Tony Levin & Pete Levin: MoonJune Booking announces LEVIN BROTHERS March 2015 Tour

News from Moonjune Records LEVIN BROTHER Pete & Tony Levin on tour in March  with their jazz band Dear MoonJune Friends It's my personal privilege to work as a booking representative for two great guys, two legendary musicians, two brothers, Pete and Tony Levin, and their very special project LEVIN BROTHERS. Their self-titled album Levin Brothers was officially released in September 2014 (liner notes by one and only and unimitable Anil Prasad)  by Seattle based Lazy Bones Recordings on CD and limited edition gold vinyl LP with smoky swirls. (The CD includes 14 tracks + 2 bonus cuts exclusive gto the CD) Please visit Lazy Bones website for more info: www.lazybones.com/bands/levin-brothers​ LEVIN BROTHERS MARCH 2015 TOUR PETE LEVIN - piano TONY LEVIN - upright bass ERIK LAWRENCE - sax JEFF SIEGEL - drums March 14, Sat -  Rosendale, NY (Rosendale Cafe) March 15, Sun - Piermont, NY (The Turning Point) March 17, Tue - East Aurora, NY (Medici House) March 18, Wed - Rochester, NY (Lovin' Cup) March 20, Fri - Schenectady, NY (The Van Dyck) March 21, Sat - Dunellen, NJ (Roxy & Dukes)  March 24, Tue - Northampton, MA (Iron Horse) March 25, Wed - Natick, MA (The Center For Arts Natick)  March 26, Thu - Norfolk, CT (Infinity Hall) March 27, Fri - New York, NY (The Iridium) March 28, Sat - New York, NY (The Iridium) March 29, Sun - New Hope, PA (Havana New Hope) * more dates to be added soon, stay tuned   For more info, please check Levin Brothers website: www.thelevinbrothers.com​ And check Levin Brothers official Facebook: www.facebook.com/levinbrothers​​​ If You are interested in booking Levin Brothers please contact Leonardo MoonJune: noanoamusic at moonjune dot com Few reviews on Levin Brothers album "... a hearty portion of tightly cohesive songs that merge the best of Bach with the pace of bop."       – ​Ira Kantor's, Elmore Magazine (USA) "... every single cut qualifies as a standout!"      – ​ Peter Thelen', Exposè (USA) "... This is pure jazz, inspired by the music that the brothers heard in the fifties and came to love."      – ​Wolfgang Giese's, RockTimes (Germany) " ... there is a remarkable purity and innocence to this music. THE LEVIN BROTHERS manages to be both serious and playful without ever losing the passion and edge that comes from pairing two masters of their instruments playing a style of music they both love. A terrific album not just for fans of classic jazz, but for fans of music, period."       – Jason Warburg, The Daily Vault (USA) "... a player from the Jazz league has teamed up with one from the Progressive league and they both show just how they can swing. 'Cool' doesn’t come close to fully describing this album."       – ​Travis Rogers, Jazz Times Magazine ​As a French Horn major, Pete Levin earned a master’s degree from the Juilliard School. In the early ‘70s he switched to keyboards, becoming a synthesizer specialist in the New York City recording studio scene. Over the years, he has graced hundreds of jazz and pop recordings and performances by the likes of Miles Davis, Gil Evans, Jimmy Giuffre, Dave Brubeck, David Sanborn, Joe Louis Walker, Don Elliott, Freddie Hubbard, Annie Lennox, Paul Simon, Brian Ferry, Hiram Bullock, Gerry Mulligan, Chuck Mangione, Charles Mingus, Jaco Pastorius, John Scofield, Wayne Shorter, Dave Stryker, Lenny White, and man y others. He currently leads The Monday Night Orchestra featuring internationally known New York musicians, core alumni members of the seminal freewheeling Grammy-winning Gil Evans Orchestra of the mid and late '70s, reunited recently to celebrate the band's legendary "Monday Night At Sweet Basil" era. Since graduating from the Eastman School of music, Tony Levin has become the bass and Chapman Stick voice for Peter Gabriel and King Crimson. In addition, he has played on notable recordings for John Lennon, Pink Floyd, Lou Reed, Alice Cooper, Tom Waits, Dire Straits, Carly Simon, Judy Collins, Peter Frampton, James Taylor, Stevie Nicks, Todd Rundgren, Warren Zevon, Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe, Laurie Anderson, Liquid Tension Experiment, Bruford Levin Upper Extremities, Bozzio Holdsworth Levin Mastelotto and many others. Tony has major jazz credentials, having worked with Buddy Rich, Steps Ahead, L'Image, Gary Burton, Chuck Mangione, Herbie Mann, and many others. He currently records and tours with Peter Gabriel, King Crimson, Stick Men, and The Crimson ProjeKCt.​ Recently Tony Levin has recorded two sessions for MoonJune Records for the upcoming albums of the Indonesian guitar icon Dewa Budjana, with Jack DeJohnette on drums and piano and Gary Husband on piano, keyboards and drums. STAY TUNED FOR SOME EXCITING STICK MEN NEWS !!!

