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Edensong - Epic Orchestral Rock for the Progressive Musical Mind

Source: Glass Onyon PR - Keith James
November 18, 2008

New York, NY - Since the release of their debut album The Fruit Fallen in June 2008, Edensong has been garnering critical acclaim from the global progressive rock community. A recent invitation to play at the Three Rivers Progressive Rock Festival in Pittsburgh, PA in August 2009, along with their Featured Artist status on sites like ProgressiveRockBR.com (August 2008) and ProgArchives.com (November 2008) have helped Edensong to become one of the most talked about newcomers to the prog scene. In ...

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Cluson 3: "Soft Lights and Sweet Music" on Hatology

Source: All About Jazz
November 18, 2008

Clusone 3: Soft Lights And Sweet Music Michael Moore – reeds Ernst Reijseger – cello Han Bennink – drums Hatology 657

Musicians play Irving Berlin because he makes them sound good. The pretty songs make you sound poetic just reading; the tap-inflected songs Astaire introduced will bring out your swing if you have any. So what you get with Irving Berlin is melody so strong and self-supporting it keeps its integrity, no ...

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Steve Lantner Quartet: "Given - Live in Muenster" on Hatology

Source: All About Jazz
November 18, 2008

Steve Lantner Quartet Given - Live In Muenster with Allan Chase - saxophones Joe Morris - double bass Luther Gray - drums Hatology 663

Given – Live In Muenster, is the Steve Lantner Quartet’s second effort. Its sax-piano-bass-drums line-up invites weight against the measure of classic albums like Misterioso, Black Fire, Giant Steps, and Saxophone Colossus on the one hand, and thousands of rote quartet recordings on the other. Lantner’s contribution falls ...

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'American Idol's' David Cook Gets Help for New Album

Source: Michael Ricci
November 18, 2008

At one point on the road he's still on, leading from “American Idol" to the iPod promotions and summer shed tours of actual rock stardom, David Cook recently stopped for a bite to eat. In the car with him was Raine Maida, the Canadian singer and songwriter who fronts Our Lady Peace, a band Cook famously loves.

The 25-year-old newbie had seen the 38-year-old veteran perform numerous times back when Our Lady Peace was on the rise and Cook was ...

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Recent Listening: Sherr, Catherine, Mondlak

Source: Rifftides by Doug Ramsey
November 18, 2008

David Sherr, OtherWorld Music (Bel Air Jazz). Sherr is a composer and player of reed instruments and flutes. His background includes work with Sonny Criss, the San Francisco Ballet, Nelson Riddle, Lalo Schifrin, Don Ellis, Harry “Sweets" Edison, Frank Zappa, Oliver Nelson, Robert Craft, Ray Charles and Quincy Jones, among several dozen others from assorted fields of music. In this CD, he brings together extensive portions of his music with that of J.S. Bach and Olivier Messiaen.

Sherr enlists members ...

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Chad Vangaalen:Soft Airplane

Source: JamBase
November 18, 2008

By: Greg Gargiulo

Lofty yet tangible, downright serious yet rife with whimsy and playfulness, Chad VanGaalen's latest, Soft Airplane (Sup Pop) manages to strike all the right chords (both literal and emotional) with a remarkable tenacity that strings together disparate components into a mellifluous whole. From the broad palette of instruments to the vocal variations to the rich content and thematic recurrences, VanGaalen just doesn't seem to want to exclude any worthy piece from being a part of his construction. ...

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Bruce Springsteen: New Album

Source: JamBase
November 18, 2008

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN'S WORKING ON A DREAM SET FOR JANUARY 27

Bruce Springsteen Bruce Springsteen new album Working on a Dream has been set for January 27 release on Columbia Records. Working on a Dream was recorded with the E Street Band and features twelve new Springsteen compositions plus two bonus tracks. It is the fourth collaboration between Springsteen and Brendan O'Brien, who produced and mixed the album.

Working on a Dream Song Titles:

1. Outlaw Pete 2. My ...

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Sir Paul Says Time Has Come to Release Beatles 1967's 'Carnival of Light'

Source: All About Jazz
November 17, 2008

Forty years on, McCartney wants the world to hear 'lost' Beatles epic. George Harrison said it was too avant-garde. Now

For Beatles fans across the world it has gained near mythical status. The 14-minute improvised track called 'Carnival of Light' was recorded in 1967 and played just once in public. It was never released because three of the Fab Four thought it too adventurous. The track, a jumble of shrieks and psychedelic effects, is said to be as far from ...

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