Recording News

Gurf Morlix's New Album Features Ruthie Foster, Patty Griffin and Barbara K

Source: conqueroo
November 7, 2008

Producer-turned-artist has worked with Lucinda Williams, Mary Gauthier, Warren Zevon, Robert Earl Keen, Michael Penn, Buddy Miller and more

AUSTIN, Texas – Gurf Morlix, who has worked as producer, guitarist and multi- instrumentalist for some of America’s greatest artists, is getting set to release his own fifth album, Last Exit to Happyland on the Rootball Records label on February 17, 2009.

Tempting as it may be, don’t just judge Morlix by the company he keeps, even if it does provide ...

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New Yorker Cartoonist Turned Art-Country Crooner, Andy Friedman & the Other Failures

Source: conqueroo
November 7, 2008

Songs by New Yorker Cartoonist-Turned-Country-Crooner Not Funny

BROOKLYN, NY — He moonlights as a cartoonist for, most notably, The New Yorker, but the songs written by “hard scrabble singer-songwriter” (Time Out New York) and “erudite redneck” (Boston Globe) Andy Friedman aren’t written for laughs. “Friedman has a mastery of wordy self-loathing that many white dudes with guitars would kill for," says Nashville Scene. The title track to his debut studio album, Taken Man (City Salvage Records/Rounder Europe), found itself at ...

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Butch Walker Finds Musical Inspiration in the Ashes of Home

Source: Michael Ricci
November 7, 2008

His album, Sycamore Meadows, out next week, is named after the street where the house stood; the video for Ships in a Bottle shows Mr. Walker roaming among the ashes.

Butch Walker spent years as a struggling musician before finding success as a singer-songwriter and producer of acts like Avril Lavigne and Katy Perry. Suddenly flush, he moved into a 5,000-square-foot house in Malibu, nearly two years ago, and was planning to buy it, but last November a wildfire destroyed ...

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UK Founder Eddie Jobson Announces Ep Release and New York City Concert

Source: Lori Hehr Public Relations
November 7, 2008

(Los Angeles, CA) -- Keyboard and electric-violin legend Eddie Jobson announced a January 6 release date for the new UKZ band’s debut EP entitled Radiation. The band is also planning a debut concert in late January in New York City. A video for the title track “Radiation” will be released this month to ukzband.com Zealots Lounge members. The Zealots Lounge will be a place where members can get a look behind the scenes and have advance access to UKZ music, ...

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110 New Additions to AAJ Upcoming Jazz CD/DVD Release Center

Source: All About Jazz
November 7, 2008

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Garry Dial and Terre Roche - "Us An' Them" - A Collection of National Anthems

Source: Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
November 6, 2008

Musicians have long set out to bring the world closer together with their music, but few endeavors have been as ambitious and successful as Garry Dial and Terre Roche’s Us An’ Them: A Collection of National Anthems [Made In New York]. Jazz pianist/arranger/educator Dial and folk guitarist/singer-songwriter Roche have both sought to bring about positive change during their long and distinguished careers - Dial primarily through his work as a teacher at the Manhattan School of Music; Roche through her ...

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Listen to the Sound of the Smiths, the Unprecedented 45-Track Anthology

Source: 1888 Media
November 6, 2008

Available From Rhino November 11 Rhino announces the release of THE SOUND OF THE SMITHS, a new collection of classic and rare recordings that will be available November 11. The compilation was completed with the full cooperation of Morrissey, who provided the title, and Johnny Marr, who personally supervised the mastering. They both assisted in the track selection, and their joint involvement ensures that this will be the most comprehensive look back at The Smiths' extraordinary career to date. THE ...

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Ari Hest '52' in Homestretch, Nat'l Magazines Set Coverage

Source: Seth Cohen PR
November 6, 2008

Hest in Homestretch of Unique '52' Project, with 7 Weeks To Go; “And you thought Radiohead had come up with a creative business model…" Soon to be Featured in Performing Songwriter Magazine, Acoustic Guitar Magazine, Performer Magazine West Coast Tour Confirmed The finish line is on the horizon for singer-songwriter Ari Hest, as his remarkable '52' project nears its final weeks. Started this past January, '52' features Hest writing, recording, producing and releasing one new song per week, for 52 ...

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