Concord Music Group News

NEWS 04 Sep 2007

John Fogerty To Perform On The Late Show With David Letterman!

John Fogerty has been confirmed to perform on the Late Show with David Letterman, October 2nd! Be sure to tune in as you won't want to miss it!

CONCORD MUSIC GROUP NEWS ARCHIVE

02 Jul 2009

Universal Pictures' Funny People - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack - Due July 28th from Concord Records - Features rare outtakes from John Lennon and Neil Diamond and exclusive new live recordings from James Taylor and Wilco featuring Andrew Bird.

17 Jun 2009

Robben Ford to Release Soul on Ten Concord Records, August 11, 2009

16 Jun 2009

In Session, The 1983 live album by Albert King with Stevie Ray Vaughan has been digitally remastered, to be reissued by Stax on June 30.

15 Jun 2009

Anjulie Chosen as One of Five New Artists Featured on mtvU’s “Freshman 5” This Summer

10 Jun 2009

#13 Bow for Secret, Profane & Sugarcane is Highest in 30 years for Elvis Costello

10 Jun 2009

Playing For Change Band Set To Headline The Jazz / World Stage At This Years Glastonbury Festival On Saturday, June 2

09 Jun 2009

Tift Merritt Flies "Buckingham Solo" on June 3rd Intimate Performance from Famed Singer-Songwriter Captured in Live Solo-Acoustic Setting

04 Jun 2009

John Mellencamp’s Road Tested "Life Death LIVE and Freedom" due June 23rd from Hear Music

02 Jun 2009

Terence Blanchard Signs with Concord Jazz - New Album 'Choices' due 8/18/2009

13 May 2009

On June 30th, Concord Jazz Celebrates its longstanding relationship with vocalist extraordinaire Karrin Allyson by releasing her 12th album with the label, "By Request: The Best Of Karrin Allyson", a 13-song retrospective of her career oeuvre.

06 May 2009

People Powered ‘Playing For Change’ A Top 10 Debut

27 Apr 2009

Multi-Platinum Group All-4-One Signs To Peak Records

27 Apr 2009

Playing For Change and YouTube team to offer exclusive video on April 28th

27 Apr 2009

Ray Charles "A Message From The People" album reissued for the first time by Concord Records - Due May 5th

22 Apr 2009

Premiere Vocalist Kurt Elling to Release "Dedicated to You: Kurt Elling Sings the Music of Coltrane and Hartman" on Concord Jazz June 23rd

21 Apr 2009

Anjulie’s New Video, “Boom,” on MTV!

21 Apr 2009

Elvis Costello's New Album "Secret, Profance & Sugarcane" Out June 2nd; Produced By T-Bone Burnett in Nashville

21 Apr 2009

Chick Corea & John McLaughlin Supergroup "Five Peace Band" to Release Five Peace Band Live on Concord Records

21 Apr 2009

28 Albums from Ray Charles' Iconic Catalog Released Digitally for the First Time

21 Apr 2009

R&B Icon Teena Marie Celebrates Her 30th Career Anniversary With New Single Featuring Faith Evans

11 Mar 2009

The Passing Of Hal Gaba

09 Feb 2009

Congratulations CMG GRAMMY Winners--- 6 total!

06 Feb 2009

Concord Music Group Garners 38 Grammy Nominations

01 Feb 2009

Concord Records to Release First Three Expanded Indiana Jones™ Soundtracks Individually

23 Jan 2009

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button leads all films this year with 13 Oscar nominations, including Best Picture and Best Score!

