Friday, April 26, 2024

STEPHANE GALLAND & THE RHYTHM HUNTERS

Stéphane Galland & The Rhythm Hunters will celebrate their debut album with some Belgian concerts.

  • 02-05 – Brussel, BOZAR
  • 12-05 – Gent, De Bijloke
  • 25-05 – Ronse, CC De Ververij


PANZERBALLET & MATTIAS IA EKLUNDH

From 2014

 

PROGOSAURUS

Progosaurus is a progressive rock / joint band project that features Chato Segerer on guitar.
A first album is in the making and should also become available (in a limited edition) on CD.


NEW ALBUM ANNOUNCED BY VALENTINA SCHELDHOFEN CIARDELLI

May 8, 2024, Valentina Scheldhofen Ciardelli, Anaïs Drago, and Riccardo Angelo Strano will doing a concert entitled “Shake Your Duty” at the Casa Del Jazz in Rome, Italy, where they will be presenting their debut album.
  • Valentina Scheldhofen Ciardelli – double bass, choirs, compositions and arrangements
  • Anaïs Drago – violin, choirs, compositions and arrangements
  • Riccardo Angelo Strano – countertenor
The repertoire proposed by the Ciardelli-Drago-Strano trio is a tribute to the art of Frank Zappa, who made irreverence his stylistic signature, but also includes pieces from the baroque and classical era and original pieces composed by Ciardelli and Drago.

The trio mocks the trappings of the academic world and those who still protect the bastion of "serious music", instead offering a different point of view, in which different techniques, styles and harmonies can coexist and enrich each other.

The listeners who are most passionate about progressive rock and contemporary classical music will not be disappointed, as will the great lovers of classical music more accustomed to the rounded sounds of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart or Alessandro Scarlatti.

The concert is the presentation event of the trio's debut album, "Shake your Duty", out in May on the Parco della Musica Records label


Thursday, April 25, 2024

A DWEEZIL ZAPPA TOUR UPDATE

Roxpostrophy Countdown

Hello Everyone!

Did you know that the Roxpostrophy tour starts in 98 days? Tickets are still available.

https://www.dweezilzappa.com/pages/tour 

I've already started rehearsing with the band and we've been filming every step of the way. If you'd like to see some FREE behind-the-scenes footage you can binge-watch right here on the home page: Countdown To Roxpostrophy

https://www.dweezilzappa.com/posts/1990549-countdown-to-roxpostrophy 

Stay tuned to dweezilzappa.com for even deeper behind-the-scenes footage! We're filming a whole season of "reality show style docu-series" episodes that will be rent-able right here next month!

I decided to make the "reality show" because I wanted to be sure to include all of the international fans in some way with this tour. If we can't come play for you, you can come to us via the show!

The plan is to have a whole series that leads up to the first show and by X-mas this year release an entire filmed concert from the tour! (Possibly even a blue-ray disc with ATMOS mixes!)

For anyone who wants to support the tour directly, this upcoming series will be a great way to stay caught up and witness great performances along with unique stories.
Best, DZ


STEPHANE GALLAND & THE RHYTHM HUNTERS - - - NEW ALBUM OUT

Stéphane Galland & The Rhythm Hunters' album is out.
On CD and on LP.
On the Challenge Records label.


A teaser:


KRONOS QUARTET TO RELEASE A SUN RA TRIBUTE ALBUM

The Red Hot Org record label is releasing "Outer Spaceways Incorporated : Kronos Quartet & Friends Meet Sun Ra"

The fourth (?) album in a series that pays tribute to Sun Ra.

2 LP release & digital download


SEAORM - NEKYIA


“If there is an album that could be close to the fusion of the space-prog legends Vespero and the cult avant-rock group October Equus, it is this new album by Seaorm called Nekyia. The pair of composer brothers Ángel Ontalva and Víctor Rodríguez on guitar and keyboards respectively, and the prodigious rhythm section of Vespero, the also brothers Arkady and Ivan Fedotov, have created a cosmic work with this album, they have descended to the underworld and emerged epically through a thousand alchemical spells. It is a formidable work for those eager to explore new musical paths.”


ERIKA STUCKY

Jazz singer Erika Stucky's "Stucky Live" album got released on CD in 2011.
It included her version of FZ's 'I'm The Slime'.

The album has also been made available through Bandcamp.

-- info: Jan van Kemenade


JOHN SURMAN, JACK DEJOHNETTE & LONDON BRASS - FREE AND EQUAL

  • john surman, jack dejohnette & london brass: free & equal
        (2003, cd, --, ecm)
Music for brass choir and improvising reeds and drums. Classical ensemble London Brass joins the Surman/DeJohnette duo in a live recording from London’s South Bank.

And this is a pretty amazing album.
9 tracks. 
I love the brass sounds and how it delivers the perfect setting (and contrast) for John Surman and Jack DeJohnette.
Recorded in 2002 and released in 2003.

Beautiful.

Here's a sample :