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More Like Trees Releases "Roots, Shoots & Leaves" (BBE)
Officially born on 10th March 2011 when their east London debut gig effortlessly sold out, London- based acoustic 3-piece More Like Trees have been creating a buzz on the London music scene and beyond with their exciting new genre, dubbed “Strum & Bass.” This May sees the release of their debut album, Roots, Shoots and Leaves. ...
New York City's Pedrito Martinez Group Signs with Motéma Music
The charismatic Pedrito Martinez Group - a veritable 'Latino Fab Four' - who met and started playing together at the Guantanamera restaurant in New York City five years ago, is led by the much in-demand Cuban percussion wizard Pedrito Martinez. Pedrito has performed on over 100 recordings, including Eddie Palmieri and Bryan Lynch's 2010 Grammy®-winner Sympatico; ...
Big Star Soundtrack to Film Documentary Released on Omnivore Recordings
The story of Big Star will finally hit the big screen in the feature-length documentary Big Star: Nothing Can Hurt Me (Magnolia Pictures). After years in the making, the movie comes to theaters, On Demand and iTunes on July 3. On June 25, Omnivore Recordings released the soundtrack to the film featuring 22 tracks, all of ...
Sarah Vaughan "Divine: The Jazz Albums 1954-1958" On Verve Select
Sarah Vaughan: Divine: The Jazz Albums 1954-1958 Sarah Vaughan was already considered one of the greatest singers of her era when she signed with Mercury Records in 1954. She was given the charge to record jazz for the subsidiary EmArcy, pop for the main label Mercury, though the assignments sometimes overlapped. No matter the imprint, during ...
Allan Holdsworth's "FLATTire: Music for a Non-Existent Movie" on CD & Digital Download
MoonJune Records is once again proud to re-release another classic Allan Holdsworth album, FLATTire. The album is subtitled Music From A Non-Existent Movie, and easily qualifies as one of his most mysterious, yet introspective works. Originally released in 2001, the album had a small print run, received little notice and no fanfare. Comprised predominantly of performances ...
Koby Israelite Balkanizes the Blues (and Vice Versa) on "Blues from Elsewhere"
If Jimmy Page played accordion, and if Taraf de Haidouks sang the blues, they’d be partying along side Israeli-born, London-based multi-instrumentalist Koby Israelite. With devil-may-care daring, the Balkan and blues-loving maverick brings together the coolest sounds of gritty roots, hard-hitting rock, and the joyous mayhem of a good East European wedding band on Blues from Elsewhere ...
Lenny White Dips Into Archives for "Lenny White Live"
Grammy Award-winning artist Lenny White, an influential drummer and longtime member of the fusion supergroup Return To Forever as well as a prolific producer, has delved deep into his own past and come up with another gem in Lenny White Live. A document of a tour of Japan in 1997, this powerful funk-fusion outing features an ...
Turntables on Las Rambles
When Nickodemus and Mariano started the Turntables on the Hudson (TOTH) parties in 1998 it was one of the first late night outdoor events in NYC. With the addition of Groove Collective founding member Nappy G on percussion, the party became an adventurous, young, free-spirited community known worldwide for its eclectic musical blend. In the past ...
Pianist Eldar Djangirov Tandem Releases: New Jazz Trio Opus Plus Solo Classical Debut
Few artists could record two albums over the course of one week in different musical genres, with disparate personnel, and at separate studios. Yet New York City-based pianist Eldar Djangirov has done just that, and proven himself musically ambidextrous as evidenced by two remarkable, self-produced recordings for his debut on the maverick, multi-Grammy® nominated Motéma Music ...
Kaleidoscope Jukebox Releases "Infinite Reflections" on Rhythm & Culture
Rhythm & Culture’s newest signing is Kaleidoscope Jukebox, the multi instrumentalist electronic Indiana native Clint Carty, a producer of global downtempo music. Clint started out DJ'ing and producing at the turn of the century and has slowly but surely chipped away to form the sculpture that is now “his sound.” Infinite Reflection showcases Kaleidscopes Jukebox’s diverse ...
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