Guitarist Lawson Rollins Set To Release An Expansive Multicultural Solo Debut Album On May 20, 2008
LOS ANGELES (Top40 Charts/ Baja Records) - Exquisite Spanish guitar melodies and ethnically diverse grooves dance and romance on Lawson Rollins' alluring solo debut album, Infinita, which will be released May 20th on the artist's Infinita Records label that is distributed by Baja/TSR Records. Rollins ...
| Jazz Pianist Sumi Tonooka's Long Ago Today Released On Artists Recording Collective Records
LEAVENWORTH, Kansas (Top40 Charts/ Artists Recording Collective Records) - Pianist, composer and educator Sumi Tonooka (pronounced To-NO-ka) reignites her successes as an architect at the keyboard with her fifth and latest release, Long Ago Today (Artists Recording Collective), released nationwide on ...
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Herbie Hancock & Joni Mitchell Perform For Yahoo! Nissan Live Sets April 1, 2008
NEW YORK (Top40 Charts/ Shore Fire Media) - Herbie Hancock, winner of the 2008 Album of the Year Grammy for 'River: The Joni Letters' (Verve), took the stage with longtime friend, collaborator and inspiration Joni Mitchell when he taped a show for Nissan Live Sets that will debut on Yahoo! Music April ...
| Bass Guitarist Wayman Tisdale Scores New Album 'Rebound' Out June 3rd, 2008
New York, NY. (Top40 Charts/ Rendezvous Entertainment) - NBA star-turned-musical giant Wayman Tisdale is at the top of his game on 'Rebound,' set for release June 3rd on Rendezvous Entertainment. After recovering from bone cancer last year, Tisdale set about filling the aptly-named 'Rebound' with joyful, ...
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A Poetic, Jazzy, Genre-Bending Soul-Baring Muse - Lachi
New York, NY. (Top40 Charts/ Lachi Official Website) - Sultry, smooth, intelligent and bold, Lachi commands cleverly crafted, insightful yet quirky lyrics. They steer away from mediocrity and carry with them a message of natural beauty and internal conflict, managing to captivate the hearts of many. ...
| 'The Way I Play (Live in Chicago)' New Trio CD from Guitarist Bobby Broom Due April 22, 2008
Seattle, WA (Top40 Charts/ Origin Records) - As a major jazz guitarist, Bobby Broom has for many years been hiding in plain sight. Following his Carnegie Hall debut at age 16 with Sonny Rollins, and his first album as a leader at 20, Broom recorded and toured steadily as a valued sideman with artists ...
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Justo Almario Joins Talents of Super-Star Proportions Highlighting Globalization at its Best
LOS ANGELES (Top40 Charts/ Justo Almario Official Website) - Mr. Almario continues to showcase Latin Jazz music to the world, fusing it with Mendes' Brazilian hip-hop flair and Juanes pop artistry. Fueled by exciting talent and vibrant energy, the album is posed to be a crossover, international hit ...
| Hill Briggs Releases Indie Jazz Single Don't Stop Me Now From Forthcoming Album
London, UK. (Top40 Charts/ MSLP Records) - Hill Briggs has just released the single 'Don't Stop Me Now' from his highly anticipated forthcoming Album Hill Briggs and Friends. The single features Ronnie Mc Neir (The Four Tops) on vocals and Dona Gardier (James Taylor quartet) on backing vocals. Hill ...
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Blue Apple Blues (B.A.B.) Festival Poised To Crash the Mansion In Downtown Manhattan On April 3, 2008
New York, NY. (Top40 Charts/ FreeNote Music) - The Big Apple, a distance from the Mississippi delta, is not often associated with the blues. But the city is home to a number of blues bands that bring a fresh approach to traditional blues The Blue Apple Blues (B.A.B.) Festival aims to crash beyond tried ...
| Steve Tyrell's 'Back to Bacharach' Set For Release On May 27, 2008
NEW YORK, NY (Top40 Charts/ KOCH Records) - New Design Records and KOCH Records announce the release of "Back To Bacharach," a new classic, from Grammy winning singer/songwriter/producer extraordinaire Steve Tyrell. Every recording artist has one album that they are destined to make - an album so singularly ...
