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Guitar Legend Adrian Belew Presents Newest Music In An App Flux By Belew
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Glass Onyon PR - Keith James
Nashville, TN - Guitar legend Adrian Belew has just released his newest music – and it’s like nothing you’ve experienced before. FLUX by belew™ is music that is never the same twice...think about that for a moment. This new revolution in music provides listeners with a mobile “listening experience” that blends music and art all in one accessible iOS application. Now you have access to hundreds of combinations of new Adrian Belew songs, snippets and sound bites that have been ...
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Vinyl Plans: How To Prepare A Release For Record Store Day
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HypeBot
Guest Post from PledgeMusic.com Record Store Day is cause for celebration for music fans everywhere, but some artists might not realise how far in advance they must plan. We asked our UK manufacturing partner Key Production what measures artists and record labels should take in preparation for this event. When should artists and labels start thinking about their Record Store Day releases? The sooner, the better! Record Store Day will be on April 18th this year and all submissions for releases need to be made ...
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Drummer Reggie Quinerly's "Invictus" To Be Released March 17 By Redefinition Music
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Terri Hinte Publicity
Drummer/composer Reggie Quinerly made an indelible impression on the jazz world with his 2012 debut recording, Music Inspired by Freedmantown, a soulful and serious-minded tribute to the historic African-American neighborhood in Houston where he grew up. For his second CD, Invictus, which will be released by the drummer’s Redefinition Music label on March 17, Quinerly takes inspiration—and the CD’s title—from the 1875 poem by William Ernest Henley (“I am the master of my fate / I am the captain of ...
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Evan Stone And The Translucent Ham Sandwich Band-album Release Party
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Evan Stone
Evan Stone and the Translucent Ham Sandwich Band (an award winning improvisational avant-garde psychedelic jam band) will release its debut album, Music From The Future on Vinyl LP and digital download only on February 26th, 2015. The album release will coincide with the performance that same evening as Evan Stone and THSB take the stage at Diego's Concert Venue in downtown Santa Ana starting at 8:30pm. Opening the show will be the group VERDELL at 7:30pm. Doors open at 7:00pm ...
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Tigran Hamasyan's "Mockroot" Due Out On Nonesuch Records, Feb. 17
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Stephanie Bauman
Nonesuch Records Releases Label Debut By Pianist Tigran Hamasyan, Mockroot, on February 17, 2015 US Tour Dates announced including stops in Chicago, Los Angeles, Cambridge and New York “Tigran has found a way to keep improvisation fresh and lyrical. Other jazz musicians would be wise to take note.” —Guardian “There are many brilliant and perfectly finished young jazz pianists around, but Hamasyan stands out because he has something important and urgent to say.” —Daily Telegraph Nonesuch Records releases the label ...
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Audio Fidelity To Release Grover Washington, Jr.'s Double-Grammy Award Winning Album "Winelight" On 5.1 Hybrid SACD
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Glass Onyon PR - Keith James
Camarillo, CA: Jazz aficionados and high end audio enthusiasts alike are excited about the forthcoming release of jazz legend Grover Washington, Jr.'s Winelight album on 5.1 Hybrid SACD from Audio Fidelity in association with ETrain Records. With Winelight, Grover Washington, Jr. produced a magical collection of jazz and soul with a touch of pop. He set the standard for the smooth jazz genre—the band is tight, the solos terrific and the arrangements understated and tasteful. The 1980 double-Grammy award winning ...
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Saxophonist ShaShaty Set To Embark Upon A “Dream Ride” Leading To A “brighter Day”
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Great Scott P.R.oductions
Vibrant radio single precedes the artist’s Steve Oliver-produced album, due March 3. Los Angeles, CA: It’s a new dawn for veteran contemporary jazz saxophonist ShaShaty, who will release his sixth album entitled “Brighter Day,” on March 3 on the newly formed A.H.I. Records. His first collection comprised entirely of original songs in more than a decade, the set showcases the artist who had a hand in writing seven of the disc’s eleven songs that were produced by guitarist-vocalist Steve Oliver, ...
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Cleopatra Records To Release Two Rare Live Albums By UK Prog Legends Renaissance
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Glass Onyon PR - Keith James
Los Angeles, CA - Cleopatra Records will be releasing two rare live albums by UK progressive rock legends Renaissance. The first release on February 3rd is DeLane Lea Studios 1973; a captivating live-in-the-studio recording from Renaissance performing to a small gathering of friends at the historic DeLane Lea Studios in London (used by everyone from The Beatles to Queen, Jimi Hendrix & Pink Floyd). Beguiling vocalist and ingenue Annie Haslam leads her group through nearly the entire fourth album Ashes ...
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