Recording News

Among the Oak and Ash:Among the Oak and Ash

Source: JamBase
August 11, 2009

By: Cat Johnson

A really good song, one that stands the test of time, at some point transcends simply being a song and becomes a part our history and culture. We call on these songs in times of joy, sorrow, love and pain. They help us to connect with ourselves and each other.

I'm a big fan of American roots music. I've heard countless versions of hundreds of different traditional songs and I'll tell you the new self-titled album from ...

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Ogogo Release "Lunar Surphase" on III Records

Source: Michael Ricci
August 11, 2009

After the dazzling Redux, OGOGO, the trombone-guitar duo of Rod Oakes and Igor Grigoriev returns to their origins with a tour de force of Russian avant-garde with Lunar Surphase. Affluent and soulful, this is OGOGO at their most impressive, supported by extraordinary musicians and performing compositions extremely close to their spirit. Predisposed by the unusual modal system of Russian music, the counterpoint of Johann Sebastian Bach and the harmonic magnetism of Modest ...

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Patrick Yandall Hits the Top of the Smooth Jazz Charts with Urban Flight Single

Source: Michael Ricci
August 11, 2009

San Diego, CA -- Veteran jazz guitarist Patrick Yandalls tenth indie release A New Day, delivers the goods once again. It has become commonplace at this point in Yandalls career for him to release a new album of excellent smooth jazz that makes an immediate impact.

As with his previous work the songs of A New Day are filled with Yandalls smooth guitar soloing that goes into different directions. Yandall expertly peppers the new release ...

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James McMurtry "Live in Europe" CD/DVD with Ian McLagan and Jon Dee Graham Readied for Oct. 13

Source: conqueroo
August 10, 2009

Album cements McMurtry’s ability to make great live albums as augured by 2004’s Live in Aught-Three. Live in Europe available as CD/DVD set and collectors’ edition vinyl LP/DVD set.

AUSTIN, Texas — James McMurtry’s recent studio albums, 2005’s Childish Things and 2008’s Just Us Kids, earned him formidable accolades. The Village Voice called him “a poet of the people.” Stephen King, writing in Entertainment Weekly, pronounced him “the truest, fiercest songwriter of his generation.” Yet a lot of current McMurtry ...

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Tim Brantley Reaches National Audience with Appearance on the CW Network

Source: Seth Cohen PR
August 10, 2009

Tim Brantley’s Performance on The CW TV Network Airs on 200 Stations Nationwide NYC FASHION WEEK Show Confirmed for 9/10 at Tommy Hilfiger’s in SoHo Check out southern rocker Tim Brantley’s appearance on WGN-TV / CW Network. This solo/grand piano performance of ‘The Race’ aired on over 200 CW stations nationwide, including in New York, Los Angeles, Boston and Chicago. ‘The Race’ is the latest radio hit for Brantley, and the track recalls the cinematic, piano-driven storytelling of Billy Joel’s ...

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Chris Pasin Releases "Detour Ahead" on H2o Records

Source: Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
August 10, 2009

New York, NY -- Chris Pasins love affair with the trumpet began at the age of nine. After many years of frustration trying to survive as a creative musician he left music to take on different occupations to support his family. As his family grew they gradually pulled him back into music by picking up instruments and reenergizing the artist. Now after a long waiting period Pasins solo album Detour Ahead will finally make its debut on H20 Records on ...

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Charles Rumback: "Two Kinds of Art Thieves" on Clean Feed Records

Source: Michael Ricci
August 10, 2009

Charles Rumback, drums Jason Ajemian, bass Joshua Sclar, tenor saxophone Greg Ward, alto saxophone Tracklist:

Ice Factory Three Storey Birdhouse Manifesto Four Ruminations Multiples We Left Green Briar Park All songs by Charles Rumback except Ice Factory and Multiples by Charles Rumback, Joshua Sclar and Greg Ward. All songs published by In the New Year (ASCAP) Recorded at the Ice ...

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George Benson "Songs and Stories" in Stores August 25

Source: Special Ops Media
August 10, 2009

National Endowment of the Arts Jazz Master and 10X Grammy-winning, legendary musician George Benson will release his new album on August 25th entitled Songs and Stories, his second for Concord Records / Monster Music. The album is a collection of tunes penned by some of the most prolific and enduring songwriters of the last half-century. Some were written specifically for this new recording, such as Bill Withers’ (who came out of retirement to write “A Telephone Call Away” for George), ...

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