Results for "Michael Ricci"

Miike Snow Digital Deluxe Edition

April 15, 2010

MIIKE SNOW RELEASING DELUXE DIGITAL EDITION OF DEBUT ALBUM THROUGH iTUNES CONTAINS FIVE BONUS TRACKS INCLUDING TWO NEW SONGS AND THREE REMIXES Miike Snow Miike Snow, the pop trio comprised of acclaimed Swedish producers Christian Karlsson and Pontus Winnberg with American singer/songwriter Andrew Wyatt, have released a digital deluxe edition of their acclaimed self-titled ...

Galactic Podcast Offers Tour of New Orleans

April 15, 2010

Band Discusses Favorite Spots In Anticipation Of Festival Performance and Appearance On HOB's “Treme" GALACTIC's latest album Ya-Ka-May offers an exciting and exotic musical journey into a modern day New Orleans as experienced by those who live there. In anticipation of the band's upcoming appearance at the storied New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, GALACTIC are ...

Rounder Records Sold to Concord Music Group

April 15, 2010

The Concord Music Group has acquired the legendary independent label group Rounder Records. The acquisition of Rounder's 3,000 masters combined with Concord Music Group's catalog of more than 10,000 master recordings strengthens the labels status as one of the world's most significant independent record companies. Rounder's creative and marketing functions will continue to ...

Grateful Dead: "Crimson, White and Indigo" to Screen in Theaters

April 15, 2010

On April 20th, Grateful Dead and Rhino Records will release the new CD & DVD package Crimson, White & Indigo. Crimson, White & Indigo CD/DVD captures their July 7th, 1989 performance at JFK Stadium in Philadelphia to an audience of 95,000. The entire full-length theatrical concert experience is fully mastered and coming to theaters nationwide this ...

Bassist/Composer Michael Janisch Releases Debut Album "Purpose Built" on Whirlwind Recordings.

April 15, 2010

Bassist/Composer Michael Janisch calls his new album Purpose Built, and with one listen to this debut recording it leaves no doubt to the listener why he is one of the premier creative musicians of his generation. One of the most productive and innovative young bassists on the jazz scene today, Janisch--whose has shared the stage with ...

Video: Pandora's Tim Westergren on Nightline

April 15, 2010

2010 JJA Jazz Awards Nominees

April 15, 2010

Finalists for the 2010 JJA Jazz Awards honoring excellence in music-making and music documentation, nominated by 60 professional Jazz Journalists Association members. Winners in 41 categories to be announced at the Awards gala. 1. Lifetime Achievement in Jazz Muhal Richard Abrams Jimmy Heath James Moody Paul Motian Wayne Shorter Randy Weston ...

Mulatu Astatke: The Man and His Influence

April 15, 2010

Mulatu Astatke is a musical titan, in the same league as the likes of Fela Kuti and King Sunny Ade, yet he was first recognized to most people when The Paris-based world music record label, Buda Musique devoted the entire 4th installment of their respected series, Ethiopiques, to his compositions in 1998. Astatke was born in ...

Funny SNL Music Fest Clip

April 15, 2010

Nicole Mitchell Intergalactic Beings: Xenogenesis II

April 15, 2010

Inspired by the seminal Afrofuturist science-fiction writer Octavia Butler, flutist and composer Nicole Mitchell evokes a journey into the unknown in the second chapter of her Xenogenesis Suite, “Intergalactic Beings." Mitchell composed “Intergalactic Beings" for her Black Earth Ensemble, an improvising chamber orchestra, and taps into the emotional and surreal qualities of Butler's alien abduction tale ...