Recording News

"Dream Weaver" Gary Wright Releases Two New Records, Available Now Digitally

Source: 1888 Media
March 2, 2009

Dream Weaver hitmaker illuminates new territory with Waiting to Catch the Light and The Light of a Million Suns

Visionary songwriter and performer Gary Wright enters his fifth decade of musical pioneering with two new releases – the ambient music collection Waiting to Catch the Light, and an EP called The Light of a Million Suns which, with multidimensional experiences in instrumentation and production, recall his enduring 1975 hits “Dream Weaver” and “Love is Alive.”

Always pushing boundaries and exploring ...

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Michael Wolff Earns National Raves for Joe's Strut

Source: Seth Cohen PR
March 2, 2009

“An Assured Quick-Mindedness, Full of Surprises” National Coverage Rolls in for ‘Joe’s Strut’ “Wolff’s Joy in Playing Piano is Unmistakable and Infectious” “A Musical Renaissance Man” “Joe’s Strut Delivers, Smoothly and Seamlessly” Pianist Michael Wolff’s new CD ‘Joe’s Strut’ has garnered substantial national and regional press coverage in its first week of release. A multi-page ‘Before & After’ interview feature appears in the March issue of JAZZTIMES Magazine, praising Wolff as “a musical renaissance man.” The full feature can be ...

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Ari Hest: 2 Sold-out Nights at Joe's Pub; 'Twelve Mondays' out 3/10

Source: Seth Cohen PR
March 2, 2009

Ari Hest Sells Out Two Nights at Joe’s Pub in NYC; Twelve Mondays CD Set For 3/10 Release

A Captivating Live Performer…Now with an Arsenal of Songs Boston Globe

Major U.S Tour Set for March/April

Ari Hest will celebrate the 3/10 release of his new studio CD, Twelve Mondays, with two sold-out concerts at Joe's Pub in NYC, March 13th and 14th. On March 7th, Hest will preview the CD via a private, XM Live Satellite concert ...

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Adios Nonino and Astor Piazzolla: Shipwrecks, motorcycles and a used Bandoneon in Manhattan

Source: All About Jazz
March 2, 2009

By Marcello Pedrolo

In order to understand Astor Piazzolla completely, we must be able to get in touch with ourselves first. Let Piazzolla’s music talk to your soul and explore at the same time the intriguing brakes, the different paces of emotions and intensity of the lead against the rest of the instruments; lows and highs, fasts and slows making you react, and dream, and react again. You’ll be in Buenos Aires walking along bohemian cobbled streets where couples dance ...

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Sutton Foster's Wish Hits Billboard Heatseekers Charts

Source: Seth Cohen PR
March 2, 2009

Billboard Heatseekers Debut for Sutton Foster! Barnes and Noble In-Store TODAY! Rave Reviews For Solo Debut Wish

Sutton Foster’s debut CD Wish will debut at #29 on BILLBOARD’S HEATSEEKERS CHART.

Foster’s Ghostlight release features 15 songs culled from the worlds of jazz, pop, Broadway and cabaret, and highlights her eclectic choices, ranging from Patty Griffin’s ‘Nobody’s Cryin’’ to Duke Ellington’s ‘I Like the Sunrise’…from Frank Loesser’s ‘Warm All Over’ to John Denver’s ‘Sunshine on My Shoulders’. Foster recently ...

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Hill Briggs Releases "Don't Stop Me Now," Title Track from His Forthcoming Album

Source: All About Jazz
March 2, 2009

London, England-March 21, 2009- Hill Briggs has just released the single “Don't Stop Me Now," from his highly anticipated forthcoming album, Don't Stop Me Now, by Hill Briggs and Friends.

The single features Briggs on vocals and Dona Gardier (James Taylor quartet) on backing vocals. Briggs wrote all the music and played all the instruments live. The lyrics were written by Dusty and Jill Miller.

Briggs' writing and playing creates a lovely platform for he and Gardier to express themselves. ...

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A Precise, but Mirthless, Tribute to ‘Astral Weeks’

Source: Michael Ricci
March 1, 2009

Van Morrison was shouting his way through “A Fool for You” — “Ray Charles!” he yelled after the song’s opening line — when the cord fell out of his microphone, leaving the Irish soul man singing unaided for a brief spell before musing, “We’ll have to do that again, right?”

But even when the mic was rebuilt, he held it far from his mouth, roaring the words while still leaving the audience straining to hear. Everyone in the room was ...

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Return to Forever's Reunion Disc Set

Source: All About Jazz
February 28, 2009

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