VIA PRESS RELEASE | Craft Recordings honors the inimitable Wes Montgomery on his centennial with an expanded edition of his classic 1962 LP, Full House. Captured at Berkeley, CA’s Tsubo coffee house, the album marks the influential jazz guitarist’s sole live session for Riverside Records and features stellar performances by all, including tenor saxophonist Johnny […]
Music is best when taken internationally. It’s easy to get looped into all of the wonderful North American offerings that are available to we listeners, but sometimes you’ve got to take the night flight to locations unknown. To close your eyes and wake up in a new culture with unfamiliar languages and customs. Our relationship […]
VIA PRESS RELEASE | Shinichi Ishizuka’s wildly popular jazz manga Blue Giant came to life in 2013 and has since sold over 11 million copies worldwide. Now, in 2023, Blue Giant has been adapted into a full-length animated feature that has captivated fans and has been described as “the sound coming from the manga”—which in […]
VIA PRESS RELEASE | Craft Recordings celebrates the 25th anniversary of R.E.M.’s bestselling 11th studio album, Up, with a series of expanded and remastered reissues, all of which are available for pre-order today and set for release on November 10th. Created in partnership with the band, the Deluxe 2-CD/1 Blu-Ray edition offers a wealth of […]
VIA PRESS RELEASE | Vol. 4: 1981 and Vol. 5: 1988 of On Record, a comprehensive series of award-winning books celebrating popular music from 1978–1998, have just been published. Marking more than 50 years as one of America’s foremost popular music writers, G. Brown has interviewed well over 3,000 musicians in every genre, from superstars […]
VIA PRESS RELEASE | In connection with the release of the new Divine Horsemen album Bitter End of a Sweet Night (In The Red, October 27), The Philosophical Research Society welcomes punk rock icon, singer/songwriter, filmmaker, poet, and genre cinema expert Chris D. (aka Chris Desjardins) to PRS for an in-depth conversation onstage with PRS […]
VIA PRESS RELEASE | 2023 sees the 50th anniversary of what is widely regarded as Thin Lizzy’s breakthrough album Vagabonds Of The Western World featuring their first UK top ten single “Whiskey In The Jar” and “The Rocker” which would go on to be one of the band’s signature tunes, so much so that it […]
VIA PRESS RELEASE | Catch a Fire, Bob Marley And The Wailers’ seminal first release on Island Records, universally regarded as the album that put reggae music on the global stage, is being re-issued via UMe on November 3rd to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of its original release in 1973. “Slave Driver,” one of the […]
Some musicians get lucky enough to find a career, once; maybe even twice. But if a musician is able to have several different careers in the brutal music business over the course of their lives, it’s not about luck; it’s about talent. Peter Case has plenty of talent: he’s made his name as a great […]
VIA PRESS RELEASE | Fatboy Slim announces the forthcoming 25th-anniversary reissue of You’ve Come a Long Way, Baby, releasing on October 13 via Astralwerks. Pre-order available here. The album has been remastered at half speed at Abbey Road Studios for the best available audio quality possible. 2023 marks twenty-five years since the release of the […]
VIA PRESS RELEASE | Get ready to add some serious depth to your vinyl collection with Billy Joel—The Vinyl Collection, Vol.2! Following on from The Vinyl Collection, Vol.1, this box set picks up where it left off and delves into the next phase of Billy’s extraordinary career. Featuring his chart-topping hits like “Uptown Girl,” “Allentown,” […]
VIA PRESS RELEASE | Craft Recordings celebrates the 40th anniversary of Social Distortion’s influential debut, Mommy’s Little Monster, with special vinyl and digital reissues. Set for release on November 10th and available for pre-order today, the classic SoCal punk album has been newly remastered from its original analog tapes and pressed on 180-gram vinyl for […]
VIA PRESS RELEASE | In celebration of the 70th anniversary of Frank Sinatra’s signing to Capitol Records, a moment that transformed his career and solidified his standing as one of the greatest interpretive singers of all time, Universal Music Enterprises (UMe), in conjunction with Frank Sinatra Enterprises, announces the October 27 release of Frank Sinatra […]
VIA PRESS RELEASE | Craft Recordings celebrates the 10th-anniversary of Get Up!, the best-selling album from acclaimed singer-songwriter Ben Harper and blues icon Charlie Musselwhite with a vinyl reissue. Set for release on November 3rd and available for pre-order, the album includes the hit “You Found Another Lover (I Lost Another Friend),” plus such rousing […]
VIA PRESS RELEASE | September 12th, 2023, marks 20 years since Johnny Cash passed away, but the Man in Black’s legacy endures. His hard-fought wisdom and his rich baritone have made him one of the most respected figures in post-World War II country music. He wasn’t Nashville, he wasn’t rock n’ roll, and he wasn’t […]
