VOICES Notes on the latest from the Concord Music Group family

David Vienna

New Kind Of Hymn

12 MAY 08 DAVID VIENNA on POP & ROCK

Joe Cocker's latest release Hymn For My Soul is not full of religious tracks as the title suggests. Still, with his gravelly "Glory! Hallelujah!" voice, he transforms the tracks from a diverse collection of writers into gospel.  MORE

Anne Farnsworth

Sharing Memories Of Mom

09 MAY 08 ANNE FARNSWORTH on AMERICAN SONGBOOK

For Mother's Day, I asked two Concord Family artists, Grammy-winning bassist/arranger/bandleader John Clayton and Grammy-nominated singer Tierney Sutton, to share memories of their mothers and how they influenced their music.  MORE

Chris Slawecki

Find Joy Across The Tracks

07 MAY 08 CHRIS SLAWECKI on JAZZ

Who says that studying the classics can't be fun? Certainly not Scott Hamilton, whose new release Across The Tracks explores tunes written by hallowed names like Duke Ellington and sounds like this saxophonist and his friends enjoyed great fun along their way.  MORE

Jonathan Widran

Shining Stars

06 MAY 08 JONATHAN WIDRAN on CONTEMPORARY JAZZ

Mindi Abair's Stars, her Peak Records debut, showcases her trademark hip and edgy instrumental sound and includes more original vocal tracks than ever before.  MORE

John C. Bruening

The Latin Revolution

28 APR 08 JOHN C. BRUENING on WORLD & LATIN

Cal Tjader's Latino!, released by Fantasy in 1994, is actually a combination of two LPs originally released on the same label in 1960 -- Latino! and Demasiado Caliente.  MORE

David Nathan

Drawing from a myriad of performing experiences that include seven years with the late great Muddy Waters, Mississippi-born Luther "Guitar Junior" Johnson draws from influences such as Ray Charles, Sam Cooke and Freddy King, adds his own distinctive thing and the result is a potent combination of blues-drenched soulful music found on Talkin' About Soul.  MORE

Vivien Schweitzer

A Colorful Bolero

27 APR 08 VIVIEN SCHWEITZER on CLASSICAL

Ravel's sensual, hypnotic "Boléro" was described by one American critic in the early 1930s as the "most insolent monstrosity every perpetrated in the history of music." That "monstrosity" has since become an audience favorite and is given a colorful, vibrant performance on Boléro: Music of Ravel, Borodin and Bizet -- a new Telarc disc with Erich Kunzel leading the Cincinnati Pops.  MORE


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