New Full-length CD, some people have REAL problems, in Stores January 8 in a joint venture with Monkey Puzzle Records and Hear Music.
Hear Music and ie:music, the artist management company representing the recording artist Sia (nee Sia Furler), today announced that Sia’s new full-length CD, some people have REAL problems will be co-released in the U.S. and Canada on Monkey Puzzle Records/Hear Music. The album will be available at Starbucks Company-operated locations and traditional music retailers in the U.S. and Canada starting on January 8, 2008.
With two major label solo albums already under her belt, Sia has enjoyed worldwide success and recognition both as a solo artist and as the vocalist for Zero 7 (Simple Things, When It Falls and The Garden), Sia made her first U.S. splash as a solo artist when her song “Breathe Me” was featured in the final episode of the HBO cable television series “Six Feet Under” in late 2005, and which shot to #1 on iTunes the following day. Since then Sia has continued to gain critical acclaim and a growing fan base, touring this past month to sold-out shows across the U.S. in anticipation of her new release.
The new music on some people have REAL problems is at once upbeat, quirky, and achingly gorgeous, featuring incredible song writing and lush arrangements. Sia also enlisted the help of a few talented friends when recording some people have REAL problems, including Beck, who sings on a track called “Academia.” The video for standout track “Buttons,” which is featured as a hidden track on some people have REAL problems, has already garnered Sia a bit of attention after being posted by blogger Perez Hilton. The video has taken off virally, charting as the #1 most linked and #2 most viewed clip on YouTube the week it was leaked onto the Internet.
The co-release with Hear Music insures wide distribution for Sia’s CD in North America beginning January 8, 2008, including simultaneous release through Starbucks company-operated locations in the U.S. and Canada and all other physical and digital music retailers in North America.
As a preview to some people have REAL problems, Sia recently released a 4-song digital EP on November 6 previewing tracks from the CD, including the first single, “Day Too Soon.” The song was also made available as a free download to more than 1.5 million customers via Starbucks locations in the U.S. on November 6 as part of the company’s “Song of the Day” campaign.
“It’s an incredible honor for me to be a part of the Hear Music team,” says Sia. “I am a huge admirer of the artists they have championed in the past and am thrilled that at this stage in my career we can be an exciting part of each other's future.”
“Sia is a strikingly original artist who embodies the trailblazing spirit of Hear Music,” says Ken Lombard, president Starbucks Entertainment who oversees Hear Music. “Hear Music is proud to co-release Sia’s new album with Monkey Puzzle Records.”
“It is such a great pleasure to be working with two of music's rising stars: Sia and Hear Music,” notes ie:music’s Tim Clark. “Sia is simply one of the most compelling, indeed irresistible, artists of her age. Hear Music is the brightest new music label on the block, already renowned for its choice of talent and its collaborations with some of the greatest artists in the world.”
Saxophonist back in the groove with February 26th album release
The fact that the album title comes from a line from an episode of Kojak proves that saxophonist Danny Lerman knows how to have fun. He also knows retro cool when he sees it. Lerman took a page from the 1970s when recording his second album, Meow Baby, which will be released February 26th on Sugar Whiskey Records, his label distributed by Lightyear Entertainment/EMI. He adopted old school sensibilities by utilizing live musicians and having a hand in writing all the new compositions for the disc. Tal Bergman, who worked on Lerman’s debut album, produced ten songs on Meow Baby and a few tracks were produced by urban-jazz icon Norman Connors. Radio programmers are already whetting their appetite for the CD with “Gotcha!,” a deep-pocketed groove that bursts into a chorus as sweet as one of Kojak’s Tootsie Pops.
Since his last album release, Lerman traveled and performed around the world, including Turkey, Israel, Holland, South Africa, Venezuela and Mexico. He brought influences and musicians from the countries he visited into the studio when recording Meow Baby. While the tracks swing towards contemporary jazz, urban and adult pop, there are also traces of World Music, Middle Eastern, Latin and South African rhythms. The South Bend, Indiana native, who plays alto and soprano sax, recorded the majority of the collection in Los Angeles where he was joined by Randy Brecker, Hubert Laws, Howard Hewett, Paul Jackson Jr., Bobby Lyle, and Munyungo Jackson. Bergman, who played drums on records by Rod Stewart, Billy Idol, Loreena McKennitt, Herb Alpert, and Chaka Khan, was behind the kit on most of the album.
