Recording News

Christian Rock Legend Returns with New Single; Album

Source: All About Jazz
December 5, 2008

As lead vocalist and frontman of Petra during that band's rise to the forefront of the CCM scene, Greg X. Volz is widely recognized as one of the genre's founding artists. With over 7 million albums sold, numerous #1 singles, 3 GRAMMY Awards and multiple Dove Awards, Petra's fusion of pop and arena rock with a positive message propelled the band to worldwide acclaim and induction into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame. 'God Only Knows', the forthcoming new studio ...

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Brothers Past Re-Releases

Source: JamBase
December 4, 2008

BROTHERS PAST ANNOUNCES DIGITAL RE-RELEASE OF ITS BACK CATALOG

Brothers Past Brothers Past will make a portion of its back catalog available digitally for iTunes through a deal with Nashville's Dualtone Records. The Philadelphia quartet, known for blending indie rock anthems with electronic improvisation, is re-releasing its first full-length A Wonderful Day and its only EP statEPolice. Both are now available on iTunes.

Originally released in 2002, A Wonderful Day is the band's conceptual ode to insomnia and paranoia. The ...

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The Steepwater Band:Grace and Melody

Source: JamBase
December 4, 2008

By: Dennis Cook

Everything about Grace And Melody (released November 26 on Diamond Day) has the feel of natural born rockers doggedly focused on making a solid musical impact, the broad, hearty stride of men determined to get everyone's rocks off. It takes an album like this to make one appreciate where dedication to the basics, tweaked ever so nicely, can be just as satisfying, if not more so, than endless innovation. Oh, there's plenty of great touches - a ...

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Typhanie Monique/Neal Alger Release Holiday CD

Source: All About Jazz
December 4, 2008

With two critically-acclaimed discs to their credit, the jazz duo of Typhanie Monique and Neal Alger release their third CD, Yuletide Groove, a collection of Christmas and holiday favorites with jazz-infused arrangements.

Typhanie and Neal have been performing and honing their music for six years performing incessantly to sold-out audiences in the great jazz and pop clubs throughout Chicago. The press and radio have gotten behind this exciting duo, including numerous rave reviews from Howard Reich, the well known jazz ...

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Burnt Sugar: Dadaist Shapeshifting Improvisers

Source: rock paper scissors, inc.
December 4, 2008

Burnt Sugar The Arkestra Chamber turns music inside out Bandleader Greg Tate “plays the band" using a technique called conduction, which gets its name from the field of physics, and which was developed by jazz conductor Butch Morris. In Tates hands, Burnt Sugar combines sounds together with a funky twist, snagging idiomatic metaphors from film editing techniques and hip hop culture. When the band plays live, they often do so with little more than a concept or melody in mind, ...

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William Fitzsimmons' "Sparrow" is iTunes' Best Folk Album 2008

Source: Seth Cohen PR
December 4, 2008

William Fitzsimmons' acclaimed CD The Sparrow And The Crow has landed atop iTunes' Best Folk Albums of 2008. The rueful album, recently described as “A Near Masterpiece" by the Boston Herald, continues to generate rave reviews, with writers describing it as “A Stunning Record," “An Indie Beauty," and much more. Fitzsimmons has been handpicked to be one of 20 artists featured in the iTunes Indie Spotlight, a first-time initiative between iTunes and Facebook. The standout track 'If You Would Come ...

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Mark Weber: The Next Michael Buble?

Source: All About Jazz
December 4, 2008

Move over Michael Buble. There's a new kid in town on the pop-jazz scene. Buffalo, New York's Mark Weber just released his collection of old songs made new again, When I Fall In Love, on amazon.com. If you're a fan of Michael Buble, Harry Connick, Jr., Diana Krall, Nat “King" Cole, Frank Sinatra, or Dean Martin, you'll probably enjoy this collection of classic tunes that make you feel good. The tall, dark and handsome Weber, who is “near 30," got ...

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Melvin Gibbs' Elevated Entity: Holy Ghost Guitar Meets Brazilian Spirits

Source: All About Jazz
December 4, 2008

When Holy Ghost Guitar Meets Brazilian Spirits: Melvin Gibbs Elevated Entity Reunites the Diaspora on Ancients Speak

Listening to Melvin Gibbs Elevated Entity and their new album Ancients Speak (LiveWired Music; March 17, 2009) is like walking down the street in New York and unexpectedly falling into a manhole, only to discover there is an African-American underground music scene where the African diaspora has knocked down all barriers between genres, placing creativity on equal status with groove. Afrobeat is rubbing ...

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