20 Jan 2009

Paul McCartney’s Legendary In-Store Performance "Amoeba's Secret" Available for the First Time Ever On CD and Digitally on January 27th

20 Jan 2009

Ray Charles' Classic "America The Beautiful" to be Released Digitally for the First Time on Inauguration Day

16 Dec 2008

Concord Music Group Detonates At "Best of iTunes 2008'

15 Dec 2008

Fantasy Records Issues Five-Song Digital-Only EP Titled 'Hello Again,' Available Exclusively At iTunes on December 16

10 Dec 2008

Grammy Favorite Patti Austin Celebrates A Heartfelt Christmas

05 Dec 2008

Concord Jazz Presents New Benny Golson Jazztet Album, New Time, New ‘Tet Featuring All Star Line-Up January 20th, 2009

05 Dec 2008

James Taylor Nominated For Two Grammy® Awards For His Latest CD Covers: ‘Best Pop Vocal Album’ And ‘Best Male Pop Vocal’

04 Dec 2008

Concord Music Group Garners 38 Grammy Nominations

02 Dec 2008

Fantasy Records To release Original Soundtrack To Wes Anderson's Bottle Rocket: Short Film In Digital Form Dec. 9

02 Dec 2008

Chick Corea And Hiromi Collaborate On “Duet,” An Acoustic Piano Extravaganza Recorded Live At The Tokyo Blue Note

01 Dec 2008

Concord Records To Release The Soundtrack For The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button On December 16

26 Nov 2008

Concord Music Group And Ray Charles Foundation Enter Into Agreement For Post-1960 Ray Charles Catalog

20 Nov 2008

Stax Music Academy Presents "Go Down, Moses - A Tribute To Isaac Hayes," Thursday, December 18 at Germantown Performing Arts Centre

20 Nov 2008

Grammy Nominated Singer-Songwriter James Hunter Auctions Private Concert on eBay

19 Nov 2008

Caribbean Jazz Project Wins Latin Grammy Award

07 Nov 2008

Anjulie Goes 'Boom'

07 Nov 2008

Critically-Acclaimed Grammy-Nominated Vocalist Jane Monheit Set To Release New CD, "The Lovers, The Dreamers, And Me," January 20th On Concord Records

04 Nov 2008

Raul Malo Signs With Fantasy, Readies Lucky One, Hist First Album Of New Songs In Seven Years, For March 3rd Release

04 Nov 2008

Boney James’ Send One Your Love Arrives for Valentine’s Day

08 Oct 2008

James Taylor Debuts At #4 On Billboard's Top 200 Album Chart With 'Covers'

07 Oct 2008

The Gabe Dixon Band, On Tour For Life, Announces November Dates With Marc Broussard

02 Oct 2008

Stax Records to Release Soundtrack to Soul Men On November 4th

30 Sep 2008

Concord Records to Release Indiana Jones™: The Soundtracks Collection on November 11, 2008

19 Sep 2008

Concord Jazz To Release “Christian Scott: Live at Newport” from Critically Acclaimed Grammy-Nominated Trumpeter Christian Scott

16 Sep 2008

Tift Merritt “Breaks the Stillness” on iTunes

16 Sep 2008

John Mellencamp Sets Concert Performance At Crump Theater In Columbus Indiana For A&E Bio Special

11 Sep 2008

James Taylor, With Special Guest Yo-Yo Ma, Perfoms Live On Good Morning America On Sept. 15 From His Home State Of Massachusetts

29 Aug 2008

Nikka Costa Takes New Album On The Road This Fall!

22 Aug 2008

Stax To Release Otis Redding Live In London And Paris Capturing The Soul King's Finest Onstage Moments In 1967

19 Aug 2008

Gabe Dixon Band Hits The Road As Buzz Builds On Nashville Piano Rock Trio's Fantasy Records Debut

11 Aug 2008

Concord Music Group’s statement on Isaac Hayes:

04 Aug 2008

James Taylor 'Covers' Generations

30 Jul 2008

Creedence Clearwater Revival’s First Six Albums Reissued In Expanded Editions Celebrating Their 40th Anniversary

23 Jul 2008

Concord Records to release Four Time Grammy Nominee Michael Feinstein's New Album - The Sinatra Project - September 2, 2008

