear the original because it is really a solo guitar piece “There are kind of two songs happening at once this irrational melody that has its own tempo That’s how I thought of it.”  That was in March. Just last week, in lieu of this video dropping, Lage did share a video of Northern Shuffle on solo guitar, all performed on his Collings acoustic guitar footage that serves to highlight just how physical it is to wrangle these sounds from the instrument.  finds Lage backed by his regular trio collaborators Dave King on drums and Jorge Roeder on double bass A post shared by Julian Lage (@jlage) it was a vintage Epiphone Coronet that he borrowed for the session that we’re hearing Lage says he was “lost” trying to get to grips with an unfamiliar guitar in an unfamiliar tuning which when you consider how tricksy that rhythm part is feels like an appropriate choice of instrument on a track that Lage says is the “physical heartbeat” of the record It’s a little bit of rubbing your stomach and patting your head where you go between the shuffle and the free melody shuffle “It’s a little bit of rubbing your stomach and patting your head and then at the V chord they converge for the grand finale I’d say that tune represents the rhythmic and kind of physical heartbeat of the record and developed from this three-way fascination Then you bring in the full band and it just sort of erupts.” Jonathan HorsleyJonathan Horsley has been writing about guitars and guitar culture since 2005 and shamefully still struggles with rhythm figure one of Van Halen’s Panama "I switched to a Stratocaster - I got a really good deal in the middle of the night for $120 - and then in 1972 Lowell George showed me his MXR compressor pedal”: Bonnie Raitt on how she developed her famous slide guitar style “The melodies work so well in this CGDGAD tuning I’ve absolutely fallen in love with this arrangement”: Magic Mike Dawes is at it again – he’s turned a Sleep Token track into a work of solo acoustic guitar genius One man spent an entire year recording a pine tree Hear the results as FOUR album epic is released