Recording News

MAXJAZZ Celebrates 10th Anniversary, Two New Releases and Artist Tour Schedule

Source: All About Jazz
June 18, 2009

Greetings from MAXJAZZ! We have some exciting news to share with you. We have two new releases on the way. Our artists are performing at some top-notch venues and festivals. We have our tenth anniversary celebration in September. Thank you for your continued support of our artists. We hope you'll forward this newsletter to your friends. Also, please let us hear from you because it's through our listeners that we improve. “Recording distinctive jazz for the listener and for the ...

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Sting Announces 'Winter' Album for Fall

Source: Billboard Magazine
June 18, 2009

Summer is just around the corner, but Sting has another season on his mind. The singer announced today (June 17) that his next album, If On a Winter's Night..., will be inspired by his favorite time of year and feature two original compositions as well as traditional songs, carols and lullabies from the British Isles. The album is slated for release October 27 on Deutsche Grammophon. “The theme of winter is rich in inspiration and material," Sting said in a ...

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Hot Buttered Rum: New Album

Source: JamBase
June 18, 2009

THE ENDLESS TOUR CONTINUES IN SUPPORT OF THIRD LONG-PLAYER

HBR - Las Tortugas '08 :: By Josh Miller After seven years of relentless touring, and two highly acclaimed studio albums, San Francisco's Hot Buttered Rum will release Limbs Akimbo, their third studio album, on September 8, 2009.

The new tracks were produced by singer-songwriter Tim Bluhm (Mother Hips, Skinny Singers), who has also produced The Traditionist, Little Wings and Jackie Greene, at Mission Bells Studios in San Francisco. David Simon ...

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K'naan:Troubadour

Source: JamBase
June 18, 2009

By: Trevor Pour

The Somalian-born and Canadian-rasied K'naan has been a breath of fresh air in the stagnant depths of hip-hop since his very first moment in the spotlight. From the groundbreaking Dusty Foot Philosopher to the current release, Troubadour (A&M/Octone), K'naan has found a way to simultaneously reject both mainstream and underground tiresome hip-hop cliches. His brand of lyricism and musicianship focuses not on posturing or arrogance but on truth, respect and generosity. And although you're sure to discover ...

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Robben Ford to Release "Soul on Ten" August 11,2009

Source: All About Jazz
June 17, 2009

For Soul on Ten, his fourth and latest album for the Concord Music Group, five-time Grammy nominee Robben Ford is definitely on ten, playing with the kind of skill and experience that had Musician magazine dubbing him one of the 100 Greatest Guitarists of the 20th Century. With eight of the ten tracks recorded live over two nights at The Independent in San Francisco last Apriljust across town from the Fillmore, where the north California native grew up hearing the ...

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Vocalist-Songwriter-Pianist Spencer Day to Release Concord Jazz Debut "Vagabond" on Sept. 8th

Source: All About Jazz
June 17, 2009

(Beverly Hills, CA -- Concord Jazz has announced the release of Vagabond, the new album from up-and-coming vocalist-songwriter-pianist Spencer Day. Vagabond marks Days first release on Concord Jazz and cements his reputation as a balladeer for the new century. The 14-track album will be available on September 8th. Spencer Day is an artistic vagabond, a modern-day musical nomad. Born in Utah, raised in rural Arizona and currently living in Los Angeles, Day has called many places home. He has wandered ...

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Dani Gurgel's "Agora" Coming Soon on ArtistShare!

Source: All About Jazz
June 17, 2009

Dani Gurgel has been hard at work on her latest project, “Agora”, which is to be released September 16th. Her music is an exciting mix of traditional Brazilian music, featuring subtle, profound rhythmic grooves, plus the improvisational excitement of jazz music. In Dani's own words: “This project's name, Agora, means Now. But, right below that first meaning, there's gora, a place in Athens, where citizens would gather to make art and democracy. That's what we intend to do: gather people, ...

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Nathan Moore New EP

Source: JamBase
June 17, 2009

NATHAN MOORE Set To Release FOLK SINGER EP August 18 On The Royal Potato Family

“As troubadours go, they don't come much truer than Nathan Moore. Nathan has a genuine communion with the lyric and craft of song, and an emotive and experienced voice influenced largely by Dylan, Tom Waits, Bukowski, Leonard Cohen, and years of travel." -JamBase

Nathan Moore Nathan Moore is a folk singer. For that, he makes no apologies. Some would run from the connotations ...

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