Recording News

Fathead Returns to Electro-Fi Records with a Building Full of Blues

Source: Just Roots PR
November 12, 2007

With Building Full Of Blues, Fathead Reaches New Heights With Their Strongest Work To Date

Building Full of Blues is a classic Fathead: great songwriting, rock solid collective playing, virtuoso soloing , and deep soulful vocals--all sure to satisfy! The Juno Award(Canada's Grammy) winning band continues to add to its legacy as one of North America's most highly regarded blues bands. Building Full of Blues takes their talent to the next level as they take on a wide range of ...

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Maximum Mojo Celebrates Ten Years of the Best in Blues Music on Electro-Fi Records

Source: Just Roots PR
November 12, 2007

Tenth Year Anniversary Retrospective Celebrates With Some of the Most Celebrated Names in Contemporary Blues Recording

Electro-Fi Records celebrates it's tenth anniversary (1997-2007) with Maximum Mojo, a specially priced, 32 track-2 CD Blues extravaganza featuring the music of Blues legends: Snooky Pryor, Mel Brown (the artist Rolling Stone calls “Funky, Primeval and Perfect"), West Coast harp ace Mark Hummel, Billy Boy Arnold, Pinetop Perkins, Finis Tasby, acoustic Blues troubadour Fruteland Jackson, Harmonica Shah, Paul Osher (he played in the Muddy ...

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Leni Stern Joins Salif Keita to Cover U2's "One"

Source: Seth Cohen PR
November 9, 2007

NY TIMES Praises Stern as “A Guitarist and Vocalist with an Ethereal Sensibility" U.S. Tour Dates Confirmed for San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York, Boston, Maryland and more Leni Stern's embrace of African music has led her to become a sort of folk hero in Mali and Senegal, the locations of her most-recent visits to the continent. She comments: “I felt that my presence, as a white woman, an electric guitarist, and singer illustrated the point that music transcends religion, ...

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Blue Note Records to Release "Droppin' Science" February 12

Source: All About Jazz
November 8, 2007

ALBUM DUE OUT FEBRUARY 12, FEATURING 10 CLASSIC BLUE NOTE TRACKS USED AS SAMPLES IN SOME OF THE MOST FAMOUS HIP HOP TRACKS OF THE 90s.

On February 12, Blue Note Records will release Droppin' Science, a unique collection of the legendary label's classic late 60s through mid-70s jazz-funk tracks, all of which have featured prominently as samples in some of the greatest hip hop cuts of the late 80s, 90s and beyond. Hip hop artists ranging from Dr. Dre ...

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Audio Caviar's "Transoceanic" Sails into Record Stores

Source: Great Scott P.R.oductions
November 8, 2007

Diverse CD from prodigious collective is an elegant sonic delicacy For the first time in the United States, the complete 17-track debut album, Transoceanic, from the accomplished collective Audio Caviar was released last week (October 23) by Well-Oiled Records, a division of entertainment conglomerate The Machine Productions. Group members Ralph Johnson and Morris Pleasure teamed with Marcel East (Fourplay, David Benoit, Bob James) to produce the sonic passport to an audacious audio adventure through an expansive array of soulful R&B, ...

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Richard Underhill CD Release, Thursday, November 15th, Rex Hotel, Toronto, Ontario

Source: All About Jazz
November 8, 2007

You are cordially invited to the international release of my new CD Kensington Suite. Richard Underhill Quintet CD Release Party Kensington Suite Thursday, November 15th, 9pm. $8 cover (or $20 with free CD). The Rex Hotel, 194 Queen St. W Toronto, ON 416-598-2475 Here's a wee press teaser for you. Hope to see you there! On Thursday, November 15th at 9pm at the Rex Hotel, Richard Underhill releases ...

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New Album "Ataraxis": Deeyah Featuring Bob James, Andy Summers and Nils Petter Molvaer

Source: All About Jazz
November 8, 2007

Along with special guest musicians Bob James, Andy Summers and Nils Petter Molvaer Deeyah creates an exciting and eclectic new album Ataraxis. Deeyah explores her musical roots and beginnings on the brand new album titled Ataraxis. Having already worked with such maestros and musical greats in her career as Ustad Fateh Ali Khan, Ustad Sultan Khan, Ustad Shaukat Hussain Khan, Knut Reiersrud, Nazim Ali Khan, Jan Garbarek, Ustad Zakir Hussain, Audun Erlien, Talvin Singh, Attaullah Esa Khelvi, Morten Harket, AR ...

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Gotcha! Saxophonist Danny Lerman Returns with "Meow Baby"

Source: Great Scott P.R.oductions
November 8, 2007

Saxophonist back in the groove with February 26th album release The fact that the album title comes from a line from an episode of Kojak proves that saxophonist Danny Lerman knows how to have fun. He also knows retro cool when he sees it. Lerman took a page from the 1970s when recording his second album, Meow Baby, which will be released February 26th on Sugar Whiskey Records, his label distributed by Lightyear Entertainment/EMI. He adopted old school sensibilities by ...

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