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The Wait is Over: "Roots of Chicha" on Vinyl July 19
Things have changed in the global Chicha world since Barbès released its first compilation in 2006. Chicha has not only joined the ever-growing cumbia family as one of its established cousins but, all over Latin America, it has attained cult status and reached out to audiences until then more accustomed to listening to Rock En Español—or ...
'Utterly Captivating' Roots Rock on Debut CD/DVD by JD Malone & the Experts
Avalon, the debut release by JD Malone & the Experts (ItsAboutMusic.com), is a CD/DVD package that delivers extraordinary roots rock which brings to mind the snarl and grit of a young Steve Earle, Tom Petty and John Mellencamp through a sterling band and its honey-voiced leader. Tapped by Goldmine as a 'Download of the Week' and ...
Gospel Legends Vickie Winans and Kurt Carr To Headline 10th Anniversary Concert
Gospel Legends Vickie Winans and Kurt Carr To Headline 10th Anniversary Concert Celebrating BlackGospelPromo.com And Its Founder, Veda Brown At Impacting Your World Christian Church in Cherry Hill, NJ Monday, July 25, 2011 @ 7:00 PM Celebrity Journalist Jawn Murray and Radio Veteran Neicy Tribbett To Emcee Lonnie Hunter & Structure, and Stellar Nominee Bryan Wilson ...
Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey to Release "Race Riot Suite"
Available August 30 on Vinyl, CD & MP3 from Kinnara Records/Royal Potato Family Featuring Brian Haas (piano), Chris Combs (lap steel guitar), Jeff Harshbarger (upright bass), Josh Raymer (drums) plus special guests Steven Bernstein (trumpet, slide trumpet), Peter Apfelbaum (tenor & baritone saxophone), Jeff Coffin (tenor saxophone), Mark Southerland (tenor saxophone), and Matt Leland (trombone) “When ...
3-Day Santa Monica Festival Offering Gigs to Indie Bands
Producers have announced that The New World F.E.S.T. (www.thenewworldfest.com), a new breed of Eco-Festival taking place from October 7-9, 2011 at the beach in Santa Monica, CA is offering two prime-time, full-paying gigs exclusively to Indie artists. To be considered for the gigs, bands must apply by submitting their EPK (Electronic Press Kit) through Sonicbids at ...
Tabou Combo's "Respect" Out July 12 on Secret Stash
Formed in 1967 just outside of Port-au-Prince, Tabou Combo has proven to be the most successful band to ever come out of Haiti. They've toured Europe, Mexico, Africa, the Caribbean and the United States (including a central Park concert boasting over 20,000 attendees). It has been said by many that Tabou Combo is Haitian music. Their ...
Sly Stone: "I'm Back! Family & Friends" Out August 16
Los Angeles, CA: Sly Stone is releasing his first new record since 1982 on August 16, 2011 via Cleopatra Records. I'm Back! Family & Friends is an 11-track celebration of Sly's best-loved hits featuring guest appearances by music legends. Classics from “Everyday People" and “Family Affair" to “Dance to the Music" and “Thank You (Falettinme Be ...
Captain Planet: "The Ningané EP" Released June 28 on Bastard Jazz
After the success of 2009's Speakin' Nuyorican EP (which saw licenses for both CBS's CSI: NY and HBO's Entourage), successful remixes for Alice Russell and Vieux Farke Toure, top-ranking in Giles Peterson's Havana Cultura Remix contest, as well as a move from Brooklyn to Los Angeles—the man who goes by Captain Planet returns back to form ...
Percussivo Mundo Novo to Tour US in July
Touch-Screen Samba and Joystick Roots: Percussivo Mundo Novo Channels Cascading Brazilian Beats and Smiling Cyberfunk on North American Tour, July and August 2011 The first of the cyber-Mohicans hits the stage, shredding like a rock star on a touch-screen tablet melded with a Guitar Hero controller-and creating a huge chorus of Brazilian rhythm. With a three-foot ...
Chet Baker: She Was Too Good To Me
by Chris M. Slawecki
Newly reminted in 2010's CTI Masterworks series, She Was Too Good To Me was originally Chet Baker's 1974 “comeback album," his first recording since a well-publicized mugging by junkie acquaintances (hardly “friends") that relieved the singer and trumpet player of his money, dope and most of his teeth. “Believe me," Baker once observed, “when a trumpet ...
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