23 Jul 2008

John Mellencamp's “Life, Death, Love And Freedom” Most Acclaimed Of His Career

22 Jul 2008

Monterey Jazz Festival Records' 2nd Full Collection due August 5th

16 Jul 2008

Multi-Faceted Entertainer Wayne Brady Releases Debut Album

08 Jul 2008

Raul Malo Signs to Fantasy Records

07 Jul 2008

Mellencamp Tour Underway; July 15th Release of 'Life, Death, Love And Freedom' Coincides With National TV, Radio Airplay, Critical Acclaim

01 Jul 2008

Chris Isaak Handpicks James Hunter for August U.S. Tour

27 Jun 2008

SERGIO MENDES’ Encanto Is The #1 Contemporary Jazz Album In The Country For The Second Consecutive Week

27 Jun 2008

The Very Best Of Little Richard Contains The Original Rock ’N’ Roller's Most Vital Specialty Records Sides

23 Jun 2008

James Hunter's 'The Hard Way" Bows At #1 On Billboard's Blues Chart; Ranks As "One Of The Year's Best" (Boston Globe)

13 Jun 2008

Stax Records To Release Long-Awaited MOON RIDE, The Debut Album From Legendary Songwriter Leon Ware

11 Jun 2008

SERGIO MENDES’ New Album Encanto (“Enchantment”) Quickly Lands At #1 on iTunes’ List of Top Latin Albums - While Also Notching The #2 Spot On CMJ’s World Music Chart

11 Jun 2008

Make Way for Blue-Eyed Soul The “Leigh” Way with Singer/Songwriter Leigh Jones’ Sumptuous Debut, 'Music in My Soul'

10 Jun 2008

Nikka Costa Signs With Stax Records!

05 Jun 2008

The Legendary Sergio Mendes Delves Deep Into The Sounds Of Brazil With The June 10th Release of ENCANTO (“Enchantment”)

04 Jun 2008

The Gabe Dixon Band Signs With Fantasy Records; Self-Titled Album Due August 26th

27 May 2008

Eddie Floyd, The "Knock On Wood" Man, Mines His R&B Roots On New Album Of Southern Soul Music On Stax Records

16 May 2008

Steve Cropper (Booker T & The MGs) And Felix Cavaliere (Rascals) Unite On Forthcoming Album Nudge It Up A Notch, Due Out On Stax Records On July 29

13 May 2008

Concord Music Group congratulates Jane Monheit and her husband, Rick Montalbano, on the birth of their first child Jack Newton Montalbano, born May 9, 2008

13 May 2008

Boney James & American Idol’s Syesha Mercado Release Exclusive Internet Only Single...The Only Place You Are “Gonna Get It” Is On iTunes!

12 May 2008

Carly Simon’s “This Kind Of Love” Debuts At Number 15

09 May 2008

John Mellencamp’s 'Life, Death, Love and Freedom' from Hear Music July 15

06 May 2008

Concord Records to release Return To Forever - The Anthology In Stores May 27, 2008

05 May 2008

James Hunter Takes ‘The Hard Way’ (June 10 / Hear Music) To The Road

25 Apr 2008

Saxophonist/Vocalist Mindi Abair To Release Her First Peak Records CD “Stars” On May 6 Featuring Her #14 R&R Hit Single “Smile”

24 Apr 2008

Grammy Nominee Chante Moore Returns With Her First New Solo CD In Eight Years: Love The Woman Due In Stores June 17th

27 Mar 2008

Prestige Records Presents It's 8th Edition Of RVG Remasters

26 Mar 2008

Concord Records and Starbucks Entertainment to Release Sergio Mendes’ New Album, Encanto (Enchantment) on June 10, 2008

25 Mar 2008

Lalah Hathaway Stretches Her Musical Canvas With Her Stax Records Debut “Self Portrait”

24 Mar 2008

Concord Jazz to Release a New Album from Scott Hamilton & Friends, "Across the Tracks," on May 6, 2008

