Results for "Sweet Megg"

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New Releases Plus A Birthday Celebration of Joni Mitchell and For The Roses

by Mary Foster Conklin
November 21, 2022

This broadcast presents new releases from from violinist Susan Reed, vocalists Paul Marinaro, Sweet Megg, Caity Georgy and vibraphonist Patricia Brennan, with birthday shoutouts to Joni Mitchell (also celebrating the 50th anniversary of her release For The Roses), Janet Lawson, Bertha Hope, Ernestine Anderson, LaVern Baker, Miho Hazama, Carmen Lundy, Patricia Barber and Amanda Tosoff among ...

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Terri Lyne Carrington's Latest Project Sets New Standards For Women Composers

by Mary Foster Conklin
September 26, 2022

This broadcast presents new releases from Sweet Megg & Ricky Alexander, Celia Berk, Connie Han, trio Daniel Carter, Kelly Green & Luca Soul, a live 2017 concert recording featuring Wayne Shorter, Terri Lyne Carrington, Leo Genovese, Esperanza Spalding, plus Terri Lyne Carrington's groundbreaking New Standards Vol. 1 project highlighting women composers, with birthday shoutouts to Doris ...

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NYC Artist Sweet Megg Releases New Western Swing Album 'My Window Faces The South'

September 17, 2022

NYC eclectic jazz artist Sweet Megg (Megg Farrell) introduces her new Western Swing album, entitled My Window Faces the South, out on September 16, 2022 on Turtle Bay Records. The album consists of 11 tracks representing a broad range of early 20th century American music composed by some of the biggest songwriting legends, including Hoagy Carmichael, ...

Video

Stardust

Featuring the music of Sweet Megg
Duration: 6:50
August 29, 2022

Sweet Megg and her talented band of players perform the Hoagy Carmichael classic live at Nelson Drum Shop in Nashville, TN. Megg says about the song, “Stardust has always been one of my favorite songs. The melody, chord progression, and lyrics are in ultimate harmony with each other making the emotional content remarkably vivid. It is sad but also it is melancholy wrapped up in such beauty that it can feel both good and bad at the same time. There is so much in this song. When I’m feeling joyous and in love, I feel inspired to sing it, or when I’m in the depths of depression I want to sing it. It induces feelings and that is why I enjoy it. It makes me feel whatever I’m feeling stronger.” This video was a performance of what we had just finished in the studio. We had spent the past two days recording and had a little send off party at Nelson Drum Shop. That is what this video is about.”

Album

I'm in Love Again

By Sweet Megg

Label: Turtle Bay Records
Released: 2021
Track listing: My Honey’s Lovin’ Arms; Foolin’ Myself; Right Or Wrong; Squeeze Me; Last Night On The Back Porch; Angry; I Got It Bad; Ragged But Right; I’m In Love Again; I’d Love To Take Orders From You; A Blues Serenade

Video

All I Want For Christmas

Featuring the music of Sweet Megg
Duration: 4:04
December 17, 2021

NYC-bred vocalist Meaghan Farrell, known as Sweet Megg, blends her love of jazz and Americana in her unique take of “All I Want for Christmas Is You.” She recorded the song with an accomplished group of jazz musicians, all labelmates on Turtle Bay Records. The players include Ricky Alexander (saxophone), Mike Davis (trumpet), Justin Poindexter (guitar), Tal Ronen (bass), Jesse Gelber (piano), Chris Gelb (drums) and Sam Chess (trombone).

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Sweet Megg & Ricky Alexander

June 18, 2021

I'm always amazed when young musicians and singers today are passionate about and obsessed with a long-ago jazz era. I just assume that given a choice, these artists would rather stick with post-war jazz movements—from bebop to fusion and beyond. Not Sweet Megg and Ricky Alexander and the musicians they hang out with. For them, the ...

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Jazz Artists Sweet Megg And Ricky Alexander Join Forces On New Album Coming June 2021

April 23, 2021

New York City-based jazz artists Sweet Megg (Meaghan Farrell) and Ricky Alexander prove you can always re-spark a romance, even for music. The two solo artists, who have been performing together for the past few years, aim to make early jazz classics popular again with their debut collaboration album, I’m in Love Again. The album is ...

Musician

Sweet Megg

Sweet Megg was born and bred in New York City but her sound reaches far beyond the confines of Manhattan. Her voice is exceptional and colored with a vast variety of influences that she holds dear, including Billie Holiday, Patsy Cline, Edith Piaf, and Bessie Smith. Her music is steeped in many traditional American musical styles but also allows for influence from the present era and reflects the changes surrounding it. Sweet Megg says, “When jazz was born, it was exciting and made us laugh and cry. Jazz should be the most relatable of all music because it is pure human improvisation being broadcast in real time