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January 2009 TOP 10 NEW RELEASES 1. Live In New York Mark O’Connor Cat # OMC 9 2. Atmospheres Deuter Cat # NER 2906 3. Laughter is the Best Medicine Ray Stevens Cat # CYD 7022 4. The Journey Not the Destination Aaron Meyer Cat # VAM 8

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ruf re c o rds Ruf Records (pronounced “roof”) is owned by Thomas Ruf and based in a small German town called Lindewerra. The 15-year-old label, which focuses on blues, is home to some great artists and a fantastic catalog. Over the years, Ruf Records has carved out a strong following with blues fans all over the world. (p14–15)

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Selling Points • Nicole Herzog’s voice has a very warm and engaging quality, immediately evident on the opening track, a beautifully arranged interpretation of the Brazilian classic “One Note Samba.”

• Liner notes by drummer, bandleader, and recording artist Lewis Nash.

• Nicole Herzog and her musicians belong to the “next generation” of jazz musicians, and are proof of the high level of jazz education in Switzerland.

Herzog is an important new voice in jazz sung by European women.

Featured Artists Nicole Herzog: vocals Adrian Mears: trombone, arranger Johannes Walter: trumpet, flugelhorn Patrick Bianco, Till Gründewald: saxophones Philip Henzi: piano, Rhodes Björn Baumgartner: double bass Dominik Deuber: drums Track Listing One Note Samba • The Man I Love • The Best I Can • Afro Blue • Time Will Tell • While My Baby Sleeps • Agua De Beber • If I Were A Bell Media & Marketing Will be serviced to jazz critics and publications by Allegro Media.

Radio service to all JazzWeek reporting stations.

Key Markets New York, Boston, Washington DC, Los Angeles, San Francisco

Nicole Herzog Septet feat. Adrian Mears Time Will Tell Jazz TCB Music Cat # TCB 28802 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT No Canada Sales

Selling Points • Every recording by this orchestra is well worth hearing due to George Gruntz’s writing and the playing of his superb sidemen. Pourquoi pas? is a thoroughly unpredictable and inventive set by one of the great jazz orchestras of the past four decades.

Featured Artists George Gruntz: piano Marvin Stamm, Alexander Sipiagin: trumpet, flugelhorn Kenny Rampton, Tatum Greenblatt: trumpet, flugelhorn Dave Bargeron: euphonium, trombone Gary Valente, René Mosele, Earl McIntyre: trombones Howard Johnson: tuba, saxophone, penny whistle/and more Track Listing Wind Dance • Pourquoi Pas? • Struttin’ with Some Barbeque • When She Looks at Me • Big Nick • In the Tradition of Switzerland • Berne Burn • Pourquoi Pas? (Version 2) • The Town I Love Media & Marketing Will be serviced to jazz critics and publications by Allegro Media. Radio service to all JazzWeek reporting stations.

Key Markets Hometown: New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Washington DC, Seattle Also Available TCB 26702 (Q) Tiger by the Tail (725095267021) TCB 21172 (Q) Global Excellence (725095211727)

George Gruntz Concert Jazz Band Pourquoi pas? Why not?

Jazz TCB Music Cat # TCB 28922 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT No Canada Sales

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Jazz/Electronica Winter & Winter Cat # WTR 146 Price Code: S (SRP $18.99) Smartpak; Box Lot 20

Jazz ENJA Cat # ENJ 95262 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25

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Noël Akchoté Toi-Même

Jenny Evans Lunar Tunes

Selling Points A journey of discovery, from John Giorno’s fiery spoken-word eulogy “Thanx 4 Nothing” to duos featuring Jean-Louis Costes and Han Bennink (percussionist for Marvin Gaye and Jacques Brel).

Selling points New music ranging from Dvoˇrák and Satie to Glenn Miller and Henry Mancini. “One of the best jazz singers in Europe” (TIME).

Featured Artists Noël Akchoté: electric guitar/Han Bennink: drums/and more Track Listing Introduction “Chez Fernand” • True Love Will Find You In The End • Please Please Please/Gravity • Coming From The South • Le Cul Qui Fait Coucou • Cosmos Sonic • Wish I Were Small Again • Thanx 4 Nothing • C’est Extra • Papa • Ne Mens Pas • Inner City Blues • Medley From “Recantata” • Das Feuer/Der Fuchs und die Gänse

Featured Artists Jenny Evans: vocals, percussion/Walter Lang: piano, prepared strings/Thomas Stabenow: bass/Rudi Martini: drums, shruti box, percussion/Márcio Tubino: saxophone, flute, udu/Ensemble Laurier Track Listing On The Moon • Sister Moon • Moonlight Serenade • The Moon And Stars • Moonlight In Vermont • Hymn To Selene • Silly Boy • ‘Tis Full Moon • Old Devil Moon • Moonlight On The Ganges • Song To The Moon • Moon River • It’s Only A Paper Moon

Jazz ENJA Cat # ENJ 95192 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25

Jazz ENJA Cat # ENJ 95212 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25

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Trio ELF 746

Livio Minafra La Fiamma e il Cristallo

Selling Points Trio ELF brings in hip-hop, techno, and unexpected experimental episodes—sometimes lyrical, sometimes rock-heavy—incorporating them into the concept of the acoustic jazz piano trio. “A disc that manages to unite jazz and techno into one kind of music” (STEREO).

Selling Points In Livio Minafra’s playing a fierce intelligence and an overwhelming technique open new spaces for improvised music with a thrilling rhythmic drive.

Featured Artists Walter Lang: piano, electronics/Sven Faller: bass, electronics/ Gerwin Eisenhauer: drums Track Listing Intro • 746 • The Man Machine • Evet • Slam Stew • Arearea • Maydance • Azzurro • Adria • Intermezzo Op. 116

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Featured Artists Livio Minafra: piano Track Listing Ninna Per Mimma (to Mimma) • Choo Choof (in memory of Alfredo Casella) • Polvere (to clandestine immigrants) • La Danza Del Vulcano • Rintocchi • Muezzin (to Muslim brothers) • Cerbiatto (to Mimma) • Campane • Bulgaria • Nella Notte Il Cristallo (to Prof.

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Susi Hyldgaard It’s Love We Need Selling Points With the help of Roy Nathanson and Bill Ware (Jazzpassengers), Susi Hyldgaard writes a new chapter of the vocalist/big band book. With a truly unique sound, this is a CD you need to have if you like music that makes a difference. Strong songwriting allows for musical experiments without ever sounding forced, and the music tells wonderful stories. Her enthusiastic daring touches all kinds of listeners.

Featured Artists Susi Hyldgaard: vocals, piano/Roy Nathanson: saxophone/Bill Ware: vibraphone/NDR Big Band Track Listing Nothing But An Angel • Legs On Up • It’s Love We Need • Awake She Is • Borderline Happiness • Simple living • You Have What It Takes • Your Favorite Fool • Please Forgive Me • Little Is Better

Jazz ENJA/Yellowbird Cat # ENJ YBR 7710 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Digipak; Box Lot 30 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT No Canada Sales

Dave Bargeron & Michel Godard TubaTuba Selling Points This transatlantic tuba duo is a power-pack of virtuosity and wit—artistic and charming, the pair sets a new standard of “tuba jazz.” Dave Bargeron became well known for his work with Blood Sweat & Tears. His discography contains recordings with Paul Simon, Eric Clapton, Quincy Jones, Miles Davis, and the Rolling Stones. Michel Godard has worked with classical groups like the Venise Baroque Ensemble and Arban Chamber Brass as well as with Louis Sclavis, Anthony Braxton, and Sunny Murray. The musical spectrum of TubaTuba goes from funky brass grooves and free improvisation to beautiful melodies with a Mediterranean touch.

Featured Artists Michel Godard: tuba/Dave Bargeron: tuba/Joe Barbato: accordion/Kenwood Dennard: drums Track Listing To Be Tuba • Soji • Puligny Montrachet • Valencia • Giant Steps • Bass Bees • Joanda • The Night Is Still Young • Donna Lee • Tuba Tuba • What I See In Your Eyes

Jazz ENJA Cat # ENJ WEB 9133 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT No Canada Sales

Aki Takase Plays Fats Waller Selling Points Aki Takase transports Fats Waller into a time in which everything is possible! His group includes Nils Wogram, the most versatile and technically brilliant European trombone player; Rudi Mahall, the sole true heir of Eric Dolphy; and Eugene Chadbourne, who has worked with John Zorn, Carla Bley, Snakefinger, Violent Femmes, and Camper van Beethoven.

Featured Artists Aki Takase: piano/Eugene Chadbourne: guitar, vocals, banjo/Rudi Mahall: bass clarinet/ Nils Wogram: trombone/Thomas Heberer: trumpet/Paul Lovens: drums Track Listing Lookin’ Good But Feelin Bad • Vipers Drag • Ain’t Misbehavin • Handful Of Keys • Any Tune But Fats Tune • Your Feet’s Too Big • Intermezzo 1 • Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans • Intermezzo 2 • Hold Tight • Kuroneko Yamato • Intermezzo 3 • I Got The Feelin I’m Falling • Tintenfisch In Wien • Kauf Dir Einen Bunten Luftballon

Jazz ENJA Cat # ENJ WEB 9152 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT No Canada Sales

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Jazz Smalls Records Cat # SRC 42 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 30 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT

Jazz Smalls Records Cat # SRC 43 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 30 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT

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Fat Cat Big Band Meditations on the War for Whose Great God is the Most High You Are God Selling Points Original compositions, rooted in Ellington/Strayhorn and Mingus, but with a new sense of direction and purpose.

Featured Artists Jade Synstelien: guitar, vocals/Ben Meigners: bass, vocals/ Jack Glottman: piano/Phil Stewart: drums/Sharel Cassity, Stacy Dillard, Geoff Vidal: sax/and more Track Listing 11 tracks include: Samantha Swing • Prayer For Togetherness/ Kimana • Togetherness/No Self • Fuck The Man • I Did Nothing To Lose You • Prayer For Unconditional Love

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Fat Cat Big Band Angels Praying For Freedom Selling Points The second part of the smashing debut from this unusual, gutsy, powerful big band.

Featured Artists Jade Synstelien: guitar, vocals/Ben Meigners: bass, vocals/ Jack Glottman: piano/Phil Stewart: drums/Sharel Cassity, Stacy Dillard, Geoff Vidal: sax/and more Track Listing Subway Soliloquy • Angels Praying • D-flat Encore for More Blues • Unfulfillable Longing • Fat Cat Theme • I Do Know What Love Is • No More Stupid Shit • The Thing That We Play To As It Goes By • Mysterious By All Means • Prayer for Freedom

Jazz Sea Breeze Vista Cat # SBJ SBV 4587 Price Code: 2J (SRP $19.99) Double Slimline; Box Lot 25 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT

Jazz Retrieval Records Cat # CHR RTR 79056 Price Code: J (SRP $9.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 No Canada Sales

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Johnny Dodds Definitive Dodds 1926–1927

TCU Jazz Ensemble Just Friends

Selling Points The finest solo performances of the greatest jazz clarinetist ever, all on one CD!

Selling Points Twenty-seven cuts of great big band jazz from an award-winning university jazz ensemble.

