Sony Music/Legacy Recordings releases newly remastered Kings Of The Wild Frontier on stunning super deluxe boxset edition, 2CD deluxe edition, LP and digital formats containing a wealth of unreleased and exclusive content on Friday, June 3(rd). Available for pre-order at: AMAZON Curated and remastered by Adam Ant, this new Legacy edition includes the original 12 […]
Critics worldwide hail them alongside Kraftwerk and Einstürzende Neubauten as pioneers of Electronic and Industrial music, bands like Front 242 and Nitzer Ebb called them their inspiration, and their musical ideas found their way into the sound of a wide spectrum of music, from Depeche Mode to the innovative pioneers of Detroit Techno. Over 30 […]
Keke Wyatt’s ‘Rated Love’ album cover. (PRNewsFoto/Aratek Entertainment) On Friday, April 22(nd), R&B phenomenon Keke Wyatt debuted her much-awaited album, Rated Love. She celebrated the occasion with a star-studded album release party hosted by fellow R&B Diva, Faith Evans in Los Angeles. The event, which was held at Prince’s old Glam Slam club, featured performances […]
For the past five years, 29-year-old trumpeter Marquis Hill has been invigorating the Chicago jazz scene with his sleek approach to modern jazz, which often incorporates elements of spoken word and hip-hop. JazzTimes praised his trumpet playing by stating, “His articulation, precise but unlabored, calls to mind the precedent of Clifford Brown, while his bravura phrasing suggests an equal […]
Flotsam and Jetsam is a band from Phoenix, Arizona with a legacy that goes back well over 30 years. Originally signed to Metal Blade records in the mid 80’s, Flotsam and Jetsam released their highly acclaimed debut “Doomsday for The Deceiver” in July of 1986. At this time the band consisted of Eric AK Knutson […]
Frank Zappa’s 3-CD Lumpy Money Project/Object set and his 2-CD Road Tapes, Venue #1 and Road Tapes, Venue #2 performance albums will be reissued, and Road Tapes, Venue #3 will debut on May 27 from Zappa Records/UMe. All four titles will be available on CD and digitally. In 2008, to mark the 40(th) anniversaries of […]
One topic we got into was picking the best singer to work with our band,” Marsalis recalls. “My candidate was Kurt Elling, because he has the most flexible voice around, is always in tune and is a true jazz musician. When I met Kurt two years ago at a Thelonious Monk Institute competition, we had […]
Country legend Johnny Lee, known for his dynamic stage presence and smash No. 1 crossover hit “Lookin’ for Love,” will release his first studio album in 10 years, You Ain’t Never Been to Texas, June 3. “I’ve been holding on to some of these songs for years and wanted to wait until it was just […]
In the spring of 1991 WICKED MARAYA, signed to an independent record label, begin rehearsals on the songs for what is scheduled to be their debut CD. The band decides to team up with producer Jim Morris (Savatage, Iced Earth), known for his melodic fused production, and they begin with the pre-production, and start recording “Lifetime In […]
RCA/Legacy Recordings, the catalog division of Sony Music Entertainment, will release a newly expanded edition of Everybody’s In Show-Biz, The Kinks’ 1972 album masterpiece, on Friday, June 3. First released in August 1972, Everybody’s In Show-Biz was The Kinks’ tenth studio album, arriving within a year of the acclaimed Muswell Hillbillies (the group’s debut album […]