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‘Neil Young: Harvest Time’ Coming To Cinemas Worldwide On Thursday, December 1

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‘Neil Young: Harvest Time’ Coming To Cinemas Worldwide On Thursday, December 1

Shakey Pictures, Trafalgar Releasing, and Warner Records announced today that “Neil Young: Harvest Time” will be presented in movie theaters worldwide on Thursday, December 1 with select encores on Sunday, December 4. Celebrating the 50th anniversary of Young’s bestselling album Harvest, the feature is a never been seen before fan piece including footage from Northern California, London, and Nashville, during its creation. The exclusive cinema event begins with a personal introduction from Young about the film and signature album.

Tickets for “Neil Young: Harvest Time” go on sale beginning Thursday, November 10. Visit NeilYoungHarvestTime.com for ticketing and the most up-to-date information about participating theaters.

Created between January and September 1971, this docu-film takes viewers on an intimate journey to Young’s Broken Arrow Ranch in Northern California for the “Harvest Barn” sessions, to London for an iconic performance with the London Symphony Orchestra, and to Nashville where the then 20-something Neil Young worked on various tracks of this signature album. Performance and rehearsal content is intertwined into creative storytelling and includes most of the tracks from album Harvest (released in 1972) including “Heart of Gold,” “A Man Needs A Maid,” “Alabama,” and “Old Man.”

Young said, “This is a big album for me. 50 years ago. I was 24, maybe 23 and this album made a big difference in my life. I played with some great friends and it’s really cool that that this album has lasted so long. I had a great time and now when I listen to it, I think I was really just lucky to be there. I hope you enjoy this story, which is ‘Harvest Time,’ and which talks about everything that happened. And now people all around the world can see it at the movies.”

The premiere in cinemas of the “Harvest Time” film is in celebration of the release on Dec 2nd of the 50th Anniversary Edition Box Sets on Vinyl and CD of the beloved Harvest album; boasting the original album, three studio outtakes on CD/7” vinyl, an unreleased live 1971 BBC solo performance on CD/LP and DVD. Also included in the box sets is a hardbound book and fold-out poster. The vinyl box sets include a lithograph print. Click HERE to pre-order/pre-save via The Greedy Hand Store at Neil Young Archives (NYA) and it’s also available at all retail.

Neil Young Archives is a playful vision of an artist’s archives and a utopian vision for artist-focused music streaming. On NYA you will find all of Neil’s music you’d expect to find—every studio album from Buffalo Springfield through Barn, every live album and compilation, a selection of important 45rpm singles—and a lot of music you might not expect—site-exclusive album outtakes and demos, unreleased and unedited live performances, bootlegs and archival released of shelved records—in crisp and intimate high resolution.* Another surprise for the uninitiated: streaming music is just the tip of the iceberg! The folders of NYA’s filing cabinet also contain original manuscripts, session documentation, tape boxes, record reviews and tour press, memorabilia and ephemera, every feature film and music video, photographs from across the span of Neil’s career and, if you’re willing to poke around to find them, dozens of treasures hidden in plain sight. It’s all a bit overwhelming—we’re trying to simulate walking the shelves, taking down boxes and flicking through folders holding Neil’s entire career, after all—but getting lost in the stacks is half the pleasure.

Photo Gallery: Vanilla Ice with Rob Base, Young MC and C+C Music Factory featuring Freedom Williams at Niagara Falls’ OLG Stage

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Photo Gallery: Vanilla Ice with Rob Base, Young MC and C+C Music Factory featuring Freedom Williams at Niagara Falls’ OLG Stage

All photos by Mini’s Memories. You can contact her through Instagram or Twitter

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The 37th Annual Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony Debuts November 19 on HBO

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The 37th Annual Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony Debuts November 19 on HBO

The 37th Annual Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony sponsored by City National Bank will air on Saturday, November 19 at 8:00pm ET on HBO and be available to stream on HBO Max alongside a radio simulcast on SiriusXM’s Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Radio channel 310 and Volume channel 106.

