Recording News

Matt Ward Four-Track Guy in a Digital World

Source: Michael Ricci
February 14, 2009

THERE is a century-old house in the southeast section of this city, with an attic full of vintage instruments and audio equipment and a drum kit in the dining room, and this is where the indie musician M. Ward likes to record.

Reel-to-reel tapes are stacked on the linoleum floor upstairs; a broken film projector with an old coil speaker serves as an amplifier; bells and shakers crowd a shelf in a studio lit mostly by Christmas lights; the Wurlitzer ...

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Shelly Manne at the Black Hawk

Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers
February 14, 2009

When Shelly Manne agreed to play San Francisco's Black Hawk club in September 1959, he viewed the gig as a working vacation. For months, the West Coast drummer had endured a grueling schedule, spending days in Hollywood's movie and TV studios and nights at Los Angeles-area clubs. Taking on the extended San Francisco engagement with his newly formed quintet meant a return to bop without the commercial distractions. No insistent studio contractors. No time-crazed producers. And no stress of first-take ...

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Leonard Cohen to Release First Album Since 2004

Source: All About Jazz
February 13, 2009

Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Leonard Cohen will release Live in London, his first new album in five years, on March 31 via Columbia. The set was culled from his July 17, 2008, performance at London's 02 Arena during his world tour last year.

The 26-track Live in London, which will be available both as a double-disc CD and DVD, includes Cohen classics like “If It Be Your Will," “I'm Your Man" and “Hallelujah." It is the Canadian singer/songwriter's ...

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Scarlatti Jazz Suite Project: The 10 Best New Jazz Releases for 2008!

Source: Dawn Singh Publicity
February 13, 2009

Mr. Fox's New Release--Donal Fox Quartet Live: Scarlatti Jazz Suite Project (Leonellis Music)--was selected by award winning jazz journalist Ken Franckling in All About Jazz for The 10 Best New Jazz Releases for 2008! The 10 best new jazz releases, listed alphabetically: Brian Blade, Season of Changes (Verve) Randy Brecker, Randy in Brazil (MAMA Records) Avishai Cohen Trio, Gently Disturbed (RazDaz) Donal Fox, The Scarlatti Jazz Suite Project (Leonellis Music) Melody Gardot, Worrisome Heart (Verve) Generations, Tough Guys (ICA) The ...

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Robert Plant & Alison Krauss Back in the Studio

Source: All About Jazz
February 13, 2009

After winning five Grammys this past weekend, including Album of the Year for Raising Sand, Robert Plant and Alison Krauss are already back in the studio with T Bone Burnett working on the follow-up to their platinum-selling LP.

Thanks to the huge Grammy night, Raising Sand is on pace to top this weeks sales chart, despite not even being on the Top 200 two weeks ago.

Alison and Robert have been in the studio for about two weeks and although ...

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Saxophonist B.J. Jansen's Limited Edition Valentine's Day Ballads CD Now Available

Source: JM Creative
February 13, 2009

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Kieran Hebden and Steve Reid:NYC

Source: JamBase
February 12, 2009

By: Josh Potter

It may seem untimely that this review is running almost one year to the day after Kieran Hebden and Steve Reid sequestered themselves in NYC's famous Avatar Studio for two days of recording. At the rate that the world, and thus music, changes these days, a year is more than enough time to render ideas, sounds and whole projects obsolete. Some artists weather this cycle by producing pop tunes with such long nuclear half lives that their ...

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Tim Brantley Earns Rave Reviews for "Goldtop Heights"

Source: Seth Cohen PR
February 12, 2009

You “Wonder Why More Musicians Don’t Have the Balls to Make Good Old- Fashioned Rock Albums Like This Anymore” “Room-Filling Vocals and Epic Storytelling Sagas” Press, TV and Radio Embrace ”Hook-Heavy Pop-Rock” of Tim Brantley’s “Beautifully Crafted” 4/21 Debut CD Enthusiasm at press, television and radio continues to grow in advance of the 4/21 release of singer Tim Brantley’s debut CD ‘Goldtop Heights’. If recent events in the Southeast are any indication, Brantley’s upcoming U.S. tour is sure to cement ...

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