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basinstreetrecords.com
If we can afford it, we would love to head down to the annual New Orleans Jazz Festival someday. I suppose the next best thing is to get music from the New Orleans area, and like various tributes, Dr Michael White, a clarinetist, basically dedicate his fifth album to the city with Adventures in New Orleans Jazz, Part 1. I have put in a request for the album to be reviewed (Dave has agreed to review it), but I wanted to pass on the news that his album is coming out on June 21st. I have posted a preview track, "West African Strut" for you to check out. As the song title suggests, the song's melodies were influenced by African rhythm, but if you listen some more, it definitely also feels like a fun 50s bop.
Anyway, the album comes out near the end of the month on New Orleans-based label, Basin Street Records, which is currently the only label with three albums on the Billboard Jazz Chart in May (#10-Rebirth Brass Band’s Rebirth of New Orleans, #11 Irvin Mayfield’s A Love Letter to New Orleans & #16 Kermit Ruffins’ Happy Talk).
Look for Adventures in New Orleans Jazz, Part 2 sometime in 2012.
facebook.com/thecopperfield
Michael Grey from Mercurial Rage sent me this note that he has a solo project called The Copper Field. The debut EP called The Standard and Poor will come out digitally on June 21st.
On June 24th, 2011, the band will have a CD release party at The Aster Cafe in Minneapolis. I know where the cafe is, but I've personally have never been to a show there - but it looks like a quiet intimate setting. Cover is only $5.
I've only briefly listen to the EP, but based on the first song "Desire", it sounds pretty epic in its theme (religion, love, happiness, etc) all wrapped up in a nice tidy folky/pop song.
Their slowest song on the EP is called "Matilda", which is quite different from his Mercurial Rage's work that is "surprisingly more electro-dance" (quote is taken from their live show).
www.linktv.org
I was sent this information that the 1994 Tian’anmen Square documentary, directed by Michael Apted, will air on Link TV today (Saturday June 4th), just in time for the commemoration of the June 4th, 1989 protest. If you've missed the airdate last night, they are re-airing it all this week:
Sunday, June 5th 09:00 am
Sunday, June 5th 08:00 pm
Tuesday, June 7th 04:30 pm
Wednesday, June 8th 11:00 pm
Saturday, June 11th 02:00 am
Since I don't have cable or DirecTV, I probably won't see it. Maybe when it comes out on Netflix, we'll see.
Update: I am told you can watch the documentary online on linktv.org.
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