The ceremony, which takes place Saturday, November 5th, at 7 p.m. PST at Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, California, will honor this year’s inductees: Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo, Duran Duran, Eminem, Eurythmics, Dolly Parton, Lionel Richie, and Carly Simon; along with Judas Priest and Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis for Musical Excellence; and Harry Belafonte and Elizabeth Cotten for Early Influence; and Allen Grubman, Jimmy Iovine, and Sylvia Robinson for the Ahmet Ertegun Award.

The pre-ceremony red carpet live stream show will return with media personality Bevy Smith set to host the official show. The event begins before the Induction Ceremony and will be live streamed on the Rock Hall’s YouTube channel.

A special exhibit dedicated to this year’s inductees will open at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland on November 2, and will feature a wide array of artifacts from this year’s class. Highlights include:

  • Dolly Parton’s Gibson Blueshawk guitar played on Backwoods Barbie tour
  • Carly Simon’s handwritten lyric draft for “You’re So Vain”
  • Eminem’s outfit worn during Super Bowl LVI Halftime Show
  • Elizabeth Cotton’s Acoustic guitar that she began playing in the 1950s, leading to her career as an influential artist of the American folk music revival
  • Pat Benatar’s coat worn in her video for “Invincible”
  • Ian Hill’s Fender Jazz Bass guitar played on every Judas Priest album and tour between 1974 and 1984

SiriusXM Announces “Grown Folk JAMZ” A Multi-Dimensional Listening Experience for R&B Fans

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SiriusXM Announces “Grown Folk JAMZ” A Multi-Dimensional Listening Experience for R&B Fans

Today SiriusXM announced Grown Folk JAMZ as the latest channel to join the suite of programming under its “Project Amplify” initiative. The station is available now on SiriusXM channel 362. Project Amplify is a SiriusXM effort aimed at promoting diverse viewpoints across SiriusXM’s Music and Talk channels.

Serving a listenership ranging from ages 25-64, Grown Folk JAMZ features music hits from R&B, Gospel, Old School, Hip-Hop, Smooth Jazz, Funk, Classic Soul, and Love Ballads. The Grown Folk JAMZ® format was originally conceived by D-R JAMZ, the Operations Director of Grown Folk JAMZ. Long-time terrestrial radio program director and host, as well as Grown Folk JAMZ® online radio program director, Todd “T-O” Reynolds, will serve as the program director for its SiriusXM channel. The legendary voice of Al Twitty, CEO of Urban Radio Group, will continue to provide imaging for Grown Folk JAMZ.

Grown Folk JAMZ was developed as an online format in 2010 and was available on terrestrial radio from 2014-2017. Grown Folk JAMZ is a part of Panache Companies LLC, a new entrant in the mass media industry, which is proud to be 100% African American owned, including by a majority of women.  For more on Grown Folk JAMZ please visit: www.grownfolkjamz.com.

Originally known as a “Qualified Entity” channel, Project Amplify is a commitment SiriusXM made to the Federal Communications Commission in connection with the merger of Sirius and XM in 2008. The newly rebranded Project Amplify will continue the mission of providing a national platform for historically underserved communities, many of which have been underrepresented in the media.

“We are proud to expand this format to the SiriusXM platform and look forward to super serving our audiences,” said Denise Sherman, Majority Owner of Panache. “Grown Folk JAMZ is a timeless blend of music that our listeners have appreciated for most of their lives. As an African-American owned and majority woman owned platform we’re excited to provide a medium for underrepresented audiences and reach an even greater listenership via our relationship with SiriusXM.”

“SiriusXM is committed to not only providing the very best in audio entertainment, but also true diversity of content for all of our listeners. Project Amplify plays a vital role in that mission,” said Nicole Hughey, SiriusXM’s Senior Vice President and Head of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion. “Through Project Amplify we’re proud to provide a microphone to communities of all types, and to introduce our audience to new perspectives and cultures.”

