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Christmas 2015 VI: A Gospel Afterthought
by C. Michael Bailey
This article is less a holiday piece than a generally informative one. As Christmas is often lost in the Holiday, it is worthwhile to consider the story that started everything traditionally. There has been a renewed interest in Gospel music that has been typified in a number of recent and not-so-recent releases. These are worth consideration ...
Sonny Sharrock: Ask the Ages
by C. Michael Bailey
Guitarist Sonny Sharrock had been recording since 1969, in a variety of formats. In 1991, he recorded his masterpiece, Ask the Ages for Axiom records. The recording was produced by Sharrock and MOD Technologies founder and bassist Bill Laswell. Axiom Records was a precursor to Laswell's MOD Technologies. It is fitting that Laswell resurrect Sharrock's magnum ...
The Indigo Girls at South On Main, Little Rock, Arkansas
by C. Michael Bailey
The Indigo Girls South On Main 2015--2016 Oxford American Concert Series South on Main, 1304 South Main St, Little Rock, AR 72202 Thursday, December 3, 2015 “I'm gonna clear my head..." The Little Rock, Arkansas restaurant and performance stage, South on Main, represents an effort on the part ...
Christmas 2015 III: All That Jazz
by C. Michael Bailey
Barbara Dennerlein Christmas Soul MPS Records 2015 Christmas Soul is a swinging little jazz party fueled by Barbara Dennerlein's Hammond B3. Now, if the listener is expecting some Jimmy Smith smoky grease or Larry Young radioactivity, you will be disappointed. Dennerlein is known for using rare analog effects ...
C. Michael Bailey's Best Releases of 2015
by C. Michael Bailey
It is easy this year, only vocal music...twelve months, twelve releases. Lyn Stanley Potions: From the '50s We Baby Boomers are a persnickety bunch. We revel in our nostalgia while keeping a jaundiced eye on current trends and how derivative they are compared with those we experienced when ...
Christmas 2015 II: Classical
by C. Michael Bailey
A “Classical Christmas?" Here is... Vienna Boys Choir Merry Christmas from Vienna Deutsche Grammophon 2015 As iconic is the Vienna Boys Choir, it is hard to believe that they do not release a holiday offering each year. Groups like Mannheim Steamroller and Trans Siberian Orchestra have ...
Kim Nazarian: Some Morning
by C. Michael Bailey
Vocalist and New York Voices' founding member Kim Nazarian joins her band mate Lauren Kinhan in recently releasing a solo recording. Kinhan's Circle in a Square.(Self Produced, 2014) was well received, bringing much deserved attention to both Kinhan and the NYVs. Nazarian's entry into the solo field enriches the soprano field greatly and accents her discography ...
Laura Furci: paCiencia
by C. Michael Bailey
We have talent among us that often receive little more than local notice and are deserving of much more. I have followed singer/composer/producer wunderkind Laura Furci for the past decade and hers is just such a talent. Classically-trained as a pianist, Furci expanded her creative perimeter to include vocals and composition, molding a musical direction that ...
Halie Loren: Butterfly Blue
by C. Michael Bailey
All About Jazz collegue R.J. Deluke published a lengthy piece on Alaska-now-Oregon native vocalist Halie Loren. In that piece, DeLuke concludes: “Loren is also in a place vocally where her sound has moved away from influence and is her own. Emulating her favorites, and learning from that in years, are behind. Her phrasing ...
Christmas 2015 I: Handel’s Messiah
by C. Michael Bailey
George Frideric Handel's Messiah shows no signs of slowing down 273 years after its debut in Dublin on that cool Irish Friday, 13 April 1742. This current year's batch of recordings includes a brand-spanking new release, two reissues, and one that got away from me. They are, in sum, a celebration of Il Caro Sassone and ...
