Recording News

Stephen Michael Thornton Makes Digital Debut with New Dance/Pop Singles!

Source: All About Jazz
October 15, 2009

Singer STEPHEN MICHAEL THORNTON officially hit the digital market with the recent release of two new pop singles. A preview of his upcoming album, Love Machine and Time to Get Dirty are funky pop club bangers with a Jackson esk feel. An incredible talent, THORNTON wrote and arranged both singles while co-producing with DJ Paul Wicked, and tracking guitar, keyboard, and background vocals. “My number one aim is to make people feel good. Joy, passion, and excitement are what I ...

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Keith Price - Breakfast of Champions

Source: All About Jazz
October 13, 2009

Rising out of Winnipeg’s booming jazz scene, twenty-five year old Keith Price and his quintet are exploring the interplay of ‘spontaneous composition music‘ and seemingly incongruous 20th century styles.

Influenced by artists as diverse as Lenny Breau, Fela Kuti, Neil Young, and early Coldplay, Price’s modern and open approach to music is evident in his original compositions. His debut album, Breakfast of Champions, highlights adventurous improvisation and the remarkable synergy of a young group. Recorded live to two-track one wintry ...

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Singer-Songwriter Vic Chesnutt Releases Skitter on Take-off (Vapor Records)

Source: 1888 Media
October 12, 2009

THE VIC CHESNUTT RECORD AND WHY ME AND TOMMY WANTED TO DO IT

“My drummer Tommy Larkin and I were driving in the van across the United States as we do two or three times a year on our tours of clubs and I said, “Y’ know, we should produce Vic’s next record!” And he said he thought so too. We both were thinking that the way to get the feeling for Vic as a listener was to hear just ...

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New CD Release Thomas Lorenzo Quartet, "Spanish Breeze"

Source: Barcelona Music
October 12, 2009

Barcelona Music presents the Thomas Lorenzo Quartet's Spanish Breeze. A Crossroads of Australian and Spanish culture.

“I am the son of Spanish immigrants that left behind fascism in the 50's to start a new life in Australian democracy. This CD is the crossroad where Australia and Spain meet," says Thomas Lorenzo

Alphonso Johnson (Weather Report), Dave Garfield (George Benson) and Walfredo Reyes Jr (Santana) were enchanted by the compositions of an Australian Spanish composer on the other side of the ...

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Zappa Vocal Legend Napoleon Murphy Brock to Release Vintage Live Recordings

Source: Glass Onyon PR - Keith James
October 12, 2009

Zappa vocal legend and 2008 Grammy Award recipient Napoleon Murphy Brock plans to release a CD of vintage live recordings in December 2009 entitled 'This is What Frank Zappa Heard - Just in Case You Were Wondering - Live at the Red Noodle in Waikiki, Hawaii'.

Fans worldwide have heard Napoleon's extraordinairy vocals, sax and flute on such beloved Zappa albums as 'Roxy & Elsewhere', 'One Size Fits All', 'Bongo Fury' and 'Thing Fish', not to mention his work with ...

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Anna Estrada Claims Her Place as a Singer with "Obsesión" CD

Source: Braithwaite & Katz Communications
October 11, 2009

Obsesión, the powerful new release by Bay Area singer Anna Estrada, features a collection of love songs that suggest markers of an improbable, winding road that has led her back home. “Music was always part of my life,” says Anna. “But families have a tendency to have roles for each member. In my family the person who had the voice was my mother. So none of us would think of singing because my mother was the one who had the ...

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Vocalist and Composer Kat Parra Returns with Her New Ensemble, the Sephardic Music Experience in Dos Amantes

Source: Braithwaite & Katz Communications
October 11, 2009

* Featuring special guests Jason McGuire, guitar; Ravi Gutala, tablas; and members of the Temple Sinai Choir of Oakland * “… a moveable feast of Latin styles... [Her vocals are] beautifully shaped; her grasp of [the] archaic Judeo-Spanish style is remarkable.” — Philip Van Vleck, Billboard Review “… an exceptional world-music ambassador… an album [Azucar de Amor] about hope and, by extension, music's role as a universally uniting force.” — Chris Loudon, JazzTimes “Parra isn't content with tried and true ...

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Jon O'Bergh - Releases "Specters of Twilight" (Experimental/Jazz/Avant-Garde)

Source: Michael Ricci
October 11, 2009

Artist: Jon O'Bergh Title: Specters of Twilight Label: Pearl Jazz Recording Label Release No.: PJRL-092209 Distribution: Cdbaby/Pearl Jazz Recording Label Style: Experimental/Jazz/Soundtrack/TV-Film Score/Ambient/Sound Effects Release Date: September 22, 2009 Availability: Cdbaby, Amazon & iTunes Artist Website: www.obergh.net

Jon O'Bergh released his Pearl Jazz Recording Label debut album, SPECTERS OF TWILIGHT, on September 22, 2009.

SPECTERS OF TWILIGHT was produced by Jon O'Bergh and features ...

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