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Album Review

Fish: Raingods With Zippos

Read "Raingods With Zippos" reviewed by Glenn Astarita


Scottish singer-songwriter “Fish” returns with a genuinely captivating effort titled “Raingods With Zippos”. A cult hero of sorts, Fish is known for his work with the band “Marillion” which at times was scrutinized for its seemingly blatant musical resemblance to the renowned prog-rock band, “Genesis”. Since then Fish has released several worthy solo recordings that showcase his distinct vocal abilities.

Let it be stated, that “Raingods With Zippos” is refreshing, wonderfully produced and an audiophile’s treat. The opening track “Tumbledown” ...

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Recording

Sixth Street All Stars Highlight Bay Area Talent and Share Inclusive Musical Vision With 'Everybody' Set for September 16 Release on Fishwax Records

Sixth Street All Stars Highlight Bay Area Talent and Share Inclusive Musical Vision With 'Everybody' Set for September 16 Release on Fishwax Records

Source: All About Jazz

Crafted in the vibrant, cross-cultural setting of the San Francisco Bay Area, Everybody is a celebration of community and human connection. Longtime friends and collaborators Molly Skuse and Dana Hinchliffe wrote and produced this buoyant blend of jazz and salsa to express their inclusive musical vision and share complex musical ideas that simply swing. Bringing together a powerfully talented cohort of regional musicians, the Sixth Street All Stars pay homage to Fania All Stars, the seminal musical collective that pioneered ...

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Recording

Pianist/Composer Yelena Eckemoff Presses Forward With Her Bold, Conceptual Vision Of Jazz On 'Lonely Man And His Fish,' Due April 28

Pianist/Composer Yelena Eckemoff Presses Forward With Her Bold, Conceptual Vision Of Jazz On 'Lonely Man And His Fish,' Due April 28

Source: Terri Hinte Publicity

Pianist-composer Yelena Eckemoff's body of elaborate, ambitious jazz concept albums reaches a new virtuosic summit with Lonely Man and His Fish, to be released April 28 on her own L&H Production label. A double-CD set, the album is also a long-form parable, a story of deep affection between a human and his beloved pet. An all-star lineup—cornetist Kirk Knuffke, flutist Masaru Koga, bassist Ben Street, and drummer Eric Harland—helps Eckemoff breathe life into the tale. Eckemoff, who is an artist ...

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Brazilian Saxophonist Marcio Resende Releases His Third Album Elegant Fish Featuring Latin Grammy Award-Winning Acoustic Guitarist Toninho Horta, Celebrated Guitarist/Producer Sandro Albert And More

Brazilian Saxophonist Marcio Resende Releases His Third Album Elegant Fish Featuring Latin Grammy Award-Winning Acoustic Guitarist Toninho Horta, Celebrated Guitarist/Producer Sandro Albert And More

Source: ARE Group

Brazilian tenor saxophonist Marcio Resende will release his third studio recording entitled Elegant Fish on February 26, 2021. The album features Marcio Resende (tenor saxophone); Hélio Alves (piano); Jorge Hélder (acoustic bass), and Marquinhos da Costa (drums), with special guests Sandro Albert (electric guitar), Toninho Horta (guitar), and Claudio Nucci (vocals). It will be distributed globally and available on all major music platforms. Resende’s concept for Elegant Fish was to present his audience with what he calls the “New Bossa ...

Video / DVD

Who Was Eddie Fisher?

Who Was Eddie Fisher?

Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers

With the stunning deaths this week of Carrie Fisher on Dec. 27 and her mother, Debbie Reynolds, the following day, the media has been awash in articles on Star Wars, cocaine abuse, extra-marital affairs on the set of Star Wars, depression, Singin' in the Rain, Tammy and the Bachelor, drinking, Elizabeth Taylor and whether a mother can die of a broken heart one day after the death of her daughter. All but forgotten in this frenzy is Eddie Fisher, the ...

