Blues In Britain profiles and interviews Doug MacLeod before his UK tour: Order Now “Doug’s storytelling has been honed on long shifts as a blues DJ and, later, in his award- winning column ‘Doug’s Back-porch’ in US magazines. His songs have real content and he makes no apology for the time he spends placing them in context; the introductions are sometimes longer than the songs – and twice as funny! We have no recordings of…
Doug MacLeod’s Break The Chain recording continues to make moves on the radio charts – #8 on the latest Living Blues chart – and this past weekend he was interviewed on KPFA’s Blues By The Bay program. Listen to the full broadcast on KPFA.org and skip to the 01:03:17 mark for Doug’s interview. Order Now Doug MacLeod: Break The Chain In this release, his third album for Reference Recordings, Doug MacLeod continues to explore the…
The August 2017 issue of the UK’s Blues Matters magazine has a fantastic new interview with Doug MacLeod titled “I’m an Entertainer Not An Artist.” I hadn’t seen acoustic- bluesman Doug MacLeod play for a while when I caught up with him on the Legendary Rhythm and Blues Cruise of the Caribbean earlier this year; then I was able to hear him three times in four days! Californian-resident Doug is no stranger to the UK,…
Doug MacLeod shares the story behind the Break The Chain title track in an exclusive performance for Blues Radio International at the Blues Music Awards: Order Now Doug MacLeod: Break The Chain In this release, his third album for Reference Recordings, Doug MacLeod continues to explore the breadth and depth of the human condition. Recorded by Reference’s Grammy-winning engineer ‘Prof.’ Keith O. Johnson at Skywalker Sound in Marin County, California, Break The Chain brings twelve…
Doug MacLeod joins “Portland Radio Project” for a Drop-In Session to talk about his new Break The Chain recording: Order Now Doug MacLeod: Break The Chain In this release, his third album for Reference Recordings, Doug MacLeod continues to explore the breadth and depth of the human condition. Recorded by Reference’s Grammy-winning engineer ‘Prof.’ Keith O. Johnson at Skywalker Sound in Marin County, California, Break The Chain brings twelve new MacLeod originals. Each song is…
San Francisco Classical Voice interviews Manfred Honeck before his performances of Tchaikovsky’s Fifth Symphony and Shostakovich’s Suite on the Verses of Michelangelo Buonarroti with the San Francisco Symphony. See the excerpt below and visit SFCV.org for the full interview: At one point in that same Times piece, you said, “I’m an instrument … to make my profession more honest.” When has the profession not been honest? What I meant, probably, was that you have to…
New York Philharmonic Principal Trumpet, Christopher Martin talks with the Dallas Wind Symphony. Christopher Martin will be the guest soloist on John Mackey’s “Antique Violences” on the Dallas Winds’ next recording project. Their Kickstarter for the recording is at 80% with 6 days to go, and was selected as a “Project We Love” by Kickstarter – so make sure to help them get over the top by supporting the project! Support The Project Dallas Wind…
Before the Vienna Spring Concerts, Manfred Honeck spoke with Presto Classical‘s Katherine Cooper about his career, the music of Strauss and more: KC: You began your career as a viola-player with the great Viennese orchestras, but have spent the past ten years as music director of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. Do you notice any stylistic differences between American and Austrian orchestras, and do you feel that there’s still such a thing as a distinctive ‘Viennese…
Fiona Boyes joins the “Staces Place” podcast for a 45-minute interview! Listen below courtesy of the Stace’s Place Podcast: https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/stacesplace/Pods/SP33Fiona.mp3 Order Now Fiona Boyes: Professin’ The Blues Professin’ The Blues proclaims Fiona Boyes passion for the Blues as she celebrates the unique contribution of recording and mastering engineer ‘Professor’ Keith O. Johnson, Reference Recording’s Technical Director and audio legend. In her self-penned and illustrated liner notes Fiona makes the declaration, “’Professor’ Keith’s amazing approach to…
Order Now The Meet The Artist blog has a wonderful new interview with composer Adam Schoenberg: Who or what inspired you to pursue a career in music? My father is a world-class piano improviser, and my mother is a lyricist and children’s book author. I was surrounded by music my entire life, and began playing the piano at the age of three. Looking back, it was almost inevitable that I would eventually become a composer.…
Conductor Manfred Honeck leads the New York Philharmonic in a program of Beethoven’s First Piano Concerto and Mahler’s First Symphony February 15-18, 2017. Before his performances, he spoke with Michael Miller of New York Arts about his approach to conducting for both his recordings and performances as well as great insight into his rehearsal process. Listen to the interview via New York Arts Manfred Honeck Recordings
Composer Adam Schoenberg talks about his American Symphony, his new recording, and his relationship with the Kansas City Symphony on BYURadio’s Highway 89 show: Order Now Adam Schoenberg: American Symphony • Finding Rothko • Picture Studies We are proud to present these new works, two of them commissioned by the Kansas City Symphony: American Symphony and Picture Studies. The collaboration between Adam Schoenberg and Michael Stern is extraordinary. Schoenberg states: “He is the first conductor…
Order Now Australia’s Daily Examiner has a fantastic new interview with Fiona Boyes about her latest recording, Professin’ The Blues: “Fiona Boyes is new to the Clarence Valley, but she isn’t new to the world of blues. Her tenth album under her name, Professin’ The Blues, is a showcase of acoustic blues that was recorded in Skywalker Sound studios live, in real-time with no overdubs or effects by legendary audiophile producer the ‘Professor’ Keith O…
San Francisco Ballet Orchestra conductor Martin West talks about the orchestra’s 40th Anniversary and their upcoming Moszkowski recording with KALW San Francisco: Moszkowski: From Foreign Lands — Rediscovered Orchestral Works San Francisco Ballet OrchestraMartin West Pre-Order Moritz Moszkowski (1854-1925) is most known for his scintillating piano compositions. he also composed an opera, a full-length ballet, three orchestral suites, a symphony (still in manuscript form), songs, concertos, and chamber music—almost all of which remain neglected or…
Listen to BBC Radio Norfolk’s program from Thursday, July 28 for an interview with RR artist Doug MacLeod: Doug MacLeod: Exactly Like This HDCD Amazon Apple Music Doug MacLeod: There’s A Time HDCDHRxHRx 176kHz/24bit download from HDtracks.com