21 Mar 2008

Joe Cocker ‘Hymn For My Soul’ The new album released May 13th on Fantasy Records

21 Mar 2008

Grammy Award Winning Saxophonist David Sánchez To Release his Concord Picante Debut 'Cultural Survival' on May 20th

10 Mar 2008

Thelonious Monk Institute Of Jazz Announces 2008 Thelonious Monk International Jazz Saxophone Competetion And International Jazz Composers Competition

10 Mar 2008

Concord Jazz Will Release Taylor Eigsti’s 'Let It Come To You' on May 6

07 Mar 2008

Tift Merritt's 'Another Country' Receives Critical Acclaim

05 Mar 2008

Creedence Legend John Fogerty Returns To Royal Albert Hall

28 Feb 2008

Carly Simon Joins Hear Music With “This Kind Of Love,” Her First Album Of All-Original Songs In Eight Years

22 Feb 2008

Multi-platinum Selling Artist, Vanessa Williams, Signs with Concord Records

14 Feb 2008

Kenny G Debuts At #14 On Billboard's Top 200 Albums Chart With 'Rhythm & Romance'

12 Feb 2008

Paul McCartney's "Memory Almost Full" Certified Platinum

11 Feb 2008

Concord Music Group Garners 5 Grammy Wins

08 Feb 2008

Fogerty To Rock Grammy Awards With Fellow Legends Little Richard And Jerry Lee Lewis

06 Feb 2008

Trumpeter Christian Scott To Perform National Anthem At The NBA All-Star Saturday Night Festival On February 16th In New Orleans

01 Feb 2008

Stax Records To Release 'Stax Does The Beatles' And 'Stax Sings Songs Of Motown Records'

17 Jan 2008

Angie Stone’s Anthem “My People” Celebrates Black History Month

17 Jan 2008

Ozomatli To Host Weekly Radio Show "Ozolocal" Beginning This Saturday!

16 Jan 2008

Sia’s New Release, some people have REAL problems, Debuts @ #26 on Billboard Charts; Goes to #3 on iTunes Week of Release

14 Jan 2008

Randy Jackson Drafts All-Star Team Of Artists For His New Album 'Randy Jackson's Music Club, Volume 1'

20 Dec 2007

Starbucks Entertainment And Concord Records To Co-Release Kenny G's New Album 'Rhythm And Romance' On February 5

14 Dec 2007

Concord Jazz to Release Renowned Jazz Benefactor, Bill Strickland’s Music to Make the Impossible Possible

06 Dec 2007

Concord Music Group Garners 28 Grammy Nominations!

21 Nov 2007

James Taylor’s “One Man Band” Garners Critical Acclaim And Impressive Sales

20 Nov 2007

Carole King, James Taylor And The Original Band Celebrate The Troubador’s 50th Anniversary With A Special Three-Night Engagement For Charity

19 Nov 2007

Visionary Singer and Songwriter Sia Signs with Hear Music

14 Nov 2007

Raves Pour In For Fogerty Live Show

09 Nov 2007

James Taylor Confirmed In-Store Signing at Barnes & Noble November 14th

09 Nov 2007

Latin Grammy Winners! Chick/Bela and Arturo Sandoval

07 Nov 2007

Fantasy Records To release Tift Merritt's "Another Country" February 26

07 Nov 2007

Peak Recording Artist Will Downing Scores His Best First Week Soundscan Ever!

01 Nov 2007

Fogerty “As Fresh As Today’s Headlines And As Timeless As Classic Creedence”

01 Nov 2007

Hilary McRae To Release Debut Album On Hear Music In Spring 2008

26 Oct 2007

Angie Stone's Stax Records Debut "The Art Of Love & War" Launches At #11 On Billboard's Top 200 And #2 On The R&B Chart!

