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Nadia Shpachenko Quotations and Homage Release Concert April 4
April 4th at Cal Poly Pomona, Nadia Shpachenko performs a solo recital to officially release her new recording, Quotations & Homages! Concert Details on NadiaShpachenko.com Quotations & Homages features World Premiere recordings of works for solo piano, for piano and electronics, for speaking pianist, for piano with extended techniques, and collaborative works for 6 pianists (performed with RayKallay Duo, HOCKET and Genevieve Feiwen Lee) inspired by a variety of earlier composers and works. These fascinating…
Catching up with Nadia Shpachenko
Nadia Shpachenko will follow up her GRAMMY®-nominated Woman at the New Piano with a new release next month, and in the meantime, she is turning heads as part of the “People Inside Electronics” (PIE) series. Listen to her interview on KPFK (starts around the 59′ mark on the Thursday, March 8 Global Village program) See her interview about the PIE series and her upcoming release on NewClassic.LA See her perform a PIE preview at ArtNight…
Mike Garson Keeps the Bowie Celebrations Alive
L.A. Weekly interviewed pianist Mike Garson about his current “Celebrating Bowie” tour and his future plans to pay homage to the music of David Bowie: “Basically I just made this commitment to myself that 50 percent of my musical output moving forward would be his music,” Garson tells me by phone. He’s currently traveling with Celebrating Bowie, the 27-city tour with the departed icon’s former bandmates playing his works (at the Wiltern on Feb. 28).…
Blues Music Magazine Celebrates Doug MacLeod and Break The Chain
The January 2018 issue of Blues Music Magazine is out and available online, sporting a front cover, and five pages devoted Doug MacLeod and his Break The Chain recording: “A knock and a quick response: the green door of the home in a Maryland suburb of Washington, D.C. cracks open and bluesman Doug MacLeod pokes his head and shoulders out and into this sunny October afternoon, answering for his host, radio blues broadcaster Bill Wax.…
Doug MacLeod Break The Chain Nominated for Independent Music Awards
The Music Resource Group announced the Nominees in The 16th annual Independent Music Awards (The IMAs), and Doug MacLeod’s Break The Chain is nominated for Blues Album of the Year! Winners will be announced March 31st at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York City. See the full list of nominees at IndependentMusicAwards.com and vote for Doug in the Fan selections! Break the Chain In this release, his third album for Reference…
Break The Chain a Living Blues Top Album of 2017
Living Blues released their Top 50 Blues Albums for 2017 and Doug MacLeod’s Blues Music Awards-nominated album, Break The Chain, comes in at #48! “Like all good blues storytellers, Doug MacLeod sings and speaks the truth. Indeed, the blues as a medium of truth telling appears throughout his latest release, Break the Chain. In the liner notes, MacLeod reveals that his son, Jesse, who plays guitar on the disc, was diagnosed with spindle cell melanoma…
Thierry Fischer Leads Royal Philharmonic in San Francisco
Thierry Fischer impresses The Bay Area Reporter‘s Philip Campbell while leading London’s Royal Philharmonic on a six-concert West Coast tour: “Fischer, who is music director of the Utah Symphony, has shown a personal taste for orchestral richness and dynamic contrasts… His Reference Recordings HDCD of Mahler’s mighty Eighth, with the Utah Symphony and Mormon Tabernacle Choir… proves an overwhelmingly grand and beautiful listening experience. Fischer hasn’t just kept his eye on the past either, commissioning…
Pittsburgh Symphony GRAMMY Celebration Roundup
The Pittsburgh Symphony and Manfred Honeck’s GRAMMY® Awards celebrations continue — below is a list of the latest news, reviews, and interviews from around the globe: WESA Pittsburgh Interview with PSO President Melia Tourangeau Manfred Honeck Live reaction video on Sunday night! WQED Interview with Manfred Honeck Radio Vorarlberg (Austria) Interview with Maestro Honeck Vorarlberg Online (Austria) feature – From Vienna to Pittsburgh CBS Pittsburgh Celebrates Pittsburgh Tribune-Review celebrations Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra Manfred Honeck, Music…
And the GRAMMY Goes To…
Manfred Honeck and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra’s “Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5; Barber Adagio” recording wins TWO 2018 GRAMMY® Awards for Best Orchestral Performance AND Best Engineered, Classical! Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra Manfred Honeck, Music Director Shostakovich Symphony No. 5 and Barber Adagio for Strings Order Now Reference Recordings proudly presents these two beloved works in definitive interpretations from Manfred Honeck and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, in superb audiophile sound. This release is the seventh in the…
Manfred Honeck Wins 2018 Artist of the Year ICMA!
Manfred Honeck has been named the 2018 International Classical Music Awards Artist of the Year! The ICMA – having taken the place of the Cannes Classical Awards (later known as MIDEM) – first awarded prizes in 2011, and has since taken its place as the leading pan-European competition for excellence in classical recording. Its jury of 16 distinguished classical critics and broadcasters represents countries from Turkey to Russia, including most European nations in between. Congratulations…
Doug MacLeod Joins International Blues Challenge Keynote Panel
Doug MacLeod, whose latest Blues Music Award-nominated recording’s title-track, Break The Chain, highlights Doug’s own story of “breaking the chain” of abuse, will join The International Blues Challenge’s Keynote Panel on “Addiction, Abuse, and the Blues” this Friday, January 19, 2018 in Memphis, TN: Keynote Panel of The International Blues Challenge: AAB: Addiction, Abuse, and the Blues The IBC Keynote Panel will explore the often hidden and shame-filled topics of addiction, abuse, and their relationship…
You Can Trust Manfred Honeck!
ClassicsToday.com is forgoing the usual “Best of” lists for 2017 to begin a new, annual “Artists You Can Trust” list featuring their top ten currently active performers “whose body of work sustains the highest level of consistency and musical excellence.” We’re happy to announce, that FRESH! From RR artist Manfred Honeck has made this inaugural list! Find the full list and their entire archive of Manfred Honeck recording reviews at ClassicsToday.com. Manfred Honeck Recordings on…
THREE Blues Music Awards Nominations!
The 39th Annual Blues Music Awards nominees were announced this morning (January 9, 2017) in Memphis, TN and Reference Recordings artists and albums have combined for THREE nominations! 39th Blues Music Award Nominees Acoustic Album of the Year: Break the Chain Acoustic Artist of the Year: Doug MacLeod Instrumentalist-Drums: Jimi Bott Vote Now Full Nominee Press Release Order Now Break The Chain In this release, his third album for Reference Recordings, Doug MacLeod continues to…
Break The Chain a Top Blues Release of 2017
Making A Scene released their “Top 50 Indie Blues Albums of 2017” and Doug MacLeod’s Break The Chain makes the list! “MacLeod has a rhythmic guitar style, a soulful voice and loves to tell a story usually via a narrative in which he builds rapport with his audience. His regular band mates Denny Croy, bass; and BMA award winner Jimi Bott, drums; are joined by percussionist Oliver Brown (who has worked with everyone from KC…
Tune in Blues Music Awards Announcement
The Blues Foundation with broadcast partner Ditty TV will announce the 39th Blues Music Awards nominees LIVE from Memphis on Tuesday, January 9, 2018 starting at 10am CST! Watch via Ditty TV or The Blues Foundation’s Facebook page and keep your fingers crossed for Doug MacLeod, his new Break The Chain album, and Fiona Boyes! RR Blues on Spotify