Doo Wop Generations (My Music) Premieres March 10, 2018 On PBS
07 March, 2018
Join R&B legend Little Anthony, Sha Na Na's Jon "Bowzer" Bauman and producer TJ Lubinsky in this new MY MUSIC special that reunites the original artists of Doo Wop as they pass the torch to the next generation of singers. Shot in Asbury Park, New Jersey, it's a sentimental, emotion-packed night of nostalgia. ...
| The Pretty Things Retire From Electric Performances By The End Of 2018
06 March, 2018
After 55 years of performing, The Pretty Things - the iconic, 1st wave, R&B cult heroes, formed by Ex Rolling Stone Dick Taylor, and singer, Phil May, will retire from electric performances at the end of this year.
Serial under-achievers, and the greatest band you have never heard of, The Pretty ...
| Two Roots Reggae Reissues From Jamaica's Gladiators Coming From Omnivore On April 20, 2018
05 March, 2018
Albert Griffiths founded the Gladiators in 1966 after some success on his own. The group scored their first hit, produced by legendary producer Coxsone Dodd, with "Hello Carol" in 1968. During the '70s the Gladiators made their way through releases on labels like Studio One, Upsetter, Virgin, and Groovemaster. ...
| U2: Vinyl Reissues Coming Soon â-ª Pop â-ª Wide Awake In America â-ª All That You Can't Leave Behind
02 March, 2018
March 3, 2018 marks the 21st anniversary of , U2's ninth studio album, which reached #1 in the UK, US, Ireland and 26 other countries around the world following its release in 1997. Produced by Flood, with Howie B and Steve Osborne, the album was recorded in Dublin (Hanover Quay, Windmill Lane, The ...
| My Music: Doo Wop Generations Premieres March 3, 2018 On PBS
28 February, 2018
Join R&B legend Little Anthony, Sha Na Na's Jon "Bowzer" Bauman and TJL Productions' producer TJ Lubinsky in this new MY MUSIC: DOO WOP GENERATIONS special that reunites the original artists of Doo Wop in concert with exciting young performers. Shot in Asbury Park, New Jersey, it's a sentimental, emotion-packed ...
| A Watch Owned By Elvis Presley Is To Be Sold At Auction For An Estimated $75,000
27 February, 2018
Few musical figures are as fondly-remembered or as iconic as Elvis Presley, according to news broadcaster KTNV he was one of the most successful Las Vegas Acts in history. Millions of people still call themselves fans of The King of Rock & Roll and now, they could get their hands on a piece of history. ...
| Bear Family's Box Set 'Battleground Korea' Features B.B. King, Louvin Brothers, Sister Rosetta Tharpe And More With Songs About Korean War
20 February, 2018
There has never been a box set quite like Battleground Korea: Songs and Sounds of America's Forgotten War, due out in the U.S. on March 23, 2018. The award-winning folks at Bear Family Records have assembled an impressive four-CD anthology that is part '50s American soundtrack and part historical document, ...
| The Who Live At The Fillmore East 1968
20 February, 2018
The Who were in New York to conclude a gruelling tour on April 4th, 1968, the day that Dr Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated. America was already a country divided; Anti-Vietnam demonstrations, civil rights disturbances and militant student activism. With this turmoil as a backdrop on Friday and ...
| Pete Townshend - 'Who Came First'
20 February, 2018
Who Came First is the debut solo record by Pete Townshend, first released in 1972. The album collected together tracks from Pete's private pressings of his tributes to Meher Baba, Happy Birthday and I Am, as well as demos from the unrealized concept album Lifehouse, part of which became The Who's classic ...
| Steve Miller Band Announces New 180-Gram Vinyl Box Set, 'Complete Albums Volume 1 (1968-1976),' For Worldwide Release On May 18, 2018
16 February, 2018
It's been 50 years since Steve Miller Band's first two Capitol Records albums were released in 1968, and now Miller and Capitol/UMe are incredibly excited to announce the May 18 release of the legendary Steve Miller Band's first nine studio albums in an unprecedented new 180-gram vinyl box set collection ...