23 Oct 2007

Fantasy Records Honors The 50th Anniversary Of The Court Ruling Declaring Allen Ginsberg's "Howl" Not Obscene

19 Oct 2007

Hear Music To Release A New CD/DVD Deluxe Edition Of Paul McCartney's "Memory Almost Full"

19 Oct 2007

James Taylor's "One Man Band" To Be Released On November 13 On Hear Music

12 Oct 2007

The Art Of Love & War, Angie Stone's Stax Records Debut In-Stores October 16

12 Oct 2007

John Fogerty to appear on NPR's World Cafe!

10 Oct 2007

'Revival’ A Smash: Fogerty's Biggest Soundscan Week Ever

05 Oct 2007

The Staple Singers' 1962 Christmas Album, 'The 25th Day Of December,' Reissued On Riverside Records Via Concord Music Group

03 Oct 2007

Joni Mitchell “Shines” On Hear Music With Her Highest Debut In A Decade

03 Oct 2007

Multi-Platinum Grammy Winner Michael Bolton To Ring In The Holidays With 'A Swingin' Christmas'

21 Sep 2007

New Otis Redding Documentary To Receive World Theatrical Premiere at Mods & Rockers Film Festival In Hollywood ... Event Includes Panel With Late Soul Singer's Family And Fellow Musicians

13 Sep 2007

John Fogerty's Bringing Searing ‘Revival’ To The People

04 Sep 2007

Congrats to Concord Music Group's Latin Grammy Nominees!

04 Sep 2007

John Fogerty To Perform On The Late Show With David Letterman!

27 Aug 2007

Prestige Records Releases Interplay, A Remarkable 5 CD Box Set of John Coltrane’s Early Collaborative Sessions Available September 18, 2007

23 Aug 2007

Stax Readies Respect Yourself: The Stax Records Story DVD For Release October 2nd

22 Aug 2007

Boney James Delivers Christmas Present

17 Aug 2007

‘The Stax/Volt Revue Live In Norway 1967’ DVD To Be Released October 2

14 Aug 2007

Carla Thomas’ Never-Before-Released 1967 Live Album, Live At The Bohemian Caverns, Finally To Be Issued On Stax

13 Aug 2007

James Taylor Strikes Up His “One Man Band” On Hear Music

06 Aug 2007

TV Booking Alert - Angie Stone to appear on Jimmy Kimmel

02 Aug 2007

John Fogerty Unleashes A Rock N Roll Revival On October 2nd

01 Aug 2007

Dreams To Remember: The Legacy Of Otis Redding DVD To Be Released September 18

31 Jul 2007

Grammy Nominated Trumpeter Christian Scott Appears On Prince's New Album Planet Earth

25 Jul 2007

Ozo To Appear on Late Night With Conan August 29th!

25 Jul 2007

Joni Mitchell Set To Shine On Hear Music

23 Jul 2007

Fantasy Records to Release Light Your Light, the New Album from Toots & The Maytals

23 Jul 2007

Grammy-Nominated Trumpeter Christian Scott To Release His Highly Anticipated Sophomore Album Anthem On August 28, 2007

20 Jul 2007

Stax Records Presents Angie Stones ‘The Art Of Love & War’

19 Jul 2007

Stax Reissues Legendary Wattstax Soundtrack On Three CDs, More Than Three Hours Of Music Including Previously Unreleased Tracks

17 Jul 2007

Dave Brubeck Receives Lifetime Achievement Honour At The Seventh Annual BBC Jazz Awards

16 Jul 2007

Stax & Soul Music Saluted In Hollywood At Americas Largest Annual Rock-Film Festival

28 Jun 2007

Respect Yourself: The Stax Records Story, Premiers August 1st on PBS!

28 Jun 2007

Paul McCartney to appear on NPRs World Cafe July 6th!

26 Jun 2007

Ozomatli Travel To Three Middle East Countries

04 Jun 2007

Starbucks & Concord Invite You To Hear Music

04 Jun 2007

Concord Music Group Reactivates Stax Records

28 Jun 2006

SECOND 2006 RELEASE OF RVG REMASTERS

26 Feb 2006

New Rudy Van Gelder Remasters series on Prestige

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