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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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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