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Angie Stone
Unexpected |
8th February 2010 Stax |
| Unexpected represents a giant
step forward and a turning point for soul diva Angie Stone. The
album’s diverse mix of styles and colours weave together a narrative
that addresses life’s ups and downs, but ultimately strikes a redemptive
chord, all the while reminding us what makes Angie Stone great – her incredible voice!
Click here to download the press release Click here to view video For further information please contact julie@riotsquadpublicity.com | ||
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Ramsey Lewis
Songs from the Heart: Ramsey Plays Ramsey |
1st March 2010 Concord Jazz |
| As soul-jazz icon Ramsey Lewis approaches his
75th birthday, he reaches a turning point in his storied career – new
life as a composer. Eight of the 12 tracks on Songs from the Heart
were composed as the score to To Know Her…written for the
Joffrey Ballet Company and performed here by his long-standing trio with
bassist Larry Gray and drummer Leon Joyce. This album marks not only
Lewis’s first album of all-originals, but his first trio recording
in 5 years. He offers graceful music, played with a gentle, joyful
touch, focused on melody and characterized by “heartfelt, lyrical
and inspirational music that” says Lewis, “my fans had come
to expect.” www.concordmusicgroup.com View footage of the making of 'Songs from the Heart' For further information please contact julie@riotsquadpublicity.com | ||
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Barb Jungr
The Men I Love |
8th March 2010 Naim Jazz |
| Barb Jungr is more than just a great singer. She's one of the world's premiere song stylists, drawing critical acclaim both sides of the Atlantic and famed for her inspired recasting of material associated with the likes of Bob Dylan, Jacques Brel, Nina Simone and Elvis Presley. Her latest album, The Men I Love, her first for Naim documents Jungr’s l love of American popular song and its songwriters. And as has come to be expected with Jungr, the material displays her impressive ability to re-imagine well-known popular songs, revealing deep meanings and latent emotional content that comes to light when she dislodges the songs from their original contexts. www.barbjungr.co.uk For further information please contact kerstan@riotsquadpublicity.com | ||
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Nicolas Meier
Journey |
15th March 2010 MGP Records |
| Drawing on a love of Turkish and Eastern music as well as Methenyesque fusion, guitarist Meier has developed his own unique sound. Journey is his fourth and most complete album to date and again features Gilad Atzmon on clarinet and saxophone and Asaf Sirkis on drums. They are joined by Uruguyaun pianist Jose Reinoso and by bassist Pat Bettison, who also contributes some pretty remarkable harmonica playing to the album. www.meiergroup.com For further information please contact kerstan@riotsquadpublicity.com | ||
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Brad Mehldau
Highway Rider |
15th March 2010 Nonesuch |
| Highway Rider is Brad Mehldau’s second collaboration with renowned producer Jon Brion (the first being Largo in 2002) and features performances by Mehldau’s trio – drummer Jeff Ballard and bassist Larry Grenadier – as well as drummer Matt Chamberlain, saxophonist Joshua Redman, and a chamber orchestra led by Dan Coleman. Mehldau also orchestrated and arranged the double album’s 15 pieces for the ensemble. Click here to download press release www.bradmehldau.com www.nonesuch.com For further information please contact sian@riotsquadpublicity.com | ||
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Curios
The Other Place |
29th March 2010 Edition Records |
| Led by pianist and composer Tom Cawley and featuring bassist Sam Burgess and drummer Joshua Blackmore, CURIOS just get better and better. Winner of ‘Best Band’ at the last BBC Jazz Awards, they are a trio in their prime. With several years together and two acclaimed albums under their belt already, they share an empathy and collective insight that makes them one of the most brilliant piano trios in the world. The Other Place, their third album, and debut for Edition Records, marks the next leap forward in a remarkable creative journey that shows no sign of slowing. For further information please contact kerstan@riotsquadpublicity.com | ||
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Neil Cowley Trio
Radio Silence |
19th April 2010 Naim Jazz |
| The Neil Cowley Trio release their much anticipated new recording, Radio Silence - their most complete and eloquent statement yet. Capturing the magical empathy of a unit who have learnt to breathe and listen as one, this is the sound of a band fully comfortable in their unique sonic skin. Described by Cowley as music for the ‘heart and feet’, it moves effortlessly between moments of heart-stopping beauty, rip-roaring rock riffs and Chaplinesque ditties, all delivered with distinct streak of quintessential Britishness!
Click here for tour news Click here for press release For press information please contact kerstan@riotsquadpublicity.com For broadcast information please contact julie@riotsquadpublicity.com For online information please contact Kevin Marston at Cannonball PR kev@cannonballpr.com | ||
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Somi
If The Rains Come First |
26th April 2010 |
| Sublime, subtle New African soul music, from Illinois born (to Rwandan and Ugandan parents), singer-songwriter Somi. Recorded in Paris and finished in New York, If The Rains Come First is produced by label-mate Michael Olatuja and features legendary trumpeter Hugh Masekela. www.somimusic.com For further information please contact kerstan@riotsquadpublicity.com | ||
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Half Seas Over
Half Seas Over |
3rd May 2010 Brownswood Recordings |
| Half Seas Over is the collaboration between acclaimed pianist Elan Mehler and the stunning young singer-songwriter Adam McBride-Smith. Having worked together on Elan’s 2009’s The After Suite, their flourishing partnership saw them create an astonishing batch of tender, richly cinematic songs that draw equally on folk, Americana, jazz, and country-rock . The recording represents the midway point where two musical styles converge - Mehler’s wistful, brooding air with McBride-Smith’s alt-country leanings - yet seems perfectly at ease in its hybrid state, as described by Adam: “something both strange and strangely familiar For further information please contact julie@riotsquadpublicity.com | ||
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