“Tal brought infectious rhythms that were both exciting and exotic. His strong rhythmic influences made the tracks spicy,” explained Lerman. “I wanted this record to be a glimpse into my world, including some of the friends that I’ve made in my travels. I put both myself and the places I’ve been into the music. There’s definitely variety on this record; you don’t know what’s coming next. I’ve found some great players from all parts of the world and they brought their unique perspective to the album.”
To help launch the album, Lerman has lined up a few concert dates in the Los Angeles area in mid-January with additional tour dates now being booked for the West Coast, Midwest and East Coast. He’s an entertaining performer who has shared concert bills with Herbie Hancock, Sergio Mendes, Richard Elliot, David Benoit and Eric Marienthal. When he’s off the road, Lerman occasionally performs free concerts in South Bend nursing homes. He has a gig lined up next month at the Ronald McDonald House for seriously ill children and their parents.
Lerman recently inked a pact with Conn-Selmer for saxophones, which will include sponsorship, marketing and advertising support, clinics and special events.
Making his debut with the album Danny’s Island, Lerman climbed into the top 20 on Radio & Records’ contemporary jazz chart and had a #1 single at Chicago’s top urban radio station, WGCI-FM. The cut, “Take My Breath Away,” featuring R&B vocalist Danny Boy, appears on Meow Baby as a bonus track. Additional information is available at www.dannylerman.com.
Lerman’s Meow Baby is comprised of the following songs:
“Meow Baby” - “Snoopy’s Dance” “Summer In a Hummer” - “Saxsultan” “No Ordinary Love” - “Amadeus’ Kiss” “Imagine” - “Don’t GoGo There” “The First Time” - “Baby Goes to Market” “No Words” - “If Only” “South Beach Serenata” - “You Take My Breath Away” “Gotcha!”
Arturo Sandoval - Hot House (Pid ) Bossa Tres - Encontro (EMI Records (Brazil) ) Chick Corea - Five Trio Box (Pid ) Chris Abrahams - Thrown (Room40 (Australia) ) Dave Grusin - West Side Story (Pid ) Della Reese & Duke Ellington - Della & The Duke (Pid ) Diamond Five - Poll Winners' Jazz (Pid ) Javier Colina / Bebo Valdes - Live At The Village Vanguard (Sony BMG Europe ) Jazz Couriers - Some Of My Best Friends (Pid ) Kayoko Miyama - Circle Step (Pid ) Ken Moule / London Jazz Chamber Group - Adam's Rib Suite (Pid ) Luiz Bonfa - Violao E O Samba / Bra (EMI Int'L ) Maysa - Canecao Apresenta Maysa / Bra (EMI Int'L ) Meirelles E Os Copa 5 - O Som (Pid ) Milton Nascimento - Milagre DOS Peixes Ao Vivo (EMI Records (Brazil) ) Osamu Inoue - Transient City (Pid ) Peter Lerner - Cry For Peace (Blujazz Productions ) Required Listening 2 - Required Listening 2 (Do Right ) Souljazz Orchestra - Freedom No Go Die (Do Right ) Toninho Horta - Toninho Horta (Blue Note Records (USA) )
Frank Sinatra - Sings The Great American Songbook (Pid ) Pharoah Sanders - Finest (Dopeness Galore ) Staffan Abeleen - Downstream (Pid ) Staffan Abeleen - Persepolis (Pid ) Staffan Abeleen - Lars Gullin-Ake Persson (Pid ) Yusef Lateef - Before Dawn (Pid )
Hanukkah is an eight day holiday starting on the 25th night of the Jewish month of Kislev. Hanukkah (The Hebrew word means 'Dedication') is also known as the Festival of Lights. The holiday goes back almost 2,400 years. Hanukkah celebrates one of the greatest miracles in Jewish history.