Featured Artists Johnny Dodds: clarinet/Louis Armstrong: cornet, vocals/Kid Ory, Roy Palmer, trombone/ Lil Armstrong, Earl Hines, Charlie Alexander: piano/ Barney Bigard: tenor saxophone/and more

Featured Artists Adriana Morales: piano/Justin Brown: bass/Dave Hall: drums

Track Listing 18 tracks include: Georgia Bo Bo • Drop That Sack • Perdido Street Blues • Gate Mouth • Too Tight • Papa Dip • Mixed Salad • I Can’t Say • Flat Foot • Mad Dog • Weary Blues • New Oreans Stomp

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Track Listing 27 tracks include: The Sun Will Shine Today • Tierrasanta • Georgia • Some Skunk Funk • Yardbird Suite • O sole Mio • Spring Is Here • A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square • Tickle-Toe • Instant Replay • I Thought About You • A-Tisket, A-Tasket • Channel One Suite • Concerto In Swing • A Salute To Elvis Costello • A Lite Touch • Bill Bailey • Woodrow • Caravan • Shaded By Moonlight

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Selling Points • A memorable jazz vocal date, refreshing for its warmth and intimacy, recorded naturally without isolation or retakes. Singer Yaala Ballin swings beautifully.

• Top flight NY sidemen don’t hold back on the solos—this is a talent-heavy band, serious and without pretense.

Featured Artists Yalla Ballin: vocals Chris Byars: saxophone Don Hahn: trumpet Sacha Perry: piano Ari Roland: bass Keith Balla: drums Track Listing The Best thing For You (Would Be Me) • Crazy He Calls Me • Now, Baby, Or Never • Love • The Gypsy • I Remember You • Get Lost • I Only Have Eyes For You • You’re Mine, You • Travlin’ Alone Key Markets Hometown: New York. Also: Boston, New Haven, Philadelphia, Miami, Memphis, Nashville, Chicago, Cleveland, St. Louis, New Orleans, Dallas, Austin, Houston, Kansas City, Denver, San Francisco, Los Angeles

Yaala Ballin Travlin’ Alone Jazz Smalls Records Cat # SRC 40 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 30 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT No Canada Sales

Selling Points • Israeli piano maestro, international star, and jazz great Omer Klein performs a captivating set of his original compositions for solo piano. A must for fans of jazz piano.

• A skillful blending of influences from Israel, the Middle East, and America, including influences from folkloric music, jazz, and the ancient masters.

Featured Artists Omer Klein: piano Track Listing Heart Beats • Voices of War • Arak • Yemen • Ship of Fools • Niggun • Alma • 5/8 Mantra • Shalvat Nefesh • Middle East Blues • Remembering • Sun Light Press Quotes “Like folk songs for the melting pot of the new millennium, with strong Middle Eastern and African elements … What he plays is exotic yet accessible and makes you feel fully alive.” — JazzTimes Key Markets Hometown: New York. Also: Boston, New Haven, Philadelphia, Miami, Memphis, Nashville, Chicago, Cleveland, St. Louis, New Orleans, Dallas, Austin, Houston, Kansas City, Denver, San Francisco, Los Angeles Also Available SRC 30 (Q) Introducing Omer Klein (823511003021)

Omer Klein Heart Beats Jazz Smalls Records Cat # SRC 41 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 30 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT No Canada Sales

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New Releases Selling Points • In the tradition of his grandfather, Doc Cheatham, Theo Croker presents his debut on Arbors Records.

• In the album notes, dean of jazz critics Nat Hentoff extolls Croker’s trumpet sound as a voice speaking directly to the listener on this immediately distinctive recording.

Featured Artists Theo Croker: trumpet, vocals Joe Sanders: bass Sullivan Fortner: piano Albert “Tootie” Heath: drums Benny Powell: trombone Track Listing Black And Blue • It Don’t Mean A Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing) • She’s Funny That Way • Gee Baby • Ain’t I Good To You • Struttin’ With Some Barbecue • You’re Blase • Jada • New Orleans • I Gotta Right To Sing The Blues • St. Louis Blues • I Cover The Waterfront • Bourbon Street Parade • Little Things That Mean So Much

Theo Croker In the Tradition Jazz Arbors Records Cat # ARB 19372 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 30 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT No Canada Sales

Press Quotes “He has the tools, the intelligence, the ability, and the talents. The future looks bright for Croker.” — Wynton Marsalis Media & Marketing Promotional copies will be sent to an extended list of over 140 jazz critics and over 185 radio programs.

Key Markets New York, Detroit, Chicago, Miami, Washington DC, Philadelphia Selling Points • Eddie Metz Jr., an outstanding drummer and teacher who has performed with Chick Corea and Sting, gives us a CD destined to rank as one of the best drummer-led projects ever recorded.

• Features special guests Harry Allen on sax and John Allred on trombone.

Featured Artists Eddie Metz Jr.: drums Rossano Sportiello: piano Nicki Parrott: bass Harry Allen: tenor saxophone John Allred: trombone Track Listing Falling In Love With Love • Huggin’ Higgins • Overjoyed • I’m Old Fashioned • Count Your Blessings (Instead Of Sheep) • Bodhisattva • NER Blues • One Less Bell To Answer • The More I See You • Crazy Life • Little Girl • More Than You Know • Gotta Get A Hold Of Myself

The Eddie Metz Jr. Trio Bridging the Gap Jazz Arbors Records Cat # ARB 19374 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 30 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT No Canada Sales

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Media & Marketing Promotional copies will be sent to an extended list of over 140 jazz critics and over 185 radio programs.

Key Markets Hometown: Allentown, PA. Also: Orlando, New York, Philadelphia, Miami Also Available ARB 19299 (I) Metz’n Around (780941129922)

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Selling Points • Hear one of the great masters of swing at the height of his powers! hänssler CLASSIC/SWR Music is proud to announce the third release of jazz great Sammy Nestico in performance with the SWR Big Band.

Featured Artists Axel Kühn: flute, tenor sax Klaus Graf, Steffen Weber, Andi Maile: saxophones Pierre Paquette: clarinet, baritone saxophone Karl Farrent, Don Rader: trumpets, flugelhorn Ian Cumming, Marc Godfroid, Georg Maus: trombones/and more Track Listing Blue Samuel • A New Day • A Pair of Aces • Out of the Night • D’Ann • Fun Time • Celebracion • Struttin’ with Some Barbecue • Orchids and Butterflies • Not Really the Blues • The Four of Us (You ‘N’ Me) • Rare Moment • Bye Bye Blues • A Song for Sarah • King Porter Stomp Media & Marketing Service to jazz publications, websites, and radio.

Key Markets New York, Chicago, Washington DC, Philadelphia, Los Angeles

Sammy Nestico and the SWR Big Band Sammy Nestico Vol. 3: Fun Time

Also Available HNS 93118 (Q) No Time Like The Present (040888311829) HNS 93004 (Q) SWR Big Band Live (040888300427)

Jazz hänssler CLASSIC Cat # HNS 93247 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Digipak; Box Lot 25 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT No Canada Sales

Selling Points • Second CD release and ZOHO debut of jazz bassist/composer Steve Haines’ Quintet, in a classic straight-ahead hard-bop blowing session.

• Features legendary drummer Jimmy Cobb, the sole surviving member of the epochal 1958 Miles Davis Kind of Blue quintet.

Featured Artists Steve Haines: bass Rob Smith: trumpet, soprano saxophone David Lown: tenor saxophone Chip Crawford: piano Jimmy Cobb, Thomas Taylor: drums Track Listing The Freightrain • Stickadiboom • Rendezvous • Sutak 9-1-1 • Patience • Prospect Park • Re:frayne • Composition 101 Press Quotes “Perhaps one of the finest inside/outside records of the year … challenging compositions that range from powerful to beautiful … a sparkling effort.”

— All About Jazz Media & Marketing Full print and web promotion by Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services. Media campaign directed at national jazz and popular music media. Eight-week radio campaign directed at national JazzWeek reporters by Jane Purcell Dashow.

Ads with Down Beat.

Key Markets Hometown: New York. Also: Greensboro, Boston, Philadelphia, Washington DC

Steve Haines Quintet with Jimmy Cobb Stickadiboom Jazz ZOHO Roots Cat # ZMR 200903 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 30 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT No Canada Sales

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best sellers

MUSICMASTERS CLASSICS NOW AVAILABLE FROM NIMBUS RECORDS! Including archive recordings from greats like Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, and Artie Shaw as well as modern recordings from Benny Carter, Dave Brubeck, and Stanley Turrentine.

Cat # NIM 2700 Price Code: 2E (SRP $15.99)

Cat # NIM 2702 Price Code: J (SRP $9.99)

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Benny Goodman Yale University Archives Vol. 1 1955-1986

Benny Carter Elegy In Blue

The first release from the Benny Goodman Archives in the Yale University Music Library contains some of his most exciting performances ever to appear on record!

Benny Carter pays tribute to nine of his peers by performing a composition by each.

Cat # NIM 2703 Price Code: J (SRP $9.99)

Cat # NIM 2704 Price Code: 2E (SRP $15.99)

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Lee Konitz Round & Round Lee Konitz is an American jazz composer and alto saxophonist born in Chicago. He is notably one of the few alto saxophonists of his era to remain uninfluenced by Charlie Parker.

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Duke Ellington The Great Concerts: London & New York 1963–1964 Live concert performances featuring an array of jazz superstars!

Cat # NIM 2706 Price Code: 2E (SRP $15.99)

Cat # NIM 2708 Price Code: J (SRP $9.99)

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The Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra The Definitive Thad Jones: Live from the Village Vanguard Without a doubt the greatest contemporary big band in existence!

The band originated in December 1965 and flourished for 13 years under the loving care of Lewis and his co-leader Thad Jones.

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Stanley Turrentine T Time One of Stanley Turrentine’s finest little-known works is a smoldering collection of soulful songs.

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Jazz Nimbus Records Cat # NIM 2709 Price Code: 2E (SRP $15.99) Double Slimline; Box Lot 25 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT

Jazz Nimbus Records Cat # NIM 2711 Price Code: J (SRP $9.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT

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Artie Shaw The Last Recordings Vol. 1 1954

Vincent Herring American Experience

Selling Points These marvelous performances are culled from Artie Shaw’s final recordings as an instrumentalist. Two more volumes, both 2XCD sets, will be released over the next six months.

Selling Points One of the premier saxophonists of his generation, Vincent Herring has developed into a virtuoso with a voice that is uniquely intense and vigorous with energy and direction.

Featured Artists Artie Shaw: clarinet/Hank Jones: piano/Tal Farlow, Joe Puma: guitar/Joe Roland: vibes/Tommy Potter: bass/Irv Kluger: drums

Featured Artists Vincent Herring: saxes/Dave Douglas, Tex Allen: trumpet/Clifford Adams: trombone/Bruce Barth, John Hicks: piano/James Genus, Marcus McLauren: bass/Mark Johnson, Beaver Harries: drums

Track Listing 20 tracks include: Imagination • Besame Mucho • My Funny Valentine • Too Marvelous For Words • I Can’t Get Started • The Sad Sack • Dancing On The Ceiling • Someone To Watch Over Me • Mysterioso • The Chaser • Pied Piper Theme

Track Listing The Athlolete • V.H. 1 • American Experience • Almost Like the First • Anné’s Mood • Sweet Georgia Bright • You Know My Eyes • Metropolis Blues • Elation • Peace

Jazz Nimbus Records Cat # NIM 2712 Price Code: J (SRP $9.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT

Jazz Nimbus Records Cat # NIM 2713 Price Code: J (SRP $9.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT

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Louie Bellson Hot

Freddie Hubbard MMTC (Monk, Miles, Trane & Cannon)

Selling Points Along with enthusiasm, Bellson conveys a sense of humility and a lack of ego that have proved endearing to everyone who has been fortunate enough to work with him.

