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Jaime Ospina Announces Debut Album ‘the Vessel’ A Celebration Of The African Diaspora Through Music Is Due Out May 24!

Source: Press Junkie PR
May 24, 2025

Jaime Ospina, a longtime fixture in Austin’s vibrant music scene, is set to release his debut solo album, The Vessel, on May 24, 2025. He is a member of the Austin Music Award-winning Best Latin Act Superfónicos, and founder of the innovative non-profit Feeding Souls, which brings live music to children and other underserved community members. Ospina’s debut solo album is an extraordinary collaboration of an eclectic mix of musicians who honor the deep, interwoven histories of African and Latin ...

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Dario Acosta Teich New Single 'Pétalo Del Sur' Features Marta Gómez & based Off Stunning Poem By Esteemed Poet Dardo Solórzano. Out Now.

Source: Press Junkie PR
September 8, 2024

Dario Acosta Teich is proud to announce the second single, “Pétalo Del Sur,” off his upcoming album “Tierra Infinita.” The new song features the celebrated Colombian singer Marta Gómez, a Latin Grammy and Latin Billboard Music Award winner, and Tucuman poet Dardo Solórzano. “Pétalo Del Sur” is due out September 6 and will be available everywhere you stream music. Blends and fusions are a theme heard on the new single and throughout the album, Dario comments, “the new music embraces ...

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Event

Eclectic Modern Jazz Band Nori Will Be Performing Nina Simone Tribute Show At The 04 Center in Austin On July 13

Source: Press Junkie PR
May 28, 2024

Nori is an eclectic modern jazz band featuring Akina Adderley on vocals, Erik Telford on trumpet, Nick Litterski on keys, Aaron Allen on upright bass, and Andy Beaudoin on drums. Festival Peak describes Nori as “a five-person gift from Austin, TX.” Enriching an aesthetic deeply rooted in American jazz and folk music, the ensemble playfully weaves together a myriad of global influences giving rise to a seamless synthesis of sound. These musical explorations expertly balance the narrative of the song ...

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Atlas Maior Celebrates Vinyl Release 'Hadal Deluxe Edition' With Vinyl Release Show On June 7th At Monks Jazz Club

Source: Press Junkie PR
May 21, 2024

The internationally lauded global jazz ensemble Atlas Maior is presenting a culmination of their creative work from 2020-2024 with their very first vinyl release Hadal Deluxe Edition. The new record is due out on June 7th, and will be celebrated at their record release party at The Monks Jazz Club, Austin, TX! Hadal Deluxe Edition vinyl is reflective of Atlas Maior’s highly collaborative nature and features original and cross-cultural collaborative compositions. Reflecting back on a career of musical journeys, Atlas ...

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Music Industry

Cult Funk Group Brooklyn Funk Essentials New Single ‘Scream!’ Out Now

Source: Press Junkie PR
July 21, 2022

The cult funk ensemble Brooklyn Funk Essentials have released their exciting new single “Scream!" today (13th July 2022). “Scream!" is taken from the group’s hotly anticipated seventh studio album Intuition, which will come out in November 2022 on Dorado Records, the original label who first signed the band in 1994. “Scream!" is an infectious and uplifting funk and afrobeat jam, a syncopated groove wrapped by powerful Tower Of Power style horns and percussion, with lyrics that make a shout for ...

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Jhelisa New Single ‘Oxygen’ Out Now On Dorado Records

Source: Press Junkie PR
July 20, 2022

She’s back. Released today on Dorado Records, musical maverick Jhelisa returns with a triumphant masterpiece, “Oxygen,' a breath-taking, expansive, unapologetic 11-minute opus. Underpinned by her glorious, deeply seductive voice, remarkable in its power and spiritual force, the richly nuanced track journeys through sections of hypnotic rhythms, infectious hooks, probing jazz lines, African chanting, blues-drenched harmonica, pacey percussion and slower slices of sweet soul jazz. The sound is an exciting sonic assault featuring a masterful band that includes legendary bassist Oteil ...

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Paris Combo New Album 'Quesaco?' Is Out May 6, 2022 On Six Degrees Records

Source: Press Junkie PR
May 1, 2022

Paris Combo, the French quintet Variety describes as possessing “a seemingly endless supply of catchy hooks and imaginative lyrics,” is back with a new album, Quesaco? The full-length release is their seventh studio album, but also the last recorded with the group’s late singer/songwriter Belle du Berry, who died suddenly on August 11, 2020, aged just 54, following a brief battle with cancer. Stream their latest single “Seine de la vie parisienne" here. Hailed by Billboard as “a vocalist/accordionist and ...

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Event

Djerassi Films Presents: Resurrection! Airto Moreira And Preservation Hall Jazz Band At The 24th Unaff

Source: Press Junkie PR
October 16, 2021

Djerassi Films is excited to present Resurrection! Airto Moreira and the Preservation Hall Jazz Band at the 24th UNAFF on Saturday, Oct. 23rd. In this new documentary, producer/director Dale Djerassi brings two powerful forces in the world of jazz together and takes us behind the scenes as famed percussionist Airto Moreira joins the Preservation Hall Jazz Band during Mardi Gras in the Big Easy. Airto Moreira is a world-renowned jazz drummer and percussionist from Brazil, who exhibited great talent at ...

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