FLOW – With their debut self titled album FLOW

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"FLOW – With their debut self titled album FLOW"

FLOW

Forty years after Windham Hill became a catalyst for the global musical phenomenon, its bountiful legacy of best-selling solo works (George Winston, Liz Story, Alex DeGrassi, Michael Hedges) and Grammy-winning ensembles (Shadowfax) – extends into a truly new age with FLOW – a new four-piece ensemble comprised of Windham Hill founder and New Age Grammy-winning guitarist Will Ackerman, and three of today’s most acclaimed independent award-winning artists, Australian pianist Fiona Joy Hawkins , acoustic guitarist Lawrence Blatt and flugelhorn master Jeff Oster.

Checkout this superb video-

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Tracklist

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Hear them here-

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Website
www.flowthegroup.com
Facebook
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Flutist’s-USA’s Sherry Finzer & Aussie Based Peter Sheridan Team Up

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"Flutist’s-USA’s Sherry Finzer & Aussie Based Peter Sheridan Team Up"

New Age composer and flutist Sherry Finzer (US), and classical low flute specialist Peter Sheridan (AU) join forces to bring a new and imaginative collaboration called TRAVELER. The album came about after Sherry and Peter performed together several times in a Phoenix based flute choir known as DEF Project (Desert Echoes Flute Project) conducted by Christina Steffen.

Sherry is based in Phoenix, AZ, US, and Peter in Melbourne, Victoria, AU. Sherry has released many previous award winning New Age recordings on her label, Heart Dance Recordings, and Peter many classical recordings receiving accolades on low flutes on the Move Music label, commissioning over 70 compositions for low flutes.

They both brought new and creative ideas to their project, taking listeners on a journey through time, both terrestrial and non-terrestrial. The last track, Joy, leaves listeners with a very memorable and upbeat tune to celebrate the joy of life. Both artists are active members of the USA National Flute Association.

Peter and Sherry plan on touring and performing music from Traveler both in the US and Australia in the summer and fall of 2018.

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Sherry is a Phoenix based flutist, performer and composer, and runs Heart Dance Recordings – a label consisting of artists with a focus on relaxation and healing music.

You can listen to and follow Sherry on Pandora, Spotify, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Her music can be purchased on Amazon, Apple Music and Bandcamp. For more info about Sherry visit www.heartdancerecordings.com or www.sherryfinzer.com

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Peter is a founding member of the LA Flute Quartet, and has worked with the Hollywood Studio Orchestra, Australian Philharmonic, Australian National Academy of Music, Grand Canyon Music Festival (on PBS), Aspen Music Festival (NPR), Pasadena and Thousand Oaks symphonies, Arizona Opera Company and many more.

You can listen to Peter’s music on Spotify, and follow him on Facebook. For more information about Peter, please visit www.lowflutes.com

The first track from the Traveler Release ‘Leaving Earth’ appears on the  Soundslikecafe Spotify Playlist

Find The Full EP Traveller Here Stream or Buy

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Carol Albert – Fly Away Butterfly

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Every so often, an artist comes along that makes you reimagine the possibilities of music. With Fly Away Butterfly, Carol Albert delivers a seminal and sizzling contribution to the artistic sphere, blending lively melodies with thoughtful and refined arrangements. But this album is also one of healing, as Carol lost her husband in 2014, and she turned back to composing musicafter some years away from her recording career. Throughout the opus, we hear, quite beautifully, about Carol’s stages of recovery and healing. And by so doing, she has given us something for each one of us to hold onto.

The title track “Fly Away Butterfly” evokes an ambient groove enlivened by joyful, even mirthful utes, the soundtrack to a butter fly flying away, from this place to that. Indeed, the track is symbolic, as Carol’s voice is intimate and distant, the delicate balance of love and loss that we all must face during life. “Awakening” flows and builds with an ostinato groove, lilting notes, and well-placed piano touches. The song is wrought with anticipation and playful exchanges that resolve to the tonic chord, a brilliant display of compositional prowess and acumen. “On My Way” is even more explicit, an anthem for our times. It’s a song of new beginnings. Her lyrics “on my way to a better day – I’ll spread my wings and y away…” connote not just escapism but realism. “Across the Sky” begins with a Coltrane-like incandescent solo with dreamy, even distant vocals.

