Recording News

Biting, Edgy and Irreverent - Prolific Americana Songwriter Grant Peeples Releases New CD

Source: All About Jazz
July 23, 2008

In 1995 Grant Peeples hit the pause button on his music career, divested himself of what he owned in America and moved to a remote Caribbean island off the coast of Nicaragua. After ten years of official ex-patriot status there, he sold the small hotel he had built and returned to his native North Florida. Ever since he's been writing about what he found and faced upon his return. “It was like I left the house for a while," explains ...

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G. Love: 15 Years of the Hip-Hop Blues

Source: All About Jazz
July 23, 2008

By: Stratton Lawrence

G. Love Fame came quickly to Garrett Dutton. In 1993, at 20-years-old, he was playing random bar gigs in Boston and working for an anti nuclear weapons non-profit when he met drummer Jeffrey Clemens. A few months later they joined with bassist Jimi Prescott, and Garrett became G. Love to everyone but his closest friends and family. Within two years, college kids were hoisting beers to “I like cold beverages" toasts and boasting about their girlfriend's sauce. ...

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B.J. Jansen's Album is Now Distributed in Tokyo, Japan! Check out Disk Union "Jazz"!

Source: All About Jazz
July 22, 2008

JansenMusic Records, LLC has just gained physical CD distribution in TOKYO, JAPAN.

Beginning in August 2008, B.J. Jansen's first release, “The Movement Vol. 1" will be available for purchase in CD format at one of the world's greatest Jazz record stores, Disk Union, located in Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan! For more details about Disk Union in Japan: diskunion.net

B.J. Jansen's complete catalog is available worldwide now on iTunes and other fine online music ...

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"Love Me or Leave Me" - New Album by Liz Cass

Source: Charlie Wright
July 22, 2008

After a long wait, UK Jazz vocalist Liz Cass, has finally released her album Love Me Or Leave Me. The album, recorded in Sydney and London, features the singer's stunning rendition of “My Funny Valentine," and an acoustic version of the title track. A mixture of full band, and acoustic tracks, Cass's unique performance of classic standards such as “April In Paris," and “The Man I Love," transport you back to the golden era. A pure voice that ripples like ...

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Mike Ladd:nostalgialator

Source: All About Jazz
July 22, 2008

By: Trevor Pour

Expectations can be dangerous. Mike Ladd's Nostalgialator was released in Germany (on the !K7 label) in 2004, but finally made its way to the States with a 2008 release on Definitive Jux. Before my first listen, I heard Nostalgialator described as a fusion of styles somewhere between Aesop Rock and Pink Floyd. As a near obsessive fan of both those artists, I couldn't wait to dig in. But to my surprise and disappointment, Nostalgialator fell on its ...

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Ben Folds New Album: 9/30

Source: All About Jazz
July 22, 2008

BEN FOLDS TO RELEASE NEW RECORD, WAY TO NORMAL, SEPTEMBER 30

Ben Folds Epic Records is proud to announce the release of the much-anticipated new album from Ben Folds, Way To Normal, on September 30, 2008. The album, Folds' third as a solo artist since the break up of the Ben Folds Five in 2000, was mostly recorded at his studio in Nashville and produced by Dennis Herring (Elvis Costello, Modest Mouse, The Hives). Featuring Folds on vocals and piano, ...

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Tom Verlaine's W.B. Albums Reissued on Collectors Choice September 16

Source: All About Jazz
July 22, 2008

Solo albums from 1981-82 followed the dissolution of critically acclaimed band Television

LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Television was the anomaly among the New York bands who broke out of the CBGB scene of the late '70s. Musically adventurous and expansive in contrast to its minimalist scene mates, the band was two propelled by two inventive guitarists: Tom Verlaine and Richard Lloyd. Of the two, Verlaine kept the torch lit with a series of nine post-Television solo albums. His second and ...

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Al Jarreau Unwraps "Christmas"

Source: All About Jazz
July 21, 2008

Summer may be heating up, but Al Jarreau has Christmas on his mind. This fall, the seven-time Grammy winning vocalist will release his first-ever Christmas album - his first album of newly recorded music since 2006's sensational “Givin' It Up" with George Benson. “AL JARREAU CHRISTMAS" includes the singer's distinctive vocal spin on a dozen yuletide classics. On October 14, this holiday collection will be available from Rhino Records at all physical outlets for a suggested list price of $18.98. ...

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