Selling Points Freddie Hubbard tipped his crown in the direction of four past masters whose music has influenced his own—Thelonious Monk, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, and Cannonball Adderley.

Featured Artists Louie Bellson: drums/Clark Terry: flugelhorn/George Young, Don Menza, Kenny Hitchcock: saxophone/John Bunch: piano

Featured Artists Freddie Hubbard: trumpet/Vincent Herring, Javon Jackson, Gary Smulyan: saxophone /Robin Eubanks: trombone/ Stephen Scott: piano/Peter Washington: bass/Carl Allen: drums

Track Listing Caravan • Ode to a Friend • The Peaceful Poet • Together We Rise • Hot • Hookin’ It • Waltzing at Denison • Walkin’ with Buddy

Track Listing Miles-One Of A Kind • Trane-Naima • Trane-Spirit of Trane • Cannon-The Song My Lady Sings • Monk-Off Minor • Miles-All Blues • Monk-D Minor Mint • Cannon-One for Cannon

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New Releases Selling Points • A refreshing new artist with that old/big tenor sound, brought into the spotlight by none other than “organ marvel” Tony Monaco and his original trio (reunited for the first time in years).

• With a great jazz/sax sound, Nancy Wright has got the complete package.

Featured Artists Nancy Wright: saxophone Tony Monaco: organ Robert Kraut: guitar Louis Tsamous: drums Track Listing Bernie’s Blues • Bugalu • Jo-Jo • Rutabagas • Lady L • Happy Sergio • You’d be So Nice to Come Home To • When Sunny Gets Blue • Moaning • Minority Press Quotes “Steamin’, sultry sax sound.” — Columbus Dispatch

Nancy Wright with the Tony Monaco Trio Moanin’ Jazz Chicken Coup Records Cat # SMT CCP 7013 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT

Media & Marketing Service to jazz radio and JazzWeek reporting stations. Mailing to independent writers, reviewers, and programmers. Targeting marketing mailings, including a focused effort on organ players and fans of Tony Monaco. Ads with JazzTimes.

Key Markets Hometown: Columbus. Also: New York, Philadelphia, Boston, Chicago, Washington DC

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Selling Points • Fareed Haque joins jazz with Bollywood for a mixture of jazz, fusion, and Hindustani Indian music.

• Haque has performed with Sting, Dave Holland, Joe Zawinul, Kahil el Zabar, and Garaj Mahal.

• Extensive US touring in support of this album.

Featured Artists Fareed Haque: guitar, vocals, percussion David Hartsman: flute, alto saxophone Willerm Delisfort, Rob Clearfield: keyboards Corey Healy, Jason Smart: drums Subrata Bhattacharya, Salar Nader, Jim Feist: tabla/and more Track Listing Big Bhangra • Uneven Mantra • Blu Hindoo • Bengali Bud • Fur Peace • The Chant • The Hanger • 32 Taxis • North (Four Corners Suite) • South (Four Corners Suite) • West (Four Corners Suite)

Fareed Haque + The Flat Earth Ensemble Flat Planet Jazz OWL Studios Cat # OWL 133 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Digipak; Box Lot 30 No Canada Sales

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Media & Marketing Publicity through Michael Bloom Media Relations. National radio campaign to JazzWeek reporters and independent radio stations through GROOV Marketing.

Ads with national magazines. Strong internet push.

Key Markets Hometown: Chicago. Also: New York, Washington DC, Seattle, Portland, Detroit, Boston, Dallas, Houston, Phoenix, Atlanta, Miami, Charlotte, Louisville, Minneapolis, San Francisco, Philadelphia, San Diego, Sacramento, Denver, St. Louis, Kansas City

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JAZZ

recordings from the late Esbjörn Svensson and his trio e.s.t.

Many now available for the 1st time!

“A genre-defying Swedish jazz pianist and composer.” — The Guardian “Not what jazz was, but a vision of what it can be.” — New York Times

“Among the most influential and innovative figures in contemporary jazz.” — All Music Guide “e.s.t. is anything but boring.” — All About Jazz

Cat # AMV 9005 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99)

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From Gagarin’s Point of View

Cat # AMV 9012 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99)

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Seven Days of Falling

Good Morning Susie Soho

Cat # AMV 9007 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99)

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Winter In Venice

e.s.t. Plays Monk

Viaticum

Strange Place for Snow

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Blues

New Releases

Aynsley Lister is a new, young artist on the way up!

Selling Points • New studio album from the only British artist to be featured in Classic Rock’s Top 10 Contemporary Blues Artists alongside the White Stripes, The Black Keys, John Mayer, John Spencer, and more.

• Influenced from an early age by ’60s R&B, Aynsley Lister takes these key elements and mixes them with a more current, melodic lyrical approach. He is one of very few artists playing rocking blues with a modern edge—tangible, heartfelt, soul-searching, and full of fine songwriting, played with passion and vitality.

• Since signing to Ruf Records, Lister has recorded four solo studio albums and two live albums, along with a live DVD for Germanys ROCKPALAST TV show. He has sold over 75,000 records and headlines many of the major festivals throughout Europe.

• Upcoming tours of the US and Europe in 2009.

Featured Artists Aynsley Lister: vocals, guitars Alex Thomas: drums Jo Nichols: bass

Aynsley Lister Upside Down Blues Ruf Records Cat # RUF 1124 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 30 5% preorder discount No Canada Sales

Track Listing • Find My Way Home • Getaway • Always Tomorrow • Ice I’m Upon • Beautiful • Wherever I Am • With Me Tonight • Rain • In The Morning • Upside Down • Disorderly Me • Falling Down Press Quotes “Superb.” — The Times “There’s no young English blues guitarist with more vivid musical ideas than Lister … with this album, mostly electric and entirely electrifying, Lister challenges anyone to keep up with him … His guitar playing … is a fire hazard!” — MOJO “Bursting with killer riffs and songs that could easily reach a massive audience … Will someone please throw some money at this dude?”

— Classic Rock magazine Media & Marketing Service to major national and local press, as well as college and national blues radio. Ads with Blues Revue.

Key Markets Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Los Angeles, Detroit, Chicago, Baltimore, Washington DC, Atlanta, San Francisco, Portland, Seattle

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BLUES

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Pure Louisiana blues, featuring a great cast of musicians.

Selling Points • Louisiana Red has lived the blues, and he not only plays the blues, he lives it through his guitar and his singing. Strongly influenced

by Muddy Waters, Lightnin‘ Hopkins, and Arthur Crudup, he long ago found his own voice, his own style, and his own form of expression.

• In a career spanning over half a century, Louisiana Red has played with just about every major bluesman you can name, including B.B. King and Muddy Waters. His albums have been called masterpieces, and he has won a W.C. Handy Award for Best Traditional Blues Artist.

Featured Artists Louisiana Red: guitar Kim Wilson: harmonica Bob Corritore: guitar Dave Maxwell: drums Reidar Larsen: bass Little Victor’s Juke Joint Track Listing • I’m Louisiana Red • Alabama Train • Crime In Motion • Ride On Red Ride On • Sweet Leg Girl,The Black Bayou • Too Por To Due • Don’t Miss That Train • You Done Quit Me • I Came From Louisiana • Roamin’ Stranger • At The Zanzibar Media & Marketing Service to major press and blues radio. Ads with Blues Revue.

Louisiana Red Back to the Black Bayou Blues Ruf Records Cat # RUF 1149 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 30 5% preorder discount No Canada Sales

Key Markets New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington DC, Chicago, New Orleans, Memphis, San Francisco,

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rock

New Releases

Timeless rock songs featuring some of today’s greatest rock players, notably Matt Sorum (Velvet Revolver, Guns ‘n Roses); Dave Abruzzese (Pearl Jam); Juan Alderete (Mars Volta); Matt Sherrod (Crowded House, Beck); and Brian Tichy (Billy Idol, Ozzy Osborne).

Front Cover Sticker Featuring: Matt Sorum (Guns ‘n Roses, Velvet Revolver); Dave Abruzzese (Pearl Jam); Juan Alderete (Mars Volta); Matt Sherrod (Crowded House, Beck); Brian Tichy (Billy Idol, Ozzy Osbourne).

Selling Points • Multiple award winner for Best Rock Album, including NAMMY, ISMA, and CAMA. • Recognized as one of Guitar Player magazine’s 50 Greatest Guitarists Of All Time.

• Guitarist on new albums by Justin Timberlake and rapper TI. • Musical Director for American Idol winner David Cook.

Featured Artists Stevie Salas: vocals, guitars Matt Sorum: drums Dave Abruzzese: drums Juan Alderete: bass, backing vocals Matt Sherrod: percussion Brian Tichy: drums Jara Slapbak: bass Bernard Fowler: backing vocals Dan Rothchild: bass

Stevie Salas Be What It Is

Track Listing • What It Was To Be What It Is • Get Out Alive • Bring It Easy • Long Way To Roll • Two Souls War’n In A Bag Of Skin • Are The Gods Smiling On Me • My Girl Is Gone • Save Me From Myself • To Surf With The Angels • Cherokee Girl • No Easy Answer • To Begin Again

Rock Arbor Records Cat # ARL 13042 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Digipak; Box Lot 30 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT No Canada Sales

Press Quotes “His style thunders with the essence of Jimi Hendrix and the attitude of James Brown, but executed with a character all his own that exudes a mark of greatness.” — Brian Wright-McLeod, Renegade Radio “Go back in time and catch Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure then guess who played those fiery guitar riffs flying off the fingers of George Carlin’s character, Rufus. If you answered, ‘Stevie Salas,’ then a big, ‘No way, yes way!’ to you.” — Matt Baamonde, Modern Guitars ALSO AVAILABLE Stevie Salas The Sun and The Earth Vol. 1 Cat # ARL 12752 Price Code: Q No Canada Sales

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Media & Marketing Publicity by Allegro Media. Aggressive radio tracking with The Planetary Group, servicing rock stations across North America.

Internet banner campaign.

Key Markets Hometown: San Diego. Also: Los Angeles New York, Chicago, Detroit

New releases

blues/rock

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2CD+DVD collective “rock-umentary” of rare footage, interviews, intimate behind the scenes moments, and unseen live performances spanning the 18-year career of the Jeff Healey Band.

Selling Points • Unseen live performances include collaborations and jams with Stevie Ray Vaughan, Eric Clapton, the Rolling Stones, Tina Turner, Keith Richards, George Harrison, BB King, Mark Knopfler, Jeff Lynne, Sheila E, Clarence Clemons (Bruce Springsteen), Paul Shaffer, and Dave Edmunds.

• Includes the unreleased video for “I Tried.”

• Jeff Healey is arguably one of the most distinctive guitar players of our time. This man, who has sold millions of hard blues/rock recordings, is equally at ease playing the infectious, joyful pop music of the ’20s and ’30s usually described as “classic” jazz. He has two bands, two musical lives—but not a trace of split personality!

