VIA PRESS RELEASE | Miki Berenyi is best known as the lead singer, rhythm guitarist and founder member of UK band, Lush, who The New York Times note were “the brilliant, unsung underdogs of the ethereal pop wave that crashed through Britain in the late 1980s and early ’90s.” They reunited for a Coachella performance, […]
VIA PRESS RELEASE | 50 years ago, the Grateful Dead were cooking with gas. It was spring 1974, the band had successfully emerged from a series of hectic, harrowing times, and would soon follow their transformative Wake Of The Flood with the second acclaimed album release on their very own Grateful Dead Records: From The […]
VIA PRESS RELEASE | With 14 Academy Award nominations, seven Grammy awards, and an Emmy to his credit, Thomas Newman has a track record second to none among modern screen composers (and even among his family, which is saying a lot considering he is son to Alfred, brother to David, and cousin to Randy Newman). […]
Often on this program, I interact with artists and creators, who do their best work when they are by themselves. It’s in solitude that a musician often finds the freedom and flexibility to create just what it is they want to develop. However, there is surely something to be said about the chemistry between two […]
VIA PRESS RELEASE | Craft Recordings celebrates the 15th anniversary of Silverstein’s bestselling fourth album, A Shipwreck in the Sand, with a vinyl reissue and several color exclusives. The 2009 concept album remains a favorite in the band’s extensive discography, with such tracks as “Vices” (feat. Liam Cormier of Cancer Bats), “The End” (feat. Lights) […]
VIA PRESS RELEASE | The Bolshoi released three albums during their existence, but they also recorded a fourth album that was never officially released during their tenure. Provisionally titled Country Life, it was released in 2015 as part of a limited 5-CD box set. We are excited to now release it on vinyl for the […]
VIA PRESS RELEASE | Mercury Studios announces a new feature documentary, Fanny: The Other Mendelssohn, directed by the unheralded composer’s great great great granddaughter, BAFTA-winning filmmaker Sheila Hayman. It will be available as a DVD+Blu-ray package on May 17, 2024. Take a celebrated musical genius, a rival sibling, an unknown manuscript, and one sensational revelation […]
VIA PRESS RELEASE | March 19, 2024: “Vol. 6 – 1995” of On Record, a comprehensive series of award-winning books celebrating popular music from 1978–1998, has 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 | Acclaimed archival label Light in the Attic (LITA) continues their partnership with legendary singer, actress, activist, and icon Nancy Sinatra with a definitive reissue of her bestselling sophomore album How Does That Grab You?. Originally released in 1966, on the heels of her hit debut Boots, the LP offers an enticing […]
VIA PRESS RELEASE | I didn’t think we needed another book on Lou Reed or the Velvet Underground until I read Sweet, Wild and Vicious. A voracious listener and gifted writer, Jim Higgins contextualizes Reed’s life and aesthetic in a way that illuminates the world he created between the headphones. His recordings—by turns brilliant, confounding […]
VIA PRESS RELEASE | Hollywood Records and Searchlight Pictures are excited to announce the April 12 release of The Greatest Hits (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) 2-LP color vinyl album and (Original Score Soundtrack) digital album with music and score by Academy Award® nominated composer, musician, and Son Lux founding member Ryan Lott (Everything Everywhere All […]
VIA PRESS RELEASE | Elaine Brown has led a life of distinction. Appointed in August 1974 by Huey Newton from his exile in Cuba to be the one and only female leader of the Black Panther Party, Elaine has pursued a career of community service that continues to this day. But her debut 1969 album […]
What does it take to be epic? Many filmmakers and creators struggle to construct breathtaking spectacles for audiences that will allow them to escape into a transformative world that depicts events that would not normally be seen with human eyes. But what about the music? Once they’ve created the visual component, how do they find […]
VIA PRESS RELEASE | Warner Music, Sony Music outside of Europe, today announced the upcoming release of Pink Floyd’s Animals 2018 Remix – Dolby Atmos on Blu-ray and compatible digital platforms. This version will be available on May 17, 2024 and it is the first time the album will be available in Dolby Atmos. Animals […]
It’s always a pleasure to speak with musicians who seem to appreciate and absorb music on another level. Folks like this often see music in a way that regular music consumers might take for granted. After all, there is a real power in music, a force and strength that can alter our emotions in any […]