 

In addition to Grown Folk JAMZ®, earlier this year SiriusXM announced the launch of Holy Culture Radio (ch. 154), a new spiritually-inspired talk and music channel. Other Project Amplify channels include: HUR Voices (ch.141) and HBCU Radio (ch.142) by Howard University; Korea Today (ch. 144); BYU Radio (ch. 143); En Vivo (ch. 152); and SLAM! Radio (ch. 145). For more information visit: siriusxm.com/projectamplify.

The Jimi Hendrix Experience ‘Los Angeles Forum: April 26, 1969’ To Be Released November 18

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The Jimi Hendrix Experience ‘Los Angeles Forum: April 26, 1969’ To Be Released November 18

Experience Hendrix L.L.C. in partnership with Legacy Recordings, a division of Sony Music Entertainment, is releasing the Jimi Hendrix Experience Los Angeles Forum: April 26, 1969 this November 18 on 2LP vinyl, CD and all digital platforms. Recorded in the spring of 1969 before a raucous, sold out audience, the captivating performance of the original lineup (singer/guitarist Jimi Hendrix, drummer Mitch Mitchell, bassist Noel Redding) has never before been released in its entirety. This album comes out in time for the 80th anniversary of Jimi Hendrix’s birth (Nov 27).

Following the massive success of the Jimi Hendrix Experience’s 1967-68 studio album trifecta (Are You Experienced, Axis: Bold as Love, Electric Ladyland), the trio had developed into the most popular international touring attraction in rock music. This widescale public interest coincided with the construction of new arenas for sporting events, among them the Forum in Inglewood, CA. Designed by famed architect Charles Luckman (who also designed New York’s rebuilt Madison Square Garden), this multi-purpose venue opened in 1967 as the home of the Los Angeles Kings hockey team and Los Angeles Lakers basketball team, but also began to serve as a music venue. Among the earliest concerts held there was Aretha Franklin in January 1968 and the Cream farewell tour with opening act Deep Purple in October of that year. The Jimi Hendrix Experience were booked to perform on April 26, 1969 with opening acts Chicago Transit Authority (soon-to-be renamed Chicago) and Cat Mother & The All Night Newsboys, the latter of whom shared management with the headliners. Floor seats cost $6.50 ($51.20 adjusted for inflation).

By the time the Jimi Hendrix Experience took the stage to blaze through a spirited set, live concert sound had drastically improved from the time of the Beatles baseball stadium tours, but crowd control was still a major concern. Between songs, Jimi pled with audience members to stop rushing the stage. A heavy police presence is felt; lyrics for their hit “Purple Haze” are altered (“‘Scuse me while I kiss that policeman!”) and Jimi dedicates “Spanish Castle Magic” to “the plain clothes police out there and other goofballs.” Hendrix treated each performance as a unique event. He never relied on a standard set list comprised only of his biggest commercial hits. This approach was on full display at the Forum performance, blending more familiar tunes such as “Foxey Lady” with “I Don’t Live Today” from Are You Experienced and his signature blues original“Red House” (“Everybody want to know what America’s soul is; everybody think it’s Motown . . . America’s soul is something more like this here”) which had still not yet been released in the US at this time. Furthermore, the group opened their set with a cover of “Tax Free” – an obscure 1967 instrumental by Swedish duo Hansson & Karlsson (consisting of Bo Hansson and Janne Karlsson), with whom the Experience had previously shared bills in Stockholm. Another unique highlight featured within the Forum performance was an early reimagining of “The Star Spangled Banner,” which Jimi would canonize four months later at Woodstock. “Here’s a song we was all brainwashed with,” Jimi trenchantly declares, at a time when the nation was in a state of great political unrest. The group closed their performance with a unique, extraordinary medley of “Voodoo Child (Slight Return)” and Cream’s “Sunshine of Your Love”. The song was an Experience favorite and a perfect live vehicle for the trio’s unparalleled improvisational skill.

