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Honoring Matthew Shipp's 50 Year Opus: Thirsty Ear Recordings releases "The Art of the Improviser" Feb 2011
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Peter Gordon
For the better part of fifty years Matthew Shipp has been on a tireless journey to innovate a musical language that is at once so cerebral, emotional and physical that it becomes universally intelligible. Shipp has aspired to engineer an eclectically unprecedented sound, one capable not only of invigorating the jazz world, but potent enough to reach beyond the traditional bounds of that community and speak to fans who might not be so familiar with the vocabulary of jazz. On ...
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Motema Music Set To Release the New Recording From Singer/Songwriter Rondi Charleston
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Jason Byrne, Red Cat Publicity
Motéma Music Set To Release Who Knows Where The Time Goes the New Recording From Singer/Songwriter Rondi Charleston AVAILABLE FEBRUARY 8, 2011 MOTÉMA DEBUT CD BY ACCLAIMED VOCALIST INCLUDES STUNNING VERSION OF THE CLASSIC SANDY DENNY/JUDY COLLINS TITLE SONG Featuring Dave Stryker, James Genus, Clarence Penn, Lynne Arriale, Brandon McCune and Mayra Casales “Rondi Charleston is an outstanding contemporary jazz singer and an even better songwriter...she has created one of the better jazz vocal albums you're ...
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Celebrated Prog Duo Days Between Stations Return To Recording Studio To Record New Album
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Glass Onyon PR - Keith James
Los Angeles, CA—Possibly the most talked about debut CD of 2007 was the critically acclaimed eponymous release by California prog duo Days Between Stations. An enigmatic collaboration between Sepand Samzadeh and Oscar Fuentes, Days Between Stations creates music that is both beautiful, challenging and exotic—all heavily draped under the progressive rock banner. With influences that range from Tangerine Dream and Radiohead to Brian Eno, Genesis and Pink Floyd, Days Between Stations weave an aural fabric that takes the listener on ...
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Blues: Buddy Guy - Living Proof; Dave Specter - Spectified
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Music and More by Tim Niland
Buddy Guy—Living Proof (Jive, 2010)Legendary blues guitarist and singer Buddy Guy may proclaim that he is “74 Years Young" on the opening track of this album, but he plays and sings with the energy and verve of a man half his age. Guy can occasionally go overboard with the guitar pyrotechnics, but he harnesses all of the energy very well here, moving between slash and burn guitar blowouts like the coming of age tale “You'll Thank Me Someday" to the ...
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Redwing Blackbird - That River Skinned a Bear (2010)
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Something Else!
By Mark Saleski There are so many things we depend upon in the Monadnock region of New Hampshire that it's sometimes easy to forget that not all of them have been around forever...or will continue to be so. Just as the mountain itself solidly anchors our mental picture of the area, there are so many other landmarks—the covered bridges, churches, and stone walls—all of which are relatively recent additions to the the Monadnock timeline. This is how I tend to ...
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Carolina Chocolate Drops - Genuine Negro Jig (2010)
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Something Else!
By Mark Saleski Sometimes, the history of music is full of surprises. Another way of looking at it: I'm surprised by my own ignorance. When I think of the South and old-time music, the blues, whites, and blacks, I tend to think of the musics as being mostly separated, with old-time music being a purely white phenomenon while the obvious African influence makes the blues a black specialty. Except that 'obvious' influences don't necessarily lock the outcomes into the simplest ...
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Buena Vista Social Club - At Carnegie Hall (2008)
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Something Else!
By Nick DeRiso There is an uncommon nostalgia associated with this concert recording, and not just because of the lost history shared amongst these aging former Cuban stars. Alas, Buena Vista Social Club at Carnegie Hall wasn't released until after many of the original group had already passed. Yet, it still plays like a kinetic burst of light, with these spicy instrumental flourishes unheard on the group's original self-titled studio release and an enduring life-affirming passion for one another, their ...
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Sharon Jones Vinyl Box Set
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JamBase
INSTRUMENTAL MIXES, 28 PAGE BOOKLET INCLUDED I Learned The Hard Way, the newest album from Sharon Jones and The Dap-Kings, is now available as a limited edition box set on all 7" vinyl. This set features all twelve of the album cuts from the latest release on eleven 45's, including ten bonus tracks. It also includes sought after instrumental mixes of 8 of the original tracks. Plus, it features “Give Me A Reason," the previously unreleased vocal counterpart to the ...
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