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All Good Funk Alliance Release "Jack of All Trades"
All Good Funk Alliance are no strangers to Fort Knox Recordings, they have been releasing music and remixing with us since the beginning. Frank Cueto and Rusty Belicek are the masterminds behind AGFA. They have built a solid reputation and a signature sound, creating a definitive catalog of tracks that have rocked many dance floors worldwide. ...
D.C. Jazz Loft Series to Showcase National Stars & Local Talent in June
The D.C. Jazz Loft Series, a collaboration between the DC Jazz Festival (DCJF) and CapitalBop, will return to the Festival this year with performances from some of the nation’s most influential, boundary-pushing artists. Part of the Festival’s Jazz in the ‘Hoods program presented by Events DC, the three-day series is expanding to include a final, daylong ...
SOJA Adds More Tour Dates
2012 has been a breakthrough year for the DC-based band SOJA. Their latest album Strength To Survive (out now on ATO Records – home to Alabama Shakes, Rodrigo y Gabriela, and 311) landed in the Billboard 200’s top 40. The album has impressively sold over 30,000 copies in less than two months and they recently made ...
Various Artists: Putamayo Presents: Brazilian Beat
by Chris M. Slawecki
"One of the exciting things we at Putamayo do is introduce artists to people who don't know them," says Putamayo Records head Dan Storper. Brazilian Beat surveys the roots and fruits of Brazil's contemporary music, selected from Putamayo's archive of tens of thousands of global/world music pieces. “You can really hear the intersection between past and ...
Missives from Distant Fronts
by Chris M. Slawecki
Bio RitmoLa Verdad Electric Cowbell Records2011 In September 2011, Bio Ritmo, the ten-piece salsa band from Richmond (Virginia), celebrated twenty years together, no small accomplishment for a band originally formed (says its official company bio) “as a percussion ensemble brought together by two misplaced Puerto Ricans who met ...
"When I Left Home: My Story" by Buddy Guy
When I Left Home: My Story tells, for the first time, Buddy's picaresque story in his own unique voice, told as only he can tell it — with deep personal insight and unforgettable, candid portraits of all the key players of the first generation of electric blues artists, whose music changed the world forever. Buddy's on ...
Tedeschi Trucks Band Celebrates 1st Anniversary With Release Of Live Double-Disc Album "Everybody's Talkin"
Everybody’s Talkin’ — released on May 22 — is the title of the uplifting, energy-packed sophomore recording by Tedeschi Trucks Band, the 11-piece ensemble led by husband-wife team Derek Trucks and Susan Tedeschi that recently marked their first anniversary with a Grammy win for their debut album Revelator. TTB (as their fans know them) shows off ...
Catskill Chill Music Festival Artist Line-Up September 7-9
Catskill Chill Music Festival unveils their artist line-up for the third annual Chill at the picturesque Camp Minglewood in Hancock, New York. Taking place September 7th – 9th, the 2012 event will host over 40 bands on three stages during the 3-day camping festival. Nestled in the Catskill Mountains, where the beauty of nature synchronizes with ...
Doris Duke Foundation Announces First Class of Doris Duke Artists
Twenty-one of America’s most vital and productive performing artists in contemporary dance, jazz, theatre and multidisciplinary work were announced today as the first class of Doris Duke Artists, sharing a total of $5.775 million awarded in an unprecedented new initiative of the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation (DDCF). Each member of the first class will receive an ...
Vijay Iyer Receives $30K 2012 Greenfield Prize in Music
The Hermitage Artist Retreat, along with the Philadelphia-based Greenfield Foundation, is pleased to announce that they have just presented the prestigious 2012 Greenfield Prize to Vijay Iyer, Grammy-nominated composer/pianist. The award was presented during The Greenfield Prize Weekend in Sarasota, FL, where major arts leaders from all over the country assembled to participate in openings, symposia ...
