Recording News

Phil Keaggy/Glass Harp Reunite For New Live CD

Source: Robert Brandt
October 26, 2010

CLEVELAND—Glass Harp (featuring acclaimed guitarist Phil Keaggy) is proud to announce the release of a new live CD, Live At The Beachland Ballroom 11.01.08. The recording was made during the band's headline appearance at the 2008 benefit for Roots of American Music; an organization dedicated to continuing arts education in our schools through performances of traditional American music for students. Known, variously, as pioneers in the jam band, Christian music and progressive rock genres, previous Glass Harp releases have included ...

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Over the Rhine Album 'The Long Surrender' Enlists Joe Henry Production and Lucinda Williams, Guest Vocals

Source: conqueroo
October 26, 2010

Due out January 11, 2011, the album they call “a record we couldn't imagine in advance" marks the duo's 20th year. Lucinda Williams makes a vocal appearance. LOS ANGELES, Calif.—The Long Surrender, the new studio album from the southern Ohio- based husband-and-wife team of multi-instrumentalist/vocalist Linford Detweiler and vocalist/multi-instrumentalist Karin Bergquist, otherwise known as Over the Rhine, is something rare and wondrous—an intimate epic. The fan-funded record, to be released January 11, 2011 on OtR's own Great Speckled Dog label ...

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Andy Farber: Making Beautiful Sounds

Source: Jazz Lives by Michael Steinman
October 25, 2010

Having a large jazz orchestra in this century has often posed challenges besides the economic ones. Many “big bands" get formed only for special occasions and are thus not well-rehearsed. Then there's the matter of repertoire: should a band made up of improvising jazz players go into the past or boldly plunge into the future, however one defines it? Or should such an orchestra bridge Past and Present—not an easy thing: it means more than letting the saxophone soloist play ...

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At 82, Pianist/Singer Jo Thompson Swings Her Way to Grammy Consideration

Source: Betsyann Faiella
October 25, 2010

New York —JazzJewels Digital and pianist/singer Ms. Jo Thompson are proud to announce Ms. Thompson is in consideration for the upcoming 53rd Annual Grammy Awards. On Jo Thompson: Forever Fabulous the most beautiful, hip octogenarian you've ever seen or heard leads the J.C Heard Orchestra through fifteen cheeky gems, including an original Thompson instrumental composition, “Jumpin' With Jo." Among others, Fats Waller's “Ain't Misbehavin'" and Lieber and Stoller's perfectly apt, “I'm A Woman" are also given the treatment by Jo ...

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Michael Formanek Quartet - The Rub and Spare Change (2010)

Source: Something Else!
October 25, 2010

By Pico It's been quite a while since the bassist and composer Michael Formanek has led a date but with his ECM debut The Rub And Spare Change, he's more than made up for lost time. Out since October 12, The Rub marks his return as a leader since the solo bass recording Am I Bothering You? from 1998. It's not like Formanek's been sitting around doing nothing, though. Michael Formanek has long ago established himself as a fixture among ...

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One Track Mind: The Byrds, "Mr. Tambourine Man" (1965)

Source: Something Else!
October 25, 2010

By Nick Deriso A Bob Dylan song reimagined into something like the Beach Boys, and also something like the Beatles—and nothing like folk music—propelled the Byrds to their first No. 1. Oh, and started the folk-rock movement. Among other things. It begins with Roger McGuinn's guitar, sustained and bright, which was then paired alongside a complex harmony where McGuinn and Gene Clark sang in unison. David Crosby, meanwhile, rides just above in a thrilling higher register. With that, “Mr. Tambourine ...

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Shakira Releases "Sale el Sol / The Sun Comes Out"

Source: Chris M. Slawecki
October 24, 2010

New York, NY: On the heels of the momentous success of “Waka Waka (This Time For Africa)," a sold out tour, and her newly released single “Loca," Shakira released her 9th album, Sale El Sol / The Sun Comes Out, through Epic Records on October 19th.

Sale El Sol marks a return to the eclectic approach that defined Shakira's music and established her unique sound and style. The album, which Entertainment Weekly calls an “eclectic, adventurous mix," has three distinct, ...

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The Nu Band - Live in Paris (No Business, 2010)

Source: Music and More by Tim Niland
October 24, 2010

Celebrating ten years together, The Nu Band: Roy Campbell, on trumpet, pocket trumpet, flugelhorn and flute, Mark Whitecage on alto saxophone and clarinet, Joe Fonda on bass and Lou Grassi on drums and percussion remain committed to spontaneous composition and improvisation and creating music in the moment. This live album from Paris is an excellent example of their art, opening with the lengthy “Somewhere over the Seine" has strong swirling saxophone over a deep bass and drum pocket. Strong exciting ...

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