Recording News

Joe Louis Walker's Incendiary Between a Rock and the Blues

Source: Just Roots PR
August 31, 2009

“I want to be like Louis Armstrong and B.B. King. Play everywhere, all the time, as often as I possibly can. Travel anywhere there’s an audience for my music, take every opportunity, and keep playing and singing as well as I know I can.”

It’s Joe Louis Walker talking, a man who goes through passports way faster than 99 per cent of Americans, and a man who does everything he can to refresh his timeless music.

Now, with his 20th ...

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The Adam Meckler Quintet Announces Release of Debut Album

Source: All About Jazz
August 31, 2009

Jazz trumpeter Adam Meckler and his quintet are set to release their first full-length album. Since relocating to Minneapolis in 2008, Meckler — who hails from Chicago and studied at Lawrence University — has quickly established himself as a bright star in the Twin Cities jazz scene. As a trumpet player, Meckler already finds himself in a class of his own locally, combining technical savvy with fresh, thoughtful improvisation — but it's perhaps his compositions that make this young musician ...

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Myron Walden Returns from Recording Sabbatical

Source: Michael Ricci
August 31, 2009

Much like Sonny Rollins before him, the gifted saxophonist Myron Walden has taken a sabbatical from recording to master the tenor saxophone, woodshed, and compose; this winter will see his reemergence, with the release of three albums of original material. Demi Sound Records will release Momentum on November 17 with In This World and Countrified following in January, 2010. Momentum consists of original compositions inspired by the works of Miles Davis' 1960s aggregations. Joining Walden are Darren Barrett (Roy Hargrove, ...

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Massive Attack: New EP Features Tvotr Tunde and More

Source: JamBase
August 30, 2009

Massive Attack Set To Release New EP October 6 Followed By New Album In February

Massive Attack Legendary trip-hop duo Massive Attack has announced the release of their first new material in three years - an EP of four new tracks due for release October 6. The lead song “Splitting The Atom" features Robert Del Naja (3D), Grant Marshall (Daddy G) and Horace Andy, while TV On The Radio frontman Tunde Adebimpe guests on “Pray For Rain." The ...

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Magnolia Electric CO.:Josephine

Source: JamBase
August 30, 2009

By: Dennis Cook

There's not many voices with more exposed nerve endings, more unpasteurized feeling than Jason Molina, a sound as lonely as the world's first ghost and as comforting as gospel music to folks in turmoil. Molina and his ever-searching, ever-honest tunes are the shifting, moving heart beating inside Magnolia Electric Co., who've very quietly become one of the finest roots rock units out there. With the steadiness of Aesop's tortoise, Molina and his shifting assortment of collaborators make ...

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Bassist Linda Oh Releases Debut CD Entry with a Compelling, Innovative Trio

Source: Fully Altered Media
August 29, 2009

Chinese-Malay-Aussie Bassist Claims Her Place on the NY Scene with a Set of Cerebrally Edgy Dialogues feat. Ambrose Akinmusire and Obed Calvaire

Release Date: October 6, 2009

The title of Linda Oh's debut CD, Entry, describes not only her emergence as a leader, but her arrival amongst the ranks of bassists who step out of the sidelines into the spotlight with a strong, cohesive vision. Alongside Ambrose Akinmusire on trumpet and drummer Obed Calvaire, Oh offers a compelling ...

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Ben Allison -- Think Free: In Stores and on-Line October 13

Source: Fully Altered Media
August 29, 2009

Bassist/composer Ben Allison's ninth album, Think Free, is part of a paradigm shift that began with his 2005 Palmetto Records release,Cowboy Justice. “I wanted a band that rocked," says Allison of his changing sound. “I was moving away from the chamber-jazz elements of Medicine Wheel and Peace Pipe and trying to incorporate other sounds into my music. I continue to try to get to something personal. Cowboy Justice, Little Things Run the World (Palmetto, 2008), and nowThink Freeare all one ...

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Bob Dylan: Holiday Album

Source: JamBase
August 28, 2009

Columbia Records Has Announced The October 13 Release Of Bob Dylan's New Album Of Holiday Songs, Christmas In The Heart

Bob Dylan The holiday centric release Christmas In The Heart will be the 47th release from Bob Dylan, following his worldwide chart-topping Together Through Life, released earlier this year. Songs performed by Dylan on Christmas In The Heart include, “Here Comes Santa Claus," “Winter Wonderland," “Little Drummer Boy" and “Must Be Santa."

All of Bob Dylan's U.S. royalties ...

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