Featured Artists Jeff Healey: vocals, guitars Tom Stephen: drums Joe Rockman: bass Track Listing DISC ONE: The Singles: See The Light • Confidence Man • Angel Eyes • While My Guitar Gently Weeps • I Think I Love You Too Much • Full Circle • Cruel Little Number • Heart Of An Angel • Lost In Your Eyes • It Could All Get Blown Away • Leave The Light On • You’re Coming Home • I Got A Line On You • Angel • Stuck In The Middle With You • I Tried DISC TWO: Live Unreleased: I Think I Love You Too Much • Confidence Man • Full Circle • Life Beyond The Sky • Angel Eyes • See The Light • While My Guitar Gently Weeps • Further On Up The Road • Blue Jean Blues • I Need To Be Loved • White Room • Don’t Let Your Chance Go By • All Along The Watchtower • My Little Girl • How Long Can A Man Be Strong Press Quotes “Jeff Healey will revolutionize the way the guitar can be played” — Stevie Ray Vaughan “This 2CD+DVD set is a generous, quite complete look at Healey’s early blues days, when he and his group burst out of Toronto to quickly earn an international reputation. Respected stars lined up to praise him, from Stevie Ray Vaughan to Eric Clapton to George Harrison, and he had million-sellers, helped by the hit single ‘Angel Eyes.’”

— Bob Mersereau, CBC

The Jeff Healey Band Legacy: Volume One Blues/Rock Arbor Records Cat # ARL 30129 Price Code: 3G (SRP $26.99) Box Set; Box Lot 10 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT No Canada Sales

“Jeff Healey may be the only cat around who can play the pre-war jazz of Louis Armstrong on the trumpet, and the heavy electric blues-rock of ZZ Top on the guitar.” — Guitar Player Media & Marketing Publicity by Allegro Media. Internet banner campaigns on the official Jeff Healey Band website and the Arbor Records website.

Key Markets New York, Buffalo, Detroit, Philadelphia, Cleveland, Chicago, St Louis, Kansas City

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rock

New Releases

Toronto Head On Selling Points Toronto’s sophomore, Platinum-selling release includes the hit tracks “Enough Is Enough,” “Silver Screen,” and “Still Talking About Love.” Biographical liner notes written by Kerry Doole.

Featured Artists Nicki Costello: bass/Jimmy Fox: drums/Sheron Alton: guitar/Holly Woods: lead vocal/Scott Kreyer: keyboards/Brian Allen: guitar

Rock Solid Gold Records Cat # SGR 710012 Price Code: N (SRP $12.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25

Track Listing Head On • Silver Screen • Still Talking Bout Love • Someone Will Play The Blues • It Comes From You • Enough Is Enough • Master Of Disguise • Blackmail • Gone In A Flash

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Chilliwack Opus X Selling Points The Platinum-selling sophomore release from Chilliwack, Opus X in continued the band’s hit streak.

With the smash hits “Whatcha Gonna Do” and “Secret Information,” the album earned band members Brian MacLeod and Bill Henderson a Juno Award for Producer of the Year.

Featured Artists Bill Henderson: guitars, vocals, keyboards/Brian MacLeod: drums, guitars, vocals, keyboards/ Ab Bryant: bass Rock Solid Gold Records Cat # SGR 710072 Price Code: N (SRP $12.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 No Canada Sales

Track Listing Whatcha Gonna Do (When I’m Gone) • Secret Information • She Don’t Know • Night Time • Lean On Me • Don’t It Make You Feel Good • Really Don’t Mind • You’re Gonna Last • Midnight Press Quotes “At their best, Chilliwack was the finest Canadian rock band, out-rocking BTO and out-writing Burton Cummings.” — Rolling Stone

Headpins Line of Fire Selling Points The successful follow-up to Turn It Loud includes the singles “Feel It (Feel My Body)” and “Don’t Stand In The Line Of Fire.” Headpins toured extensively with KISS, Billy Squier, Quiet Riot, and Whitesnake at the time of original release in 1982. Biographical liner notes written by Kerry Doole.

Featured Artists Darby Mills: lead vocals/Brian MacLeod: guitar/Ab Bryant: bass/Matt Frenette: drums

Rock Solid Gold Records Cat # SGR 710112 Price Code: N (SRP $12.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 No Canada Sales

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Track Listing Mine All Mine • Feel It (Feel My Body) • I Know What You’re Thinking • Just One More Time • Don’t Stand In The Line of Fire • Celebration • Double Trouble • I’ve Heard It All Before

New releases & Best sellers

Blues

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Selling Points • Snowy White played on Fleetwood Mac founder Peter Green’s In the Skies album. He has toured and/or recorded with Mick Taylor, Thin Lizzy, Pink Floyd, and Roger Waters, as well with his own White Flames.

• This release combines the previously-released albums Change My Life and Blues On Me. • White is one of a few classic blues-oriented British electric guitarists whose sound, style, and passion echo the originality of the blues, and who inject it with the excitement of contemporary rock music.

Featured Artists Snowy White: lead guitar, rhythm guitar Graham Bell: vocals, harmonica, rhythm guitar Kuma Harada: bass, percussion Jeff Allen: drums Track Listing DISC ONE: Woke Up This Morning • The Thrill Is Gone • You Know It Ain’t Right • Change My Life • The Agency Blues • Judgement Day • Ooh-Wee Baby • The Rest Of My Life • Parchman Farm • The Agency Shuffle • Another Man • DISC TWO: I Want Your Love • Out Of My Dreams • Addicted Man • Open For Business • Walking The Streets • Land Of Plenty • I Can’t Help Myself • Blues On Me • Out Of Order • When You Broke Your Promise Media & Marketing Promo copies will be mailed to all relevant magazines, radio stations, and websites. Ads with Hittin’ The Note and Blues Revue.

Key Markets New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Chicago, Austin, Los Angeles

Snowy White’s Blues Agency Twice As Addictive Blues/Rock Blues Boulevard Cat # BVD 250229 Price Code: 2J (SRP $19.99) Double Slimline; Box Lot 25 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT No Canada Sales

Selling points • Freddy King was the most gifted electric blues guitarist of the post-Chicago Southside blues sound. In contrast to his peers, he was the consummate musician. No one walked away disappointed from his larger-than-life performances!

• During his career, King performed with artists like Sam Cooke, Jackie Wilson, The Four Seasons, Dion, Gladys Knight & The Pips, James Brown, and many more.

Featured artists Freddy King: guitar TRACK LISTING Key to the Highway • Sweet Home Chicago • Got My Mojo Working • Big Legged Woman • Have You Ever Loved a Woman • Hideaway • Boogie Chillun • Whole Lotta Lovin • Have You Ever Loved a Woman • Look on Yonders Wall • It Ain’t Nobody’s Business

ALSO AVAILABLE Let the Good Times Roll Cat # WLF 120800 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) No Canada Sales

Freddy King Key to the Highway Blues Wolf Records Cat # WLF 120900 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 30 Best Seller No Canada Sales

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Metal

New Releases Front cover sticker Featuring: Ian Paice (Deep Purple, Whitesnake, Gary Moore), Eric Bloom (Blue Oyster Cult), Steve Walsh (Kansas), Glenn Hughes (Trapeze, Deep Purple, Black Sabbath, HTP), Graham Bonnet (Rainbow, Impellitteri, Alcatrazz, Michael Shenker Group), Kelly Keeling (Michael Shenker Group, John Norum, Dokken), James Christian (House Of Lords), Tony Franklin (Firm, Whitesnake, Blue Murder), Carmine Appice (Vanilla Fudge, Blue Murder, King Cobra, Rod Stewart), and Paul Shortino (Rough Cutt, Quiet Riot, The Cutt).

Selling Points • Hidden In Time is a classy, blues-tinged hard rock album that will delight fans of timeless, classic rock music.

• Moonstone Project is the ambitious creation of Italian guitarist Matt Filippini, who enlisted the help of the cream of the crop of true rock legends.

The complete list of musicians on this project reads like a “who’s who” of hard rock’s last thirty years.

Moonstone Project Hidden In Time Metal Mausoleum Records Cat # MAU 251101 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Digipak; Box Lot 30 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT No Canada Sales

Featured Artists Matt Filippini: guitars Alessandro del Vecchio: vocals, keyboards Glenn Hughes, Graham Bonett, James Christian: vocals Steve Walsh, Paul Shortino, Kelly Keeling: vocals Tony Franklin: bass Carmine Appice: Ian Paice: drums Track Listing Slave Of Time • Not Dead Yet • Fire And Water • Rose In Hell • Beggar of Love • Pictures Of My Lonely Days • City Of Lites • Where Do You Hide The Blues You’ve Got • On The Way To The Moonstone • BONUS: Silent Hunter • Where Do You Hide The Blues You’ve Got (Vocal & Piano Version) • Can’t Get Enough (Live) Selling Points • King Karma’s music is a gorgeous mixture of hard-rocking guitar riffs and introspective acoustic passages.

• The group’s fresh approach to rock music’s most influential time in history garnered the attention of the “Original Swamper,” legendary producer Jimmy Johnson, who flew the guys back to Muscle Shoals and recorded the quartet’s awe-inspiring debut at the infamous 3614 Jackson Hwy studio.

• KK songs were featured in the Lions Gate sci-fi movie Bloodsuckers.

Featured Artists Shaun Williamson: lead vocals Markus Wolfe: guitars, mandolin Todd Ronning: bass Rick Fedyk: drums Track Listing Breathe • Blue Monday • Into The Everlast • Revolution Man • Mama’s Pride • Twilight Time • Heaven’s Burning • I’m Listening • Shake My Bones • Don’t Take The World Out On Me • Midnight Sunshine • Devil’s Road • BONUS: Lady White • Born In 69

King Karma Mama Pride Metal Mausoleum Records Cat # MAU 251100 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT No Canada Sales

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Press Quotes “King Karma is making ears twitch with piercing vocals and soaring guitar riffs.” — Metal Edge Key Markets New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Chicago, Austin, Los Angeles

New releases & best sellers

Metal

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Selling Points • With twelve original songs ranging from a parent’s plea to late night ponderings, love songs, and an anthem to the state of Rhode Island, this recording showcases Bill Harley’s compassion, humor, and musical vocabulary.

• New recording from the Grammy Award-winning artist.

Featured Artists Bill Harley: guitars, banjo, bouzouki, mandolin, vocals Marty Ballou; bass Vinny Pagano: drums Track Listing Half a Loaf • Queen of Spades • Enough is a Feast • Call • Ahab • First Bird Call • Like a Broken Wheel • Smart People, Stupid Words • You Make Me Smile • Dangerous • The Size of the State of Rhode Island • Where Am I From Press Quotes “Bill Harley takes his life and turns it into art. Sounds simple until you actually try to do it. That Harley’s art seems so effortless only underscores his mastery.”

— NUVO Media & Marketing Publicity by Allegro Media.

Key Markets Hometown: Seekonk, MA. Also: Boston, Providence, Cincinnati, New Haven, Washington DC, Bethesda, Charlotte

Bill Harley First Bird Call Folk Round River Records Cat # ROU 204 Price Code: M (SRP $14.99) Digipak; Box Lot 30 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT No Canada Sales

* tour dates on p39 Selling Points • Mistakes Were Made makes the most of Bill Harley’s unique style as a singer, songwriter, and storyteller—but it is not typical to what you may know of him as a children’s performer!

• Recorded in front of a live audience.

• The perfect balance of song and story features tales for grownups about owning a sailboat, fighting bats, and sex ed.

Featured Artists Bill Harley: vocals, guitar Bill Miele: bass Track Listing The Cape • Why I Bought A Sailboat • Already Someplace Warm • Thinking of You • Sex Ed • That’s Where You Come From • It’s Better Than That • All I Want • Bats • I Am the Batman • Swimming to the Other Side • Sweet New England Press Quotes “All in all, Mistakes is like a double helping of strawberry cheesecake—sweet and excessive enough for a child, but better appreciated by adults.”

