Wednesday, August 09, 2017

NEW MUSIC: LEDISI – LET LOVE RULE; PETER JANSON - PLACES IN TIME; CHAMPIAN FULTON / SCOTT HAMILTON THINGS WE DID LAST SUMMER

LEDISI – LET LOVE RULE

Ledisi announced her new project Let Love Rule, out September 22 . The nine-time Grammy nominated vocalist, is excited to share her new body of work with the world as she delivers brand new vibes with classic vocals. Packed with raw, unequivocal emotion, the 15-track album showcases her evolution as an artist; executive produced by Ledisi and longtime collaborator Rex Rideout, the album also includes contributions from John Legend, DJ Camper, BJ The Chicago Kid and Kirk Franklin. “I feel like Let Love Rule made me accept my position as a great singer fully. All of my projects are pieces of me. This piece is the singer and the songwriter part of me. I’ve come back to what I love about R&B and also what I love about today’s music. I love my art in the middle of era’s and mixing those worlds together." – Ledisi

PETER JANSON - PLACES IN TIME

Peter Janson is an award-winning contemporary fingerstyle acoustic guitarist and composer. Places In Time is his seventh domestic solo recording, and features original compositions as well as original arrangements of songs composed by some of the worlds greatest composers (Ralph Towner, Francis Bebey, Pat Metheny, Ennio Morricone, John Dowland, and Antonio Lauro) resulting in nine solo guitar works showcasing him returning to his nylon-string guitar for an album of amazing beauty with his trademark fusion of jazz, classical, and world-folk styles played with passion, artistry, and technical mastery. All songs arranged and improvised by Peter Janson. The non-original songs are licensed and/or used by permission except the "Three English Folk Songs" which are public domain works. This audiophile quality recording was recorded at Southern Ground Nashville, and mastered at Independent Mastering Nashville at the highest possible digital resolution

CHAMPIAN FULTON / SCOTT HAMILTON THINGS WE DID LAST SUMMER 

Champian Fulton's in a great setting here – working alongside tenorist Scott Hamilton, whose presence only seems to deepen the sound of the record! Make no mistake, Champian's great on her own – a hell of a pianist, and one with a very strong voice that seems to instantly wrap up generations of piano jazz expression, but find a way to make it come across fresh and new – which is very much what Hamilton could do so well in his younger years, which makes him a great match for Fulton. Champian also sings on the record, too – although it's clear that the presentation gives most of the focus on the instrumentation, which is rock-solid throughout. Ignasi Gonzalez is on bass, and Esteve Pi is on drums – and titles include "Black Velvet", "I Cried For You", "The Things We Did Last Summer", "Runnin Wild", "My Future Just Passed", and "When Your Lover Has Gone".  ~ Dusty Groove


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