Home » Search Center » Results: GoMedia PR
Results for "GoMedia PR"
Free Exclusive Video Download of "Details of the Wind" from Songlines
For the next two weeks, Songlines Recordings, home to such critically acclaimed artists as Brad Shepik, Harris Eisenstadt's Canada Day, and Benoit Delbecq, is giving away a free, exclusive download of a video from Delbecq and Francois Houle. The video captures the two musicians in the studio during the recording of their current Songlines release Because ...
Gregory Porter: Be Good
by Dan Bilawsky
Debut albums often serve as fine introductions to the work of fledgling artists with potential for greater things, but that wasn't the case with Gregory Porter's Water (Motéma, 2010). Porter's debut, which was nominated for a Grammy Award, presented a vocal soul-jazz juggernaut that seemingly materialized out of thin air as a fully matured musical entity. ...
Vocalist Gregory Porter Will Tour To Support Release Of "Be Good"
Sophomore Release from Grammy Nominee Will Be Released on Motema Music on February 14, 2012 East Coast Shows Scheduled For Boston, New York, Detroit, Chicago and Pittsburgh From March 15 Through April 3 In the short fifteen months since Gregory Porter exploded onto the international music scene with his debut CD, Water (Motema Music, 2010), he ...
Elio Villafranca and Arturo Stable: Dos Y Mas
by Dan Bilawsky
Pianist Elio Villafranca and percussionist Arturo Stable have the world at their fingertips. They originally hail from Cuba, where they received classical training and soaked in the sounds of the people before coming Stateside. But they don't limit their vision to their mutual point of origin. Spain, the Middle East and Africa, along with the sounds ...
Dennis Rollins Velocity Trio: The 11th Gate
by Dan Bilawsky
Some dates, like Cinco de Mayo or the fourth of July, are cause for celebration year-after-year because of historical context within specific cultures, while others--like 11/11/11--are global, party-worthy phenomena that celebrate a numerical oddity that will only occur once. This specific date marked the 47th birthday of British trombonist Dennis Rollins and served as the prime ...
Benoit Delbecq / Francois Houle: Because She Hoped
by Glenn Astarita
The superior recording quality, tinged with reverb and a capacious aesthetic, serves as a third instrument on this studio recording by French pianist Benoit Delbecq and Canadian clarinetist Francois Houle. Both artists occupy that progressive, cutting-edge space within modern jazz contexts. With their third duo outing, the musicians use extended techniques in an intimate setting. Here, ...
Acclaimed Vocalist Gregory Porter Offers Up Another Round of Soulful Jazz on Be Good
Sophomore Release from Grammy® Nominee Will Be Released on Motéma Music on February 14, 2012 In the short fifteen months since Gregory Porter exploded onto the international music scene with his debut CD, Water, he has racked up a continuing stream of accolades and awards. Porter's Water garnered a 'Best Jazz Vocal ' Grammy® nomination (a ...
Gowanus Reggae and Ska Society: GRASS on Fire: Gowanus Reggae and Ska Society Plays Catch a Fire
by Chris M. Slawecki
At first look, jazz seems to have little use for reggae. After all, isn't the essence of jazz its flights of improvisatory fancy, while reggae's trademark is that resolute, lockdown rhythm? But a solid point from which to take off and return is most helpful when flying, and reggae provides a rhythmic foundation more solid than ...
Dennis Rollins' Velocity Trio's "The 11th Gate" Digitally Released in the US on 11.11.11
11.11.11. the date that is attributed by many to have metaphysical and mystical implications, will certainly prove to be an auspicious date for UK-based trombonist Dennis Rollins, whose CD with his Velocity Trio, The 11th Gate, will be released digitally in the US to coincide with its release in the UK and Europe. For 25 years ...
Benoit Delbecq and Francois Houle Reunite on "Because She Hoped"
Third CD from Acclaimed Pianist and Clarinetist Released on Songlines Recordings Released on November 8 Pianist Benoit Delbecq and clarinetist Francois Houle, who last collaborated as a duo on 2002's Dice Thrown, have once again joined forces on Because She Hoped, their third recording as a duo on Songlines Recordings. Because She Hoped was released on ...
