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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
Utah Symphony and Pittsburgh Symphony Receive Positive Feedback Award
We’re happy to be share that our latest recordings with the Utah and Pittsburgh Symphonies have been honored with a 2017 “Brutus Award” from audiophile magazine, Positive Feedback! “Reference Recordings has been a primo name among audiophile labels for many years now. I …was particularly struck by the Thierry Fischer/Utah Symphony/Mormon Tabernacle Choir Mahler 8. Recorded and mastered by the brilliant production and engineering team at Soundmirror, this SACD shines wonderfully. “My praise must be…
Pacifica Tribune Features Reference GRAMMY® Nominations
The Pacifica Tribune highlights our GRAMMY nominations: Often referenced as “the best seat in the house,” Reference Recordings (RR) is an independent classical, blues and jazz audiophile record label located in Pacifica’s Crespi Business Center. On January 28, 2018, members of the RR team will join other Grammy nominees at the 60th Grammy Awards airing live from New York City. RR is the recipient of four Grammy nominations – two records, two nominations each. “RR-139…
Shostakovich/Barber a MusicWeb Recording of the Year
Add MusicWeb International Recording of the Year to the growing list of accolades for the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and Manfred Honeck Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5; Barber: Adagio recording! “I find this interpretation of a so familiar symphony to be as convincing as it is revelatory. The Pittsburgh Symphony show themselves to be in inspired and virtuosic form under conductor Manfred Honeck who makes unconventional but inspired interpretative choices. Reference Recordings provide a recording of superb…
Pittsburgh’s Shostakovich Makes the Forbes Best of 2017
Manfred Honeck and the Pittsburgh Symphony‘s Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5; Barber: Adagio recording makes the Forbes Best Classical Recordings of 2017 list! “[Manfred Honeck] interprets – he even anthropomorphizes the music. It works! The music comes alive in uncanny ways. I’m wary of interpreting too much into composers and their works, especially Shostakovich. … Honeck’s profound empathizing with the music – equally obvious from his own, extensive liner notes – denotes a passionate, detail-happy, and…
Reference Recordings Holiday Sale!
Celebrate the holidays with a RR Holiday Sale! From today, Monday, December 11th, through Sunday, December 17, save 15% on our entire catalog (savings reflected in cart) — including our 2018 GRAMMY®-nominated recordings! For Christmas delivery, select First Class or Priority shipping at checkout. Save 15% on our 2018 GRAMMY® Nominees Nominated for: Best Engineered Album, Classical Best Orchestral Performance Nominated for: Best Engineered Album, Classical Best Contemporary Classical Composition Shop Now Shop Now Save…
We Wish You a meRRy Christmas!
Celebrate the season with our updated “RR Christmas” playlist on Spotify! Featuring tracks from Horns for the Holidays, Star of Wonder, Holidays & Epiphanies, and Arnold Overtures:
Jerry Junkin Talks Horns for the Holidays
The Dallas Winds are gearing up for their Christmas concert, and there are a few works you might recognize — Jerry Junkin explains: Horns for the Holidays An outstanding new release from America’s premier professional wind band! The Dallas Wind Symphony has a worldwide legion of followers and this is their first recording of holiday music. Horns for the Holidays showcases an exciting 12-track lineup including brilliant original arrangements of festive favorites with many first…
Break The Chain a Downbeat Magazine Best of 2017
Downbeat Magazine has published their Best Albums of 2017 list in their January issue, and Doug MacLeod‘s Break The Chain has made the cut! “Doug MacLeod, a craftsman of rare skill and sagacity, share more than a few dramatic affinities with past greats as he offers his own creative parameters to the common 12-bar language. … distinctive, well-regulated singing and note-bending on classic guitars stimulate the keening hopefulness… [performed] with five assured sidemen, including his…
FOUR 2018 GRAMMY Nominations!
The Recording Academy announced their 60th GRAMMY® Award Nominations this morning, and Manfred Honeck and the Pittsburgh Symphony‘s Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5; Barber: Adagio and Michael Stern and the Kansas City Symphony‘s recording of Adam Schoenberg’s Orchestral Music have both received multiple nominations! Best Engineered Album, Classical Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5; Barber: Adagio – Mark Donahue, engineer (Manfred Honeck & Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra) Schoenberg, Adam: American Symphony; Finding Rothko; Picture Studies – Keith O. Johnson…
Audiophilia Names Break The Chain an Album of the Year
Audiophilia Magazine has released their 2017 Recordings of the Year and Doug MacLeod’s Break The Chain makes the cut: Order Now “Break the Chain does not do musically what the title implies. We have brilliant consistency. Here, you’ll find eleven songs and a ‘holler’ (story). Audiophiles will especially like the spoken voice track as they are so difficult to get right on recordings. … As the Reference team was together in Marin County’s Skywalker Studios,…