The origins of Hanukkah are an event that happened over two thousand years ago. At this time, Judea was ruled by Antiochus, a Syrian king. He attempted to assimilate the Jews into Greek culture, commanding them to worship Greek gods while oppressing Jewish culture and religion. A statue of Antiochus was erected in the Jewish temple and it was ordered that the Jews should bow down before him.
The Ten Commandments forbid Jews to worship statues or idols and so they refused. A small group of Jews called Maccabees (which probably comes from the Hebrew word meaning 'the Hammerer') rebelled, risking their lives to prevent the desecration of their Temple. Although the Maccabees won, the Temple in Jerusalem was destroyed. The Jews had to clean and repair the Temple, and when they were finished they rededicated it to God by rekindling the sacred Menorah (a six-stemmed candelabrum) of the temple. Only one small jar of sanctified oil was found, and yet the lamp stayed alight miraculously for eight days.
It is because of this miracle that Hanukkah is celebrated by lighting one candle on the Hanukiah (an eight-stemmed candelabrum) each day. 'Rock of Ages' ('Moaz Tzur' in Hebrew), a hymn of praise to God, is sung after each night's lighting of the candles. The Hanukiah symbolises how God looked after the Jewish people at this difficult time.
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Bob Marley & The Wailers - Legend (Pid ) Bobby Hutcherson - Bobby Hutcherson (Mosaic Select ) Charles Lloyd - Of Course, Of Course (Mosaic Select ) Charles Mingus - Let My Children Hear Music (Sony BMG Europe ) Chris Barber - Can't Stop Now (Classic Studio T/Blues Legacy) Dizzy Gillespie - Cool Breeze Big Band Live 1967 (Hindsight Records/Traditions A ) Dizzy Gillespie - A Night In Tunisia Big Band Live 1957 (Hindsight Records/Traditions A ) Dizzy Gillespie - Night In Tunisia Big Band Live 1957 (Hindsight ) Duke Ellington - Newport 1958 (Mosaic Select ) Edmundo Ross - Calypso/Calypso Man (Dutton Laboratories/Vocalion (UK) ) Hal And Hi Mcintyre - Free And Easy (Hindsight Records/Traditions A ) Hal And Hi Mcintyre - Lullaby Of Birdland (Hindsight Records/Traditions A ) Hal Mcintyre - Free And Easy (Hindsight ) Hal Mcintyre - Lullaby Of Birdland (Hindsight ) Helen O'Connell - I Got The World On A String (Hindsight Records/Traditions A) Lighthouse All-Stars - Live At The Lighthouse (Hindsight ) Lighthouse Allstars - Live At The Lighthouse (Hindsight Records/Traditions A) Louis Armstrong - Birth Of Jazz (Varese Sarabande (USA) ) Mantovani - Songs To Remember: Incomparable Mantovani (Dutton Laboratories/Vocalion (UK) ) Mantovani - Songs To Remember/ Incomparable Mantovani (Dutton Laboratories/Vocalion (UK) ) Maxine Weldon - Right On (Pid ) Maxine Weldon - Chilly Wind (Pid ) Nat King Cole - In The Begnning (Pid ) Roxana Amed - Limbo (Pid ) Sarah Vaughan - Time In My Life (Pid ) Slide Hampton - Drum Suite (Mosaic Select ) Sonny Burke & His Orchestra - Special Edition 1951 (Hindsight ) Sun Ra - Shadows Took Shape (Cobraside ) Ted Heath - Big Band Percussion: Beatles, Bach & Bacharach (Dutton Laboratories/Vocalion (UK) ) Ted Heath - Big Band Percussion/ Beatles, Bach & Bacharach (Dutton Laboratories/Vocalion (UK) ) Woody Herman - Woody's Winners (Mosaic Select ) Wynton Marsalis - Selections From The Village Vanguard Box (Wounded Bird Records ) Wynton Marsalis - In This House On This Morning (Wounded Bird Records ) Wynton Marsalis - Citi Movement (Wounded Bird Records ) Wynton Marsalis - Tune In Tomorrow (Wounded Bird Records ) Wynton Marsalis - Levee Low Moan (Wounded Bird Records ) Wynton Marsalis - Uptown Ruler (Wounded Bird Records ) Wynton Marsalis - Thick In The South (Wounded Bird Records )
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Album of the Year: "Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace," Foo Fighters; "These Days," Vince Gill; "River: The Joni Letters," Herbie Hancock; "Graduation," Kanye West; "Back to Black," Amy Winehouse.