| White Hot Hits: Mercury Records/ume Launches Yearlong Series Of 45th Anniversary Reissues Honoring The Soulful Legacy Of Barry White On 20th Century Records
15 February, 2018
From his hitmaking '70s heyday until his untimely passing in 2003, Barry White set an unmatched standard for sexy, seductive, soulful R&B. As a vocalist, songwriter, producer and multi-instrumentalist, White created music that was unmatched in its sonic and romantic intensity, highlighted by lush, widescreen ...
| Unheard Music From Rev. Gary Davis 'The Avant Garde Recordings' Coming From Omnivore Recordings On March 23rd
09 February, 2018
The Rev. Gary Davis, born in 1896 in the Piedmont region of Laurens, S.C., was a blues and gospel singer who played guitar, banjo, and harmonica and influenced a generation of blues revivalists in the '60s and beyond — ranging from Dave Van Ronk to Keb' Mo'. Following decades of playing the Carolinas ...
| Legacy Recordings To Release 'Johnny Cash: Forever Words', An Album Of Cash's Unknown Poems & Other Writings Transformed Into New Songs By Contemporary Artists
08 February, 2018
Legacy Recordings, a division of Sony Music Entertainment, will release Johnny Cash: Forever Words--a collaborative album consisting of songs created from Johnny Cash's unknown poetry, lyrics, and letters set to music by an astounding array of contemporary artists--on Friday, April 6.
The album ...
| 'Memphis Rent Party' Compilation To Robert Gordon's Book Coming March 9th On Fat Possum: Furry Lewis, Alex Chilton, Panther Burns, Junior Kimbrough, More
07 February, 2018
Memphis is about individualism, about distinct characters making "it" different. The best music out of Memphis — be it deep blues, early rocking Elvis, Stax soul, indie 1990s Grifters, or today's Julien Baker or North Mississippi All Stars — forged its own sound. The Memphis aesthetic is to not ...
| What People Don't Know About The Beatles And The Guru They Visited In India 50 Years Ago
06 February, 2018
Maharishi & Me: Seeking Enlightenment with the Beatles' Guru to be released in February: www.susanshumsky.com, www.drsusan.org
Feb. to Apr.: 50th anniversary of the Beatles in India
Feb. 5: 10th anniversary of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi's death
Feb. 25: George Harrison's 75th birthday
Before ...
| Geoff & Maria Muldaur, Lyman Family With Lisa Kindred LPs Available From Omnivore For First Time On CD
01 February, 2018
This spring Omnivore Recordings will release three out-of-print titles from the jug-band sector of the folk boom: two by the husband and wife duo of Geoff and Maria Muldaur, 1968's LP Pottery Pie and 1972 follow-up Sweet Potatoes; and American Avatar: Love Comes Rolling Down album from the Lyman Family ...
| "The American Songster" Dom Flemons Explores History Of The American West With Collection Of African American Cowboy Songs
31 January, 2018
'Black Cowboys' is the new album from multi-instrumentalist, songster, and co-founding member of the GRAMMY Award winning Carolina Chocolate Drops, Dom Flemons. More than a collection of songs from the "Wild West," the record sheds light on the prominent but often overlooked role African American pioneers ...
| Guitarist Kenny Burrell's Swing Classic "A Generation Ago Today" Revived After Half A Century
26 January, 2018
It's been nearly two generations since jazz guitarist Kenny Burrell's tribute to pioneering electric guitarist Charlie Christian and "The King of Swing" Benny Goodman, A Generation Ago Today, was released. The long-out-of-print album has been revived and is now, for the first time in the U.S., available ...
| Andrew Lloyd Webber Unmasked: The Platinum Collection, March 16th, 2018
26 January, 2018
As one of the most successful composers of the modern era, Andrew Lloyd Webber's repertoire includes some of the world's most celebrated musicals; Sunset Boulevard, Cats, Aspects Of Love, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Jesus Christ Superstar, Evita, Starlight Express, The Phantom of The ...
| Chuck Berry's "The Great Twenty-Eight," Rock 'N' Roll's All-Time Greatest Greatest-hits Album Released As Super Deluxe Vinyl Box Set
26 January, 2018
In the firmament of rock 'n' roll's first-generation creators, no artist looms larger than Chuck Berry. In a consistently innovative recording career that spanned more than 60 years, the iconic singer-songwriter-guitarist, who passed away on March 18, 2017, laid much of the groundwork for modern rock ...
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