The singer/songwriter has challenged himself creatively during a career that has been characterised by rare quality. As Matthews gears up for the release of his seventh studio album, New Skin, new horizons loom into view as he finds different ways to cast a spell. The quality of Matthews’ craft is a given. The Ivor Novello-winning artist is part of a lineage that includes ...
Genre: Songwriter
Subgenre: New Acoustic
‘The Centre is Everywhere’ is our first album. We created it in rather extraordinary circumstances, at a time when we were all slowly sinking into the banal dystopia of a pandemic-stricken world. Our lives, it felt, had slowed to a crawl. Normally we’re fueled by our audiences, but touring was off the menu. So, we made this record. For us, it was personal. ...
Composer: Philip Glass (1937), Edmund Finnis (1984), Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
Led by Co-Artistic Directors Rakhi Singh and Jasmin Kent Rodgman, Manchester Collective are a shape-shifting ensemble that performs a combination of cutting-edge contemporary music, classical masterpieces and staged works, nationally and internationally. ...
Composer: Philip Glass (1937)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
2021 release from the iconic musician In the 2010s, Herb Alpert released a prolific run of eight new studio albums. This year, the iconic leader of the Tijuana Brass shows no signs of slowing down with his latest effort, Catch The Wind. This new collection features nine original compositions, covers of beloved Beatles hits "Eleanor Rigby" and "Yesterday", and American classics "Smile", "America The Beautiful", and "Summertime". So, charge up your iPhone, dust off your Hi-Fi, put batteries in your boombox, plug the headphones into your Walkman, and get ready to listen to Herb Alpert's Catch The Wind. ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Latin Jazz
"In Harmony" is a stunning set of live performances by Roy Hargrove on trumpet and Mulgrew Miller on piano. In Harmony provides a rare glimpse of these two now departed and dearly missed greats, united in song and improvisational mastery in front of audiences at Merkin Hall in New York City (January 15, 2006) and Lafayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania (November 9, 2007). ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Contemporary Jazz
Chicago-based slide guitar virtuoso and singer-songwriter, Joanna Connor, who is best known as one of the reigning Queens of blue rock guitar, releases her 14th album 4801 South Indiana Avenue on Joe Bonamassa’s new independent blues record label Keeping The Blues Alive on February 26, 2021. The new album, the follow up to her critically acclaimed studio album Rise, was produced by Joe Bonamassa and Josh Smith at Ocean Way Recording Studios in Nashville, Tennessee. ...
Genre: Blues
Subgenre: Electric Blues
The Blues Album, the follow up to 2019’s critically acclaimed album Reckless Heart, features Josh Smith (guitar), Reese Wynans (keyboards), Greg Morrow (drums), Steve Mackey (bass), Steve Patrick (trumpet), Mark Douthit (sax), Barry Green (trombone). Joe Bonamassa plays guitar and sings on the track “Don’t Go Away Mad.” Mike Farris also joins as a special guest on “I Don’t Know What You’ve Got.” ...
Genre: Blues
Subgenre: Bluesy Rock
Now Serving: Royal Tea Live From The Ryman
When COVID-19 put the live touring industry on hold, guitar hero Joe Bonamassa did something unprecedented for his fans – he put together a one-night-only show at the iconic Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, TN to be livestreamed for fans everywhere. That night he united people across 44 countries worldwide for a phenomenal live music presentation of his brand-new album “Royal Tea” before it was even released. ...
Genre: Blues
Subgenre: Bluesy Rock
Dion is following up his critically acclaimed and commercially successful 2020 album release Blues With Friends with Stomping Ground, a new album that finds him collaborating yet again with music greats with whom he shares mutual admiration. Set for release on Friday November 5th, Stomping Groundwas produced by Wayne Hood with Dion and will be released through Joe Bonamassa and Roy Weisman’s KTBA Records. ...