All in All a superb album you’ll enjoy over and over again….

Track listing
1. Fly Away Butterfly 4:09
2. Awakening 4:09
3. On My Way 4:23
4. Across The Sky 4:20
5. One Way 4:28
6. Mas Que Nada 3:59
7. Chasing Waterfalls 4:23
8. Never Thought It Would Be This Way 5:24

9. Transition 4:09

10. Fly Away Butterfly (Reprise) 4:09

Stream or buy it right now….

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Andy Iorio -New Album II

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Following his successful ‘After The Rain’ Album Andy Iorio is back with this masterful Classical Crossover Piano Work.

Heres what folks had to say plus a little about Andy Himself

Hear the album in a cafe near you from October onwards-

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Track List

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Listen or Buy Now

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For further information

http://andyiorio.com/

 

Joseph L Young – Ethereum

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We are pleased to add this acclaimed album to our featured section –

Ethereum, the acclaimed fourth album from flutist/multi-instrumentalist Joseph L Young, cements his standing as one of the most talented artists in the world fusion/world flute genre on today’s instrumental music scene. Using a wide assortment of flutes from premier flute makers, as well as saxophone, percussion, and keyboards, Young weaves a captivating, immersive tapestry that sweeps the listener up, transporting them to a musical landscape suffused with beauty, mystery, and deep peace—in a word, mesmerizing. Your listeners will fall in love from the first track to the last note.

TRACK LISTING

  1. Wavelength 3:48
  2. Ethereum 4:11
  3. Shimmer 3:26
  4. Boundless 3:27
  5. Illumination 4:39
  6. Past Lives 3:17
  7. Entangled 4:45
  8. Drift 3:43
  9. Free 5:27
  10. Crystal Sunrise 3:28
  11. Flirting with Fireflies 3:36
  12. Sapphire Moon 4:41

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Ethereum has performed superbly on both broadcast and Internet radio. It placed in the Zone Music Reporter Top 100 for seven months, debuting at #6. It reached #1 on One World Music’s Top 100 and was in the top 5 for seven months. Our Radio Place named it as #2 Best Album of 2016. One World Music named it #3 Best New Age Album in the same year. The Global Music Awards awarded Ethereum Triple Silver Medals for Outstanding Achievement: Composer, Instrumentalist, and Album. And the prestigious Indian Summer Music Awards (ISMA) selected the songs “Boundless,” “Ethereum,” and Past Lives” as finalists in the Native Spirit category.

Ethereum is an album of pure bliss; it has a perfect sense of balance in its overall manifestation and creation, the tones are calming, the flutes are Young’s paint brushes and here our artist in residence has demonstrated and exhibited his best works for us to all enjoy. … Joseph L Young and Ethereum, is a must for all who seek a little moment of sanity in a world filled with craziness.

Steve Sheppard/One World Music

http://www.josephlyoung.com

 

 

Kelly Andrew – Rendezvous

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Kelly Andrew’s latest album is a veritable showcase of his eclectic versatility in both composing and performing some of today’s finest contemporary instrumental music. Working with the production team of Will Ackerman and Tom Eaton of Imaginary Road Studios, Andrew is joined by a truly stellar cast of talented guest stars. Whether it’s the sexy hot “Chasing Twilight,” the seductive slumber of “Awake in a Dream,” the chill reflection of “Lonely Road,”or the graceful beauty of “Painted Butterfly”, Kelly’s keyboard draws the listener into the soul of the song with warmth and passion. No matter what the tempo, the mood or the style of the individual track, Kelly Andrew treats the listener with his consummate musicianship in this romantic rendezvous.
“Kelly Andrew has taken the canvas of human emotion and painted a picture that turns into a Rembrandt of musical interpretation that you will want to experience more than once. Set up your Rendezvous with Kelly as soon as you can.”
– New Age Music Reviews
“Kelly Andrew, the master of many musical faces has just added a sophisticated contemporary jazz smile courtesy of his latest ultra smooth romantic Rendezvous”
Michael Debbage – MainlyPiano.com
“Rendezvous is a masterpiece of contemporary instrumental music. Kelly sets the bar high with a collection of songs that stand out for their exceptional writing, arranging, and musicianship. Highly recommended!”
Michael Diamond – Music and Media Focus
Track List
  1. Chasing Twilight
  2. Hand In Hand
  3. Painted Butterfly
  4. Awake In A Dream
  5. Rendezvous
  6. Serenade Of The Night Sky
  7. Looking Back
  8. Promise
  9. Lonely Road
  10. Hope

