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Mike Garson Live Online Tonight!
The Mike Garson Trio (Mike Garson piano, Roberto Miranda bass, Bert Karl drums) will be broadcast live on Network Concerts from their concert tonight at Blue Whale! The concert will air at 8:30pm Pacific at NetworkConcerts.com! About Network Concerts: After decades of recording countless shows, we have developed an appreciation for the excellent hard-working musicians that actually create the music that you hear onstage. Behind all the smoke and fire and bright spotlights focused on…
Add Us to your Circles!
Reference Recordings is now on Google+! If you’re a Google+ user (and we know some of you are), make sure and add RR to your circles to stay in the “loop” about all things RR! Connect with us Here!
Go into the studio with Reinaldo Brahn + O’s Place Review
Brasileiro Soul artist Reinaldo Brahn is taking you into the recording studio in a wonderful new video featuring his track Tempo. Take a look: O’s Places Jazz Magazine had this to say about Brasileiro Soul: “Guitarist and vocalist Reinaldo Brahn is one of the new voices of Brazil…He sings the lyrics in his native Portuguese except for “Wondering” one of our favorites along with “Alma de Atria” and “Põe o pé an Estrada”. This is…
Mike Garson on NAMM’s Oral History
NAMM (National Association of Music Merchants) has a wonderful new Oral History video featuring Reference Recordings artist Mike Garson. Take a look at why they chose Mike as a part of their “Oral History” series, and head on over to NAMM.org to watch the video: “Mike Garson was classically trained on the piano and contributed greatly to jazz and rock as well as his own “now music” style. Mike’s passion for music is evident in…
Audiophile Audition reviews The Bowie Variations
John Henry of Audiophile Audition published a thorough review of Mike Garson’s RR release, The Bowie Variations this past weekend. The review gets into the heart of the works, and the influences that surrounded the pieces. It’s a highly informative read, so we encourage you to find the full review on AudAud.com. From Audiophile Audition: Mike Garson, piano – The Bowie Variations; 4/5 stars “Garson doesn’t just do straight jazz treatments of these tunes; he…
Concord Chamber Music Society Review
EnjoytheMusic.com published a wonderful review of the Concord Chamber Music Society’s Brubeck/Gandolfi/Foss recording. We’ll share some of the quotes with you, and encourage you to visit Enjoythemusic.com for the full review! EnjoyTheMusic.com: “Pleasant” is almost always a pejorative word in a review, a classic case of damning with faint praise. But Reference Recordings’ vivid-sounding new CD of contemporary chamber music would be “deeply pleasant” if such a thing could be said—we can settle on “highly…
Happy Halloween!
Happy Halloween When celebrating Halloween, beyond pumpkins and spiderwebs, one of the most crucial elements to a good celebration is music and sound effects. Nothing can get you ready for fun scary times like a creaking door, or the sudden explosion of Bach’s Toccata in D minor. So to help you celebrate, we’re featuring one of our best “spooky” releases and linking you to some downloads for your parties or for playing when the kids…
Doug MacLeod at The Pearl in Dallas!
Wednesday night, I had the distinct pleasure of finally seeing Fresh! From RR artist Doug MacLeod perform in person! Not only did I get to hear Doug at the wonderful venue in Dallas, “The Pearl at Commerce,” I also got to hear Doug on the local radio station KNON on the way over. The radio time definitely made for a fun last twenty minutes of the drive over to Dallas (from Fort Worth). If you…
“Prof” Johnson in Europe Pictures
Tuesday we shared a video and told you all about “Prof” Keith O. Johnson’s trip to Europe, so today we’ve got some pictures to share that were taken taken in Italy, while Keith Johnson and Spectral Audio owner Rick Fryer were visiting their Italian distributor (Audio Graffiti) during a very busy trip. The pictures are from a special event for reviewers and fans of Spectral Audio and Reference Recordings, as well as some pictures from…
Keith O. Johnson in Europe
RR’s “Prof” Keith O. Johnson was in Europe all last week doing talks and interviews for various publications and audio distributors. He was there as the designer for the Spectral Audio company, not on behalf of RR, but they used RR material for many demonstrations and all the distributors they visited also have a relationship with RR or with RR’s international distributors in their countries. You’ll also notice in the beginning of this video that…
RMAF Recap
2011 Rocky Mountain Audio Fest Recap! October 14-16, we went to the Denver Tech Center Marriott for the 8th edition of Rocky Mountain Audio Fest (RMAF). This low-key, high-tech consumer audio show is presented by members of the Colorado Audio Society and Red Rock Audio, produced and ably directed by Marjorie Baumert. Rocky Mountain Audio Fest’s first show appeared in October, 2004. Members of the Colorado Audio Society wanted a local audio show to further…
More Brasileiro Soul Samples
For fun today, we’ve got some more samples from our new RR release Brasileiro Soul (click here for the first samples we posted)! Track 4: Põe o pé na estrada (Sincere Love)Track 5: Onde Está (Where is It ?)Track 6: As lagrimas Consolam (Tears Console)Track 9: Toda Mulher (Every Woman)Track 12: Wondering A New RR Recording Reinaldo Brahn Brasileiro Soul This collection of fourteen original songs penned by this new artist is rich and complex…
Brasileiro Soul Samples
For fun today, we’ve got some samples from our new RR release Brasileiro Soul! Track 1: Alma de atriz (Soul of an Actress)Track 2: A Procura da Razão (Search for a Reason)Track 7: Anjo de Julho (Angel of July)Track 11: Out of the BlueTrack 14: Tempo (Time) A New RR Recording Reinaldo Brahn Brasileiro Soul This collection of fourteen original songs penned by this new artist is rich and complex music, with gorgeous lyrics in…
Visit Us at RMAF This Weekend!
Come see us this weekend at the Rocky Mountain Audio Fest! Jan Manusco and Sean Martin will be representing RR in the Evergreen Ballroom with our new LPs and our new release Brasileiro Soul and we will have all of our RR and Fresh! From RR titles available for sale or for order! So if you’re going to be in Denver make sure and stop by and see us! About the Rocky Mountain Audio Fest:…
Reinaldo Brahn Playlist
We’ve added a new Reinaldo Brahn Playlist to our YouTube Channel. So we thought we’d share it with you here as well! A New RR Recording Reinaldo Brahn Brasileiro Soul This collection of fourteen original songs penned by this new artist is rich and complex music, with gorgeous lyrics in Portugese (with one song in English). We think you’ll love the killer band playing with Reinaldo, and the exotic percussion from RR favorite (and album…