BACK WHERE I BELONG In spite of the fact that Aireene has never been here, this is where she comes from. This album is a prequel. The missing link between the songs she never sang and everything she has done to date. On this album, Aireene Espiritu explores the [...]
AKI GOES TO BOLLYWOOD Muddy Meets Mumbai PRESS PBS NEWSHOUR - Art Beat Meet San Jose musician Aki Kumar today, and he’ll proudly introduce himself as “The Only Bombay Blues Man.” But there was a time when Kumar, while making a name for himself on the Bay Area blues scene more than a decade [...]
PRESS MIDWEST RECORD RECAP Dave Ellis/With Any Luck But Bad: When it comes to cowboy music, if you aren't really into the culture, which runs pretty deep, you only really know polar opposites like Ian Tyson and Michael Martin Murphey. Ellis, a real old time cowboy, might fall somewhere [...]
PRESS **** All About Jazz- James Nadal For those who love the blues, the thrill of discovering a new artist is still special. Blues singer John “Blues” Boyd just released The Real Deal—at 71 years young—as a testament that the blues continues to be a vital American art form [...]
THE THREE FRIENDS FROM WHERE THE CLOUDS DESCEND Rare instrumental tales from indigenous Mixtec tradition by musicians living in California PRESS NPR ALT LATINO KQED FM (California) MIDWEST RECORD RECAP NEW CLASSICS UK ARTIST BIO Los Tres Amigos De Snukivo means “the three friends from where the clouds descend.” [...]
TE DOY LA LIBERTAD Youth Mariachi From Delano, Ca. PRESS “The youthful Mariachi Mestizo, mentored by the seasoned mariachi master Juan Morales, dips deep into the well of tradition to make mariachi music their own. A special bonus is the recording technique used, an inviting story unto itself.” Daniel [...]
IF NOTHING EVER CHANGES Slow-burning blues and soul sensation with a voice rich in experience In one of the most amazing and powerful music stories of the past year, under-recognized classic blues/soul singer Wee Willie Walker of Minneapolis, Minnesota, released If Nothing Ever Changes on Little Village Foundation. The [...]
SON OF BOOGIE WOOGIE Nimble guitar that growls with rocky, raucous blues PRESS ALLABOUTJAZZ Coming from the poor neighborhood of East Oakland, Ron Thompson has lived a true blues life, working hard at low paying gigs in the west and performing as he could at bars along the way. [...]