Thursday, March 31, 2005

KCRW MUSIC FESTIVAL, MODERN DRUMMER FESTIVAL, COACHELLA VALLEY MUSIC FESTIVAL & OTHER NEWS


ROY AYERS - RED BLACK & GREEN
Roy Ayers upcoming CD Red Black & Green features some early funk work and covers of Ain't No Sunshine and Day Dreaming. Ayers will perform at Trumpets in Montclair, NJ on Friday April 1.

JOHNNY BRISTOL - MGM COLLECTION
Johnny Bristol's MGM Collection, which features Hang On In There Baby, Feeling The Magic and many others. The CD is due out in April.

FUNKADELIC ALBUM REISSUES
April will also see the release of no less than eight albums from Funkadelic, each has been remastered with bonus tracks added. The albums are: America Eats It's Young (a double LP featuring You Hit The Nail On The Head, A Joyful Process, Loose Booty, I Call My Baby Pussycat; Cosmic Slop (featuring Nappy Dugout, You Can't Miss What You Can't Measure and Can't Stand The Strain.); Free Your Mind...And Your Ass Will Follow (featuring Funky Dollar Bill and Free Your Mind); Funkadelic - their first album and it features the original 5-member group lineup of Eddie Hazel, Mickey Atkins, Tawl Ross, Bill Nelson and Tiki Fulwood; Let's Take It To The Stage, which showcases the hard grooving funk sound that would eventually emerge in the years to come; Maggot Brain (featuring a visionary funk sound); plus Standing On The Verge Of Getting It On; and Tales Of Kidd Funkadelic.
ISAAC HAYES - NEW HORIZON
Issac Hayes'
New Horizon CD features a smooth soul sound on Moonlight Lovin' Menage a Trois, Out Of The Ghetto, Its Heaven To Me and Don't Take YourLove Away. The album was recorded at the famous Sigma Sound Studios in Philadelphia. This CD is a compilation of songs that have appeared on previous CD's and it will be out in April.

STEVIE WONDER - THIS TIME 2 LOVE PLUS OTHER REISSUES
If you are a fan of Stevie Wonder, not only will his Time 2 Love CD be available sometime in May, but a total of seven previously released albums will be available in April. All will be Japanese pressings: Down To Earth, Fingertips,I Was Made To Love Her, Journey Through The Secret Life Of Plants, Uptight, Where I'm Coming From and With A Song In My Heart. These will all be available in April.

KCRW WORLD MUSIC FESTIVAL
KCRW's World Music Festival
...A diverse lineup consisting of Basement Jaxx, Royksopp, David Byrne, the Arcade Fire, Yo-Yo Ma, Femi Kuti, Maxi Priest, Black Uhuru, Desmond Dekker, Bossacucanova and Mos Def will headline the upcoming KCRW World Music Festival. The event will be held throughout the summer at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles, kicking off on June 26 and closing on September 28.

MODERN DRUMMER FESTIVAL
Modern Drummer Festival
...Sheila E, jazz great Roy Haynes, Deep Purple's Ian Paice and Red Hot Chili Pepper's Chad Smith, are among those who will participate at the Modern Drummer Festival Weekend 2005. The event is set for May 28-29 at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark.

COACHELLA VALLEY MUSIC FESTIVAL
Coachella Valley Music Festival 2005
...Jamie Cullum and Cafe Tacuba, among many, many others will appear at the 2005 Coachella Valley Music Festival being held in Palm Springs,CA on April 30 and May 1.

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