UK-based band Maybeshewill to see US album release on Superball Music

UK-based band Maybeshewill to see US album release on Superball Music! North American tour to follow

Leicester's Maybeshewill have been plying their unique brand of instrumental post-rock since 2005. With a handful of album, single and EP releases to their credit, and a variety of successful touring jaunts throughout Europe and Asia, the band hasn't yet had an album released in the US. That will change with the February 24th release of their fourth full-length, Fair Youth. This is the band's first album in partnership with Superball Music (home also to Amplifier, And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead and Matt Skiba, among others). The band's video for "In Amber" can be viewed here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lIGGvhGz3I Fair Youth is an overwhelmingly positive record, with the band creating a musical solution to dealing with real world problems and difficulties. It touches on themes of nostalgia and oneirism, and the connections, disconnection and constant feeling of motion that comes with spending so many months of the year on the road. Band guitarist/keyboardist Jamie Ward took the production helm once again, and this time Maybeshewill vastly expands the pallet of sounds and instruments at their disposal. By working with live instrumentation wherever possible, but also augmenting the real with electronic flourishes, it is simultaneously the most and least organic Maybeshewill record to date. Fair Youth has been shaped largely by influences from outside the musical world they exist in - from washes of hazy Shoegaze guitars to glitchy Electronica; chopped and screwed Hip-Hop beats to ornate Chamber Pop orchestration, as well as countless other threads coming together. It's the band re-imagined as a larger ensemble - a hundred year old grand piano, string and brass sections, an enormous old drum kit, glockenspiels, vibraphones and a sea of guitars - while still remaining a cohesive whole. Autumn of 2015 will mark Maybeshewill's live debut in North America, with dates to be announced at a future point in time. Maybeshewill online: www.maybeshewill.net https://www.facebook.com/mybshwll Superball online: http://www.superballmusic.com https://www.facebook.com/superballmusic?ref=hl

The Tangent announce release of 'A Spark In The Aether - The Music That Died Alone Volume Two'

The Tangent announce release of  'A Spark In The Aether - The Music That Died Alone Volume Two'

InsideOutMusic is pleased to announce that The Tangent will release their eighth studio album 'A Spark In The Aether - The Music That Died Alone Volume Two' on 20th April 2015 in Europe and 21st April 2015 in the US. The band, led by multi-instrumentalist Andy Tillison, is made up of Jonas Reingold (Bass), Theo Travis (Sax & Flute), Luke Machin (Guitar) & Morgan Ågren (Drums). Andy Tillison had this to say: "After all the different things we've done, this time it seemed right to come back to our prog roots and "stock in trade". At the same time we wanted to go somewhere new too, so we travelled to America in our Imaginations. We all hope you'll join us!" Twelve years, eight studio albums, two live DVDs and tours that have taken them from Moscow to Quebec. Now one of the most enduring third wave progressive rock bands on the scene returns - a band that has never made an album using the same personnel as the previous album. In fact, the same line-up has (to date) never been used twice. But there are regulars. And some of the favourite regulars are back for the 8th album: Flower Kings bass legend Jonas Reingold; the ever-faithful and gifted Theo Travis, familiar to many from his work with the Steven Wilson band, Gong and Robert Fripp, with his arsenal of wind textures from saxophones to flutes; and the return to the fold of the amazingly talented Luke Machin, a guitar hero for a new generation who can even wow the old generations (and who also fronts his own band, Maschine). And of course there's band leader Andy Tillison (keyboards and vocals), the only member of the band to have played on all the records. This team is joined by Morgan Ågren, Swedish drumming phenomenon who can even count Frank Zappa among his previous jobs (others include, but not limited to, Kaipa, Devin Townsend, and his own acclaimed Mats/Morgan Band). Morgan introduces to The Tangent a real live energy full of inspiration and eccentricity. The new album is a Rock Album. It's a Prog album. It's a Funky album. It's a Pop album. It's the Eighth Tangent album. The Tangent online: www.thetangent.org INSIDEOUTMUSIC online: www.insideoutmusic.com www.youtube.com/InsideOutMusicTV www.facebook.com/InsideOutMusic