The Jimi Hendrix Los Angeles Forum was recorded by Wally Heider and Bill Halverson contemporaneously, and recently remixed by longtime Hendrix producer/engineer Eddie Kramer for maximum audio fidelity. It was produced by Janie Hendrix, CEO of Experience Hendrix, L.L.C. and the sister of Jimi Hendrix, Kramer and John McDermott, who manages the Hendrix music catalog on behalf of Experience Hendrix. The package’s liner notes are by former LA Times staff writer/critic Randy Lewis with a preface by ZZ Top’s Billy Gibbons who attended the Hendrix Forum show, having toured with the Experience, as part of the Moving Sidewalks, his pre-ZZ band. Both Gibbons and Lewis provided commentary for yesterday’s LAist piece.

Also coming out during the month of Hendrix’s 80th birthday is the book JIMI. Published by Chronicle Books imprint Chroma for a November 15 release, this comprehensive visual celebration is an official collaboration with Janie Hendrix and John McDermott. JIMI significantly expands on the authors’ previously published titles, including An Illustrated Experience, and features a new introduction by Janie, extensive biographical texts, and a trove of lesser known and never-before-published photographs, personal memorabilia, lyrics, and more. Additionally, JIMI includes quotations by legendary musicians such as Paul McCartney, Ron Wood, Jeff Beck, Lenny Kravitz, Eric Clapton, Drake, Dave Grohl and others who have spoken about Hendrix’s lasting influence.

The Jimi Hendrix Experience – Los Angeles Forum: April 26, 1969 tracklist:
1. Intro
2. Tax Free
3. Foxey Lady
4. Red House
5. Spanish Castle Magic
6. Star Spangled Banner
7. Purple Haze
8. I Don’t Live Today
9. Voodoo Child (Slight Return)
10. Sunshine of Your Love
11. Voodoo Child (Slight Return)

Produced by Janie Hendrix, Eddie Kramer & John McDermott for Experience Hendrix, L.L.C.

ZZ Top Announces “Tres Hombres” Bourbon

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ZZ Top Announces “Tres Hombres” Bourbon

Rock & Roll Hall of Famers ZZ Top announced today the launch of their second in a line of limited release whiskeys, Tres Hombres Bourbon. This second expression follows its collaborative “Texas Whisky”, first released in November 2021.

Tres Hombres Bourbon is made from 3 classic grains, 3 distinct mashbills, and 3 fierce years baked in the Southern heat – harkening back to classic Southern blues, amplified by the crunch of Texas rock n’ roll, and saturated in the tone of American Single Malt. Here’s to
memories formed over a full glass with friends at your side, and the music turned up loud.

ZZ Top has been synonymous with all that is the Lone Star State for more than five decades. Named the “Official Heroes” of the State of Texas and renowned for their signature blues-rock sound, ZZ Top’s studio albums have sold an estimated 50 million albums worldwide and continuing.

“The launch of our 2021 Texas Whisky was an overwhelming success,” said Carl Stubner, Manager of ZZ Top. “Welook forward to sharing this new sweeter expression with our fans and friends to enjoy raising a glass to followers of good whisky across the country.

Tres Hombres Bourbon will be available beginning this week at select retailers in Austin, Dallas and Houston.

Long Out Of Print ‘Sly & The Family Stone: An Oral History’ By Joel Selvin Set For Reissue

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Long Out Of Print ‘Sly & The Family Stone: An Oral History’ By Joel Selvin Set For Reissue

Long considered the definitive account of the meteoric career of the pioneer funk-rock band, Sly & the Family Stone: An Oral History by Joel Selvin, the 1998 classic that has been out of print for years, returns in a new, updated edition next month from Permuted Press.

Selvin, an award-winning journalist and best-selling author, conducted more than forty interviews from all the group’s original members – the sole exception being the notoriously reclusive Sylvester Stewart himself – and the group’s closest associates in a spell-binding account of the dizzying climb and terrifying descent of the band’s career. The book is an unflinching look at one of music’s most influential and enigmatic figures.

