Meet Roberto Moronn Pérez
Roberto Moronn Pérez: Andrés Segovia Archive • Spanish Composers Coming May 14! A little background on this esteemed new FRESH! From Reference Recordings artist: Spanish-born Roberto Moronn Pérez studied in Madrid, Italy and the UK, graduating with first class honours and a degree in Musicology from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid, then completing a postgraduate programme at the prestigious Royal Academy of Music in London, where he received the Julian Bream Prize. A prize-winner of…
Now Available – Doug MacLeod There’s A Time LP!
Doug MacLeod There’s A Time NOW available as a 200-gram vinyl two-LP set, 45 rpm, half-speed mastered and pressed at Quality Record Pressings (RM-2507) ‘Prof.’ Keith Johnson’s first blues recording! 13 new MacLeod originals highlight this richly detailed recording, done at Skywalker Sound in Marin County, CA. by Reference Recordings’ Grammy® winning engineer. Also featuring Doug’s longtime bassist Denny Croy and Jimi Bott, one of the most recorded, awarded and respected blues drummers in the…
Elmore Magazine Reviews There’s A Time
Elmore Magazine’s Jim Hynes has a new review for Doug MacLeod’s There’s A Time: “The storyteller returns with his engaging tales, by turns scintillating and hauntingly acoustic…Like the best bluesmen, MacLeod is soulful and instantly credible, able to quickly shift from blues shouts to whispers to accent his tunes, and his lyrics run the gamut from despairing to humorous to thought-provoking. As such, the album demands repeated listens…” — Jim Hynes, Elmore Magazine Find the…
Fanfare With A Second Rave for Kansas City Symphony’s Elgar/Vaughan Williams
Fanfare reviewer Merlin Patterson adds a second (First Fanfare review here) Elgar/Vaughan Williams review! “The reason to acquire this disc is not necessarily for the music of Elgar and Vaughan Williams, but rather to experience the brilliant playing of the Kansas City Symphony under the inspired baton of its music director, Michael Stern…The big ticket item on the disc is of course, Elgar’s Enigma Variations and here, Stern and his great orchestra deliver a thrilling…
Kansas City Symphony Elgar/Vaughan Williams Recording featured in Gramophone
The newly available May 2013 issue of Gramophone Magazine features a wonderful interview with conductor Michael stern about the Kansas City Symphony’s latest recording of Elgar and Vaughan Williams, and also includes a new review for the release! “…the Kansas City Symphony sets its sights on another with a second all-English concert for multiple Grammy-winner Reference Recordings, featuring a revelatory Enigma Variations. From the outset, Michael Stern and his world-class band bypass the riddle by…
Steve Daniels on Doug MacLeod There’s A Time
BluesWax Magazine reviewer Steve Daniels gives Doug MacLeod’s new There’s A Time recording a 10 out of 10 rating! “Two years after his last release, the lauded Brand New Eyes, troubadour Doug MacLeod returns with a set of thirteen tunes that emphasize his versatility and expertise in singing, acoustic guitar artistry, and storytelling. This album is proof that MacLeod’s seven nominations in the last eight years by the Blues Foundation for the Blues Music Award…
Sit On The Couch With Doug MacLeod!
Monday, April 29th at 9pm Central time, Doug MacLeod will appear on the BlogTalkRadio show “Music On The Couch” with host Vinny Bond! Doug will join fellow artists Rev Jimmie Bratcher, Anson Funderburgh, and New Music Grand Marquis “On the Couch,” and you’ll be able to call in and ask questions for Doug directly throughout the show! Click here for more information!
There’s A Time Can Save Your Soul!
Too Loud blogger Nebojša Uglješić weighs in on the HRx downloads of Doug MacLeod There’s A Time: Translation of review from TooLoud.co: “I got a notice that the HRx version was now available through HDTracks…the same day I used the special discount code and downloaded the full HRx album. At that moment, I knew that my soul was saved. Hallelujah!… “…Doug MacLeod recorded another superb album. From the opening song ‘Rosa Lee” until the final…
Record Collector News Calls There’s A Time “Stunning”
Record Collector News has a wonderful review for Doug MacLeod’s There’s A Time recording, calling it a “desert island disc.” “Doug MacLeod’s, There’s a Time, just released on CD by Reference Recordings, is that rare nexus of a stunning recording of an amazing artist performing some beautiful songs… In terms of sound quality, song quality, performance quality and any other kind of quality, it doesn’t get much better than this. I kept thinking Muddy Waters…
The Audio Beat on Dallas Wind Symphony Playing With Fire
John Crossett of The Audio Beat has a high-ranking review of the Dallas Wind Symphony’s newest release Playing With Fire: Music by Frank Ticheli: “It is a diverse collection of music that seems to have been written as much for the sheer enjoyment of the listener as to show off the exceptional range a wind band can have in its repertoire. From the powerful to the delicate, the music highlights what these 19 instruments and…
Fanfare Reviews Kansas City Symphony Elgar and Vaughan Williams
Dave Saemann of Fanfare Magazine has a new review of our latest Kansas City Symphony recording: “If taste in music-making can pass from one generation to another, that certainly seems to have happened with conductor Michael Stern. Yo-Yo Ma said of the conductor’s father, violinist Isaac Stern, that he left ‘no tone unsterned.’ Similarly, Michael Stern’s Kansas City Symphony is defined by its elegant and beautiful tone, splendidly adapted to the character of the music…
Doug MacLeod There’s A Time the Stereophile May Recording of the Month!
Doug MacLeod’s new There’s A Time release named Stereophile Magazine’s Recording of the Month! “His original music, which is what he’s documented in the 12 tracks of this warm, alive, natural, very well-recorded 24-bit HDCD collection…works in wise and pleasurable ways…Though he’s probably best known as a canny, nimble acoustic blues guitarist, MacLeod’s voice, with its prominent crying tone and agile phrasing, is the equal of his string jiggering…his singing is every bit as artistic…
Vintage Guitar Magazine Says Pay Attention to Doug MacLeod There’s A Time
Vintage Guitar Magazine has a great review of Doug MacLeod’s There’s A Time recording coming out in their June issue, but we wanted to share this great closing line with you a little early: “MacLeod reminds us of the shared roots of blues, jazz, and folk music. And here on his 19th studio album, he does it in a way that makes you want to pay attention.” — Vintage Guitar Magazine Look for the upcoming…
Living Blues reviews Doug MacLeod There’s A Time
Frank Matheis of Living Blues Magazine has a new review for Doug MacLeod’s There’s A Time: “There’s a Time delivers what his fans exepct: superlative instrumentation and intimate, witty stories. The disc showcases his ability to connect to the audience, live or on record with his good-natured approach…There’s a Time continues the long history of blues as a story-telling medium, an art form that Doug MacLeod has mastered with literary integrity and serious blues feeling.”…
Now Available for the first time – Full HRx Downloads!
Five Full HRx Albums now available for download on HDtracks! Now Available as 176.4 kHz / 24-bit downloads: Elgar: Enigma Variations/Vaughan Williams: The Wasps, Greensleeves – San Francisco Ballet Orchestra “The finale is extremely impressive, aided by state-of-the-art sonics that offer the finest integration of organ and orchestra.” – Classics Today “This new recording engineered by Keith Johnson is typical of the Professor’s natural sound, accorded transparency and depth.” – Audiophilia Conductor Michael Stern leads…