Recording News

Neil Young: New Album

Source: JamBase
March 5, 2009

Neil Young To Release Fork In The Road On April 7

Neil Young Neil Young will release his new studio album Fork In The Road on April 7 through Reprise. Based around Young's passion for alternate fuels, Fork was inspired by Young's partnership with the Lincvolt Project and his own rebuilt 1959 Lincoln Continental that runs entirely gas-free.

The new album was recorded in 2008 between tours with his live band Ben Keith (pedal steel guitar, keyboards), Chad Cromwell(drums), Rick ...

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Jason Isbell: Streetlights, Cigarettes and Wine

Source: JamBase
March 5, 2009

By: Dennis Cook

Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit by Allison V. Smith Naming one's album after themselves and their band has connotations as thick as any title. Without some other context one is left to assume that what they put on the stereo is representative of something central and true about the band in question. With some bands it might be simple laziness but the sophomore solo effort ...

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John Scofield "Piety Street" in Stores March 31st

Source: Special Ops Media
March 5, 2009

A principal innovator of modern jazz guitar, John Scofield has expressed himself in the vernacular of bebop, blues, jazz-funk, organ jazz, acoustic chamber jazz, electronically tinged groove music and orchestral ensembles with ease and enthusiasm. From early on, his versatility and technical mastery won him sideman gigs with Miles Davis, Charles Mingus, Gerry Mulligan, Chet Baker and Cobham/Duke among many. Regardless of the stylistic setting, his distinct guitar sound and compositions are unmistakably Scofieldesque, always coupled with an improvisational excellence ...

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Composer/Pianist Barney McAll Releases "Flashbacks" with Kurt Rosenwinkel

Source: All About Jazz
March 4, 2009

Flashbacks is the fifth album by composer/pianist Barney McAll, and continues the exciting trajectory--begun with his debut, Exit--into his own distinctive sound world. Like its predecessor, Mother of Dreams and Secrets, it features both brilliant guitar innovator Kurt Rosenwinkel and some traditional sacred Afro Cuban rhythms. But the Cuban influence is fully subsumed here, and there is no way that this album could be categorized as World Music. In fact, other than “contemporary," it is hard to place any label ...

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Marta Gomez's "Musiquita" Now on BlueMusicGroup.com

Source: All About Jazz
March 4, 2009

Musiquita is the fifth recording from Colombian singer-songwriter Marta Gomez, now released on BlueMusicGroup.com. This new project reflects the steady growth of an artist who, while deepening her art, maintains her own strong identity. On Musiquita, Marta expands her vocal vocabulary, enlarging her unique sound to include percussive vocal improvisation and soaring vocalese. Her arrangements have become more sure and years of worldwide concert touring have solidified the sound of her band. But it’s Marta’s unique voice, the quality and ...

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George Jones Twofer Kicks Off American Beat/Collectors' Choice Alliance

Source: conqueroo
March 3, 2009

Two classic Billy Sherrill-produced albums from the early ‘70s to be housed on a single CD, due out April 7.

LOS ANGELES, Calif. — The original liner notes from 1972 say it all: “George Jones has been around long enough to be a household name to country music fans. Even though his unique phrasing and style, his trademarks, are still the same as his ‘The Race Is On’ and ‘White Lightnin’’ days, there’s a subtle difference — a mellowing that ...

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The Steve Haines Quintet Release "Stickdaboom" on Zoho Records Debut

Source: Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
March 3, 2009

New York, NY, March 2, 2009 -- Bassist Steve Haines directs the Miles Davis Program in Jazz Studies at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. With that responsibility comes many things including the future of young people dedicating their lives to music. Haines has been involved with some other activities as well besides his educational obligations at the University. The 2007 recording of his second release, Stickdaboom, is set to make its debut on March 10, 2009 on the ...

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Jacob Anderskov & Airto Moreira "Ears to the Ground" Out Now On ILK Records

Source: All About Jazz
March 3, 2009

“This is the kind of music that I like the most. It is pure improvisational with no ego involved. I wish I could play this music all the time." --Airto Moreira

“For me, making this music felt like stepping into an enchanted parallel reality. The extreme awareness between us gave me a feeling similar to being hypnotized, while the music basically found its paths by itself." --Jacob Anderskov

Ears to the Ground is an epic and poetic duet between ...

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