Writing in Vanity Fair, David Kamp noted the classic status of the work, “Joel Selvin, the veteran music critic of the San Francisco Chronicle published a thoroughgoing, book-length oral history of the group in 1998 that is as disturbing and chilling a version as you’ll ever find of the ‘dashed 60s dream’ narrative: idealism giving way to disillusionment, soft drugs giving way to hard, ferment to rot. It’s agreed upon by everyone Selvin interviewed—which is pretty much everyone in Stone’s family, band, and circle of hangers-on, apart from Sly himself—that the bad craziness began when he forsook the Bay Area for Southern California, in 1970. Exit the music of hope and the gorgeous mosaic; enter firearms, coke, PCP, goons, paranoia, isolation, and a mean-spirited pet pit bull named Gun.”

Sly and the Family Stone was the groundbreaking aggregation of Blacks and Whites, men and women that symbolized the Woodstock generation and crossed over to dominate pop charts with anthems like “Everyday People,” “Dance to the Music,” and “I Want to Take You Higher.” The book offers first-person accounts of the rise of the band not only from its members but also from Sly’s parents, other members of the family as well as rock figures including Grace Slick, Sal Valentino, Bobby Womack, Mickey Hart, Clive Davis, Bobby Freeman, and many more. In their own words, they candidly share the triumphs and tragedies of one of the most influential musical groups ever formed. It’s a collection of “different strokes” from the immensely talented folks who were there when it all happened that tells a story that is both compelling and cautionary.

Sly and the Family Stone perform “You Can Make It If You Try at The Harlem Cultural Festival, June 19, 1969:

The key to unlocking the real story of Sly and the Family Stone was finding Hamp (Bubba) Banks, a character of immense proportions; a former Marine and pimp, young Sly’s best friend, brother-in-law and de facto manager who had never before shared his story. Selvin embarked on a quest to locate him by knocking on hair salon doors up and down Third Street in San Francisco’s Hunter’s Point neighborhood. Banks not only gave hours of riveting interviews, but also arranged for Selvin to speak with many other subjects including some of the career criminals who surrounded Sly Stone at his height. Along with Freddy Stewart, Sly’s brother and Family Stone band member, and San Francisco mayor London Breed, Selvin was one of three speakers at Banks’ funeral earlier this year. The new edition of the book is dedicated to Banks in recognition of the role he played in setting the Sly and the Family Stone record straight.

The world Banks and his associates revealed to Selvin was a scary, drug-crazed planet without clocks or even common sense, where Banks would eject Miles Davis from Sly’s apartment because Sly objected to the music Davis was playing on keyboards, where Gun, the vicious pit bull, would be set loose on marathon recording sessions while musicians ran for cover, where the mercurial and magisterial Sly Stone presided over every detail of everyone’s lives and treated all with reckless abandon. This nightmare vision comes even more alive in the words of the people who lived through it.

With the passing of key players like Hamp Banks, the band’s manager David Kapralik, and others interviewed for the 1998 book, the story Selvin captured can never again be told so fully. In fact, the interview transcripts from the original book have been subsequently utilized in both Selvin’s own August 2001 Mojo magazine cover article and the 2009 Sly Stone biography I Want to Take You Higher by Jeff Kaliss, prompting a disclaimer from Sly himself: “I don’t even know no Joel Selvin.”

Selvin is the author of more than twenty books on pop music. Director Rob Reiner has announced plans to make a feature film of Here Comes the Night, his biography of r&b songwriter/producer/label chief and mob intimate Bert Berns. His book with rock star Sammy Hagar, Red: My Uncensored Life in Rock, was a number one New York Times best-seller, and his recent Hollywood Eden tells the story of the kids whose music launched the myth of the California dream at the dawn of the 1960s.

Toronto-Based GROWERS Bring High Energy To “TTYL” New Single

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Toronto-Based GROWERS Bring High Energy To “TTYL” New Single

Energy-based band and Pop Punk pioneers GROWERS showcase their new single ‘TTYL’. Released in September 2022, ‘TTYL’ is the second single from GROWERS’ new EP ‘Cry Baby’ coming soon in Winter 2023.

