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Final Album By Rockabilly Legend Janis Martin, Produced By Rosie Flores, To See Light Of Day
Cow Island Music to release 'The Blanco Sessions,' funded by Kickstarter, on September 18. Flores will embark on U.S. tour to perform Martin’s songs. AUSTIN, Texas — Janis Martin was one of the few female recording artists working in the male-dominated rockabilly field in the 1950s. Nicknamed “the female Elvis” for her dance moves, the Sutherland, ...
Guitar Legend Alvin Lee Still On The Road To Freedom With New Solo Album
More than four decades have passed since Alvin Lee stood front and center at the famed Woodstock festival with his band Ten Years After and told half million or so fans, “I’m Going Home . . . by helicopter.” Forty-three years later, Alvin Lee hasn’t arrived at his destination yet, as the title of his new ...
Creating A Future For Our Past
CREATING A FUTURE FOR OUR PAST...New web presence bodes well for American music preservation Aptos, CA — Visitors to greatamericansongbook.org will notice a fresh look these days, full of facts about composers, lyricists and singers who contributed to this original, precious and uniquely American treasure trove of music. The American Songbook Preservation Society is debuting a ...
West Coast Release Party For "The Last Balladeer: The Johnny Hartman Story"
Author Gregg Akkerman will be launching the release of his new book, The Last Balladeer: The Johnny Hartman Story (Scarecrow Press, 2012), on the West Coast at a reading event in San Diego, California. The release marks the long-overdue biography of a vocalist best known for his eponymously titled album with the intrepid saxophonist John Coltrane ...
Concord Music Group Releases Five New Titles In Very Best Of Jazz Series
Titles include the works of music legends Dave Brubeck, Vince Guaraldi, The Bill Evans Trio, Thelonious Monk, and Cannonball Adderley LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Concord Music Group is launching five new titles in its Very Best Of jazz series, which showcases some of the very best tracks culled from the recordings of some of the most ...
Ancient Future Nominated For North Bay Bohemian 2012 Norbay World Music Award
The world music group Ancient Future is a finalist in the NORTH BAY BOHEMIAN 2012 North Bay Music Awards in the World/Reggae category. There are five finalists in each category. Reader's votes will determine who wins the 2012 NorBay Gold Record Award. Bohemian.com readers and fans of Ancient Future can vote for the band in the ...
SEVA (featuring Hristo Vitchev And Weber Iago) Live At "Downtown Jazz" - Redwood City, CA - July 2nd / 6:00pm
July 2nd | Modern Jazz 6:00pm - 8:00pm 2600 Block of Broadway SEVA (featuring Hristo Vitchev and Weber Iago) SEVA is a modern jazz formation combining elements of classical, folk, rock, latin, and world music under the umbrella of the jazz sensibility and seeks to explore vibrant and distant harmonic landscapes with ...
Concord Music Group Releases Booker T. & The MGs "Green Onions" As Part Of Stax Remasters Series
Title track inducted into GRAMMY Hall of Fame in 1999 and Library of Congress's National Recording Registry in 2012 LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Concord Music Group will release Booker T. & the MGs’ Green Onions as part of its Stax Remasters series on July 24, 2012. Enhanced by 24-bit remastering by Joe Tarantino, two live bonus ...
Mike Portnoy's Prog Percussion Proves Itself Again; Wins “Best Drummer” And “Best Progressive Drummer” In The 17th Annual Drummies
San Jose, Calif., — Mike Portnoy proves for a second-straight year that his prog drumming makes him perhaps the most popular drummer in the world. Portnoy won “Best Drummer and “Best Progressive Drummer with more than 9000 drummers voting in DRUM! Magazine's 17th Annual Reader Poll. The following results highlight key races and significant winners in ...
Piano Teacher Gives Away 342 Page Bestselling Book
Who says you have to be a gifted genius to create your own unique piano compositions? Not Edward Weiss, educator, author and composer who’s just completed his first full length book on doing just that – turning anyone into a “virtual virtuoso” in as little as 30 days – even if they’ve never touched a musical ...