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New Artist: Feist; Ledisi; Paramore; Taylor Swift; Amy Winehouse.
Pop Vocal Album: "Lost Highway," Bon Jovi; "The Reminder," Feist; "It Won't Be Soon Before Long," Maroon 5; "Memory Almost Full," Paul McCartney; "Back to Black," Amy Winehouse.
Rock Album: "Daughtry," Daughtry; "Revival," John Fogerty; "Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace," Foo Fighters; "Magic," Bruce Springsteen; "Sky Blue Sky," Wilco.
R&B Album: "Funk This," Chaka Khan; "Lost & Found," Ledisi; "Luvanmusiq," Musiq Soulchild; "The Real Thing," Jill Scott; "Sex, Love & Pain," Tank.
Rap Album: "Finding Forever," Common; "Kingdom Come," Jay-Z, "Hip Hop Is Dead," Nas; "T.I. vs T.I.P.," T.I.; "Graduation," Kanye West.
Country Album: "Long Trip Alone," Dierks Bentley; "These Days," Vince Gill; "Let It Go," Tim McGraw; "5th Gear," Brad Paisley; "It Just Comes Natural," George Strait.
Latin Pop Album: "Papito," Miguel Bose & Varios Artistas; "12 Segundos De Oscuridad," Jorge Drexler; "Navidades Luis Miguel," Luis Miguel; "Dicen Que El Tiempo," Jennifer Pena; "El Tren De Los Momentos," Alejandro Sanz.
Contemporary Jazz Album: "Party Hats," Will Bernard; "Downright Upright," Brian Bromberg; "Re-imagination," Eldar; "River: The Joni Letters," Herbie Hancock; "He Had a Hat," Jeff Lorber.
Classical Album: "Cherubini: Missa Solemnis in E," Riccardo Muti, conductor, Wilhelm Meister, producer (Ildar Abdrazakov, Herbert Lippert, Marianna Pizzolato & Ruth Ziesak (Symphonieorchester Des Bayerischen Rundfunks); "Grechaninov: Passion Week," Charles Bruffy, conductor, Blanton Alspaugh, producer (Kansas City Chorale & Phoenix Bach Choir); "Homage: The Age of the Diva," Renee Fleming, David Frost, producer (Valery Gergiev, Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre); "Lorraine Hunt Lieberson Sings Peter Lieberson: Neruda Songs," Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, Dirk Sobotka, producer (James Levine; Boston Symphony Orchestra); "Tower: Made in America," Leonard Slatkin, conductor, Tim Handley, producer (Nashville Symphony).
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The Art of the (Frisell) Trio Tonight marks the first time Bill Frisell, Ron Carter and Paul Motian will perform together as a trio in a live setting. All three are widely regarded as masters of their craft, with Carter’s resume including names like Dolphy, Miles, Hancock, Shorter and Montgomery on the list, while Motian has been “hittin’ the skins” with luminaries such as Keith Jarrett, Paul Bley, Charlie Haden and Marilyn Crispell for decades.
To get those two in the same room together was what Bill Frisell implied, a dream come true. Frisell has a very calculated, yet soft, humble way of speaking. But above all, he’s unabashedly a music fan, who loves playing. Yet for all the accolades he throws towards his bandmates, he himself has developed one of the most distinct sounds in the jazz world. There’s an unpronounced airiness to his playing, where it’s easy on the ears, but simultaneously complex. He bends and twists notes effortlessly, even when riffing on standards such as “You Are My Sunshine.”
SOTC caught up with Frisell via phone at his current home of Seattle last week to discuss New York, his latest trio work, and getting to play with a few of his idols for the first time.
Interview By Michael D. Ayers Read the entire "Sound Of The City" interview at villagevoice.com