John Wesley begins work on next album; end of year polls revealed

John Wesley begins work on next album; end of year polls revealed

Last year John Wesley released his latest album Disconnect to a brilliant reception, and he is pleased to announce he is now working on its follow-up. He comments: "I have begun sorting through ideas and direction for the next album and have started the process of writing pieces that will come together to form the basis for the album. I will be using much of the same team that recorded the last album and hope to begin actual tracking in the late spring early summer. Until then I will be doing shows in and around Florida and hopefully start working some of the new ideas out in the live set." John has been receiving a lot of love in the end of year polls, being voted into Prog Magazine's Critics Choice Albums of the Year, as well as one of their top guitarists in the reader's poll. You can check out an interview with John about Disconnect and his career over at Innerviews here: http://www.innerviews.org/inner/wesley.html 'he's been hiding away too long' - Prog Magazine 'gloriously turbulent axework' - Classic Rock 'it's time for John Wesley to receive the proper artistic recognition and praise he so rightly deserves.' - Powerplay 'Abrasive yet captivating.' - Guitar & Bass 'a feast of wonderful guitar sounds and breaks, plus stunningly expressive extended solos' - Total Guitar An official video for the title track, "Disconnect," can be viewed here: http://youtu.be/6XKB4TKYqoE    JOHN WESLEY online: www.john-wesley.com www.facebook.com/johnwesleyofficial www.twitter.com/johnwesleymusic   INSIDEOUTMUSIC online: www.insideoutmusic.com www.youtube.com/InsideOutMusicTV www.facebook.com/InsideOutMusic

ADRENALINE MOB'S MIKE ORLANDO TO APPEAR AS MUSICAL GUEST ON "THAT METAL SHOW"

ADRENALINE MOB'S MIKE ORLANDO TO APPEAR AS MUSICAL GUEST ON  "THAT METAL SHOW"

As That Metal Show begins its new season this week, they have announced that Mike Orlando, guitarist from ADRENALINE MOB, will be the musical guest on the May 2nd broadcast.  ADRENALINE MOB has just released the Dearly Departed (EP) and will be embarking on an American tour supporting Drowning Pool starting March 12th.       Here are the tour dates: 3/12 - Daytona Beach, FL @ Main Street Station - Daytona Bike Week  3/14 - Jacksonville, FL @ Beach Blvd Concert Hall              3/17 - Clarksville, TN @ The Warehouse Bar & Grill                      3/19 - Baltimore, MD @ Fish Head Cantina              3/20 - Poughkeepsie, NY @ The Chance                   3/21 - Sayreville, NJ @ Starland Ballroom     3/22 - Beckley, WV @ Muncheez      3/24 - Pittsburgh, PA @ Altar Bar                             3/26 - Fredericksburg, VA @ Hard Times                 3/27 - Lancaster, OH @ Mickey's Bar                        3/28 - Flint, MI @ The Machine Shop                       4/1 - Laporte, IN @ Johnny's Roadhouse      4/2 - St. Louis, MO @ The Mad Magician 4/3 - Dallas, TX @ Trees                         Check out Adrenaline Mob in our online store: www.cmdistro.com/catalog/adrenaline+mob Dearly Departed online:  iTunes:http://smarturl.it/MobDDiTunes Amazon: http://smarturl.it/mobDDamazon Google Play: http://smarturl.it/AmobDDgglply ADRENALINE MOB online: https://www.facebook.com/adrenalinemob

John Hollenbeck's The Claudia Quintet to Tour Europe and Florida: February-March 2015

The Claudia Quintet Winter Tour

John Hollenbeck's The Claudia Quintet
to Tour Europe and Florida
February-March 2015



[L-R: Red Wierenga, Matt Moran, John Hollenbeck, Chris Speed, Drew Gress]

Led by composer, drummer and three-time Grammy nominee John Hollenbeck, The Claudia Quintet have quietly but firmly and definitively recast jazz into shimmering new shapes inflected by classical minimalism, new music, progressive rock and post-rock. They are one of the most influential stylists on other musicians involved in cutting-edge jazz today. The Claudia Quintet have shaped the sound of what jazz is today, and what jazz can be.

