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Bob Marley LP LTD Editions of Uprising Live November 13th – Pre-order Now….

Bob Marley LP LTD Editions of Uprising Live November 13th – Pre-order Now….

Posted October 6, 2020 at 11:36 am | No comments

Eagle Records and the Bob Marley Estate celebrate Bob Marley’s 75th birthday anniversary with the release of Uprising Live, available for the first time on vinyl, with black vinyl 3LP and highly collectable, limited edition coloured vinyl 3LP.The Uprising Tour ran in Europe from May to July 1980 with five further dates in the USA in September.

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Allman Betts to Release Bless Your Heart on 28 August 2020

Allman Betts to Release Bless Your Heart on 28 August 2020

Posted July 13, 2020 at 1:52 pm | No comments

The Allman Betts Band release their second full- length studio album titled Bless Your Heart on Friday 28th August 2020 via BMG. The first single, “Magnolia Road” was released on all DSPs Friday, June 19.

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The Immediate Family to Return to Live Performance with Live-Streamed Gigs on June 26 and 27

The Immediate Family to Return to Live Performance with Live-Streamed Gigs on June 26 and 27

Posted June 22, 2020 at 8:54 pm | No comments

Quarto Valley Records recording artists The Immediate Family, a rock & roll band composed of longtime friends and legendary musicians Danny Kortchmar (guitar and vocals), Waddy Wachtel (guitar and vocals), Leland Sklar (bass), Russ Kunkel (drums) and Steve Postell (guitar and vocals), are making their return to live performance for the first time since the beginning of the COVID-19 crisis

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The Immediate Family to Be Featured in Five Consecutive Episodes of Pods & Sods Podcast 

The Immediate Family to Be Featured in Five Consecutive Episodes of Pods & Sods Podcast 

Posted May 3, 2020 at 6:51 pm | No comments

Quarto Valley Records recording artists The Immediate Family, a rock & roll band composed of longtime friends and legendary musicians Danny Kortchmar (guitar and vocals), Waddy Wachtel (guitar and vocals), Leland Sklar (bass), Russ Kunkel (drums) and Steve Postell (guitar and vocals)

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The Immediate Family featuring Danny Kortchmar, Waddy Wachtel, Russ Kunkel, Leland Sklar & Steve Postell Preps New Album!

The Immediate Family featuring Danny Kortchmar, Waddy Wachtel, Russ Kunkel, Leland Sklar & Steve Postell Preps New Album!

Posted December 11, 2019 at 7:00 pm | 3 comments

The Immediate Family is a rock and roll band composed of five of the most recorded, respected and sought-after players in modern music: Danny Kortchmar, Waddy Wachtel, Leland Sklar, Russ Kunkel and Steve Postell. They are the modern iteration of a legendary studio ensemble known as “The Section”

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Santana Takes Listeners On An Unforgettable Adventure On New Album ‘Africa Speaks’

Santana Takes Listeners On An Unforgettable Adventure On New Album ‘Africa Speaks’

Posted April 19, 2019 at 8:44 am | No comments

Throughout his storied career, music legend Carlos Santana has amassed an iconic body of work by pioneering a unique fusion of rock, Latin and jazz. On his upcoming album, Africa Speaks, to be released June 7, 2019 on Concord Records, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame guitarist goes deeper and further than ever before.

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Sharon Katz & Nonhlanhla Wanda Multi-National 2019 Tour

Sharon Katz & Nonhlanhla Wanda Multi-National 2019 Tour

Posted January 23, 2019 at 2:07 pm | No comments

Musician/humanitarian Sharon Katz (originally from Port Elizabeth, South Africa) and singer/teacher, Nonhlanhla Wanda (from Durban,South Africa) celebrate 25 years of worldwide touring and musical collaboration.

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Nile Rodgers Honored with the 3rd Annual Les Paul Spirit Award at Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival

Nile Rodgers Honored with the 3rd Annual Les Paul Spirit Award at Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival

Posted May 17, 2018 at 5:00 am | No comments

The Les Paul Foundation, whose mission is to honor and share the life, spirit and legacy of Les Paul through the generations has announced multi-GRAMMY™ Award winning composer, producer, arranger and guitarist, Nile Rodgers, to be honored with the third annual Les Paul Spirit Award at this year’s Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival. The award will be presented to Rodgers on Saturday, June 9th, 2018, the same day Les Paul would have turned 103 years old. Previous recipients of the prestigious Les Paul Spirit Award were Grateful Dead founding member Bob Weir (2016) and U2’s The Edge (2017).

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Stanley Clarke Reaches Deep with New The Message Album June 29th

Stanley Clarke Reaches Deep with New The Message Album June 29th

Posted May 10, 2018 at 10:36 am | No comments

45 years after his album debut, four-time Grammy® Award-winning bassist Stanley Clarke shows he is still unapproachable on both the electric and acoustic, wielding a vision of fusion and funk, breakbeats and bass-interpreted cello suites with a little help from friends like rapper/beatboxer Doug E. Fresh and trumpeter Mark Isham. Backed by a young versatile band and a collection of tunes written in the midst of a tumultuous tour of Europe, The Message (available June 29 via Mack Avenue Records) swells with an abundance of strength, soul and astounding musicianship.

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Stars Rock for Les Paul at His 100th Birthday Celebration in NYC – PART ONE

Stars Rock for Les Paul at His 100th Birthday Celebration in NYC – PART ONE

Posted June 29, 2015 at 5:00 am | No comments

“I want a sound that has never been heard before,” Les Paul famously remarked, and during his life he really delivered–as a creative guitarist who came up with fresh licks, chord sequences and fretting techniques that blew away his peers, and as the pioneering developer of the solid-body electric guitar and many recording innovations, including multi-tracking, tape delay, phasing and reverb.

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