On "Halo-Halo" Noel Mendez is joined by longtime friends who also happen to be some of the most acclaimed and sought-after musicians in the industry covering popular music genres including rock, blues, funk, fusion, jazz, classical and more. “All the musicians who played are excellent in their own music careers,” Noel exclaimed. “There’s Tateng Katindig who has made the rounds of live jazz circuit in the US. ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Fusion
The old adage "you can't judge a book by it's cover" may apply more to This Wild Life than any other band on the planet. Little would a listener-to-be know that behind the beard, behind the tattoos and behind the turn up jeans exist a pair of punk rock drummers who have downed sticks, picked up guitars and then poured out harmonies and melodies like they're going out of business. ...
Genre: Alternative
Subgenre: Indie Rock
This is the sound, the story, of the M’berra Ensemble, a collective of Malian musicians from the M’berra Refugee Camp in southeast Mauritania, and Italian producer and electro-shaman Khalab. In a sprawling tent city rising out of the desert, out of nothingness, at the border with Mali in West Africa, brought together by ...
Genre: World Music
Subgenre: Africa
It’s a voice that soars – pure, clear and true — above bass and synths, traditional percussion and infectious Mande guitar grooves. A stop-you-in-your-tracks voice instantly familiar to anyone in Mali, West Africa: Rokia Koné, aka the Rose of Bamako. ...
Genre: World Music
Subgenre: Africa
On his first recording, French baritone Edwin Crossley-Mercer is joined by pianist Yoan Héreau for a performance of Schubert’s Winterreise. Edwin Crossley-Mercer’s mother, painter Claudine Franck, was also inspired by this masterpiece and she has created a painting for each Winterreise Lied. ...
Composer: Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Vocal
“It’s the sound of me grappling with transformation,” says Nicolas Bougaïeff of his latest album Begin Within. The Berlin-based, Canadian artist’s last album Begin Within embodies huge musical and personal evolution, with Bougaïeff plunging deep to explore parts of himself, and his craft, that he has never before. ...
Genre: Electronic
Subgenre: Experimental
Giovanni Antonio Terzi: Lute Music
Do you know Giovanni Antonio Terzi, the mysterious lutenist from Bergamo who frequented the most important art venues in northern Italy at the end of the 16th century? If not, don't worry: so few recordings are dedicated to him that he sometimes even passes under the radar of musicians specializing in this musical period. ...
Composer: Giovanni Antonio Terzi (1580-1600)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
Norah Jones has been a steady voice of warmth and reassurance for nearly 20 years since her cozy 2002 debut album Come Away With Me became a familiar musical companion for millions of people around the world. Now the 9-time GRAMMY-winning singer, songwriter, and pianist has released her first-ever holiday ...
Genre: Vocal
Subgenre: Vocal Jazz
Tropical Thunder (Deluxe Edition)
Cruzh are back with a new vocalist, Alex Waghorn, and a new album, “Tropical Thunder”. Waghorn was first introduced to Cruzh fans in 2019 with the release of an acoustic version of the song “Aim For The Head”. Now, Waghorn, along with Dennis Butabi Borg, Anton Joensson, and Matt Silver, are at long last ready to unleash the band’s long-awaited second ...
Genre: Rock
Subgenre: Hard Rock
Bruce is an Oklahoma native with an accomplished career as a musician and songwriter. He has performed with superstars such as Wynonna, Kid Rock, Shelby Lynne, Mindy Smith, and David Gates (of Bread). He has also written with hit songwriters Liz Rose, Randy Bachman, Rachel Proctor, Dave Berg, and Victoria Banks to ...
Genre: Rock
Subgenre: Adult Alternative
Having written 11 very fine romantic symphonies but never getting them played in concert? That’s Raff. Joachim Raff, sometime assistant and orchestrator of Franz Liszt’s. If the symphonies haven’t yet quite done the trick, maybe his acapella music will. It shows Raff at his most diverse and imaginative best. ...
Composer: Joseph Joachim Raff (1822-1882)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Choral
Cosmic Dawn (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Alan Howarth (Escape from New York, Big Trouble in Little China, They Live, Halloween II, III & IV, Prince of Darkness, Christine) has released a soundtrack album for the sci-fi thriller Cosmic Dawn. ...
Genre: Soundtrack
Subgenre: Music
In These Silent Days (Deluxe Edition) In The Canyon Haze
In These Silent Days follows Carlile’s 2018 breakthrough GRAMMY Award-winning album, By The Way, I Forgive You, which Rolling Stone declared, “…an Adele-meets Joni Mitchell tour de force.” In the years since—in addition to collaborative projects with The Highwomen, Tanya Tucker, Soundgarden, Alicia Keys, Dolly Parton, Barry Gibb, Leslie ...
Genre: Songwriter
Subgenre: Contemporary
new birthday is the first LP album of Post Scriptum Jazz – young performers from Belarus who are playing their own compositions. The musicians experiment with Latin American, classical, soul and fusion music and are inspired by artists such as Joshua Redman, Brad Melhdau, Chick Corea, Robert ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Contemporary Jazz
Jorge Grundman is one of Spain's best-known composers. The musical career of the 1961-born Madrilenian, which initially led him into pop bands, is also reflected in his sensuous, light-flooded musical language, which is deliberately written for listeners of our time and ...
Composer: Jorge Grundman (b. 1961)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Concertos
Beethoven: The 5 Piano Concertos
Odradek Records is delighted to present the complete Beethoven Piano Concertos performed by Artur Pizarro and the Sinfonieorchester Wuppertal under the baton of Julia Jones. This is a recording not to be missed: Artur Pizarros interpretations are renowned internationally for ...
Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Concertos
Edinburgh-based (via Greece) alt-pop artist Katherine Aly has been championed for her genre-defying by the likes of The Skinny, Tenement TV and Vogue Italia since releasing her debut single in 2019. Katherine describes her music as "alt-pop soundtrack of anthropology", while writing from a personal ...
Genre: Pop
Subgenre: Pop Rock
Windsor Ontario’s Huron Lines have been steadily releasing singles leading up to their forthcoming debut album. The singles so far showcase a polished indie-rock sound that has touches of grunge, post-punk, and post-hardcore. The band is relatively new but it’s members ...
Genre: Rock
Subgenre: Adult Alternative
Ranging from the subtle and soaring "O Magnum Mysterium" to the joyful and engaging "Ding! Dong! Merrily on High" this album showcases the amazing arrangements of Barlow Bradford and the Utah Chamber Artists' memorable sound. Barlow Bradford is a distinguished conductor, composer, ...
Genre: Christmas
Subgenre: Choral
