Recording News

Mask Featuring Sonja Kristina (Curved Air) and Marvin Ayres to Release Second Album 'Technopia'

Source: Glass Onyon PR - Keith James
December 9, 2009

London, UK - Much to the anticipation of the music press and fans worldwide, MASK are releasing their second album 'Technopia' on r.a.r.e (Repertoire) Jan 2010 and will be performing in UK and Europe in April - May 2010. This is MASK's first release since their UK Top 20 Club hit single 'Waking The Dream'. MASK are actress/singer Sonja Kristina (Curved Air) and modern classical composer/producer/Cellist Marvin Ayres. Both established innovators in music and performance. Marvin Ayres's album Cellosphere (Mille ...

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The New Coldtrainblues CD "The Party Train" Delivers the Funk

Source: Just Roots PR
December 9, 2009

Rizing Sun Records has announced, the release of 'The Party Train', a new CD by ColdtrainBlues. ColdtrainBlues combines the elements of great rhythm and blues, traditional blues, along with the fiery vocals and guitar work of Jeffery 'Coldtrain' Colbert.

The Album brings back memories of the late great Johnny Guitar Watson, with provocative vocals and driving rhythms. The groups motto is 'Funkin' Da Blues' is more than a motto. With great guitar solos, that would make Eric Clapton, BB King, ...

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Alice Cooper's '80s Albums Reissued on Collectors' Choice

Source: conqueroo
December 9, 2009

Final three Warner Bros. albums -- Special Forces, Zipper Catches Skin and Dada -- released at the inception of punk and new wave

LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- As Alice Cooper entered the 1980s, the emergence of punk (which in turn owned a debt to him) revitalized his sound and material, steering him away from the overblown albums of the late '70s and back into the raw, nasty rock 'n' roll which, along with his gothic-horror stage show, brought him his ...

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CD Reviews: Stories Real and Incomplete

Source: See! Hear! by Richard Kamins
December 9, 2009

Stories in Real Time - Darryl Harper (HiPNOTIC) - There is nothing more exciting for a reviewer/listener to discover an artist that makes such a positive impression on first listen. Though this is clarinetist/composer Darryl Harper's 5th CD as a leader, it's the first time for me and this is one fine project. Born in Philadelphia, PA (a city with a great jazz heritage), Harper has been a professional musician since he was 16.  He's opened for the ...

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Juilliard Jazz Gets Ready for the Holidays with New CD Release: Juilliard Jazz 2009 Holiday: "Joy to the World"

Source: Michael Ricci
December 8, 2009

Juilliard Jazz gets ready for the holiday season with a new CD release, Juilliard Jazz 2009 Holiday: Joy To The World, featuring Juilliard Jazz students performing in jazz versions of holiday favorites, including “Silent Night," “Oh Christmas Tree," “Deck the Halls," and many others. The songs were arranged by the students. Proceeds from the CD sales go towards the Juilliard Jazz Program. Juilliard Jazz students featured on the CD are: Patrick Cornelius, Will Reardon Anderson, and Peter Reardon Anderson (on ...

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Jazzed About Year-End Lists

Source: Michael Ricci
December 7, 2009

By Josh Bayer Making a year-end list is a terrifying thing -- it's a thought that has been incessantly rattling around in my head since early January of this year. Having never been a music editor before, I had never felt the journalistic pressure to carve out a definitive list of my “tops." But this year, I've felt an almost martyrish burn -- a desire to present to Ann Arbor my name-stamped list of 2009's finest releases. I sometimes worry ...

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John Mayall: Unbreakable

Source: JamBase
December 6, 2009

By: Jarrod Dicker

John Mayall “I think we are keeping it alive," John Mayall murmurs in a rather sanguine tone responding to my query about the impending death of the blues. “It's not only that though, it's inspiring kids and musicians, who seem to be taking to their instruments a lot earlier than they used to do. It just shows the power of the music. It keeps going from ...

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Two ancient-future.com Titles Selected for NPR Discover Songs Program

Source: Michael Ricci
December 6, 2009

Two Ancient-Future.Com Titles Selected for NPR Discover Songs Program

In Stores 12/10/09-1/20/10: Planet Passion by Ancient Future and Sangria by Mariah Parker

With the NPR Discover Songs Program, the book and music distribution company Baker & Taylor has partnered with National Public Radio. In this branded merchandising program, book stores showcase six exciting new CD titles every six weeks selected by knowledgeable experts at Baker & Taylor and NPR. Two Ancient-Future.Com titles were selected for the December (12/10/09 to 1/20/10) ...

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