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| New West Records Presents Norah Jones: Live From Austin, TX New West Records proudly introduces Norah Jones: Live From Austin, TX, the latest DVD release from the acclaimed PBS Austin City Limits television series. Taken from the full ACL concert that was then edited into the half hour TV show, the DVD contains previously unreleased performances. The 18 song disc was filmed in Hi-Definition and has DTS 5.1 Surround Sound. Norah Jones: Live From Austin, TX, will be the first release from the series available as a Limited Edition 180 gram vinyl record. Vinyl will be available on August 5, 2008 with the DVD in stores September 2, 2008. Other Live From Austin, TX titles available from New West Records this fall include Widespread Panic (11/11), Trace Adkins (10/28), Amos Lee (11/11) and Dierks Bentley (11/11) as well as second show releases from Lucinda Williams (11/11), Merle Haggard (10/28) and Waylon Jennings (10/28). Grammy Award winning artist Norah Jones recorded this stunning ACL performance on June 14, 2007, the second time the young artist has graced ACL's stage. Jones' music has touches of smoky jazz, country twang and Memphis soul that permeate her original songs. Her emotional, seductive performance is captured on the intimate DVD whether she is playing guitar on "Come Away With Me" or piano on "Don't Know Why." In addition to her own songs, Norah also plays a few covers including "Hands On The Wheel, " made famous by Willie Nelson and Roy Orbison's "Blue Bayou." Norah shares the stage with The Handsome Band as well as special guests J. Walter Hawkes and M. Ward. On-the-air since 1976, Austin City Limits has featured more than 500 different regional and internationally acclaimed artists on its stage, presenting the best of America's music from country, blues and folk to rock 'n' roll, bluegrass and zydeco. Since its inception, the Austin City Limits "Live from Austin, TX" series has shipped over 1 million units and yielded multiple Gold and Platinum-certified releases. The "Live From Austin, TX" series is comprised of intimate concert DVDs, re-mixed and re-mastered in 5.1 surround sound to provide the highest quality concert experience possible. Additionally, companion CDs remixed in Stereo from the original multi-track masters, are available from most of the artists in the series. New West Records LLC is an eleven year old, wholly independent record label distributed in the United States by RED Distribution. With offices in Los Angeles, CA and Austin TX, the company is staffed by a unique blend of music and business specialists. The label has had 12 releases debut in the Billboard Top 200 and boasts a number of Grammy award winning artists including Dwight Yoakam, Steve Earle, Rickie Lee Jones, Kris Kristofferson and Delbert McClinton. In addition, the roster includes Ben Lee, Benji Hughes, Buddy & Julie Miller, Drive-By Truckers, Jason Isbell, John Hiatt, Jordan Zevon, Old 97's, Randall Bramblett, Ray Davies, Stephen Bruton, The Flatlanders and Tim Easton. New West Records also has partnerships with Danny Goldberg's AMMAL Records, Scott Weiland's Softdrive Records, and exclusively releases CDs and DVDs from the award-winning television program "Austin City Limits." Current catalogue of the "Live From Austin, TX" Austin City Limits CD/DVD series include: Dave Alvin, Asleep at the Wheel, Gatemouth Brown, Roy Buchanan, David Byrne, Neko Case, Johnny Cash, Guy Clark, Albert Collins, Steve Earle, Fats Domino, The Flatlanders (DVD only), Ghostland Observatory (DVD only), Guided By Voices, Eliza Gilkyson, Kinky Friedman, Merle Haggard, John Hiatt, Waylon Jennings, Eric Johnson, Robert Earl Keen, Kris Kristofferson, Jerry Lee Lewis, Lynyrd Skynyrd (DVD only), Delbert McClinton, John Mayall, Tift Merritt (DVD only), Cory Morrow, Willie Nelson, Outlaw Country, Buck Owens, Polyphonic Spree, Doug Sahm, Billy Joe Shaver (DVD only), Sir Douglas Quintet, Son Volt (DVD only), String Cheese Incident (DVD only), Susan Tedeschi, Texas Tornados, Richard Thompson, Tony Joe White, Lucinda Williams (DVD only), Dwight Yoakam write your comments about the article :: © 2008 Jazz News :: home page |