— The Sun Chronicle Key Markets Hometown: Seekonk, MA. Also: Boston, Providence, Cincinnati, New Haven, Washington DC, Bethesda, Charlotte

Bill Harley Mistakes Were Made Folk Round River Records Cat # ROU 203 Price Code: M (SRP $14.99) Digipak; Box Lot 30 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT best seller No Canada Sales

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folk

best sellers

SPOTLIGHT ON THE Kerrville Folk Festival!

Automatic 12% discount February 1–March 10, 2009 The Kerrville Folk Festival is held each year on the Quiet Valley Ranch, nine miles south of the resort town of Kerrville.

The festival, which has run annually since 1972, is the longest continuously running music festival of its kind in North America.

The Festival is known internationally as a Mecca for singer-songwriters of varying musical styles including traditional folk, bluegrass, acoustic rock, blues, country, jazz, and Americana.

Cat # SWC 1004 Price Code: J (SRP $9.99)

Cat # SWC 1005 Price Code: J (SRP $9.99)

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Various Artists The Women of Kerrville

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Various Artists Kerrville Folk Festival ’95

Cat # SWC 1008 Price Code: J (SRP $9.99)

Cat # SWC 1014 Price Code: J (SRP $9.99)

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Various Artists Kerrville Folk Festival: 25 Years

Various Artists The Women of Kerrville V.2

Cat # SWC 1016 Price Code: J (SRP $9.99) No Canada Sales

Various Artists Blues at Kerrville 22

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Cat # SWC 1019 Price Code: 3L (SRP $35.99)

Cat # SWC 1025 Price Code: J (SRP $9.99)

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Various Artists Kerrville Folk Festival Box

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Various Artists Texas Songwriters

Cat # SWC 1027 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99)

Cat # SWC 1039 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99)

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Various Artists Kerrville: End of the Century

Various Artists Kerrville: Folk Festival High

Cat # SWC 1040 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99)

Cat # SWC 1041 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99)

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Various Artists Kerrville Women

Various Artists Best of Kerrville V.2

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folk

best sellers

Various Artists Best of Kerrville V.1

Cat # SWC 1048 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99)

Cat # SWC 1079 Price Code: 2F (SRP $19.99)

No Canada Sales

No Canada Sales

Various Artists The Best of Kerrville

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gospel/soundtrack

New Releases Selling Points • A complete selection of authentic black gospel music by three of the most moving acts in that genre.

Track Listing DISC ONE / Reunited: When I Called On The Lord • Jesus Is In The Main Line • If You Try Jesus • Never Could Have Made It • I’m Going Home • Don’t Give You Up • It Ain’t Over • Its Not My Goodness • Turn It Over • DISC TWO / Tammy Edwards & The Edwards Sisters: So Good • Hold On, Keep The Faith • Be Not Afraid • On Time • Trouble Don’t Last Always • Thank You Jesus • Too Late • Can’t Help Myself • DISC THREE / Ernie Saunders: A New Beginning • Never Gonna Let You Go • Saved • Shout Unto God • Keeper Of My Soul • Watch And Pray • I Worship You • I Have Been Changed • Give Him The Glory • Speak To Me

Various Artists The Gospel Anthology Gospel Silverwolf Records Cat # SWC 1101 Price Code: 3L (SRP $35.99) Double Jewel Case; Box Lot 15 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT No Canada Sales

Selling Points • The much-anticipated original cast album of the latest score/show from one of Broadway’s most beloved writing partnerships, Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty.

• Nominated for five Drama Desk Awards including Best Musical, Best Music, and Best Lyrics.

• Featuring one of Broadway’s leading men, Marc Kudisch, together with a talented cast including Natalie Venetia Belcon, Erin Davie, and TV’s Jeremy Webb.

• Featuring the iconic anthem “I Was Here,” this recording continues the partnership between JAY Records and the Lincoln Center Theatre.

Featured Artists Natalie Venetia Belcon, Erin Davie, John Kassir, David Patrick Kelly, Marc Kudisch, Julyana Soelistyo, Jeremy Webb

Original Cast The Glorious Ones Sndtrk/Shows Jay Records Cat # JAY 1407 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT No Canada Sales

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Track Listing Prologue • The Glorious Ones • Making Love • Pantalone Alone • The Comedy of Love • Madness to Act • Absalom • Scala’s Historical Journey • Amada’s Tarantella • Improvisation • The World She Writes • Opposite You • My Body Wasn’t Why • Scala’s Dream • Rise and Fall • The Moon Woman • The Glorious Ones • I Was There • Armanda’s Sack • Finale • Bonus Suite from The Glorious Ones • My Body Wasn’t Why (Solo) • I Was Here Press Quotes “A Valentine to the actors life—joyfully naughty with buoyant music by Stephen Flaherty and a bawdy book by Lynn Ahrens.” — New York Times Also Available JAY 1392 (2R) Dessa Rose (60528813922)

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Selling Points • The perfect family musical for all seasons, Anne of Green Gables is a perennial favorite family.

• Written by Nancy Ford and Gretchen Cryer, who also wrote the longrunning Broadway hit I’m Getting My Act Together And Taking It On The Road.

• Recorded in association with TheatreWorksUSA, a nationwide theatre company that specializes in family musicals.

Featured Artists Bethe B. Austin, Erick Devine, Alison Faircloth, Piper Goodeve, Jessica Grove, Heather Mac Rae, Michael Mendiola, Dustin Sullivan Track Listing Around The Bend • Pretty Kettle Of Fish • I Can Stay • It’s The Strangest Thing • Kindred Spirits • Making Up For Lost Time • The Use Of The Colon / Two Weeks • It Was Not Because Of Gilbert Blyth • Drunk • The Clock Keeps Ticking • It’s The Strangest Thing (Reprise) • 1st Day At The Academy/ It’s Nice To Know • The Graduation • Matthew’s Death • Around The Bend (Reprise) • Making Up For Lost Time (Reprise)/Finale Also Available JAY 1308 (R) I’m Getting My Act Together and Taking it On The Road (605288130823)

Original Off-Broadway Cast Anne of Green Gables Sndtrk/Shows Jay Records Cat # JAY 1404 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT No Canada Sales

Selling Points • The long awaited debut solo album of West End and TV star Simon Bowman.

• Bowman originated the role of Chris, the male lead in the original production of Miss Saigon. He sings two hit songs from the musical on this album: “Why God Why” and “The Last Night Of The World.”

• He made his West End debut in the role of Elvis and sings two of Elvis’ hit songs on this album: “One Night With You” and “Can’t Help Falling In Love.”

• Recorded at Abbey Road Studios, London with guest stars Paulette Ivory (The Lion King) and Katrina Murphy (The Phantom of the Opera, Carousel) with the National Symphony Orchestra.

Featured Artists Simon Bowman: vocals Katrina Murphy: vocals Paulette Ivory: vocals Track Listing Can’t Help Falling In Love (All Shook Up) • High Flying Adored (Evita) • The Last Night Of The World (Miss Saigon) • One Night With You (All Shook Up) • Phantom Of The Opera (The Phantom Of The Opera) • Bring Him Home (Les Miserables) • Falling (They’re Playing Our Song) • She’s Always A Woman (Movin’ Out) • The Least Of My Troubles (Blondel) • Breakthru (We Will Rock You) • Gethsemane (Jesus Christ Superstar) • Funny (City Of Angels) • Empty Chairs At Empty Tables (Les Miserables) • Why God Why? (Miss Saigon) • The Next Time (Summer Holiday) • Music Of The Night (The Phantom Of The Opera) • Oh • What A Circus (Evita) • Who Wants To Live Forever? (We Will Rock You)

Simon Bowman One Night With You Vocals Jay Records Cat # JAY 1403 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT No Canada Sales

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vocals

New Releases

Vocals SEPIA Cat # SEP 1127 Price Code: M (SRP $14.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT

Vocals SEPIA Cat # SEP 1126 Price Code: M (SRP $14.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT

No Canada Sales

No Canada Sales

Ann Sothern & Dorothy Lamour Sothern Lamour

Jane Morgan Sings Popular Favorites

Selling Points Two Hollywood legends on one CD for the first time! These recordings were made in 1957, when both women were at the top of their game.

Selling Points Sepia presents another wonderful Jane Morgan compilation featuring 27 popular favorites of the 1950s, including her Top 30 hit “The Day The Rains Came.”

Featured Artists Ann Sothern: vocals/Dorothy Lamour: vocals

Featured Artists Jane Morgan: vocals

Track Listing 24 tracks include: After You’ve Gone • Another Year • Always • The Last Time I Saw Paris • You’ll Never Know • My Man • Life Is Just A Bowl Of Cherries • Summertime • Everybody’s Doin’ It Now • Where Or When • Let’s Fall In Love • Wayfaring Stranger • Ballin’ The Jack • Let’s Be Buddies • You’re Mine You

Track Listing 27 tracks include: Around The World • It’s Not For Me To Say • An Affair To Remember • My Heart Reminds Me • April Love • All The Way • Young At Heart • Just A-Wearyin’ For You • Melodie D’amour • Till The End Of Time • Till • Tammy • Where The Blue Of The Night Meets The Gold Of Day • Catch A Falling Star

Sntrk/Shows SEPIA Cat # SEP 1125 Price Code: M (SRP $14.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT

Sndtrk/Shows SEPIA Cat # SEP 1124 Price Code: M (SRP $14.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT

No Canada Sales

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Various Artists Hansel and Gretel + Bonus

Original London Cast Bless the Bride

Selling Points This album features the first time on CD of two TV musicals—Hansel and Gretel (1958) and The Yeomen of the Guard (1957)—starring the legendary Barbara Cook and a host of other talent.

Selling Points An “as-complete-as-possible” London cast recording of Bless the Bride, incorporating a radio broadcast and commercially recorded tracks plus production photos supplied by Lizbeth Webb, the show’s leading lady.

Featured Artists Barbara Cook/Red Buttons/Rudy Vallee/Stubby Kaye/Alfred Drake/Bill Hayes/more Track Listing Hansel and Gretel (complete) • The Yeomen of the Guard (selections) • BONUS: Strange Things Are Happening • The Ho Ho Song • The Buttons’ Bounce • Oh! My Mother-In-Law • That Girl • Sorta On The Border • O (Oh!) • Cheers • The More You Laugh • Let’s Do It

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Featured Artists Lizbeth Webb/Georges Gueteray/Anona Winn/Betty Paul/ Brian Reece Track Listing Bless the Bride (selections) • BONUS: I Was Never Kissed Before • Ma Belle Marguerite (In French) • Table For Two • This Is My Lovely Day

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Kathie Lee Gifford’s first album of self-penned material.

Selling Points • Kathie Lee Gifford’s first CD in six years features all original songs.

• Gifford is the co-host of the Today Show on NBC. She has received 11 Emmy Award nominations during her 15-year run (1985–2000) on the television talk show Live with Regis and Kathie Lee, which she co-hosted with Regis Philbin.

