Recording News

Conor Oberst Once-Bright Eyes, Wide Open to a New Vista

Source: Michael Ricci
August 10, 2008

WHAT happened to Bright Eyes?

For the last decade the songwriter Conor Oberst has released the vast majority of his songs as Bright Eyes, working under that name with groups small and large. Dipping into syles from folk-rock to punk to country to electronica, Bright Eyes relied on Mr. Oberst's open-hearted, sometimes painfully candid songs about romance, songwriting, politics and the porous interaction between art and life, constantly questioning his own honesty as he blurted things out. He could sound ...

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Dave Stewart's Songs: Eurythmics and More

Source: Michael Ricci
August 10, 2008

CUE THE STRINGS: Stewart, best known for being half of Eurythmics, pairs with a full orchestra in rerecording 21 of his songs.

The musician teams his Rock Fabulous Orchestra to rerecord 21 of his songs. Dave Stewart & His Rock Fabulous Orchestra The Dave Stewart Songbook: Volume One Surfdog Records

DAVE STEWART is still best known as one-half of Eurythmics, his hit-making collision of fiery soul and icy electronics with singer Annie Lennox. But he's also had an ...

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First Eva Cassidy Compilation in Five Years

Source: W3 Public Relations
August 9, 2008

Blix Street Records adds to its series of albums by the late Eva Cassidy with the August 26 release of Somewhere, a collection of 12 previously unissued performances from the acclaimed Washington, D.C.-based singer. Among the program's highlights are two songs co-written by Cassidy, as well as impressive covers of material popularized by Dolly Parton, Aretha Franklin, Patsy Cline, Willie Nelson and Bobby “Blue" Bland. Somewhere comprises recordings Cassidy made, in various venues and studios, between 1987 and 1996 (the ...

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Jack Black Talks Tropic Thunder and How He Got the Girl

Source: All About Jazz
August 9, 2008

They teach it in Interviewing 101: find common ground with your subject. But when your subject is rich, famous, plump and happy Jack Black, that might be tricky. Do your homework and there, in the details of his 2006 wedding to cellist Tanya Haden, is the hook. “You know, the toughest interview I've ever had was with your father-in-law." Black takes the bait. His father-in-law? The legendary jazz bassist Charlie Haden . You need to bone up on your jazz ...

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Miles Davis - Kind of Blue: 50th Anniversary Collectors Edition Coming in September

Source: All About Jazz
August 9, 2008

MILES DAVIS - Kind of Blue: 50th Anniversary Collectors Edition 2-CD + DVD + LP + book + poster (Columbia/Legacy) Originally released by Columbia Records on August 17, 1959, Kind of Blue heralded the arrival of a revolutionary new American music, a post-bebop modal jazz structured around simple scales and melodic improvisation. Trumpeter/band leader/composer Miles Davis assembled a sextet of legendary players -- Cannonball Adderley (alto sax), Paul Chambers (bass), Jimmy Cobb (drums), John Coltrane (tenor sax), Bill Evans (piano) ...

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Dave Douglas' Greenleaf Music Announces the Release of "Clockwise" from Contrabassist/Composer Michael Bates

Source: Jason Byrne, Red Cat Publicity
August 8, 2008

Available on September 9, 2008 on Greenleaf Music “There's something about bassists who lead their own groups and write their own music that strikes a deep chord with me (no pun, intended). Michael Bates's new release is right up there with new releases by Drew Gress and William Parker. The playing by all in the band is passionate and Bates' pulse propels Nachoff, Johnson and Davis through a set of fantastic music. These guys take no prisoners. One of the ...

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The Debut Release from the Wee Trio! National Tour Announced!

Source: Jason Byrne, Red Cat Publicity
August 8, 2008

The Wee Trio Announces The Release of Their DEBUT Recording Capitol Diner Vol. 1 (Available on September 8, 2008 on Bionic Records), and a national tour in support of the new recording The Wee Trio is: James Westfall (vibes) Dan Loomis (bass) Jared Schonig (drums) Out of the uber-fertile creative music scene of Brooklyn, NY, The Wee Trio, featuring James Westfall from Houston, TX (vibes), Dan Loomis from St. Louis, MO (bass) and Jared ...

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Music's Frontier Spiritualist

Source: All About Jazz
August 8, 2008

A Jazz master has shaken up the local music industry by rolling out an album of hymns. At the age of 30, Tuan Hung can now sit back and proudly survey all he has accomplished in the frenetic world of entertainment. The former leader of Hanoi Conservatory's Jazz Discovery Band - which represented Vietnam in the European Jazz Festival 2004 - Hung now leads a team on the highly rated VTV3's Music Game show. Strange inspiration: Hymns Ten years since ...

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