VAN MORRISON - DUETS: RE-WORKING THE CATALOGUE
On Duets: Re-Working The Catalogue, Van Morrison and the guests selected and
recorded some of his songs from the catalog of 360 songs across his career.
Deliberately steering away from his more well-known classics, Van enlisted some
of the artists he most respects to perform these songs with him to re-craft and
re-imagine them. The album was recorded in his home town of Belfast and London
in the United Kingdom over the last year, using a variety of musicians and
fresh arrangements. Produced
by Van Morrison along with Don Was and Bob Rock, the album features duet
performances with Bobby Womack, Steve Winwood, Mark Knopfler, Taj Mahal, Mavis
Staples, Michael Bublé, Natalie Cole, George Benson, Gregory Porter, Clare
Teal, P.J. Proby, Joss Stone, Georgie Fame, Mick Hucknall, Chris Farlowe, and
Van's daughter Shana Morrison. Van
Morrison is considered one of the most prolific recording artists and
extraordinary live performers of our time. He has received a multitude of
awards and accolades including 6 Grammy Awards, a Brit Award, an OBE, an Ivor
Novello, and has been inducted in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. His visionary
songwriting and mastery of many genres continues to shine on albums celebrating
and re-exploring his blues, jazz, skiffle and country roots. With one of the
most revered catalogues in music history, his talents as a composer, singer and
performer are unmatched. ~ Amazon
BAMALOVESOUL PRESENTS ON DECK 3
On its
way to becoming another much-loved series in the tradition of Stop and Listen,
the Spectrum compilations, or perhaps more aptly Kon & Amir’s Off Track
sets all from BBE, On Deck has been a music-format manifestation of the
Birmingham, Alabama-based website BamaLoveSoul for the past couple of
years. For the third in the On Deck
series, Rahdu introduces another scintillating taster for the more mature
musical palette, featuring contemporary up-up-and-coming artists generally not
too well-known on the international scene yet, with a bias towards artists
sharing his own southern roots. Enjoy, Enjoy, Enjoy. Due for release March 23, 2015.
KARIN
KROG / STEVE KUHN – BREAK OF DAY
The
already-great team of singer Karin Krog and pianist Steve Kuhn gets some extra
special help here – thanks to the appearance of Eric Alexander on tenor and Lew
Soloff on trumpet – each of whom guest on three different tracks apiece! The
core of the record has Krog's dark, moody vocals alongside Kuhn's
still-inventive piano lines – a match that has decades of work together, and
which already makes the whole record exciting enough on its own – but the use
of added horn soloists brings in this effective other voice to the proceedings,
all without disturbing the gentle balance at the core. Alexander is especially
great, but we like Soloff a lot too – and neither seeks to overwhelm, just
bring a special voice to the tunes in which they appear. As always with Krog,
the choice of tunes is perfect – and titles include "Scandia Skies",
"Break Of Day In Molde", "How Do You Keep The Music
Playing", "Love Came On Stealthy Fingers", "Time's Getting
Tougher Than Tough", "Little Butterfly", and
"Trane". ~ Dusty Groove
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