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Joe Krown Brings The Meters' Leo Nocentelli to Celebrate Allen Toussaint's "All of It"

March 31, 2023 • Blues • Joe Krown • New Music Friday • Sledgehammer Blues

“All of It” was one of the rare Allen Toussaint instrumentals that's in the style of the music of the legendary New Orleans group the Meters. It was originally released in 1996 on Toussaint's NYNO Records release "Connected". Krown brought in the original guitar player from the Meters and from the Toussaint version of the song Leo Nocentelli to recreate not only the Toussaint feel but the intended feel of the Meters. The end result is a New Orleans styled funky piano instrumental.

Doug MacLeod Releases New EP "Raw Blues 1"

March 17, 2023 • Blues • Doug MacLeod • New Music Friday • Sledgehammer Blues

Bluesman Doug MacLeod released his new EP Raw Blues 1 today. MacLeod described the record's creation, "Producer Andreas Werner wanted to record me like I play live - just sit down in front of the mics and play. And that’s what I did. So what you got here is the ‘no frills’ raw blues feeling caught in the moment."

Jonn Serrie Releases New Album "Elysian Lightships"

January 27, 2023 • Ambient • Jonn Serrie • New Music • New Music Friday

The ambient space music master Jonn Serrie has returned with his first album since 2019's Azurae. Serrie describes the creation of Elysian Lightships as "conceived using a combination of great sci-fi literary ideas, production capabilities, and a vivid musical imagination. I see these elements as synthesizer rocket fuel powering the creative process."Listen to Elysian Lightships at your favorite place for music!

Máiréad Nesbitt Releases New Video "Man of the House"

October 28, 2022 • Mairead Nesbitt • New Music Friday • Video

Today Máiréad Nesbitt releases the new single “Man of the House” – a popular traditional Irish session tune that brings everyone together to play! The song has received renewed attention recently as it serves as the theme to the Kevin Bacon starring TV show “City on a Hill”. Click here to listen to Máiréad’s version. For more than a decade, Grammy- and Emmy-nominated...

Lisbeth Scott Debuts New Video for "Dream of Rain" with Release of "Calm and Comfort".

June 17, 2022 • Hearts of Space Records • Lisbeth Scott • New Music • New Music Friday • Video

Lisbeth Scott's new album "Calm and Comfort" debuts today from Hearts of Space Records. With the release is a video for the album's "Dream of Rain". Lisbeth described her inspiration of the song: I live in California where the sun is white and hot and the air dry, 360 days of the year. Having grown up in the lush and humid greens and blues of suburban Boston, I find myself constantly longing for the rain; for the soft velvet touch of mist on my face as I’d walk to school in the morning… for the gentle rhythm of drops on...