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Laura Reed and Deep Pocket:Live at Tree Sound Studios

Source: JamBase
January 19, 2009

By: Bill Clifford

Live at Tree Sound Studios (Tree Sound) is the first of two planned releases by Asheville, North Carolina's Laura Reed and Tree Sound Studios in Atlanta. The dual CD/DVD set was recorded in Atlanta on New Year's Eve 2007 and March 9th, 2008 at the famed, environmentally friendly studio (Nappy Roots and Perpetual Groove) and is produced by James Chambers (Outkast). The band is currently recording their sophomore studio CD - the follow up to its independent ...

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Skeletons:Money

Source: JamBase
January 19, 2009

By: Dennis Cook

Theme albums are a dicey proposition at best. “Rock" and “opera" are words most folks besides Pete Townsend should leave well apart. However, there's something to be said for a loose, overarching net to hold one's ideas, and Skeletons catch some nifty doubloons on Money (Tomlab). Emerging from the clamor of a busy city street, yearning for sunshine beneath a din of car horns and non-specific rattle, “Fill My Pockets" is a two-finger piano worm that burrows ...

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Sun Spin: Linda Ronstadt

Source: JamBase
January 19, 2009

A PAIR OF CLASSICS THAT POINT THE WAY TO OTHER CLASSICS

A great cover version of a song can either offer us fresh delights from what we thought was known territory or give new listeners a gateway into the original work. There's a real art to good interpretation. It's something jazz singers understand well working with a shared canon, but lousy covers are a dime a dozen in rock. Despite the familiarity of some numbers, inspired takes are few ...

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Saxophonist, B.J. Jansen to Release a Limited Edition Valentine's Day CD

Source: JM Creative
January 18, 2009

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Sinan Bakir's Debut Album "On My Way"

Source: All About Jazz
January 18, 2009

On My Way - Sinan Bakir (self-released) - Bakir, born and raised in Turkey, came to the United States to study guitar after completing his college studies in engineering. His studies brought him to Hartford and he has slowly but steadily begun to make a name on the Connecticut jazz scene. Bakir plays in many different settings, including solo, duo, trio and quartet.

In late November of 2008, he recorded his debut CD at Rotary Records in West Springfield, Massachusetts. ...

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Peter Bernstein Trio Monk CD

Source: Michael Ricci
January 18, 2009

Thelonious Monk’s music presents a challenge for any jazz musician, but the going can be especially rough on guitarists. The songs are often physically scaled for the piano: those sharp intervals and tangled clusters don’t fall as naturally on a fretboard.

So Peter Bernstein faces a basic hurdle with Monk (Xanadu/The Orchard), his vigorous new album. To his credit, the translation goes almost unnoticed. What sticks out instead is his soulful affinity to the material and the dapper chatter of ...

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Global Digital Music Sales up 25 Percent

Source: PC Magazine
January 18, 2009

Legitimate digital music sales grew strongly in 2008 but were still dwarfed by the scale of illegal downloads, despite industry efforts to adapt to the Internet and offer more choice to customers. A report by the trade body IFPI showed legal digital global sales grew by an estimated 25 percent to $3.7 billion in trade value, to account for about 20 percent of the industry's global recorded music sales, up from 15 percent in 2007. However, the rapid rate of ...

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Despite Downturn CD Baby Acts See 28% Growth

Source: HypeBot
January 17, 2009

The demise of the CD has been well documented but one indie retailer is bucking the trend. CD Baby and their mostly d.i.y. artists are actually seeing growth:

1,013,478 CDs sold in 2008, compared to 993,175 discs in 2007, a 2% increase 39,100 new album titles added in 2008, up 7% from the prior year Digital distribution revenues for 2008 of $25.4 million, up 45% over 2007 $34 million paid to artists in 2008, up 28% from prior year ...

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