Recording News

In the studio with Eddie Benitez & angels: New CD, psychics on MJ's spirit and blasphemy in Ireland

Source: Michael Ricci
July 27, 2009

An interview with renowned World Music/New Age Jazz guitarist Eddie Benitez is never a one track conversation. Like the many intriguing tracks on his new cd, Visions of Angels, a conversation will take off in many directions, always with passionate views and, well, the company of angels if we are to take Eddie at his word. I was invited to interview Eddie at HGI Studios in Phoenix during the making of Visions of Angels, to be released September 1st on ...

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Offbeat, Nabokovian and West Coast Hip

Source: Michael Ricci
July 25, 2009

Franz Koglmann The Austrian jazz musician and composer Franz Koglmann likes to swim among his favorite artists, touching them and then cruising by. On his new album, “Lo-lee-ta” (Col Legno), he’s thinking about Vladimir Nabokov. How do you evoke Nabokov with music? It’s a matter of indirect inspiration: “detachment and coolness,” as Mr. Koglmann explained in the liner notes, has something to do with it. (A lot of his music sounds detached and cool, whatever it’s about.) But as a ...

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John Fogerty: New Album

Source: JamBase
July 25, 2009

John Fogerty Resurrects the Blue Ridge Rangers on September 1

John Fogerty On Tuesday, September 1, 2009 John Fogerty will release The Blue Ridge Rangers Rides Again. On this album, Fogerty brings back the concept behind his solo debut, 1973's The Blue Ridge Rangers. The collection of songs include classics such as John Prine's “Paradise," Buck Owens' “I Don't Care," Delaney and Bonnie's “Never Ending Song of Love" and John Denver's “Back Home Again," as well as his own “Change ...

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Assembly of Dust:Some Assembly Required

Source: JamBase
July 24, 2009

By: Dennis Cook

In terms of classic songcraft and upper tier musicianship, it's tough to beat Assembly of Dust. Ably lead by singer-guitarist-composer Reid Genauer, the group's third studio effort, Some Assembly Required (released July 21 on Rock Ridge Music) stands the greatest shot yet of busting this jam-adored cult act into the mainstream spotlight. The production is modern radio thick, the contemporary notion of what “rock" sounds like filtering into the band's more natural old school leanings, and each ...

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Special Upcoming Delmark Shows and New Releases for the Summer and Fall

Source: Michael Ricci
July 24, 2009

Hey Hey Chicago Jazz and Blues Fans!! We wanted to let you know about some special Delmark Records related shows coming up in the next few weeks and announce our new releases for the summer and fall. We really appreciate your support and help in spreading the the good word on GREAT SOUNDS from Chicago! Delmark All-Star Blues Concert and new Delmark DVD screening ("It Ain't Over! 55 Years of Blues) at Buddy Guy's Legends-July 24 Kahil El 'Zabar and ...

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Beats Antique: New EP

Source: JamBase
July 24, 2009

Beats Antique New EP: Contraption Vol. 1

Beats Antique Growing like wildfire under the canopy of live electonica and world roots music comes Beats Antique, a masterful merge of modern technology, live instrumentation and seductive performance. After only two and half years performing as a cohesive force, the group has just self released their third album, Contraption, Vol.1 which marks the first in a two-part EP series.

The EP can be downloaded here.

The seven-track dance floor ready EP is ...

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Roy Hargrove Big Band Album

Source: JamBase
July 24, 2009

Roy Hargrove Releases Emergence - His First Big Band Album - On August 25

Roy Hargrove Acclaimed trumpeter, composer, and bandleader Roy Hargrove realizes a lifelong dream with the August 25 release of Emergence, his first big band album. Nineteen pieces strong, Hargrove's ensemble is a vibrant and versatile group, tackling a wide range of material and styles with equal doses of precision and passion.

“Financially speaking, this is probably the worst thing I could ever do," Hargrove said. “But ...

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Cass Elliot's Final Recordings Reissued on Collectors' Choice on August 25

Source: conqueroo
July 23, 2009

Singer had moved from Dunhill to RCA, shed the “Mama,” and recorded two albums her way prior to her 1974 death. Daughter Owen Elliot-Kugell oversaw CD debuts. DVD release of 1969 TV Special also planned.

LOS ANGELES, Calif. — While Mama Cass Elliot is mostly remembered for her vocal harmonies with the quintessential California folk-rock quartet the Mamas & the Papas, her story did not end there. Elliot (born Ellen Cohen) came to music via the New York folk scene ...

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