Featured Artists Kathie Lee Gifford: vocals David Friedman: producer, conductor Martin Agee, Marshall P. Coid: violin Barry Finclair, Christopher Frazgrote: violin Scott Ballantyne, Jeanne LeBlanc: cello Clay Ruede, Peter Sanders: cello Julien Barber, Richard Brice: viola Kenneth Burward-Hoy, Jill Jaffe: viola Jay Berlinger, Ken Sebesky: guitar John Beal, Steven LaSpina: bass John Campo: bassoon Erik Charleston: percussion Matthew Dine: English horn Lawrence Feldman: clarinet Elizabeth D. Mann: flute Robert Ingliss: oboe Evan A. Johnson, Jon Kass: violin Susan Jolles: harp/and more Track Listing • Everyone Has A Story • An Old Friend • Blame It On Love • Dungaree Doll • Goodbye • I Wanna Go There Again • I Want To Matter • I’d Rather • Little Baby • Mr. Right • My Way Home • Only My Pillow Knows • Sharing It

Kathie Lee Gifford My Way Home Vocals LML Music Cat # LML 236 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT No Canada Sales

Press quotes “Impeccably and beautifully sung. Her talent and love of singing shine through.” — Michael Feinstein “A great songwriter! I love them all, especially ‘Only My Pillow Knows.’” — Dolly Parton “I’m so glad that there are artists like [Gifford] out there who are trying to keep the art of writing melodies and lyrics alive. [Her] CD is filled with emotional songwriting and beautiful sentiments. [Her] singing is solid, vulnerable, and very believable. The songs and performances are moving and elegant.” — Barry Manilow Media & Marketing Email blast from Kathie Lee Gifford’s website. Today Show appearance.

Key Markets Hometown: Baltimore & Washington DC. Also: New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Boston

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New Releases

Children Casablanca Kids, Inc. Cat # CKI 42006 Price Code: D (SRP $6.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 BEST SELLER

Children Casablanca Kids, Inc. Cat # CKI 44020 Price Code: D (SRP $6.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 BEST SELLER

No Canada Sales

No Canada Sales

Al Simmons Celery Stalks at Midnight

Various Artists To Mommy I Love You

Selling Points Juno Award winner for Best Children’s Album. Parent’s Choice Award winner. Al Simmons combines clever lyrics, comedy, bad puns, and zaniness the whole family will enjoy! “A masterpiece.

Simmons’ delivery is dead-on” (Los Angeles Times).

Selling Points To Mommy: I Love You makes a great gift and includes heartwarming songs that the whole family can sing.

Track Listing Discover Me • Celery Stalks At Midnight • I.M.4.U. • La Vie En Rose • My Hat’s On The Side of My Head • Where Did you Get That Hat? • Sam, You Made The Pants Too Long • Open The Door, Richard • Don’t Make Me Sing Along • Baby (Why Are You Crying So?) • Clothes Encounters • Mosquito (Diptera-Culicidae) • The Cry Of The Wild Goose

Track Listing 19 tracks include: Fred Penner: The ABCs of You • Sharon, Lois & Bram: A Bushel And A Peck • Fred Penner: Favourite Things • Jack Grunsky: With My Own Two Hands • Sharon, Lois & Bram: You Made Me a Pallet on the Floor • Fred Penner: You Are My Sunshine • Bob King: Give it a Little Time • Sharon, Lois & Bram: Cooking Breakfast For The One I Love • Fred Penner: Grandma’s Glasses • Bob King: Brother For Sale • Jack Grunsky: My Grandma & Me • Sharon, Lois & Bram: That’s What The Daisy Said • Fred Penner: From The Heart • Jack Grunsky: Like a Flower to the Sun

Children Casablanca Kids, Inc. Cat # CKI 44008 Price Code: D (SRP $6.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 BEST SELLER

Children Casablanca Kids, Inc. Cat # CKI 44007 Price Code: D (SRP $6.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 BEST SELLER

No Canada Sales

No Canada Sales

Jack Grunsky World Safari

Fred Penner Rhyme a Word or Two

Selling Points Jack Grunky’s world music beat takes children away on a musical safari around the world! Winner of four Juno Awards, Parent’s Choice Awards, NAPPA Gold Awards, iParenting Awards, and multiple placements on the American Library Association’s Notable Recording Lists.

Selling Points These songs are a pure delight to sing along with as the rhymes tickle your funny bone and your tongue. Our Choice Award winner.

Iconic children’s artist Fred Penner has been entertaining families for over 20 years and is best known for his long-running TV Show Fred Penner’s Place on Nickelodeon. “Introducing Fred Penner to your toddlers creates a nice base for their developing musical tastes” (Metro Kids).

Track Listing Siyanibingelela • Gypsies • Paddle My Canoe • Moose & Caribou • (It’s Raining, It’s Pouring) Big Thunder, Dark Cloud • Little Samba Girl • My Tree • Mrs. Tuckaway • Up The River • Dream Catcher • Water From The Well • All The Rivers Flow Down

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Track Listing Rhyme A Word or Two • Polly Wolly Doodle • Ba Ba No Ma • 10 In A Bed • Keemo Kimo • Talk Talk • A House is a House for Me • L’il Liza Jane • It Ain’t Gonna Rain • Ebeneezer Sneezer • Des Colores • Jim Along Josie • This Old Man • Bon Soir Mes Amis

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Beautifully printed, high-quality blank cards with a music CD inside. Wrapped in thin plastic sleeve. CDs feature relaxing music from a variety of Paradise Music artists including Niall, Llewellyn, Juliana, and Helios & Aetherium. Cards are 13.5 cm square, and come with an envelope. Front cover sticker notifies buyer about CD inside.

Special Interest Paradise Music Cat # PMC 116 Price Code: G (SRP $8.99) Greeting Card w/ CD; Box Lot 25 ISBN: 978-1-905907-83-0 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT

Special Interest Paradise Music Cat # PMC 149 Price Code: G (SRP $8.99) Greeting Card w/ CD; Box Lot 25 ISBN: 978-1-905907-84-7 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT

No Canada Sales

No Canada Sales

Llewellyn Reiki Card 1

Llewellyn Angel Card 1

Relaxing healing music. Six tracks, approx 50 minutes.

Relaxing, calming music ideal for bedtime. Six tracks, approx 50 minutes.

Special Interest Paradise Music Cat # PMC 120 Price Code: G (SRP $8.99) Greeting Card w/ CD; Box Lot 25 ISBN: 978-1-9059078-70-8 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT

Special Interest Paradise Music Cat # PMC 151 Price Code: G (SRP $8.99) Greeting Card w/ CD; Box Lot 25 ISBN: 978-1-906738-18-1 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT

No Canada Sales

No Canada Sales

Various Artists Moon Card 1

Philip Permutt Meditation Card 1

Relaxing music. Seven tracks, approx 50 minutes.

Features high quality guided meditations. Five tracks, approx 50 minutes.

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New Releases Selling Points • Drawing inspiration from all aspects of this vital phenomenon, Sacred Signs evokes both the mystery and the transformative power of the crop circles. With a soundtrack that resonates at the level of their vibration, this atmospheric, meditative music by Bradfield facilitates the direct transmission of their energy to the human soul.

• Deluxe booklet includes essays, silhouettes, and geometry of crop circles.

Featured Artists Bradfield: piano, synthesizers, programming.

Anael: vocals Track Listing Golden Ball Hill • The Firs • Milk Hill (White Horse) • Ogbourne St. George • East Field (Wiltshire) • East Field (Alton Barnes) • North Downs • Avebury Trusloe • Woolstone Hill • Sacred Signs (Title Track) Press Quotes “A unique compositional method … a tone-poemish approach and a more accessible pop sound. Bradfield has abundant technical proficiency.”

— Wind and Wire

Bradfield Sacred Signs New Age Apsis Music Cat # APS 606 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 30 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT No Canada Sales

Media & Marketing Full servicing of mainstream and alternative radio as well as print and web media. Speaking engagements in Vermont.

Key Markets Los Angeles, San Francisco, Phoenix, Seattle, New York, Portland, Chicago Also Available APS 2007 (Q) Light & Love (629048106521) Selling Points • Joyously overflowing with infectious rhythms, intoxicating themes, and a plethora of exotic instruments, Exhilara is a high-energy universal voyage that pulsates with a penetrating, spiritual vibe. Above the groove, tribal voices heighten the drama, creating a rich, invigorating sonic incarnation of the core elements that frame our physical world.

Featured Artists Bradfield: percussion, ney, shakuhachi, bansuri, cathedral organ, duduk, tambura, cimbalom, rain stick, strings, gadulka, highland pipes, bass, drums, assorted synthesizers, piano, programming.

Anael: vocals Track Listing Initium • Mera • Perpetuus • Infragilis • Terra • Terra II • Caelum • Universum • Exhilara Press Quotes “Intoxicating rhythms with joyful, clever melodies and Bradfield’s unique touch.” — Quebec Loisirs

Anael & Bradfield Exilhara World Apsis Music Cat # APS 306 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT No Canada Sales

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Media & Marketing Full promo service to mainstream and alternative radio as well as print and web media.

Key Markets Los Angeles, San Francisco, Phoenix, Seattle, New York, Portland, Chicago Also Available APS 2202 (Q) Spiritual Beings on a Human Journey (620953220227)

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Selling Points • Erik Berglund is known as the “healer’s healer,” and his music envelopes the listener in a celestial cocoon of divine energy. Angel Healing combines his harp with the wonderful orchestration of John Mazzei. One continuous composition provides the perfect atmosphere for meditation, relaxation, healing, and creating the feeling of being surrounded by angels.

Featured Artists Erik Berglund: Douglas Irish harp John Mazzei: synthesizer orchestration Track Listing Angel Healing Press Quotes “[Erik Berglund] seems able to channel the music of the angels and has created some of the most musical and original sounds of our time.” — New Age Retailer Media & Marketing Radio service to top NAR, college, satellite/cable, in-flight, and internet stations.

Press copies to national publications. Ads with New Age Retailer, Inspired Retailer, Healing Arts Guide, and Light of Consciousness.

Key Markets Hometown: Mt Shasta, CA. Also: Los Angeles, San Francisco, Phoenix, Seattle, New York, Toronto, Montreal, Portland, Ashland, Sarasota, Tampa Bay, Naples, Miami, Ft. Lauderdale, West Palm Beach, Chicago, Boston Also Available ORM 2852 (Q) Angelic Harp Music (723723594327)

Erik Berglund Angel Healing New Age Oreade Music Cat # ORM 65402 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT No Canada Sales

World/New Age New Folk Records Cat # NFR 782 Price Code: M (SRP $14.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 30 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT

Latin/World Tumi Music Cat # TUM 156 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Double Slimline; Box Lot 30 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT

No Canada Sales

No Canada Sales

Greg Herriges Telluric Currents

To’Mezclao Híbrid [Dual Disc / 2 FOR 1]

Selling Points John McLaughlin’s Shakti meets Michael Hedges in a Bollywood soundtrack to a journey down the Silk Road.

Selling Points A unique fusion of reggae, rock, and son. The January issue of Songlines dedicated a feature to this new group. Includes bonus DVD, playable in all regions. Spanish with English subtitles.

Featured Artists Greg Herriges: guitar, bouzouki, vocals, kalimba, accordion, lassos d’amore/Troy Berg: djembe, ethno-percussion/A. Pavan: tabla/ Pooja Goswami: vocals/John Wright: bass, guitar

Featured Artists Yusi González: piano, keyboard/Israel López, Ciro Benemelis: bass/ Yonaiky González: flute/Juan Kemell: trumpet/and more

Track Listing Prelude (I Hear) • Rama Be Good • Nothing Is True • True Smile • The Moth • Hina Matsuri • Kap Khun • The Sugar in the Milk • Üsküdar • Unspoken • Rokudan No Shirabe (1st Movement) • Pipeline • Sabir Khan Song • I Hear

Track Listing Aquí todo ya está inventao • La consentida • La superficial • Quiero olvidarla • Se me acaba la vida • Mango Bajito • No me destierres • Dale • Como es posible (No, No, No) • Hoy quiero más • Flaca • Cuando pasa el tiempo

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New Releases

Mesmerizing ambient mixes will transport you to a sensual dreamscape while high-energy dance tracks will make you move.