The four-piece rock outfit features the Toronto talent of lead vocalist Charlie Joy, guitarist Matt Raitt, drummer Chris Raitt, and bassist Nate Clapinson. Born in 2019 and residing in Toronto, Canada, GROWERS have had a plethora of successful shows including winning a battle of the bands in 2019 and playing a string of sold-out shows in Toronto following the global pandemic (Horseshoe Tavern, El Mocambo, and Lee’s Palace). In 2020, the band would continue their success by winning a $2,000 grant from Corus Entertainment for their single and music video ‘The 90’s’.

Speaking of the 90s, GROWERS have channeled their sound straight from this late era with a little bit of the early 2000s thrown in for good measure. Pop Punk at its finest with hints of Blink 182, Weezer, and Fall Out Boy throughout their sound. Crunchy AF guitars, popping bass, and bouncing drums all fall into place with the sound of GROWERS. Vocalist Charlie Joy sounds expressive and powerful releasing more energy than the Duracell Bunny.

‘TTYL’ arrives straight from the early 2000s and is the second single from their upcoming EP ‘Cry Baby’. Penned by guitarist Matt Raitt, the song went through those musical processes you always hear about, allowing producer Brad Nelson (Billy Talent, the Headstones, and Alanis Morrisette) to bring some input to the single by changing the verse sections. Matt enlisted Charlie to rewrite the verse and pre-chorus sections, allowing ‘TTYL’ to be brought into the light in its truest form. With a huge response from GROWERS fans at every live show, the band knew that this one was going to be made into a single.

With an intro chorus of searing vocals, stabby guitars, and blooming drums, ‘TTYL’ lifts off right from the beginning. Traditional 90s guitar and bass down-strums throughout the verses keep the pacing before launching into another soaring chorus. The energy that ‘TTYL’ brings to the room is enough to power Toronto on its own. An accompanying music video will be released in late October 2022. Directed by Matt Raitt, the band has said that the ‘TTYL’ video meets the demands of TikTok fans and is perfect for the platform with its quick cuts and visually stimulating content.

‘TTYL’ is released by GROWERS in Fall 2022, and to support the release, the band have almost wrapped-up their micro-tour of Southern Ontario—with dates in Ottawa, Montreal, Hamilton, London, Kingston, and Toronto in September/October.

Bravo Niagara! Festival of the Arts Unveils Its 2022-23 Concert Season

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Bravo Niagara! Festival of the Arts Unveils Its 2022-23 Concert Season

Bravo Niagara! Festival of the Arts has unveiled the 2022-23 Season fall series lineup, bringing powerhouse headliners Miloš Karadaglić, Measha Brueggergosman-Lee, Bakithi Kumalo’s Graceland Experience, and The Legendary Count Basie Orchestra to Niagara wine country starting October 23 through December 18, 2022. Spring 2023 concerts will be announced later this year. View the entire fall lineup and purchase tickets here.

Bravo Niagara! Festival of the Arts is a not-for-profit charitable organization dedicated to inspiring passion for the arts through transformative musical performances and multidisciplinary artistic experiences in the Niagara Region. Watch this short reel featuring some of the extraordinary artists who have graced their stages in recent years here.

MILOŠ: Reflections And Reinvention

Sunday, October 23, 2022

2:00 PM

FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre – Recital Hall, St. Catharines

“One of the most exciting and communicative classical guitarists today.” –The New York Times Miloš Karadaglić was named by BBC Music Magazine as one of the six greatest classical guitarists of the last century alongside guitar legend Andrés Segovia. “Every generation has that super special guitarist, one with star quality and universal appeal, praised for their effortless technique and musical integrity. We have Miloš – the hottest guitarist in the world.’ (The Sunday Times).

