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Zoe Rahman Kindred Spirits |
23rd Jan 2012 Manushi Records |
| Mercury-nominated pianist releases new album and announces UK tour!
Zoe Rahman should really need no introduction, a noted composer and pianist, she has been hailed as one of the UK’s brightest talents and has worked with the likes of Jerry Dammers’ Spatial AKA and Courtney Pine (who guests here). Her 2006 album, Melting Pot, was nominated for the Mercury Music Prize and her most recent album Live caught her trio in radiant form and was released to universal acclaim. The equally acclaimed Where Rivers Meet found her and her brother Idris Rahman (also featured here) exploring the music of their Bengali heritage in a brilliant fusion of jazz and world music. Kindred Spirits her fifth album on her own Manushi imprint draws on all her many influences. The music is a powerful and fresh portrait of her combined English, Irish and Bengali heritage and features her brother Idris Rahman on clarinet alongside her regular jazz trio partners Gene Calderazzo and bassists Davide Mantovani and Oli Hayhurst. See also tour dates. Click here to download Press Release PDF For further information please contact kerstan@riotsquadpublicity.com |
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Neil Cowley Trio The Face of Mount Molehill |
23rd Jan 2012 Naim Jazz |
| Nourishing his fondness for grand, commanding sounds, pianist Neil Cowley writes and records with a string ensemble for the very first time. With the addition of soundscape textures from guitarist Leo Abrahams, (known for his work with Brian Eno), The Face of Mount Molehill represents a substantial shift in direction. From tender lullabies and playful romps to elegant yet massively catchy tunes that burst from his fingers, music is dynamic and deeply engaging - power pop songs without words, soundtracks in search of a film, exploratory minimalist miniatures, and the coolest TV theme tunes you’ll ever hear.
Click to download PR Visit www.neilcowleytrio.com to view ‘Making of Molehill’ video For Press contact press@dorothyhowe.co.uk For Online media contact kev@cannonballpr.com Go to Tours for tour dates |
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Portico Quartet Portico Quartet |
30th Jan 2012 Real World Records |
| Portico Quartet still sound like nothing you ever heard before. The Mercury nominated East London based outfit’s unique music has expanded to embrace new sonic territories. Drawing on the inspiration of electronica, ambient, classical and dance music as they take their strange, beautiful, cinematic, future music to exciting new vistas where the inspiration of Burial, Mount Kimbie and Flying Lotus rubs shoulders with the textures of Arve Henriksen and Bon Iver and echoes of Steve Reich and Max Richter. But all underpinned by a shared joy in collective music making as the band push their inimitable music into the future.
Click here to download Press Release PDF For Press contact jim@ampersandpr.com For Radio/TV contact chris.young@nurturemusic.co.uk For Online media contact kev@cannonballpr.com |
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Gerry Diver The Speech Project |
6th Feb 2012 One Fine Day Records |
| Four years in the making, The Speech Project is ground-breaking collection of new musical works by Gerry Diver inspired by and incorporating recordings of the spoken word of seminal Irish folk musicians including Shane MacGowan, Christy Moore, Damien Dempsey, Joe Cooley, Danny Meehan and more. Click here to download Press Release PDF For further information please contact sian@riotsquadpublicity.com |
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Tommy Smith Youth Jazz Orchestra Emergence |
6th Feb 2012 Spartacus Records |
| The Tommy Smith Youth Jazz Orchestra was established in 2002 and is one of the most talented, exciting and dynamic young jazz ensembles on the plant. When the band launched its debut album, Exploration, at the International Jazz Educators' Conference in Tornoto, it blew this knowledgeable audience of 2000 away, receiving an unprecedented two standing ovations. Now, with a new concert season that has included appearances at the Edinburgh, Glasgow and Lockerbie jazz festivals, TSYJO enters a new phase, promising superb ensemble playing, outstanding solo adventures and vibrant music full of imagination, precious maturity and youthful pizzazz as celebrated on their tenth anniversary release, EMERGENCE. Click here to download Press Release PDF For further information please contact kerstan@riotsquadpublicity.com |
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Spiro Kaleidophinica |
20th Feb 2012 Real World Records |
| Kaleidophonica took 18 months to write – in contrast to Spiro’s previous Real World album, the critically acclaimed Lightbox (June 2009), which evolved over ten years. More densely composed that Lightbox, most of the tracks are original compositions with a handful based on traditional folk tunes. Despite a scientific and mathematical approach to composition, the music is magical in quality and quite unlike anything else you’ve heard. Click here to download Press Release PDF For further information please contact sian@riotsquadpublicity.com |
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Emilia Martensson & Barry Green And So it Goes... |
20th Feb 2012 Babel Records |
| Known for her collaborative work with the acclaimed Kairos 4tet, and chosen as ‘The New Face of British Jazz’ by the Observer, Emilia Mårtensson releases her debut recording, ‘And So It Goes’ with pianist Barry Green. The album documents the duo’s shared love of a wide range of material filtered through their own different jazz influences and backgrounds. Together they present a collection of fresh and exciting arrangements, from Swedish folk songs to compositions as diverse as Schumann, James Taylor, Jacques Brel and Esbjorn Svensson. For further information please contact julie@riotsquadpublicity.com |
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Robert Glasper Experiment Black Radio |
28th Feb 2012 Blue Note Records |
| On February 28, 2012, Robert Glasper Experiment will release Black Radio (Blue Note Records/EMI), a future landmark album that boldly stakes out new musical territory and transcends any notion of genre, drawing from jazz, hip hop, R&B and rock, but refusing to be pinned down by any one tag. The first full-length album from the GRAMMY-nominated keyboardist’s electric Experiment band—saxist Casey Benjamin, bassist Derrick Hodge, and drummer Chris Dave— Black Radio also features many of Glasper’s famous friends from the spectrum of urban music, seamlessly incorporating appearances from a jaw-dropping roll call of special guests including Erykah Badu, Bilal, Lupe Fiasco, Lalah Hathaway, Shafiq Husayn (Sa-Ra), KING, Ledisi, Chrisette Michele, Mos Def, Musiq Soulchild, Meshell Ndegeocello, and Stokley Williams (Mint Condition). Click here to download Press Release PDF Press/Online contact kerstan@riotsquadpublicity.com For Radio/TV contact chris.young@nurturemusic.co.uk |
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Blue Touch Paper Stand Well Back |
12th Mar 2012 Provocateur Records |
| Blue Touch Paper is Colin Towns’ new six piece band and features a stellar line-up of Mark Lockheart (Polar Bear, Loose Tubes), Chris Montague (Troyka, Kit Downes), Benny Greb (Peter Wölpl, Ron Spielman), Stephan Maass (Randy Brecker, Kruder & Dorfmeister), and Edward Maclean (Peter Fox, Nils Wülker). Unlike anything Colin has done before, Stand Well Back is a triumphant album on every level - jazz, rock, classical and cinematic influences all vie with each other to create a stand out piece of work. There will be a May tour announced shortly. Click here to download Press Release PDF For further information please contact sian@riotsquadpublicity.com |
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