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Herb Alpert & Lani Hall Kick-Off National Tour March 21, 2008
LOS ANGELES, CA. (Top40 Charts/ Herb Alpert Official Website) - Music icon Herb Alpert will embark on a rare tour together this spring with wife, singer, Lani Hall, performing an intimate night of American and Brasilian jazz accompanied by a trio of masterful musicians: Bill Cantos (piano), Michael ...
| 'The Light' Shines On!
NEW YORK, NY. (Top40 Charts/ NuSpring Records) - People continue to see the light! Ricky Dillard and NEW G continue to bless listeners across the country with the smash single "The Light." The single, an absolutely undeniable hit song that features Dillard's spirited praise, reached the number ...
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David Benoit Masters 'Heroes' At Bernie Grundman's
LOS ANGELES (Top40 Charts/ Paramount Studios) - Multi-faceted recording artist/composer/and producer David Benoit has mastered his new album, "Heroes," at Bernie Grundman Mastering. Clark Germain recorded the album at Paramount Studios with Benoit's live band: David Hughes on bass, Jamey Tate on drums, ...
| Allison Thrash Springs Eternal In 2008 With New Album 'Fight Dirty' And A March 30th Show At The Zilker Garden Fest
Austin, TX. (Top 40 Charts/ Head On Records) - Austin's own blues mama, Allison Thrash, is preparing to release a full-length album, "Fight Dirty," on her independent label Head On Records. The release, scheduled for Spring 2008, coincides with Thrash's upcoming show at Zilker Garden Fest, Sunday, March ...
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Singer-Songwriter Victoria White Fashions Exciting new Hybrid vibe on 'The Upside' Her Debut Album produced by Famed Earth, Wind & Fire Guitarist Sheldon Reynolds
Los Angeles, CA. (Top40 Charts/ Victoria White Official Website) - Growing up in New Jersey, Victoria White began her musical life listening to jazz artists like Sarah Vaughn and Miles Davis. Eventually her interest grew to embrace a wide array of styles and genres to form her own eclectic sonic blend. ...
| Fiona Joy Hawkins is Chillin' at the Top of the New Age World, Hitting No 1 on NAR's Top 100 Chart With Her Groundbreaking 'Ice: Piano Slightly Chilled'
NEW YORK, NY. (Top40 Charts/ Rainmaker Public Relations) - No need to adjust the thermostat - Fiona Joy Hawkins is enjoying a wild ride through various exciting climates with Ice: Piano Slightly Chilled, the latest release on the innovative Australian based pianist/composer's Little Hartley Music label ...
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Legendary Grammy-Award Winning Blues Harmonica Player And Highly Revered Musician Hits The UK
LOS ANGELES (Top40 Charts/ Sugar Blue Official Website) - Few artists in a lifetime can claim to have truly mastered their artform. Although you'd never hear this from his own lips, there are plenty of others who have said just that and testify to bona fide harmonica deity, 'Sugar Blue'. One of the ...
| Lost Canyons
West Hollywood, CA. (Top40 Charts/ Cedar Mesa Music) - Throughout the western United States, there still are remote, uninhabited wilderness areas of serenity and great beauty, especially forsaken canyons where native tribes once lived, some of them thousands of years ago. Musician Scott August, a multi-instrumentalist ...
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Take A Trip To County Sligo With Tony DeMarco
New York, NY. (Top 40 Charts/ Smithsonian Folkways Recordings) - Tony DeMarco has been a celebrated fixture of the Irish music session scene in New York City for years, mastering the intricate ornamentation, swinging rhythm and adventurous improvisation emblematic of the County Sligo, Ireland, fiddling ...
| Definitive Acoustic Guitarist/Composer Earl Klugh Celebrates 'THE SPICE OF LIFE' On April 29, 2008
NEW YORK, NY. (Top40 Charts/ KOCH Records) - Grammy Award-winning innovator and master of the acoustic guitar, EARL KLUGH, is releasing a long-anticipated ensemble recording, "THE SPICE OF LIFE," April 29th, 2008 on KOCH Records. The album is Klugh's first full-production release in nine years, and ...
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