Recording News

Wilco: New Album for Spring

Source: JamBase
August 21, 2008

Wilco Planning New Album for Spring 2009

Wilco In a recent interview with New York radio station WAMC, Wilco frontman Jeff Tweedy indicated plans for a new Wilco album to hit this spring.

The news was spread by Billboard.com, where Tweedy was reported as saying he expects the band to “allow ourselves a little bit more leeway in terms of sculpting the sound in the studio and doing overdubs and using the studio as another instrument. Last time around [2007's ...

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Recent Listening: Perez, Brookmeyer, Lundgren, Gardner

Source: Rifftides by Doug Ramsey
August 21, 2008

Rifftides World Headquarters has welcome summer visitors and resounds with telecasts of Olympics events. Nonetheless, the staff makes time for listening. We don't award medals, but here are brief impressions of four recent CDs that placed high with the judges.

Danilo Perez, Across The Crystal Sea (EmArcy). Inevitably, this collaboration of the pianist with Claus Ogerman recalls Bill Evans With Symphony Orchestra (1965), which Ogerman also arranged. More than half of the themes come from classical composers--de Falla, Rachmaninoff, Massenet, ...

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Eric Mintel Quartet to Release New CD "Ground-Breaker"

Source: All About Jazz
August 21, 2008

If you were traveling on Swamp Road near Buckingham Bucks County, PA the other day and noticed four guys being photographed on the pristine grounds of Superior Turf and Landscape it wasn't a team of UFO Researchers that have come to our area, it was an Eric Mintel Quartet sighting during a photo shoot for their brand new CD Ground-Breaker scheduled for release on September 1. Ground-Breaker consists of all original songs written by the pianist and composer and Bucks ...

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Golden Smog Rolls in with the Best

Source: 1888 Media
August 20, 2008

Rhino Presents 16 Essential Tracks from the Band's Rykodisc Recordings. Plus an Early Version of “Until You Came Along" and an Unreleased Cover of Brian Wilson's “Love And Mercy" Available September 23 on CD and Digitally from Rhino LOS ANGELES--In the late '80s, Minneapolis was home to a tightly knit music scene that claimed its fair share of groups on college and alternative radio playlists. When they weren't playing in their own bands, singer Kraig Johnson (Run Westy ...

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Focusing the Spotlight: Looking at Tumbao Bravo Members

Source: The Latin Jazz Corner by Chip Boaz
August 20, 2008

Our current spotlight artist Tumbao Bravo brings a strong group aesthetic to their original Latin Jazz. Each member has a strong performance background, drawing upon their experience in a variety of ensembles. The group members have performed throughout a wide variety of musical genres including salsa, straight ahead jazz, pop, blues, funk, and more. The Detroit music scene owes a debt to the individual contributions of these musicians, and when they combine as Tumbao Bravo, they create a musically engaging ...

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Gabe Dixon Band: Album/Tour

Source: All About Jazz
August 20, 2008

GABE DIXON BAND HITS THE ROAD IN SUPPORT OF FANTASY RECORDS DEBUT Self Titled Album Available Next Tuesday, August 26

The Gabe Dixon Band To kick off the release of their eponymous Fantasy Records debut, The Gabe Dixon Band will tour clubs nationwide in September and October, including shows at New York's Bowery Ballroom, Philadelphia's Theatre of Living Arts, Los Angeles' Roxy Theatre, and San Francisco's Great American Music Hall. The band will share the stage with Stephen ...

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Thievery Corp: New Album

Source: All About Jazz
August 20, 2008

Thievery Corporation to Release New Album Radio Retaliation out September 23 / Select live U.S. and European dates in the fall

Thievery Corporation Internationally acclaimed artists Thievery Corporation are set to release their fifth studio album entitled Radio Retaliation on September 23 on ESL Music. Consisting of Rob Garza and Eric Hilton who are also highly regarded for their production and DJ skills, Thievery Corporation are best known for fusing a vast array of cultural influences in their ...

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Ari Hoenig Set to Release "Bert's Playground" in September

Source: All About Jazz
August 19, 2008

Artistic inspiration can come from anywhere at all--even from a deceased pet. On Bert's Playground, Ari Hoenig's second recording for Dreyfus Records and his fifth outing overall, the young master drummer starts from a simple appreciation of Bert, his “one and only goldfish, the only fish in a tank full of snails." An ode to individuality, perhaps? An affirmation of the frolicsome spirit that Hoenig brings to every musical encounter? Bert's Playground is all of this and more, a vibrant ...

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