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BowieZone Interviews Mike Garson
BowieZone.com has done a fantastic interview with Mike Garson all about his new Reference Recordings release “The Bowie Variations.” We’ll give you some of the great quotes here, and give you the link to the full interview! From BowieZone.com: BowieZone: Your new album has been a long time coming Mike, as far as the content goes I mean. I personally have been waiting for many years for a Mike Garson album of Bowie songs. What…
New Release – Mike Garson and “The Bowie Variations”
MIKE GARSON The Bowie Variations RR-123 “Whatever Mike lends his hands to invariably becomes something magical.”–David Bowie. Beginning in 1972, super-versatile pianist Mike Garson performed, toured internationally and recorded with one of the most creative figures in popular music, David Bowie. Garson writes, “When I met David, I sensed that he was an immense artist and a songwriter with a flair for great melodies and unique harmonies. The Ziggy Stardust tour changed the course of…
Introducing Viviana Guzman
In 2012, Reference Recordings will release a new album featuring renowned flutist Viviana Guzman and guitarist Jeremy Jouve. The two just finished their recording session with Reference at the Skywalker Sound studio. Today we wanted to introduce you to the remarkable Viviana Guzman, as well as tell you about a very exciting Kickstarter Campaign she is running to create a music video for the album! Described by the New York Times as “an imaginative artist,”…
Mike Garson Featured on BowieNet
Mike Garson’s newest release on Reference Recordings, “The Bowie Variations” will be coming out this month, and THE David Bowie website and fan forum is just as excited about it as we are. BowieNet not only did a great feature on the album, but also gave some ways to pre-order autographed copies and hinted that they will be running a giveaway contest very soon. Here’s a great bit from the BowieNet post: “I asked Mike…
Celebrate America With American Composers
Happy Independence Day from Reference Recordings! Celebrate America with American Composers Chris Brubeck, Michael Gandolfi, and Lukas Foss! Chris Brubeck: BRUBECK – danza del soul: I. Introductions and Flirtations; II. The Loneliness of Secrets; III. Celebraçion de Vida. Artists: Wendy Putnam, violin; Thomas Martin, clarinet; Vytas Baksys, piano; Owen Young, cello; Lawrence Wolfe, bass; Daniel Bauch, percussion Christopher Brubeck continues to distinguish himself as an innovative performer and composer. During the 70’s he began touring…
Positive Feedback Reviews Concord Chamber Music Release
Karl Lozier from Positive Feedback Online reviews our newest Reference Recordings release featuring the Concord Chamber Music Society. From Positive-Feedback.com: “The sound quality seems to present quality almost the equal of the better SACD recordings. The outstanding audio is the equal of any CD quality that I have ever heard and plays on any regular player. The listening perspective is a bit closer up than usual and beautifully captured in great natural detail… [Chris Brubeck]…
Doug MacLeod on WGLT Blues
Doug MacLeod sits down with the WGLT Blues Next Weekly Podcast and shares fascinating insight into Fresh! From Reference Recordings release “Brand New Eyes.” From GLT Blues: Doug MacLeod has been described as a modern day Mark Twain. Like Twain, MacLeod is a keen observer of people, is a gifted storyteller, and uses the English language in creative ways to communicate his observations. On this podcast, MacLeod talks about his new CD “Brand New Eyes,”…
Concord Chamber Music Society’s Thomas Martin
The musicians of the Concord Chamber Music Society are acclaimed chamber ensembles and the Boston Symphony Orchestra, and the clarinetist, Thomas Martin, is the BSO’s Associate Principal Clarinetist. Today we thought it would be fun for you to get to know Thomas Martin! Thomas Martin is associate principal clarinetist of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and principal clarinetist of the Boston Pops Orchestra. Mr. Martin began his professional music career as a clarinetist, saxophonist, and flutist…
Free Concord Chamber Music Track
Our good friends at Allegro Classical have released a FREE Summer Sampler at Amazon.com and eMusic. This is good news for Reference Recordings fans as the first track features the third movement of Chris Brubeck’s piece “Danza del Soul,” “Celebraçion de Vida.” Take a listen to a sample of “Celebraçion de Vida” and head on over to Amazon.com or eMusic.com to get some free downloads courtesy of Allegro Classical!
New Doug MacLeod Video
Luckily we’ve been able to share all kinds of Doug MacLeod videos with you, but we wanted to add one more that we put together ourselves. We hope you enjoy it and that it gives a true taste of what you’ll get from this fantastic release! If you still don’t have a copy of Brand New Eyes, you can find it at http://referencerecordings.com!
Concord Chamber Music Society Recap
We’ve been posting about this release for quite some time (what can we say, we get excited about an album with TWO world premiere recordings), so we wanted to give a recap today in case you missed any of these previous posts! Album information and Samples of ALL the tracks! Pictures from the Recording Session Composer Lukas Foss Chris Brubeck’s “Time for Three” Michael Gandolfi talks about his work “Line Drawings” A post on the…
Blues Revue Reviews Brand New Eyes
Blues Revue‘s Bill Wasserzieher has a great review of Fresh From Reference Recordings release “Brand New Eyes.” Since the review is not yet online to link too, we’ll quote it and just direct you to their site. “Anyone who has had the opportunity to see Doug MacLeod perform, listened to his dozen or so albums, or read any of the 72 columns he wrote for this magazine from 1999-2010 knows that he is a storyteller…
Concord Chamber Music Pictures
Here are some fun pictures the Concord Chamber Music Society took during the recording process! Keith O. Johnson Michael Gandolfi Recording Necessities The Hall CCMS Founder Wendy Putnam Brubeck, Gandolfi and Foss RR-122 The prestigious Concord Chamber Music Society, featuring musicians of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, mark their debut on Reference Recordings with two premiere recordings. These new works by Chris Brubeck and Michael Gandolfi, two of America’s most-commissioned composers, are both accessible and adventurous.…
Doug MacLeod Takes Over New Zealand!
This past weekend, Doug MacLeod was a headliner during the Rotura Blues Festival in New Zealand. But he wasn’t only playing, he was also helping to pass the blues torch to the next generation. We’ve come across a lot of fun stuff from the festival and we’ll share some of it with you here. From the Hamilton Blues Society: “Saw Doug Macleod on Saturday night, what can I say, absolutely awesome, no words come close…
Keeping Up With Joel Fan
Reference Recordings artist Joel Fan has been performing all over recently. He performed at the National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C. this past weekend, and will be performing in Sacramento in two weeks (info here). Joel also closed out the Knoxville Symphony season and got the following glowing review: “Pianist Joel Fan joined the orchestra on the second half of the program for Sergei Rachmaninoff’s Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini. Like many of…