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Tabou Combo's "Respect" Out July 12 on Secret Stash

Source: Press Junkie PR
July 5, 2011

Formed in 1967 just outside of Port-au-Prince, Tabou Combo has proven to be the most successful band to ever come out of Haiti. They've toured Europe, Mexico, Africa, the Caribbean and the United States (including a central Park concert boasting over 20,000 attendees). It has been said by many that Tabou Combo is Haitian music. Their unique blend of American funk and soul with native sounds has earned them legions of devoted fans the world over. However, their popularity didn't ...

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Performance / Tour

This Week at The Cornelia Street Cafe: July 5-11

Source: Jason Byrne, Red Cat Publicity
July 5, 2011

July 5-7: Jean Rohe Curates The Global Living Room Festival: The Global Living Room Series is a monthly international music event at the Cornelia Street Café. It features artists from New York City's vast melting pot, playing music from all over the world. Curated by singer/composer Jean Rohe, the concert calendar is eclectic, representing sounds from any and all places that music is made-sometimes in conversation with one another-and spanning the traditional to the innovative. With Jean's genre-bending ensemble as ...

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Live At The Viva La Vuvuzuela Music Festival: Derrick N. Ashong & Soulfege

Source: Carol Green, Redwood Entertainment
July 5, 2011

New York, NY, July 5, 2011—Derrick N. Ashong & Soulfège will be performing live at Babycastles in Williamsburg, Brooklyn for the Viva La Vuvuzuela Music Festival on Saturday, July 9, 2011 from 9:45 to 10:35 PM. “Here are musicians, poised with a positive vibe and with lyrics so uplifting that you actually believe, if only for one night, that slowly, out of a species-wide weariness for discord and conflict, a new world mood may emerge from the street and the ...

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Psychedelic Harp Rocker Erin Hill Sets 'Girl Inventor' Sci-Fi Video Album for 10/10

Source: Seth Cohen PR
July 5, 2011

It's B-52s Meets Invasion of the Body Snatchers, as Psychedelic Harp Rocker Chick ERIN HILL Preps Trailblazing Science Fiction Video Album Girl Inventor Set For October 10th; First Video Single Premieres Today for Twilight Zone- Inspired “Giant Mushrooms" Space Hippies and Vulcans Love the Harp—You Will, Too! Every once in a while, an artist comes along with a wonderfully twisted perspective, and we get to experience their innovation as our entertainment. Today, psychedelic singer, harpist, multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, screenwriter, actor and ...

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Composer Dave White Releases "Subsequent" on AudioMoxie Records

Source: James Laurance
July 5, 2011

Multi-instrumentalist and neo-classical composer Dave White offers a new album Subsequent (AudioMoxie Records), a vivid sonic collection that clearly displays White's strong composition and arrangement talents. With much attention given to piano, White also introduces a wide array of supporting instruments both acoustic and electronic. Subsequent captivates, picks up, lifts and lets go with a variety of moods and musical styles. Even more dynamic than his earlier work, each track stands alone yet manages to get along well with others. ...

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Saxophonist Abdiel Flores Releases "He Watches over Me" -- Jazz with Gospel and Latin Flavor

Source: Michael Ricci
July 5, 2011

Puerto Rican saxophonist Abdiel Flores is premiering his first soloist production titled He Watches Over Me. The album, available this March, is a compilation of traditional hymns with musical arrangements based on jazz rhythms and harmonies with Latin influences.This new release involves the collaboration of a select group of local and international veteran jazz players. Among them, the bassist Ramon Vazquez, pianist Yan Carlos Artime, guitarist Isaac Lausell, bassist Elías Santos, and drummer Leobadis González. According to Flores, the purpose ...

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Glamour of Classic Movies Inspires Jazz Vocalist Kathy Sanborn's New Release, "Magnetized"

Source: Kathy Sanborn
July 5, 2011

What do film stars like Cary Grant and Marilyn Monroe have in common? Jazz composer and vocalist Kathy Sanborn says they share an electric, magnetizing attraction that screen fans can't ignore. Sanborn's latest release, Magnetized, describes an electrifying attraction of love that can't be denied. Sanborn says, “Picture a fan watching his or her favorite movie star on the screen, feeling a magnetic attraction that can't be explained. That's what Magnetized is all about—when you are pulled by an inexplicable ...

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Australian jazz artist Wayne Jones walks on "Saturday Street" with spine-tingling bass lines

Source: Lauren Rogers
July 5, 2011

It is paved with spiky, spine-tingling bass lines, the Saturday Street that Australian jazz artist Wayne Jones walks on. Saturday Street, Jones' latest album, is a glistening summer soundtrack that bathes in the pulsating energy of city life, from sun-drenched strolling to a midnight slow jam at a club. On the title track Jones' bass feels like a living entity; it throbs with vigor and swagger while jumpy piano adds further electricity. The forcefulness of Jones' bass playing is easily ...

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