Jazz/Blues Clients

Katie and the Carnival

Katie and the Carnival are an energetic and engaging group based in Belfast.  Fronted by Katie Richardson, who transcends the stereotype of the quirky female vocalist, with her remarkable stage presence, soulful voice and joyous wit. The bands music is soulful and harmoniously driven with influences from folk, pop, jazz, rock and a little bit of dark cabaret! (Katie creates the kind of smokey jazz that Norah Jones might make if you snuck a load of vodka in her diet coke!).

There is a heavy emphasis from the band of the importance on putting on a show and giving the audience an experience for the eyes as well as their ears. Their live shows have been described as electric and exciting. The strong word of mouth endorsements of such have been echoing the Belfast streets meandering its way throughout Ireland. Proving that there is every reason to get excited about this band.

Katie has worked with many other artists in Ireland such as Duke Special, Foy Vance and The Salt Flats.

Katie and the Carnival recently recorded and arranged the track ‘Bring me Sunshine’ for a Dale Farm advert, which began its TV run in the Summer of 2011. Link to the TV ad on YouTube can be found here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkxvwQ3C9kw

The band release Single ‘Fancy Face’ on 1st November and they plan to release their debut album in the New Year. (Official date TBA)

Links: http://www.facebook.com/katieandthecarnivalband

CYNDI LAUPER

MEMPHIS BLUES.

CYNDI LAUPER: MEMPHIS BLUES.

ALBUM: OUT OCT 1ST.

13 weeks at No.1 for “Memphis Blues” on the Billboard Blues Album Chart!

Cyndi Lauper Memphis Blues: A collection of blues cover songs, recorded this March at Electraphonic Studios in Memphis, Tennessee, features appearances by such great artists as B.B. King, Jonny Lang, Allen Toussaint, Ann Peebles and Charlie Musselwhite.“This is the album I’ve wanted to make for years,” said Lauper. “All of these beautiful songs, and all of the great players on the album, were carefully chosen because I’ve admired them my entire life. And I knew from the moment Alan Toussaint hit the keys in ‘Shattered Dreams’ that we were creating something really special.”The feel of Memphis Blues is gritty and full of life. It bristles with the kind of energy that earmarked the hit singles invented on the fly at Stax Records, the historic and spiritual prototype for Electraphonic, where musicians of multiple generations work side-by-side creating soul-driven anthems for the brokenhearted, the unrequited, and the overlooked.

Lauper, who traveled from New York to Memphis to set up camp at Electraphonic Recording Studio, assembled a team of crackerjack session players to cut the way she knew this record had to be done: live, analog, with Cyndi herself calling out arrangements on the studio floor.Produced by Scott Bomar and mixed by longtime collaborator William Wittman, Memphis Blues features appearances by a veritable dream team of blues and soul greats, including harmonica master Charlie Musselwhite, vocalist Ann “I Can’t Stand the Rain” Peebles, brilliant Crescent City organist Allen Toussaint, and hotshot guitar heroes Jonny Lang and legend B.B. King.

Memphis Blues session players include Stax veterans Lester Snell and Skip Pitts, and Hi Rhythm Section alums Leroy Hodges and Howard Grimes, studio careerists who cut their teeth recording with the likes of Isaac Hayes and Al Green. Along with the punctuating blasts provided by trumpeter Marc Franklin, baritone saxophonist Kirk Smother, and tenor saxman Derrick Williams, they provided a steadfast foundation for Lauper’s impeccable vocals.

TRACKLISTING


1. I’m Just Your Fool (feat. Charlie Musselwhite)

2. Shattered Dreams (feat. Allen Toussaint)

3. Early in the Morning (feat. Allen Toussaint & B.B. King)

4. Romance in the Dark

5. How Blue Can You Get (feat. Jonny Lang)

6. Down Don’t Bother Me (feat. Charlie Musselwhite)

7. Don’t Cry No More

8. Rollin and Tumblin’ (feat. Kenny Brown and Ann Peebles)

9. Down So Low

10. Mother Earth (feat. Allen Toussaint)

11. Cross Roads (feat. Jonny Lang)

12. Wild Women Don’t Get the Blues

EDITH PIAF

EDITH PIAF:AT CARNEGIE HALL 1957

RELEASE DATE: SEPT 10TH (FUTURE NOISE)

For the First time on CD, this release includes extensive biographical notes and track-by-track commentary by Spencer Leigh, acclaimed BBC radio presenter and journalist. Unusually for concert recordings, it features Piaf speaking and singing in English on occasion.

There is a memorable photograph of Edith Piaf performing at Carnegie Hall in January 1957. She is a tiny figure, not five foot tall and perhaps seven stone, wearing a simple, dark dress on a vast stage and we can see hundreds of people intently watching her. Her records were great, still are, but it was on stage that she truly revealed her compelling personality. Piaf’s concert at the Manhattan venue was a triumph on a par with her famed concerts at the Paris Olympia. She was working with her regular conductor, Robert Chauvigny, and Piaf could choose from over 100 of his arrangements for orchestra and choir.

Sometimes intentionally, sometimes accidentally, her songs often reflected the tragedies in her life and Piaf poured her feelings into them. No other performer, not even Billie Holiday, Judy Garland or Shirley Bassey, has performed with such intensity. You can appreciate the feelings in her songs even if you don’t know the language, but for this concert Piaf speaks and sings in English on occasion, making this album (first released in 1977) one that is particularly cherished by her many fans worldwide. Now, for the first time, the entire album can be purchased on CD

CD1

1            C’est pour ça

2            Je t’ai dans la peau

3            Les amants d’un jour (Lovers for a day)

4            Les grognards

5            C’est a Hambourg

6            Miséricorde (Heaven have mercy)

7            La goualante du pauvre Jean

8            Padam…Padam

9            Les feuilles mortes (Autumn leaves)

10            Mariage

CD2

1            Un jeune homme chantait (The highway)

2            La fête continue

3            Heureuse

4            Le petit homme (One little man)

5            L’homme à la moto

6            Je n’en connais pas la fin (A merry go round)

7            Télégramme

8            L’accordeoniste

9             Hymne a l’amour (If you love me, really love me)

10             Bravo pour le clown

11            La vie en rose

12            Monsieur Saint Pierre

Links: www.futurenoisemusic.com/