OUT NOW: The Shaolin Afronauts – Quest Under Capricorn

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25th Aria Fine Arts Awards, Freestyle Records, Ross McHenry, The Shaolin Afronauts

The Shaolin Afronauts, Quest Under Capricorn

2011’s debut album from The Shaolin Afronauts, Flight Of The Ancients, was a critical and commercial success story, lauded as a truly original blend of the sounds of 1970’s West Africa, Ethiopia and the pioneering and progressive avant-garde jazz artists of the same period.

Flight Of The Ancients went onto be nominated for several music awards, including the 25th Aria Fine Arts Awards in the world music category, whilst the band, led by Ross McHenry, cemented it’s reputation as a truly revelatory live act, with a colourful and vibrant visual element to their shows, with the band resplendent in flowing, hooded robes and face paint to complete the spiritual presentation of their highly original music!

The Kevin Toney 3 -][- NEW AMERICAN SUITE – [K-Tone Enterprises, 2012] –

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African American, Chris Coleman, Composer, K-Tone Enterprises, Kevin Toney, Keyboardist, Michael Bradford, Pianist

Music aficionados, I’m positive at some point you’ve heard “Walkin’ in Rhythm, Happy Music and Rock Creek Park.” I’ve enjoyed keyboardist Kevin Toney’s music since his days with The Blackbyrds a cross-over band from D.C. Due to his spiritual transformation, as a composer Toney clearly approaches his compositions with more distinct lyricism that’s mature, captivating and sophisticated artistically. “NEW AMERICAN SUITE” is the latest in his current trilogy of recordings encompasses a cluster of sublime moods, textures and intricate melodies I sure music lovers will adore more and more with repeated spins. –Rob Young | Urban Flux Media

The Kevin Toney 3, NEW AMERICAN SUITE

The Kevin Toney 3 -][- NEW AMERICAN SUITE –Mp3– [K-Tone Enterprises, 2012] –

In recent years America has seen a paradigm shift toward the manifestation of real, forward thinking change – especially in the minds of people of faith. Keyboard master and composer Kevin Toney was already in the midst of a personal metamorphosis when these positive changes began to take shape. The fruits of Kevin’s and his country’s evolution are both in beautiful, vibrant evidence on his latest recording, New American Suite. This dynamic music also marks the debut of his new band The Kevin Toney 3: Kevin Toney on piano, Michael Bradford on bass and Chris Coleman on drums.

Various Artists -][- Blue Note Trip 10 V2 – [Import | Music on Vinyl, 2012] –

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Andrew Hill, Blue Note Records, Blue Note Trip, Booker Ervin, David Axelrod, Dinah Washington, DJ Maestro, Grant Green, Herbie Hancock, Lee Morgan, Lou Rawls, Marlena Shaw, Stacey Kent

Various Artist, Blue Note Trip 10 V2

Various Artists -][- Blue Note Trip 10 V2 – [Import | Music on Vinyl, 2012] –

One of the most legendary and oldest music labels, Blue Note, has decided to combine their prowess in music selection with the high quality vinyl that Music On Vinyl provides. They have joined forces to release the latest Blue Note Trip on vinyl in conjunction with the CD release (Blue Note Trip Late Nights and Blue Note Trip Early Mornings), and now, as promised, they are going back to the roots of this essential compilation series.

DJ Maestro dug deep into the Blue Note catalog to come up with this gem of a trip, with material from the likes of David Axelrod, Booker Ervin, Angela McCluskey, Elmer Bernstein, Julie London, Lee Morgan, Pete La Roca, Peggy Lee, Paolo Fresu, Grant Green, Lou Rawls, Martin Denny, Dinah Washington, Andrew Hill, Marlena Shaw, Herbie Hancock, Stacey Kent and Duke Pearson. The Blue Note Trip Early Mornings compilation features 18 sweet sounding tracks, unmixed, on two 180g audiophile vinyl LPs in a gatefold sleeve! -[Editorial Review]-

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Visual Master Bernard Hoyes’ Art Comes Alive in a Theatrical Production at Los Angeles’ Ford Amphitheater on Sunday, August 5, 2012

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Artist, Bernard Stanley Hoyes, Caribbean Fine Arts Publishing, he Ford 2012 Dance Series, Jamaica, Jamaica Cultural Alliance, Jazzmyne Public Relations, Junior Art Centre at the Institute of Jamaica, Kingston, Revival Series

Hoyes’ iconic “Revival Series” tells of a spiritual journey from the African diaspora via an innovative theatrical concept that literally takes the stage for “The Ford 2012 Dance Series”

Bernard Hoyes, SE7EN PAINTINGS

Los Angeles – For over four decades the paintings of visual art master Bernard Stanley Hoyes have stimulated the masses. With compositions that boast majestic color, bold creativity and magnetic passion, his artwork is known for stirring the heart, mind and soul. As an iconic craftsman channeling images from a deeply spiritual space, it has been said that Hoyes’ work ‘speaks’ in more ways than one, touching the core of African worship through Jamaican Revivalism. The fervor behind it all; the moans, hallelujahs and laments, the whispers and the shouts, as well as the wailing and chants that seep through his compositions, are now going to literally jump off the canvas and come to life in a interdisciplinary materialization entitled, “Seven Paintings, a Story in Performance.” The event take place Sunday, August 5, at 8.:00pm at Los Angeles’ Ford Amphitheatre as part of the venue’s ever-popular “FORD 2012 DANCE” series.

Presented by Bernard Hoyes’ Caribbean Fine Arts Publishing and the Jamaica Cultural Alliance, “Seven Paintings” features the art imagery of Hoyes, the choreography of Pat Taylor with her Jazzantiqua Dance Ensemble and drumming in the Yoruba/ Nyabengi tradition from the Kabasa Drum Ensemble. Seven separate works from Hoyes’ Revival Series will serialize a story of ambition and redemption. Each work will represent a scene as it is rear projected, stimulating the chapter’s interpretation by the dancers as Hoyes’ art is transformed into a magical staging of music, dance and pantomime. An engaging tambourine chorus chants the narrative of the next painting as they luminously transform from scene to scene.