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Drinking From the Fountain: Brazil’s Mario Adnet Revels in Villa-Lobos’ Lush Legacy on "Um Olhar Sobre Villa-Lobos"
“I don't use folklore, I am the folklore,” Brazilian composer Heitor Villa-Lobos stated boldly while on one of many tours in Europe. Able to compose art songs and then go jam with street bands, Villa-Lobos gave birth to modern Brazilian music, both classical and popular. Latin Grammy-winning composer, arranger, and performer Mario Adnet has traced this ...
Guitarist Dave Stryker Appointed to IU Jacobs School of Music Jazz Faculty
The Indiana University Jacobs School of Music is pleased to announce that Dave Stryker will join its faculty as adjunct lecturer in jazz guitar this fall. Stryker was voted one of the Top Ten Guitarists in the 2001 DownBeat Readers poll and a Rising Star for the last five years in the DownBeat Critics Poll. Known ...
Atropolis Announces New Album "Transitions" on Cumba Mela August 13th
Adam Partridge, also known as Atropolis, his electronically global infused alter-ego, mixes his degree and knowledge in music composition and ethnomusicology throughout his own productions and DJ sets. It makes sense that a lifelong New Yorker has created a sound that encompasses the best of a number of musical influences the city has to offer. Since ...
10 Ft. Ganja Plant - "Skycatcher" Coming September 24 on ROIR
The ‘Plant is back! 2012 was a busy year for elusive roots band, 10 Ft. Ganja Plant. They released a critically acclaimed instrumental album, 10 Deadly Shots Vol. II (“their strongest set to date,” according to The Wire), and played an incredible, rare, sold out show at Boston’s Middle East Club. 2013 promises to be even ...
John Coltrane's "Afro Blue Impressions" Expanded Version Coming from Concord/Pablo
Concord Music Group will reissue a remastered and expanded edition of John Coltrane’s Afro Blue Impressions album on August 20, 2013. Enhanced by 24-bit remastering by Joe Tarantino, three bonus tracks, and new liner notes, the new reissue celebrates the 40th anniversary of Pablo Records, the jazz label founded by Norman Granz in 1973. The story ...
Inspiration Information / Wings of Love
by Chris M. Slawecki
Singer, songwriter and multi- instrumentalist Shuggie Otis might not have been born holding a guitar but he probably picked his first one up soon thereafter. He did grow up playing guitar in bands led by his dad Johnny Otis, who introduced such artists as Charles Brown and Esther Phillips to R&B and soul audiences. He debuted ...
Smooth Jazz Summer Nights at Penn's Landing in Philadelphia
This season of Smooth Jazz Summer Nights Concerts on the Great Plaza at Penn’s Landing celebrates the nation’s best and brightest jazz performers. An evening summer breeze, a beautiful setting, the sounds of horns, smooth vocals, and heart pounding percussions will make these concerts a summertime must-do event. This season’s power-packed lineup will grace the stage ...
Broadcast Music, Inc. to Name John Lydon as BMI Icon at 2013 BMI London Awards
Broadcast Music, Inc.(R)(BMI(R)), the global leader in music rights management, will present the BMI Icon Award to music legend John Lydon at its annual BMI London Awards. The gala will be held on Tuesday, October 15, at London's Dorchester Hotel, Park Lane. The BMI Icon designation is given to songwriters who have had “a unique and ...
Motema Takes Flight With Steady Stream of Breakthrough Albums
Motéma Music's tenth anniversary year is in full swing, and as the summer heats up, the Harlem-based label has much cause for celebration. The month of July kicked off with vibraphonist Joe Locke's May release Lay Down My Heart, spending two weeks in the #1 slot on the Jazz Week chart. For the week of July ...
SAM Debut Album “Another Life” Set for Release
The progressive-rock improvising trio SAM, formed by bassist Julie Slick, guitarist Peter Alexius and Chapman Stick player Marc Mennigmann, announced the release of their long awaited debut album called Another Life and an additional EP called Yet Another Life on July 22nd, 2013. The album will be available on BandCamp first. Distribution on iTunes, Amazon, CDbaby, ...