"The buzz around this New York ensemble has grown to a roar over the last few years, which is a delicious irony given that The Claudia Quintet is often at its most affecting when playing sotto voce, as if content to whisper rather than bellow... Claudia is a jazz group questioning the divide between genres and points in time.” - Kevin Le Gendre, BBC Music

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The Claudia Quintet Winter Tour:
February-March 2015
- performances at festivals & other venues -

THE CLAUDIA QUINTET EUROPEAN TOUR

FRIDAY, FEB 13
Granollers Jazz Festival - Casino de Granollers
 Carrer d'Agustí Vinyamata, 21 Barcelona, Spain
10:00 PM

SATURDAY, FEB 14
House concert!
Corso XX Settembre 39, Cremona Italy
8:00 PM

MONDAY, FEB 16
Round Midnight Trieste
Via ginnastica 39, Trieste, Italy
9:00 PM

WEDNESDAY, FEB 18
Südtirol Jazzfestival at Batzen Sudwerk
Via Andreas Hofer 30, Bolzano-Bozen, Italy
9:00 PM €15/10

THURSDAY, FEB 19
Kulak präsentiert: CQ at Stanzerei Baden
Bruggerstrasse 37, Baden, Switzerland
8:15 PM

FRIDAY, FEB 20
Kunsthaus Nexus
Am Postplatz 1, Saalfelden, Austria
8:00 PM Adult €17, Child/Senior €13




THE CLAUDIA QUINTET FLORIDA TOUR

FRIDAY, FEB 27
St. Petersburg Jazz Festival @ SPC Music Center
6605 5^th Ave North, St. Petersburg FL USA
8:00 PM $15
http://www.stpetejazzfest.com/tickets

SATURDAY, FEB 28 (w/ Royal Toast)
The Fillmore @ Jackie Gleason Theater (The Gleason Room)
1700 Washington Ave, Miami Beach FL
7:30 PM $20-35
http://www.fillmoremb.com

SUNDAY, MAR 1
Timucua white house: presented by thecm5
2000 South Summerlin St., Orlando FL
7:30 PM FREE
http://thecm5.com/upcoming-events/

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For Tour Updates, see:
http://johnhollenbeck.com/live/

http://www.cuneiformrecords.com/tours.html

For more information on The Claudia Quintet, see:
http://johnhollenbeck.com

NEW TRAILER REVEALED FOR WORLD-RENOWNED GUITARIST/COMPOSER STEVE HACKETT'S FORTHCOMING SOLO ALBUM "WOLFLIGHT" DUE OUT IN NORTH AMERICA APRIL 7TH

NEW TRAILER REVEALED FOR WORLD-RENOWNED GUITARIST/COMPOSER STEVE HACKETT'S 

FORTHCOMING SOLO ALBUM "WOLFLIGHT" 

DUE OUT IN NORTH AMERICA APRIL 7^TH

 

  

(New York, NY) - On April 7^th, world-renowned guitarist/composer Steve Hackett will release his brand new solo album, WOLFLIGHT, in North America via InsideOut Music.  Click here to access the brand new trailer for WOLFLIGHT featuring new music snippets and insight from Steve Hackett himself.  WOLFLIGHT is Steve's first original solo studio album since BEYOND THE SHROUDED HORIZON in 2011.  The album will be available in North America in two physical configurations, as well as digitally.  Fans will have the option of purchasing WOLFLIGHT physically as a standard CD or as a deluxe version with a CD plus BluRay digipak, which will feature two bonus tracks.

 

The concept behind WOLFLIGHT is a new, unexplored chapter in Hackett's career.  The tracks take the listener through a journey in space and time looking at the different faces of the endless fight for freedom. Wandering between parallel universes, Hackett explores contemporary and ancient cultures, from Greece ("Corycian Fire") to the Far East ("Wolflight"), the United States and Martin Luther King ("Black Thunder"), and also his very own childhood memories ("The Wheel's Turning") and the unresolved drama of domestic violence ("Love Song To A Vampire").

Steve Hackett's electric guitar plays a powerful role, although we also hear him on acoustic guitar, Arabian lute and twelve string, along with his strong lead vocals.  Guest musicians include long time collaborators Roger King (keyboards & programming), Gary O'Toole (drums), Rob Townsend (sax, duduk), Nick Beggs (bass & stick) and Amanda Lehmann (harmony vocals).  Malik Mansurov on tar and Sara Kovaks on didgeridoo add an extra exotic element, plus YES bassist Chris Squire plays on "Love Song To A Vampire" and Hugo Dagenhardt plays drums on "Dust and Dreams".  The innovative songwriting team includes Steve Hackett, his wife Jo Hackett and Roger King.

In 2010, Steve Hackett was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame at The 25^th Annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony alongside his Genesis bandmates from the classic line-up: Peter Gabriel, Phil Collins, Tony Banks and Mike Rutherford.  For more than three decades, Steve Hackett has been known for his innovative tone and extraordinary versatility as a guitarist and composer.  He helped define Genesis' sound as lead guitarist in the classic line-up and went on to have a highly-successful career as a solo artist, and also as part of 80s supergroup GTR with Steve Howe.