 

Links

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Backtrack Blues Band – Way Back Home

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On its new release,“Way Back Home,” the Backtrack Blues Band has delivered an exciting harp and guitar-infused album that really hits the mark! The solid grooves, stellar guitar, electrifying harmonica, and vocals make this album one of the best blues releases of 2016. Reminiscent of the sounds of Paul Butterfield and the early Fabulous Thunderbirds, the songs on this record are true electric blues with lots of soul and energy. The band has won three consecutive Tampa Bay Music Awards for “Best Blues Band” and has performed at festivals and concerts around the world with blues music legends like Stevie Ray Vaughan, B.B.King, Buddy Guy, Robert Cray, Gregg Allman, John Lee Hooker, Johnny Winter, and others. “Way Back Home” marks the band’s fifth album, and the critics have proclaimed it the band’s best work!

Buy “Way Back Home” here: itunes.apple.com/WayBackHome

 

Track List:

  1. Goin’ To Eleuthera – 5:25
  2. Tell Your Daddy – 5:21
  3. Shoot My Rooster – 4:21
  4. Your Funeral, My Trial – 4:50
  5. Checkin’ On My Baby – 4:34
  6. Nobody But you – 2:27
  7. Heavy Built Woman – 5:29
  8. Baby Please Don’t Go – 4:11
  9. Rich Man Blues – 4:46
  10. Help Me Just This Time – 5:23

Website
backtrackbluesband.com
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YouTube
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The Posies – Solid States

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"The Posies – Solid States"

Rock ‘n’ roll has rarely been as smart, soulful or satisfying than it has in the hands of The Posies. During an on/off career that’s stretched across four decades, the Seattle-rooted outfit, led by musical polymaths Jon Auer and Ken Stringfellow, have shaped and re-shaped their muse, creating one of the more compelling catalogues in modern pop.

With SOLID STATES, their 8th album, the Posies mark dramatic changes in the lives, the music, the evolution of the band.

When the Posies long time drummer, Darius, died suddenly and unexpectedly last year, Posies founding members Jon Auer and Ken Stringfellow were devastated. Hard as it was to continue without such a close friend and great musician, the moment called for a reinvention. For now… the idea of the band getting into a room and banging out the music, garage band style, was over. The ideas coming from Jon and Ken were fragile and the moods contemplative. Death, divorce, loss. Even the joys of life are fleeting enough as to be treated with care and respect.

Of course, the Posies still retain their legendary melodic abilities, their trademark vocal harmonies and their lyrical agility. The band has always been exploring, growing. The multi­year gaps between albums are typically spent in countless other projects that bring new skills, sounds, experiences and people to the picture. The band will present the album live in a new format, incorporating laptop elements along with guitars, keyboards and drums. As artists, the band feels it’s their duty to take risks and explore.

Album to be released May 6th!

Preorder now!

iTunes – www.itunes.apple.com/au/album/solid-states
CD – www.jbhifi.com.au
Vinyl – www.jbhifi.com.au/music/Whats-Hot/alternative-rock/solid-states-vinyl

Track List:

  1. We R Power!
  2. Unlikely Places
  3. Scattered
  4. Titanic
  5. Squirrel Vs. Snake
  6. March Climes
  7. M Doll
  8. The Definition
  9. The Plague
  10. Rollercoaster Zen
  11. The Sound of Clouds
  12. Radiance

 

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