Front Cover Sticker Indulge your senses with mesmerizing ambient mixes and high-energy dance tracks.

Selling Points • Captivating cover and elaborate digipak packaging.

• A combination of sensual chillout grooves and exotic dance mixes makes Arabian Pleasure a versatile album.

• Includes cutting-edge DJs from Los Angeles, San Francisco, Beirut, Rome, and more.

Track Listing • Roger Abboud: Ya Gamil • Jef Stott: Hizzy Ya Nawaem • Giacomo Bondi: Garden of Eden • Drumspyder: Ramallah • Roger Abboud: Sands of Time • Giacomo Bondi: The Sultan’s Dream • Roger Abboud: Desert Dancefloor • Giacomo Bondi: Aatini Nay • Jef Stott: Hebbina • Petrol Bomb Samosa: Il Hilwa Di • Roger Abboud: Electric Lotus • Giacomo Bondi: Ayoun El Soud • Drumspyder: Baghdad Dub Mix • Petrol Bomb Samosa: Enta Omri

Various Artists Arabian Pleasure Middle East/Worldbeat Caravan Records Cat # CRV 5245 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Digipak; Box Lot 40 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT

Press Quotes “An excellent fusion of Arabian melodies with chillout and club grooves. A club essential!!” — DJ Ralph Von Richthoven Media & Marketing Servicing to radio, college radio, and music/lifestyle publications.

Servicing to DJs nationwide.

No Canada Sales

ALSO AVAILABLE Electric Oasis Cat # CRV 5235 Price Code: Q No Canada Sales

Electric Oasis 2 Cat # CRV 5242 Price Code: Q No Canada Sales

Beirut Underground Cat # CRV 5238 Price Code: Q No Canada Sales

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Key Markets Also: Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco, Portland, Seattle, Dallas, Chicago, Detroit, Miami, New York, Boston

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Front Cover Sticker Features Paco Peña, Manolo Domínguez, Diego el Cigala (Dieguito), Paco del Gastor, The Losada Brothers.

Selling Points Authentic flamenco music featuring some of the best names in the genre.

• Includes live & studio performances, differing styles of flamenco, and traditional tunes.

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Featured Artists Paco Peña, Tito Losada, Diego Losada, Vaky Losado: guitar Paco del Gastor, Juan del Gastor, Manolo Domínguez: guitar José Losada: guitar, percussion César Victoriano: percussion La Susi, “El Chaparro” Rafael Montilla, María Soleá: vocals “Dieguito” Diego el Cigala, “Guadiana” Antonio Suarez: vocals Tina Pavón, El Cabrero: vocals Track Listing Solquema • Tangos • Bulería • Canto Penitencial • Riomar • Mantilla de Feria • Repiques • Santo • Alegrías • Mantilla y peina • Tango major y menor • Cosas Mias • La Escencia Press Quotes “[A] worthy back-to-basics collection of traditional Brazil styles.” — Songlines [CRO 16058] Media & Marketing Coverage on BBC Radio and other world music stations (available worldwide via digital radio). Ads with BBC Music magazine, Gramophone, Songlines, and other world music journals, magazines, and websites.

Various Artists Acoustic World: Flamenco Flamenco/World CORO Cat # CRO 16068 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT No Canada Sales

Selling Points • Scotland’s most famous pipe & drum band performs with the accompaniment of the Band of the Coldstream Guards. Features “La Baum,” a new compiled arrangement.

• The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards have served in all the major theatres of war during the past two centuries and are a first-class cavalry unit in their own right.

• The Queen’s piper Derek Potter (formerly Pipe major RSDG) sums up the role of the pipes & drums today: “The pipes are an integral part of the regiment, who take huge pride in their music. They are always excited to share this music with the wider world at every opportunity.” When not fulfilling military commitments the band tours the world playing at public events and competitions.

Featured Artists Royal Scots Dragoon Guards Pipe Band Coldstream Guards Military Band Track Listing 39 tracks include: Auld Lang Syne • Flower Of Scotland • The Old Rustic Bridge • Marie’s Wedding • Lord Lovet’s Lament • Hills of Alva • Amazing Grace • The Muckin’ O’ Geordie’s Byre • Bonnie Dundee • La Baum • Scotland The Brave • Black Bear • Colonel Robertson • Captain Compare • The Cow The Goat & The Pot Belly Pig • Holiday In Inverellen • The Days The Guns Fell Silent • Ashley’s Thinning Napper • Queen Of The Rushes • My Home • Skye Boat Song • Highland Cradle Song • Dark Isle • Highland Laddie • The Green Hills of Tyrol (A Scottish Soldier) • Garb of Old Gaul also avilable SCT 694 (M) Parallel Tracks (723724527225) SCT 642 (M) Highland Cathedral (723723617828)

The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards Auld Lang Syne Scotland/World Scotdisc Cat # SCT 783 Price Code: M (SRP $14.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT No Canada Sales

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New Releases

Celtic/World Global Journey Cat # GJR 3667 Price Code: L (SRP $11.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25

Celtic/World Global Journey Cat # GJR 3668 Price Code: L (SRP $11.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25

No Canada Sales

No Canada Sales

The Whisky Poets Ballads

The Flannerys Rhythms

Selling Points There is nothing as moving as an Irish ballad—whether good times or bad, the Irish always have a song to sing and a story to tell. These traditional ballads cover a multitude of subjects, but together they portray the emotions and aspirations of a nation.

Selling Points The Flannerys, at their best, produce the definitive example of Celtic rhythms. Their style exudes a carefree exuberance that is as spontaneous as great Irish music should be.

Featured Artists The Whisky Poets: guitar, bodhran, flute, keyboard Track Listing Spancil Hill • Fields of Athenry • Churchyard Echo • Paddy’s Green Shamrock • Parting Glass • Skibbereen • Voyage of Dreams • Botany Bay • Dublin Bay • Memories of Erin • Home Again Kathleen • Holy Ground • Snowy Breasted Pearl • Final Journey

Featured Artists The Flannerys: bodhran, flute, keyboard Track Listing Longford Lanes • Mulligan’s Son • The Pony’d Streets • Castlebar Re-Revisited • The Drum Hills • Paddy Skelly’s Step • Three Great Waves • Hill of Mochaen • Rory’s Theme • Road To Lisdoon • The Shannon Dances • Listowel-2 Furlongs • St. Brendan’s Whirlpool

Celtic/World Global Journey Cat # GJR 3669 Price Code: L (SRP $11.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25

Celtic/World Global Journey Cat # GJR 3670 Price Code: L (SRP $11.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25

No Canada Sales

No Canada Sales

Boann’s Clan Jigs & Reels

Keith Halligan Serenity

Selling Points Boann’s Clan worked themselves into a frenzy to produce this unique, spectacular album that gets the adrenaline pumping.

Selling Points The seemingly hypnotic effect of these beautiful Celtic tracks will invoke an image of unspoiled rural beauty and a sense of tranquility that will stay with you long after the music has stopped.

Featured Artists Boann’s Clan: Uillean pipes, flute, bodhran, guitar, fiddle Track Listing The Maid On The Green • A Trip To Fairyhouse • The Frost Is All Over • Strop The Razor • The Connaughtman’s Rambles • Toy Of Cork Road • Donnybrook Fair • The Emeral Isle • The Humors Of Castle Comber • The Irish Washerwoman • The Flower Of Donnybrook • The Green Fields Of America • Teetotallers Reel • The Humors Of Castlerickard

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Featured Artists Keith Halligan: flute, harp Track Listing Whisper of the Harp • Farewell to Erin • Bantry Mornings • Silver Lining • Danny’s Son • Clonakilty • A Portrait of Niamh • The Wicklow Hills • Still Dreaming • Roses From Tralee

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A broad spectrum of styles, from jigs & reels to ballads, converge to produce the ultimate collection of traditional Irish music!

Selling Points • Special packaging includes all 6 CDs in an LP-style jacket measuring approx. 12" by 11 1/4".

• The world famous Furey Brothers are the headline act of this stunning collection of Irish music, which also features The Flannerys, Boann’s Clan, Keith Halligan, and The Whisky Poets.

• The Furey Brothers will celebrate their 30th anniversary this year with the release of a live CD+DVD, recorded in Vicar St, Dublin.

Featured Artists Furey Brothers The Flannerys Boann’s Clan Keith Halligan The Whisky Poets Track listing DISC ONE When You Were Sweet Sixteen • Blowin’ In The Wind • Dublin You’re Breaking My Heart • The Green Fields Of France • Gerladine’s Thinking Of Galway • Leaving Nancy • Skye Boat Song • Tennessee Waltz • Gallipoli • Through The Eyes Of An Irishman • Waltzing Matilda My Darling • I’ll Be There DISC TWO Spancil Hill • Fields Of Athenry • Churchyard Echo • Paddy’s Green Shamrock • Parting Glass • Skibbereen • Voyage Of Dreams • Botany Bay • Dublin Bay • Memories Of Erin • Home Again Kathleen • Holy Ground • Snowy Breasted Pearl • Final Journey DISC THREE Longford Lanes • Mulligan’s Son • The Pony’d Streets • Castlebar ReVisited • The Drum Hills • Paddy Skelly’s Step • Three Great Waves • Hill Of Mochaen • Rory’s Theme • Road To Lisdoon • The Shannon Dances • Listowel – Two Furlongs • St Brendan’s Whirlpool

Various Artists Celtic Collection Celtic/World Global Journey Cat # GJR 2517 Price Code: 6C (SRP $35.99) LP Jacket; Box Lot 25 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT No Canada Sales

DISC FOUR The Maid On The Green • A Trip To Fairyhous • The Frost Is All Over • Strop The Razor • The Connaughtman’s Rambles • Top Of Cork Road • Donnybrook Fair • The Emeral Isle • The Humors Of Castle Comber • The Irish Washerwoman • The Flower Of Donnybrook • Green Fields Of America • Teetotaller’s Reel • The Humors Of Castlerickard DISC FIVE Whisper Of The Harp • Farewell To Erin • Bantry Mornings • Silver Lining • Danny’s Son • Clonakilty • A Portrait Of Niamh • The Wicklow Hills • Still Dreaming • Roses From Tralee DISC SIX Morning Mist On The Boyne • Ebb And Flow • Mo Run Geal Og • The Tuatha De Danaan • Song Of Boann • Enter The Dagdha • My End Of Times • Aonghus And Caer • The Wedding • Connla’s Well • While Nechtan Sleeps • Whitewater • Death Of A Goddess

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best sellers

SILVERWOLF SPOTLIGHTS St. PATRICK’S DAY! Automatic 12% discount February 1–March 10, 2009 Here Be Dragons Celtic Bonding

Here Be Dragons Alcohol & Rain

Cat # SWC 1034 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99)

Cat # SWC 1036 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99)

No Canada Sales

No Canada Sales

Irishields The Last Night In Doolin

FBA Till the Sky Shall Fall

Cat # SWC 1046 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99)

Cat # SWC 1049 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99)

No Canada Sales

No Canada Sales

Celtic Harp Orchestra Got the Magic

Here Be Dragons Bright New Tomorrow

Cat # SWC 1051 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99)

Cat # SWC 1082 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99)

No Canada Sales

No Canada Sales

Ariella Uliano The Wandering Spirit

Cormac Cormac

Cat # SWC 2 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99)

Cat # SWC 1069 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99)

No Canada Sales

No Canada Sales

Will ‘o the Wisp Cionn Caslach

Ariella Uliano So We’ll Go No More A-roving

Cat # SWC 1056 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99)

Cat # SWC 1057 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99)

No Canada Sales

No Canada Sales

Fir Soar Keltic

Cat # SWC 1053 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) No Canada Sales

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Air Mail Music China: Guzheng Selling Points An exceptional album by Michelle Ng, one of the most talented exponents of the guzheng. Ng studied the guzheng at the Academy of Performing Arts under master Cheng Chuen. She was a member of the Cheun Ying Guzheng Ensemble, which performed concerts in China and also toured in Europe to great success and critical acclaim. As a solo artist, Ng has performed in Hunan and Beijing, where she was instructed by Fan Shang’e. She has received many awards, including the 1994 Doming Lam prize and the Hugo Award.

