Recording News

Thelonious Dub to Release Debut CD

Source: All About Jazz
September 29, 2009

Thelonious Dub, Hollywood based modern jazz quartet led by guitarist Joe Bartone, launches their first full-length studio effort with a special CD release party to be held at Home Restaurant and Lounge in Silverlake on Saturday, October 24 at 7pm.

The CD Release Party is open to the public and features sets by both Thelonious Dub and The Brad Rabuchin Trio led Ray Charles guitarist Brad Rabuchin now teaching at Musician's Institute. There is no admission cover.

Thelonious Dub plays ...

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Trans-Mediterranean Blues in Five Languages

Source: rock paper scissors, inc.
September 29, 2009

Trans-Mediterranean Blues in Five Languages and the Instrumentarium of Abaji

“I just can't play a new instrument," laughs Lebanese-born multi-instrumentalist and singer-songwriter Abaji. “I always fall for the old broken ones. It's like one broken heart speaking to another, and I feel I can transform these old instruments into the sounds I hear in my head." These sounds and the adapted, revived instruments that make them reverberate on Origine Orients (Absilone Music; November 10, 2009 ), as Abaji reimagines his ...

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Poncho Sanchez Releases New CD - Psychedelic Blues

Source: On Target Media Group
September 28, 2009

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The Dodenhoff Session

Source: Michael Ricci
September 28, 2009

As a free download on amiestreet.com Leron Thomas released The Dodenhoff Session September 14, 2009. Free- as a partial reaction to the current state of the recording industry, but more so as a way to deliver real music to people who seek it. The three track EP embodies genre-crossing of past times, when artists didn't seek to be defined by catagory so carelessly, for marketing purposes alone. Leron Thomas proves to be a voice of now, highlighting the spirit of ...

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Dani Gurgel: "Agora" Released

Source: Michael Ricci
September 28, 2009

Dani Gurgel's long awaited release “Agora" was recently released on ArtistShare on September 16th. It features a wide range of talented, Brazilian composers mixing traditional styles with modern grooves, all while featuring the fantastic voice of Dani Gurgel. Watch this amazing band, and take a listen to what they have to say about the music and the new project (see video below). In Dani's own words: This project is inspired on the series of concerts 'Dani Gurgel and the New ...

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Alex Cuba Releases "Agua Del Pozo"

Source: rock paper scissors, inc.
September 28, 2009

The New Face of Cuban Soul Rock from the North: Alex Cuba's Agua del Pozo Breaks the Language Barrier

Mangoes sprouting in the tundra. The new face of Latin soul thriving in a hamlet a day's drive north of Vancouver, British Columbia. This is the story of guitarist, singer, and songwriter Alex Cuba, who came into his musical own in the Canadian north and whose Cuban soul rock power trio flies in the face of conventional notions of what Latin ...

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The Black Seeds Plant New Zealand's Roots Sounds on New Album

Source: rock paper scissors, inc.
September 28, 2009

The Lord of the Rings put New Zealand's beauty and creative spirit on the pop culture map. Flight of the Conchords revealed New Zealand's unique wit. Now reggae/funk sensations The Black Seeds Conchord friends and former band mates are ready to take listeners one step deeper into the Other Down Under, with infectious grooves, slamming brass, and booty shaking beats on the group's first North American release, Solid Ground (Easy Star Records; Released exclusively on iTunes September 15; everywhere else ...

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Jamie Cullum to Release "The Pursuit" on March 2, 2010

Source: Michael Ricci
September 28, 2009

FIRST SOLO RECORD IN FOUR YEARS Verve Records is very excited to announce the release of Jamie Cullum's first solo record in four years. The record is called The Pursuit and is being released March 2, 2010. It's Cullum's fifth record in a genre-defying career that has entertained an ever-growing fanbase across the globe since his first Verve record was released in 2002. The title of the record is taken from Nancy Milford's classic novel, The Pursuit of Love, and ...

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