ZAC HARMON - RIGHT MAN, RIGHT NOW
Zac Harmon
is an award-winning guitarist, organist, singer and songwriter whose
distinctive style combines the best of old-school soul-blues artists with
modern lyrics and themes that bring the blues into a new century. 'Right Man
Right Now' is contemporary music that proves just how alive and relevant the
blues is today. Addressing issues straight from today's headlines, Harmon
presents them in a fresh original style built on the best blues tradition. And
he has some incredibly talented musicians helping him, with guests including
Bobby Rush, Lucky Peterson, Anson Funderburgh and Mike Finnegan. A native of
Jackson, Mississippi, Harmon played guitar for Z.Z. Hill, Dorothy Moore and Sam
Myers before moving to L.A., where he established himself as a successful
session musician, songwriter and producer, working with the likes of Evelyn
'Champagne' King, The Whispers, The O'Jays and Black Uhuru. Harmon won the
Blues Foundation's prestigious International Blues Challenge (IBC) title of
'Best Unsigned Band' and two years later won the Blues Music Award for 'Best
New Artist Debut'. Since then, he has become one of the strongest live
performers in the genre, thrilling fans everywhere from Memphis to Mumbai, and
with 'Right Man Right Now' he finally brings that excitement to a brand new
album, his bluesiest ever. The album provides definitive proof that Zac Harmon
is indeed the right man to firmly establish all that blues can and should be
right now in the second decade of the new millennium. ~ Amazon
JONI MITCHELL & HERBIE HANCOCK - BREAD & ROSES: THE 1978 FOLK FESTIVAL BROADCAST
In the late
70s Mimi Fariña, the folk singer and younger sister of Joan Baez, established
the annual Bread & Roses Festival of Music as a fundraiser for her
co-operative social organisation of the same name. The event featured the music
world s leading activists and politically engaged artists: Stephen Stills, Pete
Seeger, Tom Paxton and Bonnie Raitt among them. The second Bread & Roses
Festival took place over the Labor Day weekend in September 1978 at the Greek
Theatre in Berkley and marked the stunning comeback of one of the greatest
singer-songwriters of all time: Joni Mitchell. Joni Mitchell had not performed
live since her appearance at The Band s Last Waltz nearly two years earlier and
had been undergoing a stylistic transformation, turning away from the acoustic
folk of her early career to explore Jazz influenced work. Mitchell s appearance
at Bread & Roses was the highlight of the festival, broadcast live by the
radio station WBUR, she was joined on-stage by the jazz legend and pioneering
fusion artist Herbie Hancock. The set correspondingly featured a full
exposition of her new direction - material from Hejira as well as the first
incarnations of songs from Mingus , the concept collaboration with Charles
Mingus that would not surface until almost a year later. Bread & Roses is a
rare and fascinating record of Joni Mitchell during one of her most
artistically fertile, daring periods.; coming in advance of Mingus , there s
also a loose, exploratory feel to the performance, as Mitchell tests her new
work in public for the first time. This concert is quite simply essential
listening both for Joni Mitchell fans and anyone wishing to acquaint themselves
with one of the most iconic, innovative voices in music. ~ Amazon
INCOGNITO - LIVE IN LONDON 35TH ANNIVERSARY SHOW
On July 12,
2014, Incognito threw a party that will surely be remembered for years to come.
To celebrate the band's 35th anniversary in style, Incognito played a show at
London's O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire and invited friends, family and fans to join
them for a wild night out. With guest performances by genre and music companion
Mario Biondi, American soul diva Carleen Anderson and friends and artists from
former and current times like Mo Brandis and Imaani, Incognito dug up songs
from now and then for an amazing performance, delivered in style, with passion,
with soul, with heart. The band's greatest hits like their #6 UK single charts
success “Always There”, their first single ever “Parisienne Girl” as well as
recent songs like “Goodbye To Yesterday”, fan favourites and songs dear to the
band are represented on this night to remember. The memorable gig brought the
essentials of Incognito, the jazz, blues, funk, soul, latin and dance together
for a perfect blend. The songs are just as surprising on the HD live video as
on CD - a great emotional atmosphere where to feel that Incognito loves and
lives the music. Embedded with funky grooves and huge soulful voices this music
experience will definitely give you goose bumps in its quieter parts and
animate you to lose control in the faster ones. So it's time now to turn up the
volume control and dance! ~ Amazon
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