 

Measha Brueggergosman-Lee

Saturday, November 5, 2022

7:00 PM

FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre – Recital Hall, St. Catharines

Bravo Niagara! is thrilled to welcome back internationally-acclaimed soprano Measha Brueggergosman-Lee as she delivers her trademark versatility in a program of classical and jazz including music from her newest album Measha JAZZ. Motivated and hungry for new experiences, Measha Brueggergosman-Lee’s career effortlessly embraces the broadest array of performance platforms and musical styles and genres. Measha began her career predominantly committed to the art of the song recital and has presented innovative programs at Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center in New York, Washington’s Kennedy Center, London’s Wigmore Hall, and both Konzerthaus and Musikverein in Vienna, among others.Voices of Freedom Festival Lead Sponsor: TD Bank Group

 

The Legendary Count Basie Orchestra: A Very Swingin’ Basie Christmas

Sunday, December 18, 2022

7:30 PM

FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre – Partridge Hall, St. Catharines

*Rescheduled date. Tickets on sale now!

The Legendary Count Basie Orchestra, “The Most Explosive Force in Jazz” and winner of 19 Grammy Awards, performs A Very Swingin’ Basie Christmas with special guest vocalist Carmen Bradford. The Count Basie Orchestra, today directed by Scotty Barnhart, has won every respected jazz poll in the world at least once, performed for Kings, Queens, and other world Royalty, appeared in several movies, and at every major jazz festival and concert hall in the world.

Presented in partnership with the FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre as part of the Bravo Niagara! TD Jazz Series

Carrellee Releases Video For ‘Morning Sun’ ; New Album ‘Scale Of Dreams’ Out November 18

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Carrellee Releases Video For ‘Morning Sun’ ; New Album ‘Scale Of Dreams’ Out November 18

Carrellee releases the video for ‘Morning Sun’ today. The track is the first single taken from her forthcoming album Scale of Dreams out on November 18 (Negative Gain Productions.) Carrellee overlays delicately sensual vocals about divorce and desire over a wall of scorched synths and processed tapes. She had some help crafting her noir synth-pop sound from producer Brett Bullion (Low, Poliça.)

While writing new songs for this record, Carrellee started posting weekly demo videos, titled ‘The Official Unofficial Synth Series’ on social media amassing nearly one million streams on Facebook in 2021. ‘Scale Of Dreams’ conjures crushed artifacts of desire, with each instrument processed through crumpled and fried analog tape drawing inspiration from 80’s new wave icons Cocteau Twins and Kate Bush, as well as a wide variety of Italo disco and synthwave artists. The inspiration for ‘Morning Sun’ came to Carrellee in a dream during her divorce. In the morning she quickly transcribed it from her home studio, and shared the demo video on Facebook where it has received 379K views.

About Carrellee: Carrellee (aka Sarah Pray) grew up in a musical household in Wisconsin. Her dad taught her piano and by age five was learning jazz chords and music theory. She worked at recording studios in Madison and Minneapolis as an intern and then started creating her own music. She had a few releases under Sarah Pray and also has a folk duo album with her ex-husband Thomas Kivi performing as Kivi & Pray touring through Europe, and much of the US in the style of Emmylou Harris and Gram Parsons. During the pandemic and divorce, she wanted to both experiment and return to her roots. “I am a big fan of female artists like Bjork, Angel Olsen, Fiona Apple, and PJ Harvey, who constantly evolve. I feel more in touch with myself more than ever since the divorce.” For her new sound Carrellee enlisted producer Brett Bullion (Low, Bad Bad Hats, Now, Now) to fine tune her songs.

About Negative Gain Productions: The label originally started in 1997 delivering classic industrial, EBM, darkwave, coldwave, post-punk, and goth music to the masses. In early 2011, Roger Jarvis (of KDC and HexRx) joined Micah Skaritka (of Cruciform Injection) to reboot the label. This reboot included rebranding and restructuring of the stable of bands on the label. The first three bands on the reboot were: HexRx, Kevorkian Death Cycle, and Alter Der Ruine. Since then, the label has released over 1200 songs, through 60 different bands and projects. Negative Gain’s approach to label curation is to find music that is just south of Mass Market. Music that would appeal to fans of 80’s and 90’s electronic and post-punk but has a sharper edge that might not be family room safe.

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