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Amos Lee: New Album and Dates
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JamBase
MISSION BELL OUT JANUARY 25; GUESTS LUCINDA WILLIAMS, WILLIE NELSON, SAM BEAM & MORE Philly singer-songwriter Amos Lee has announced January 25, 2011 as the release date for Mission Bell, his fourth album for EMI's Blue Note Records. Produced by Joey Burns of the acclaimed band Calexico and featuring guests Lucinda Williams, Willie Nelson, Sam Beam (Iron & Wine), Priscilla Ahn, Pieta Brown, and James Gadson and the musical backing of Calexico, the album marks the arrival of Amos Lee ...
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Amos Bros Media Announce Their New Line Of Mini Jazz Documentaries
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Jason Amos
The new monthly series Milestones Of Jazz chronicles original versions of jazz standards and the most notable remakes. The first release features the Herbie Hancock and the Headhunter's jazz/funk/fusion classic “Chameleon." Milestones Of Jazz is the brain child of New Orleans based jazz musicians Jason and Jamaal Amos. Future releases will include Mr. Magic (Grover Washington jr.), Put It Where You Want It (The Crusaders) and Birdland (Weather Report). Jazz critic James J.J. Johnson comments on the first release: “The ...
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Razdaz Recordz Releases Amos Hoffman's Carving
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Michael Ricci
Guitar and oud player Amos Hoffman, who has been performing and recording as a member of Avishai Cohen's band for more than two decades, will release his second CD on Cohen's RazDaz Recordz on May 11th.
On Carving, Hoffman makes his musical statement in two languages--guitar and oud. From the up tempo, almost danceable oud featured on Brown Sugar, to the scat influenced guitar on Ras, the tracks on Carving weave between instruments and moods, continuing to explore the boundaries ...
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Tori Amos: New Album First Seasonal Release
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JamBase
Midwinter Graces Arrives November 10
Tori Amos Tori Amos will release her first seasonal album, Midwinter Graces, on November 10 via Universal Republic. A follow up to Tori's critically acclaimed studio album, Abnormally Attracted to Sin, Midwinter Graces will find Amos reworking and expanding on classic carols as well as developing some of her own seasonal tracks.
Midwinter Graces is an album that has been in the making for the past 40 years. Raised in the Baltimore area under the ...
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Tori Amos South by Southwest and Other Veterans
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Michael Ricci
Seasoned acts have become an integral part of the festival.
Reporting from Austin, Texas -- For veteran artists, staging a triumphant return at South by Southwest has become almost as challenging as making a memorable toast in Times Square on New Year's Eve. The streets and bars teem with humanity, everyone is bent on having the best night ever and the thousand of artists playing are like so much confetti, scattered everywhere, turning the whole scene into a blur.
Yet ...
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Razdaz Recordz Will Release "Evolution" from Amos Hoffman on March 25
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GoMedia PR
New CD from Guitarist and Oudist Blends Jazz and Middle Eastern Influences Guitar and oud player Amos Hoffman, who has been performing and recording as a member of Avishai Cohen's band for more than two decades, will release Evolution, his debut CD on Cohen's Razdaz Recordz, on March 25. Since relocating to his native Israel in 1999 after years on the New York jazz scene, Hoffman has spent the time since the release of his last CD (2006's Na'ama, on ...
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