Genre: Blues
Subgenre: Bluesy Rock
"Time Clocks" is a testament to his credentials and a toast to his longtime fans. His new sound has a raw and vital flavor, combined with a resolute skill that can only be gained through years of perseverance and unyielding dedication. It’s Joe Bonamassa at his finest, ready to rock. “What started out with the intentions of being a trio record turned into probably my most adventurous and involved record to date,” explains Bonamassa. His longtime producer Kevin Shirley adds, “I think ...
Genre: Blues
Subgenre: Bluesy Rock
Radioactive is an electronic jazz fusion album by David Mash. The album features Bruce Nifong and saxophones and EWI, and David Mash on guitar, synthesizer, and all other instrumental parts. Co-produced by Peter Bell and David Mash for Bar of 2 Productions. Released during COVID in 2021, and recorded remotely. ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Fusion
We moved into our home on Woodmere Road in 1996, and after 25 years we are starting to see the end of the road here. But this was the first place where I’ve had a purpose built home production space, with its own entrance separate from the house. My first composition in my new room was “Mashine Blues” and the second was the title track Woodmere, expressing the joy of ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Fusion
When a band gets to the level of entrenchment that England’s UB40 has achieved, it can make the album it wants. Referenced by jam-champions Phish and still a serviceable dad-joke punchline, UB40 has now logged more than 40 years as a band. Helped along by big hits in the 1980s and ’90s, it keeps the reggae fires burnin’ with Bigga Baggariddim, its 21st album. ...
Genre: World Music
Subgenre: Worldbeat
The album VERNISSAGE presents four works by Zbigniew Bargielski, one of the most original contemporary Polish composers, whose music is distinguished by a vivid sonic imagination, a fondness for contrasts, and the construction of form from clearly defined, often sectional segments. The recording includes compositions representing different facets of his output: ...
Composer: Zbigniew Bargielski (1937)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
With ‘The Ballad Of Dood & Juanita’, Grammy-winning country musician Sturgill Simpson delivers his fifth studio album of original material, following the two ‘Cuttin’ Grass’ LPs of bluegrass covers of his own songs in the last twelve months. Written in the space of a week, it’s an ambitious concept album concerning Civil War-era lovers separated and reunited amid the fighting. ...
Genre: Country
Subgenre: Bluegrass
With an unusual amount of time on his hands during a year of lockdown, saxophonist/composer Steve Cole found himself pondering the difference between our authentic selves and the illusions we project to others. On his new album, Smoke and Mirrors, Cole offers up an intimately personal reflection of his own true self, free of trickery or sleight of hand. “A lot of people have trouble mustering the courage to present their authentic selves,” Cole says. ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Smooth Jazz
50 Years of Funk & Soul: Live at the Fox Theater – Oakland, CA – June 2018
With a history 50+ years in the making, Tower of Power has been a funk institution since 1968, knocking out hits like “What is Hip,” “So Very Hard to Go,” “This Time It’s Real” and “You’re Still A Young Man," while lending their soulful sound to collaborations with Santana, the Grateful Dead, Elton John, Huey Lewis, Justin Timberlake and everyone in-between. ...
Genre: R&B
Subgenre: Funk
In the summer of 1961, Count Basie and his Orchestra played in the iconic New York jazz club, Birdland, which Basie considered his musical home. The live recording from two of those nights, Basie at Birdland! has been called simply the best live recording of a big band ever. ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Big Band
Over the course of an outstanding career spanning nearly 30 albums, Eliane Elias' distinctive musical style has evolved into one of the most unique and instantly recognisable sounds in jazz, earning her multiple Grammy Awards. With over 2.2 million albums sold, Elias combines her Brazilian roots and seductive voice with her virtuoso instrumental jazz, classical and compositional skills, while consistently demonstrating her pianistic ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Latin Jazz
When the lockdowns began, I thought about trying the online gigs. But I just missed the true feeling of a room full of people too much. And so the virus gave me a precious gift; time. Time to be still, time to dream, and time to create. LIVE AT DE ROMA is a recording from my favourite venue, De Roma in Antwerp, November 2019. ...
Genre: Songwriter
Subgenre: New Acoustic
