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20.05.2012 Rebecca Sullivan came into her own as a jazz vocalist in Chicago, where she's been based since 2006 and where she's frequently gigged with guitarist Mike Allemana. Their compelling musical chemistry is the main event on Sullivan's forthcoming debut recording, "This Way, This Time, " a duo session that will be released on Rhyme or Reason Records on June 12. read more 20.05.2012 One of the worlds most unique music festivals, Sligo Jazz Project (SJP) has announced a stellar 16-strong summer school faculty and jazz festival line up for its 2012 main event, which runs from July 24-29 in the northwest of Ireland gateway city read more 20.05.2012 Cory Tilizky releases his second CD titled "Nothing to Lose". He began playing piano at the age of seven. He took private lessons at the Royal Conservatory and started performing his own compositions at the age of 14. Cory also realized that he was also able to play by ear, which created an entirely new dynamic for him. read more 19.05.2012 The Louis Armstrong House Museum is one of 40 NYC cultural organizations in the American Express grant contest competing for preservation funds to restore Louis's garden. We are reaching out to the jazz community worldwide to Armstrong the Vote for us! read more  18.05.2012 Sunny Leigh will perform at The Metropolitan Room on Sunday, May 20th. Sunny Leigh sings jazz, blues & originals with an all-star jazz trio featuring the incomparable Dave Finck on Bass, the legendary Chris Parker on drums and the amazing Barry Levitt on piano. Sunny Leigh is an artist, writer, singer, dancer, poet, actress and healer. She lives her life guided by one fundamental truth, love is the answer. Her songs are honest, realistic portrayals of life. A life lived by a woman. A life full of honest realities, a life of love. read more18.05.2012 Gil Evans Centennial Celebration - May 21st at Highline Ballroom 9PM. The fabulous Gil Evans Orchestra led by Miles Evans, Gil's son, featuring world-class jazz artists who were long-term members performing Evans' arrangements: from Hendrix and Jaco to the Classics! read more 18.05.2012 The family of Phoebe Jacobs (June 21, 1918 - April 9, 2012), The Louis Armstrong Educational Foundation, and Jazz at Lincoln Center invite you to the Tribute to Phoebe Jacobs, in memoriam. The event will be held at Rose Theater, Frederick P. Rose Hall, Jazz at Lincoln Center on Thursday, May 24, 2012 at 1 p.m. read more
17.05.2012 Legacy Recordings, the catalog division of Sony Music Entertainment, wishes the extraordinary blues innovator Taj Mahal a Happy 70th Birthday on May 17. read more 16.05.2012 Rural Rhythm Records is proud to announce the May 22, 2012 album release, New Bluegrass & Old Heartaches by Bobby Osborne & The Rocky Top X-Press. The album was produced by Glen Duncan, Bobby Osborne and Boj (Bobby Osborne, Jr.) and contains new and old songs that will surely delight Bobby's fans worldwide and celebrate his impressive 60 year career. read more 15.05.2012 Touring together for the first time, two of the most highly respected and widely covered singer/songwriters in America, Danny O'Keefe and Bob Lind, will be performing at Plaza Playhouse Theater - 4916 Carpinteria Avenue – just off Linden Avenue in downtown Carpinteria on Saturday, May 26th at 8 p.m. read more 13.05.2012 Loud & Proud/Roadrunner Records announced today the release of Last Of A Dying Breed from Lynyrd Skynyrd, the band's first studio album since the September 29, 2009 release of God & Guns which debuted at #18 on the Billboard Top 20 and gave the band their highest debut since 1977. Last Of A Dying Breed reunites the band with producer Bob Marlette who produced God & Guns. read more
19.05.2012 Yep Roc Records, the artist-driven label that proudly refuses to be labeled, will celebrate its 15th anniversary with Yep Roc 15, a three-night concert blowout October 11, 12 and 13, at the Cat's Cradle in Carrboro, NC, featuring once-in-a-lifetime performances, collaborations, and recording sessions by current and past Yep Roc artists. read more 17.05.2012 The Cutting Edge Music Business Conference has announced that it has secured Vans Warped Tours' Kevin Lyman and Michael Koch of Entertainment One US as keynote speakers for its 20th Annual Cutting Edge CE (formerly the Cutting Edge Music Business Conference) from September 26 -30, 2012 at the Historic Gallier Hall and Lafayette Square in the heart of New Orleans' Downtown Development District. read more 12.05.2012 Smithsonian Folkways will release '¡Parranda! Venezuelan Carnival Music' by the group La Sardina de Naiguatá (The Sardine of Naiguatá) on June 19. The collection, part of Smithsonian Folkways' "Tradiciones/Traditions" series, is the definitive statement from this pioneering 13-piece band led by visionary Ricardo Díaz. read more 05.05.2012 Born in a Brooklyn warehouse in 1997, 12-piece ensemble Antibalas is credited with introducing Afrobeat to a wider global audience, influencing countless musicians and developing a live show that is the stuff of legend. The group has performed everywhere from Central Park to Carnegie Hall to Rikers Island Prison, and that's just in New York. read more
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