Greetings again!
Okay, almost caught up with previewing, and you'll find the latest crop of new library additions to the LEFT of each genre on the New Release shelf.
Here are the highlights:
ACOUSTIC: Tori Amos is back with her heavily-Classically-influenced album "Night of Hunters". It's on the Deutche Grammophon label, which makes it "officially" Classical...but it's all Tori, so don't let the label fool you.
ROCK: Former Sparta band member Jim Ward has put together a two-disc set composed of "Quiet in the Valley" and "The Electric Six" to liven up your mix-up show.
BLUEGRASS: The latest New Cuts compilation is up there, along with a couple of other good albums, but what jumped out at me was a Hip-Hop album called "Gangstagrass" which is...you guessed it...hip-hop rhyming over banjos and slide guitars! If you feel like doing something quirky just to shake things up a bit, I dare you to add this to your show. Just look straight UP on the New Release shelf--Hip-Hop has orange and black tape on the spine.
LATIN: Check out Bio Ritmo La Verdad; straight-ahead, danceable tunes from our neighbors to the south, but with some interesting sampled sounds to catch your ear.
JAZZ: The Headhunters, the first jazz/fusion group to go Platinum in the early 70's with the help of Herbie Hancock, are celebrating their Platinumimity (uh, is that a word?) with a new album called, yes, "Platinum"! You're going to hear funk, jazz, and hip-hop on this album. Yes, hip-hop...they even recorded a track with Snoop Dogg. Thoroughly enjoyable!
All that and more on the shelves behind you in the studio, so don't forget to look when you're putting together your show!
Thanks, all, and until next time...
Catie
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