Recording News

Tinatin Releases Debut Ep “Wild,” Focusing Attention On Potential Ravages Of Climate Change; Released On The Eve Of Annual Earth Day

Source: Carol Green, Redwood Entertainment
April 2, 2011

As catastrophic events continue to impact the very ground we walk on, from the devastating combination of earthquakes and tsunamis in Japan and Haiti to the potential ravages of climate change, Earth Day is a more urgent call to arms than ever. This year, the 41st annual cause, designed to inspire awareness and appreciation for our natural environment, culminates on April 22, with education, public policy and consumer campaigns in more than 175 nations. If music is the universal language, ...

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Blitz the Ambassador to Release "Native Sun"

Source: rock paper scissors, inc.
April 1, 2011

Blitz the Ambassador Brings the Pan-African Noise with Native Sun A blindingly bright clarity drives Blitz the Ambassador. With a spot-on sense of flow, he name-checks Basquiat and Lumumba, evokes lovelorn sighs on Accra buses, émigré alienation, history's shadows. All set to swirls of brass, distorted guitars, and the crackle and pop of old amplifiers. With a lightning-fast mind, the political boldness of Chuck D, and the sixth groove sense of Fela Kuti, the Ghanaian-born, New York-based MC, composer, and ...

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Garage A Trois Announce New Album & Tour Dates

Source: Chris M. Slawecki
April 1, 2011

On April 12, Garage A Trois will release Always Be Happy, But Stay Evil via Royal Potato Family. Aptly described by photographer John Margaretten as “a transformative, punkalectic, pornographic seizure of sight and sound," the modern day post rock/freak jazz supergroup will support the album with west and east coast tour dates in April and May. Garage A Trois, a force greater than the sum of its colossal parts, is comprised of Seattle-based saxophonics master Skerik, Brooklyn sound-sculptor/keysman Marco Benevento, ...

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Join Sunset Jazz Piano Based Trio, Woodcock Group As They Celebrate The Release Of A Brand New Full Length CD, "Water Stories" On May 3rd

Source: Kl Ma
April 1, 2011

Woodcock Group's trio gives jazz listeners a piece of music works that evoke a great characteristic of eloquence impressive for an artist that has not even released its debut CD to stores, until now with Sunset Jazz. This Serbian jazz trio also composes and arranges its music and every song on this ten (10) song full length CD. Woodcock Group's new debut album, Water Stories (Sunset Jazz Recordings) gives jazz aficionados great evidence there are new music artists in jazz ...

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Aram Shelton's Arrive - There Was... (Clean Feed, 2011)

Source: Music and More by Tim Niland
April 1, 2011

Saxophonist Aram Shelton has become a fixture on the modern jazz scene in Chicago, Oakland and many other places around the globe. As a leader or participant in several different groups he has had the chance to explore many of the facets of improvised music.

On this album with his group Arrive, with Jason Adasiewicz on vibraphone, Jason Roebke on bass and Tim Daisy on drums, they explore the open ended intersection between free jazz and composed music that was ...

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Previously Unreleased Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers on "The Sesjun Shows" out April 12

Source: Michael Bloom Media Relations
March 31, 2011

Double CD Features Live Sets Recorded for Dutch Radio U.S. Release by Naxos of America, Inc. & T2 Entertainment Naxos of America, Inc. and T2 Entertainment announce the U.S. release of a second CD from The Sesjun Radio Shows archives. Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers—The Sesjun Radio Shows, a 2-CD set, has an April 12, 2011 release date in the United States and Canada. Art Blakey is, of course, universally regarded as one of the major pioneers of modern ...

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Free Download of "He's Gone," From Grateful Dead Europe '72: The Complete Recordings

Source: 1888 Media
March 31, 2011

Grateful Dead's monumental boxed set EUROPE '72: THE COMPLETE RECORDINGS has sold out of the 7200 individually numbered, limited edition version just weeks after it was first announced. The dead.net exclusive release documents the Dead's momentous 1972 European tour, arguably the band's greatest, with over 70 hours of music featuring every note recorded during the 22-show jaunt. The now sold out limited edition version comes housed in a replica steamer trunk reminiscent of the ones prevalently used at the time. ...

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Illvibe Collective Releases Debut Album "All Together Now"

Source: Press Junkie PR
March 31, 2011

Illvibe Collective is a DJ and production team hailing from Philadelphia, PA. With combined experience dating back to the late 80's, the DJ collective has developed a unique yet traditionally-rooted taste in music. By playing gigs, touring with performance artists of all musical styles, and running consistent online radio shows, their DJ footprint reaches clubs, concert venues, festivals, and the internet in all parts of the world. The Illvibe style is rooted in Hip Hop yet draws from a variety ...

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