Festival

Rosfest 2014 Lineup To Feature Prog Legends Caravan, Beardfish, Collage, Sound Of Contact, Clepsydra And Others

Rosfest 2014 Lineup To Feature Prog Legends Caravan, Beardfish, Collage, Sound Of Contact, Clepsydra And Others

Source: Glass Onyon PR - William James

Gettysburg, PA - The most anticipated music festival of 2014, the legendary RoSfest, will take place this year May 2-4, 2014, and will feature progressive rock icons Caravan, Beardfish, Collage, Clepsydra, Sound Of Contact and others! The Rites of Spring Festival, or RoSfest as it's commonly called, is an annual progressive rock festival held every spring in Gettysburg, PA. RoSfest is in its 11th year, and are thrilled to be presenting UK prog icons Caravan, who has not performed in ...

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Event

Jambalaya Brass Band To Perform For Crawfish For Cancer’s 4th Annual Crawfish Broil

Jambalaya Brass Band To Perform For Crawfish For Cancer’s 4th Annual Crawfish Broil

Source: Carol Green, Redwood Entertainment

New York, NY: Jambalaya Brass Band will be performing live at the Crawfish for Cancer’s 4th Annual Crawfish Broil for the benefit of the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation (MMRF) at the 79th St. Boat Basin Café in NYC on Saturday, May 19, 2012 from 4:00 to 5:00 PM. At the Crawfish Broil benefit, along with tunes from their successful CD It’s a Jungle Out There, Jambalaya Brass Band will be performing other original and traditional favorites. The band’s foundation will ...

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Radio

STLJN Audio Archive: Eddie Fisher - The Promise

STLJN Audio Archive: Eddie Fisher - The Promise

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman

Today's Audio Archive post revisits a rare session from guitarist Eddie Fisher, the guitarist and East St. Louis native who's best known for the jazz/funk albums The Next One Hundred Years and The Third Cup. Fisher, who died in 2007, never really achieved major stardom, but has become something a cult figure over the past ten years, thanks in large part to DJs and crate diggers who discovered his music and spread the word. Perhaps the most obscure item in ...

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Recording

Debut CD From Critically-Acclaimed Singer-songwriter Tora Fisher Set For Release June 5th

Debut CD From Critically-Acclaimed Singer-songwriter Tora Fisher Set For Release June 5th

Source: Muse Media

"Tora displays the depth to rally the masses with keenly written lyrics and expressive vocals."—Billboard New York City singer/songwriter Tora Fisher found her voice -and salvation- through heartache and loss. After all, it's not many people who like Tora, walk away as the sole survivor of a tragic plane crash. In her debut CD, SPILLING OVER, a passionate ode to these very themes, Tora explores these feelings track by track and word by word, having written or co-written all the ...

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Performance / Tour

Fisher brings Nat "King" Cole home to Las Vegas

Fisher brings Nat "King" Cole home to Las Vegas

Source: Shelley Fisher

By Jerry Fink Shelley Fisher spent 23 years entertaining fans around the world. Today the world comes to hear the Nat King Cole soundalike at The Mirage's classy Baccarat Bar lounge. “I had made the decision in '98 to return to the United States," said Fisher. “You get tired traveling, living in hotel to hotel every month. I believed it was time to make the move." But because of personal reasons, the move didn't take place until 2000. He chose ...

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Music Industry

There's a Problem in San Francisco: Selfish Artists...

There's a Problem in San Francisco: Selfish Artists...

Source: Digital Music News

Yesterday, there was a room filled with community-oriented, music-loving people from San Francisco. It was about 30 or so in a corner at SF MusicTech Summit, trying to figure out how to cultivate a better local scene. This wasn't about monetization or maximizing service fees; it was really about music and the place they lived. And it was a surprisingly honest discussion that kept landing on the same theme: selfish artists. Or, at least anti-social, overly competitive artists. Artists that ...

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