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Markus Gottschlich Found Sounds Self-released The U.S.-based Austrian pianist, composer, bandleader, and Steinway Artist Markus Gottschlich leads his trio with guests across a concept album. Found Sounds aims at helping people examine and re-examine their relationship to their environment. In developing the album, his third as a leader, Gottschlich recorded and collected sounds (thus the […]
Terminal Station Brotherhood Hard Rain Records Terminal Station is a Vancouver based blues-rock band. They released their debut recording “Burnout Blues” in 2007. Their follow-up recording “Rolling All Night” was first released in 2009. “Brotherhood” is their third album. But who are these guys? The four principal players in Terminal Station are some of Canada’s […]
Charles Boulevard “Rendez-Vous!” The Band: Pavel Holada Songwriter, Composer, Lead Singer, Guitarist, Producer, Sound Engineer, Member of ASCAP. Dermot Condron songwriter, composer, guitarist. Berny PB. Drummer, percussionist, composer, singer. Pavel and Berny are from Prague, Czech Republic and Dermot is from Dublin, Ireland. With over 30 years of experience in the music business, these guys […]
Jeff Ellwood The Sounds Around the House Self-released Sometimes a musician can get comfortable as an in-demand sideman and it takes a little push to step forward as a leader. Such is the case with tenor saxophonist Jeff Ellwood who steps into that role for the first time with The Sounds Around the House. In […]
Paul Wilkinson 400 Bears Self-released This is a pleasant surprise from a local artist to this Pennsylvanian-based writer. Normally these kinds of efforts are hit or miss at best but Paul Wilkinson, longtime guitarist for the West Chester-based roots rock band Mason Porter, debut solo album , 400 Bears, impresses from the opening notes and […]
Randall Bramblett Pine Needle Fire New West Records Born in Jessup, Georgia in 1948, Randall Bramblett attended the University of North Carolina where he studied religion. He abandoned his theological studies to pursue a career in music as he was inspired by the songwriting of Bob Dylan, James Taylor and Carole King. Bramblett began working […]
By Adam Signore The Jim Weeks Band This Jim Weeks Band introduction comes to you via one pandemic, one national tragedy and one heart attack and very late to the planned writing, but no less important. Almost the gritty fodder for a rock song. In my typical style we are going to dig a little […]
Bill Evans Live at Ronnie Scott’s (with Eddie Gomez and Jack DeJohnette) Resonance Ah, Black Friday is here. This one features legendary, influential pianist Bill Evans across 20 tracks live at London’s iconic Ronnie Scott’s in 1968 with his short-lived but remarkable trio of Jack DeJohnette and Eddie Gomez, who were at Scott’s for a […]
Miss Emily Live at the Isabel Self-released Perhaps you have not yet heard of Canada’s 2019 Maple Blues Female Artist of the Year, Emily Fennell, known as Miss Emily. She has built audiences across Canada, some portions of the U.S, UK, and Western Europe with her blend of mostly soul and blues. Miss Emily also […]
MicroCorgi MicroCosmos Self-released MicroCorgi is a New York -based trio debuting and featuring Andrew McGowan (keys), Yuto Kanazawa (guitar), and Ilya Dynov (drums). They hail from far corners of the globe and have diverse influences such as European Jazz, Japanese rock, Afro-beat, and New Orleans brass band music. Having formed in 2018, they forged a […]
