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Thomas Dolby Readies First New Studio Album in 20 Years
A Map of the Floating City, set for late 2010, will be preceded by three digital EPs. Guests include Mark Knopfler, Regina Spektor, Natalie MacMaster, Eddi Reader and Imogen Heap. LONDON, U.K. -- Thomas Dolby, the iconic '80s star whose smash hits “She Blinded Me With Science" and “Hyperactive" helped define the MTV generation/revolution, is preparing ...
Kinky Friedman Announces First Tour of the West Coast in Two Decades
Former Texas gubernatorial candidate, political commentator and self-proclaimed “author, columnist, musician and beautician" Kinky Friedman will perform on the West Coast this summer for the first time in nearly 20 years. Dates for the Go West Young Kinky Tour of 2010 start on July 26th in Vancouver and continue into August. Two members of Kinky's seminal ...
Ray Charles: Genius + Soul = Jazz
by C. Michael Bailey
Ray Charles Genius + Soul = Jazz Concord Music 2010 Ray Charles spent the 1950s and 1960s transforming the atomic American musics of gospel, the blues, R&B and country into what has been tagged “soul." Should jazz have been immune to his considerable charms? No, of course not. During the ...
Kinky Friedman Announces First West Coast Performance Tour in Two Decades
AUSTIN, Texas -- Former Texas gubernatorial candidate, political commentator and self- proclaimed “author, columnist, musician and beautician" Kinky Friedman will perform on the West Coast this summer for the first time in nearly 20 years. Dates for the “Go West Young Kinky Tour of 2010" start on July 26th in Vancouver and continue into August (a ...
Cameo-Parkway (Abkco) Reissues Coming from Collectors' Choice
Six individual CDs including a doo-wop compilation kick off reissue program of long sought-after material LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- On June 22, 2010, Collectors' Choice Music in conjunction with ABKCO Music & Records will begin a rollout of six reissues and compilations from the legendary Cameo and Parkway Records masters. The initial six CDs, including four ...
Great American Taxi Donate Track to Coal Miners' Relief Fund
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Just in time for Earth Day (April 22), Great American Taxi, whose current album Reckless Habits is climbing the Americana radio airplay charts, has donated a free download of a song, “Appalachian Soul" culled from its debut album Streets of Gold, to raise awareness of the plight of coal miners and their communities ...
Stone River Boys Are Hacienda Brothers' Dave Gonzalez and Hollisters' Mike Barfield, Debut CD out June 1
Group's debut album Love on the Dial out June 1 on Cow Island Music AUSTIN, Texas -- After tearing it up in the Lone Star State and across the country for nearly two years, Austin's Stone River Boys will issue their recording bow Love on the Dial on June 1 via Northampton, Mass.-based Cow Island Music. ...
Otis Redding's 2-CD 'Live on the Sunset Strip' from 1966 Readied by Stax Records
Three full sets available in their entirety for the first time, with digital remastering and extensive liner notes LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- In 1966, Otis Redding had emerged not only as the star of Stax Records but as one of nation's most influential soul singers. With his version of “Satisfaction" climbing the charts in April 1966, ...
Frank Sinatra/Antonio Carlos Jobim Reissue Coming On Concord
Twenty-song set contains the complete 1967 'Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim' album plus all 10 songs from its intended 1969 follow-up, Sinatra/Jobim LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- In 1967, Frank Sinatra teamed up with Brazilian singer, pianist, guitarist, composer and songwriter Antonio Carlos Jobim to record an album that married the Chairman's signature vocals with ...
Steve Cropper & Felix Cavaliere Reunite for Second CD 'Midnight Flyer'
LOS ANGELES, CA - Steve Cropper, guitarist for Booker T. and the MGs and one of the primary architects of the unmistakable Stax sound of the 1960s, and vocalist/keyboardist Felix Cavaliere, the voice of the Rascals and the pivotal figure in the blue-eyed soul movement of that same era, have reconvened for their second collaborative recording. ...
