Recording News

Ott Free Download Release

Source: JamBase
July 16, 2009

Ott - Live at Gnomelandia, A Free Mix

Ott Veteran British producer Ott has been no stranger to the U.S. touring market in the last year. With almost 40 shows since last October, Ott has built solid momentum around his live show, which fuses traditional dub undertones with his mastery of electronic sounds.

Live at Gnomelandia is a 60-minute mix that incorporates unreleased versions of songs from both of Ott's studio albums, Blumenkraft and Skylon, as well as an exclusive ...

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Vinny Peculiar:Sometimes I Feel Like a King

Source: JamBase
July 16, 2009

By: Dennis Cook

So easy to warm to and full of steaming depths once you snuggle in, Vinny Peculiar & The Blue Poppies of Ambrosia's new long-player finds the U.K. pop craftsman in his best form yet, a gently swaying encapsulation of slightly left of Beatles songwriting realized with tight, snappy musicianship and good, clean production. If you sport a lil' sonic chub for Robyn Hitchcock, The dB's, Sensations, Billy Bragg, The Feelies or other high quality, post-Byrds fare then ...

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Levon Helm:Electric Dirt

Source: JamBase
July 16, 2009

By: Tim Dwenger

One of the great spirits of American music, Levon Helm, has returned with Electric Dirt (released June 30 on Vanguard Records), a stellar follow-up to 2007's Grammy winning Dirt Farmer. Like Dirt Farmer, Helm's new offering features a wide variety of cover tunes but this time the record showcases Helm's return to songwriting on the bittersweet “Growin' Trade." The ballad, which he penned with former Bob Dylan guitarist Larry Campbell (who also produced the album), laments the ...

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Toubab Krewe Release "Fire": Tour with Earl Smith

Source: JamBase
July 16, 2009

Toubab Krewe launches the second wave of summer tour with release of “Fire" A new single featuring Jamaican legends Lukani, Earl Smith and Leroy Wallace

Toubab Krewe Fresh from widely praised performances at Rothbury (read our review here), where members of the band joined The Dead on percussion during their headlining July 4th set, Toubab Krewe launches into the second leg of their summer tour with the release of a new single, “Fire." The collaborative new song was ...

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Califone: New Album

Source: JamBase
July 16, 2009

Califone Will Release Their New Album All My Friends Are Funeral Singers October 6 On Dead Oceans

Califone The critically acclaimed Chicago post-rock act Califone is set to release their forthcoming album All My Friends Are Funeral Singers October 6 on Dead Oceans. The album marks the highly anticipated follow-up to 2006's Roots & Crowns, which The New York Times calls “enthralling," and Paste praises as “Acoustic Delta blues, back-porch Appalachia, folk-pop and syncopated funk marinate in futuristic ...

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Adam Shulman Releases New Album "Patterns of Change"

Source: All About Jazz
July 15, 2009

Adam Shulman's new album Patterns of Change is is out now. His latest effort features Dayna Stephens on tenor saxophone, Mike Olmos on trumpet, John Wiitala on bass and John Arkin on drums. CDs/downloads are available at CD Baby and on iTunes. About Adam Shulman Adam Shulman has been a staple of the San Francisco Jazz scene since he moved to the city in 2002. Before the move, Adam was a student at UC Santa Cruz where he studied with ...

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Gerry Mulligan, Live in Paris

Source: All About Jazz
July 15, 2009

Inner City Records happily announces the re-release of IC 7017 - Gerry Mulligan, Live in Paris. This album, recorded at the Salle Pleyel in Paris in 1954, presents Mulligan in one of his famed pianoless quartets. He is joined by Bob Brookmeyer on trombone, Red Mitchell on bass, and Frank Isola on drums.

Though French audiences of the time were notoriously unreceptive to anything that wasn't traditional jazz, this concert was a wild success. As Charles Delauney commented later, “I ...

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Otis Taylor:Pentatonic Wars and Love Songs

Source: JamBase
July 15, 2009

By: Dennis Cook

The most exciting, creative new voice to emerge from the blues world in the past decade continues to confound expectations on his tenth album, Pentatonic Wars and Love Songs (released June 23 on Telarc). As the title implies, the theme of love swirls in this latest baker's dozen, but the ribbons, bows and romance novel cliches are ditched for a harder, sturdier kind of love full of heat and calloused endurance.

For a musician known for sussing ...

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