Featured Artists Michelle Ng: guzheng Track Listing Lin Chong’s Night Flight • New Song For Lake Tung-Ting • River & Emerald Wave •Battle Of The Typhoon • The Hunting Of The Swan By The Hawk • High Mountains And Flowing Rivers • Spring Comes To Snowy Mountain • Fisherman’s Evening Song • River Lau Yeung • Dance Of The Yee People • Spinning & Weaving • Celebration Of The Harvest Year • Song Of Remembrance • Wishes • Melody Of Bao Leng • Book Rhyme

China/World Air Mail Music Cat # PLS 141176 Price Code: J (SRP $9.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 No Canada Sales

Air Mail Music Fado: Instrumental Selling Points This work by Arménio de Melo and José Maria Nobrega, two of the best fado instrumentalists of the present day, is the first of its kind to have been devised and recorded with the specific aim of providing a reference work for those interested in the musical aspect of fado. The poignant emotion, the brilliant timbre, a wealth of rhythm, and a feeling for improvisation are all there, and are brilliantly performed in this anthology.

Featured Artists Arménio De Melo: Portuguese guitar/José Maria Nóbrega: guitar Track Listing Nostalgia • Armandinho • Jaime Santos • Marceneiro • Balada da saudade • Variaçoes de Armandinho • Martinho d’Assunçao • Variaçoes em ré • Carlos da maia • Guitarra Triste • Noturno

Portugal/World Air Mail Music Cat # PLS 141175 Price Code: J (SRP $9.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 No Canada Sales

Air Mail Music Iran: Percussions Selling Points Behnam Samani is regarded as one of the truly great exponents of the tombak (Iranian goblet drum). In this concert, recorded in Germany in 1999, he is accompanied by his brother Reza Samani on the dajere, and by the great Indian tabla player Kousic Sen. The exceptional sound quality of the recording brings out the virtuosity of these three artists.

Featured Artists Behnam Samani: tombak/Reza Samani: dajere/Kousic Sen: tabla Track Listing Tabla & Dajere • Tabla Solo • Tombak, Dajere & Tabla • Tombak Duo

Iran/World Air Mail Music Cat # PLS 141174 Price Code: J (SRP $9.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 No Canada Sales

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New Releases & best sellers

World Fusion ENJA Cat # ENJ 9401 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Digipak; Box Lot 30 best seller

World Fusion ENJA Cat # ENJ 94742 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Digipak; Box Lot 30

No Canada Sales

No Canada Sales

Rabih Abou-Khalil The Cactus of Knowledge

Matt Darriau Paradox Trio Gambit

Selling Points Constantly changing rhythms, thrilling dynamics, and an endless flow of Asian-flavored melodies in a orchestral context new to our ears.

Soundtrack to companion DVD.

Selling Points “The Paradox Trio follows one klezmer trail back to the Balkans and the Middle East, where modal scales and odd meters are part of folk traditions. But the music is urban and American, a long way from traditionalism” (New York Times).

Featured Artists Rabih Abou-Khalil: oud/Eddie Allen, Dave Ballou: trumpet/ Antonio Hart, Ellery Eskelin: saxophone/Tom Varner: French horn/Dave Bargeron: euphonium/Michel Godard: tuba/and more Track Listing Lewinsky March • Business As Usual • Fraises Et Crème Fraiche • Got To Go Home • Oum Saïd • Maltese Chicken Farm • Ma Muse M’Amuse • Pont Neuf

Uzbekistan/World Buda Records Cat # BUD 7797 Price Code: 2D (SRP $13.99) Double Slimline; Box Lot 25 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT No Canada Sales

Music from the World Karakalpakistan: The Voice of Ancestors [CD+DVD] Selling Points Karakalpakistan is an autonomous republic of Uzbekistan—a culture both age-old and alive, with talented young bards and musicians expressing the voice of the ancestors. Songs are based on heroic and romantic epics played on the kobyz fiddle or dutar (two stringed lute).

Detailed booklet and bonus DVD included.

Track Listing Edige 1 • Bolmasa • Terme • Qaraqalpaqta • Edige 2 • Naz bilen • Kelin • Ton bolsa • Ne Ko’rdin’kara at-ne ko’rdin’? • Sho’girme • Häyyiw 1 • Häyyiw 2 • Hawjar • Anam • Sayra duwtar • Ulli ziban • Qara Jorg’a • Shabandoz • Min’tu’men • Shashbawli alti qiz namasi • Shin’qobiz namasi • Torg’aj namasi • Altinko’l namasi

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Featured Artists Matt Darriau: saxophones, clarinets, bagpipe/Brad Shepik: electric guitar/Rufus Cappadocia: electric cello/Seido Salifoski: dumbek, percussion/Theodosii Spassov: kaval, vocals Track Listing Theo’s Gambit • Maichinko • Paidushko • Point • Faux 7 • Free Gaida • Cocek I Gong • Tudorka

France/World Buda Records Cat # BUD 7796 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT No Canada Sales

Music from the World France: Traditional Calendar Songs Selling Points The endless return of seasons and seasonal works keeps on nurturing our lives. From New Year’s Day to the fogs of Christmas, times flows in a perpetual cycle.

Featured Artists Jean-François Dutertre: vocals, hurdy-gurdy/Adel Shams El Din: percussions Track Listing 21 tracks include: Guillaneu • L’Aguillaneu • Le Guignolot de SaintLazot • Aguignettes • Voici le Mardi-Gras • Mardi-Gras • Le jour de Pâques fleuries • La Passion de Jésus-Christ • Voici le Printemps

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tour dates

Bill Harley

Mark O’Connor

Kingston Trio

Cat # ROU 204 Price Code: M (SRP $14.99) UPC: 719084020421

Cat # OMC 9 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) UPC: 676519000192

Cat # SWC 1047 Price Code: 2F (SRP $19.99) UPC: 787991104725

1/31/09 Golden, CO – JUC! Live Concert Series

1/23/09 New York, NY – Symphony Space

2/5/09 Palm Gardens, FL – Barland Theatre

3/7/09 Cincinnati, OH – Cincinnati Playhouse

1/25/09 Reston, VA – Reston Community Center

2/7/09 Pasadena, CA – Beckham Auditorium

3/28/09 Greenfield, MA – Greenfield High School

2/8/09 Evanston, IL – Evanston Symphony Orchestra

2/13/09 Columbus, OH – Ohio Theatre

4/4/09 Pawtucket, RI – Stone Soup Coffeehouse

2/14/09 Grand Junction, CO – Grand Junction Symphony

3/6/09 North Fort Myers, FL – Old Bridge Village

4/5/09 Madison, CT – Polson Middle School

2/22/09 Miami, FL – Florida Symphony

3/8–9/09 Venice, FL – Venice Little Theatre

4/24/09 Laurinburg, NC – The John Blue House

2/28/09 New York, NY – Avery Fischer Hall

Trout Fishing In America

Jil Aigrot

3/2–6/09 Los Angeles, CA – UCLA Artist in Residence

First Bird Call

Words of Love: The Voice of Edith Piaf Cat # LML 227 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) UPC: 711788022725

Live In New York

Amina Figarova Above the Clouds

All Sides of the Kingston Trio

Mine!

Cat # TRT 9 Price Code: M (SRP $14.99) UPC: 727106287929 2/7/09 Saratoga, CA – Montalvo Arts Center

3/13–14/09 Modesto, CA – Gallo Center

Cat # MRC 5032 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) UPC: 742451550320

3/16/09 Livermore, CA – Livermore PAC

2/24/09 Cleveland, OH – Nighttown Jazz Club

3/21/09 Williamstown, MA – Clark Art Institute

3/17/09 Palm Springs, CA – Annenberg Center

2/25/09 Los Angeles, CA – Jazz Bakery

3/20/09 Nashville, TN – Vanderbilt University

2/26/09 La Jolla, CA – The Atheneum

3/29/09 San Francisco, CA – Eugene & Elinor Friend Center of the Arts

3/21/09 Memphis, TN – Germantown PAC

2/27/09 Carson City, NV – Brewery Arts Center

3/23/09 Key West, FL – Tennessee Williams Theater

2/28/09 Fresno, CA – Fresno Jazz Society

3/27/09 Sanibel, FL – Big Arts

3/1/09 San Jose, CA – San Jose Jazz Festival

3/28/09 Washington, DC – Lisner Auditorium

Dave Bennett

4/2/09 Madison, WI – Overture Center 4/4/09 Napa, CA– Napa Valley Opera House

Ray Stevens

Laughter is the Best Medicine Cat # CYD 7022 Price Code: L (SRP $11.99) UPC: 700886003521

Celebrates 100 Years of Benny Cat # ARB 19389 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) UPC: 780941138924 1/24/09 Port Huron, MI – First United Methodist 2/5/09 Daytona Beach, FL – Peabody Auditorium 2/28/09 Detroit, MI – Masonic Temple

3/4/09 Plant City, FL –Strawberry Festival

3/14–15/09 Harrisburg, PA – The Forum

4/10/09 Bixby, OK – Spirit Bank Center

3/24/09 Summit, MO – The Pavilion at John Knox Village

4/11/09 Shawnee, OK – Fire Lake Casino

3/26–28/09 Nashville, TN – Schermerhorn Symphony Center

3/14/09 Reading, PA – Miller Center for the Arts

4/3/09 Calgary, AB – Dalhousie Community Centre 4/18/09 Philadelphia, PA – Free Library of Philadelphia 4/24/09 Grand Prairie, TX – Uptown Theater 4/30/09 Alamogordo, NM – Flickinger PAC

Tant Deman Lo Cor de la Plana

Cat # BUD 7530 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) UPC: 3259130175301 3/28/09 Minneapolis, MN – McGuire Theater 3/29/09 Cleveland, OH – Museum of Natural History 3/31/09 Dayton, OH – Boll Theatre 4/3/09 Rosslyn, VA – Rosslyn Spectrum 4/4/09 New York, NY – Symphony Space

5/1/09 Paducah, KY – Carson PAC 5/2/09 Nashville, IN – Little Nashville Opry House 9/18–19/09 Myrtle Beach, SC – AL Theatre

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Kathie Lee Gifford introducing her first album of self-penned material

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