Jan 27, 2021 | Hanging Tree Guitars - Releases, Press Releases
NPR Names Book to Best of 2020 List in Six Categories Robert Christgau, known as the Dean of Rock Critics, has named Hanging Tree Guitars (Music Maker Relief Foundation) as his number one best album of 2020 on his Dean’s List. The album collects field recordings...
Jan 21, 2021 | Press Releases, The City Champs - Releases
First single/video premiered today via Relix, on streaming services tomorrow After an extended hiatus that saw its members touring and recording with soul legends and indie rock stars alike, Memphis organ trio The City Champs have reunited for their first new album in...
Jan 21, 2021 | Folk Alliance - Releases, Press Releases
Donations grant fans access to folk unlocked virtual festival February 22-26, marking official launch of the fund Today, Folk Alliance International (FAI), a 501(c)3 global nonprofit based in Kansas City, launched fundraising for The Village Fund, a grant program for...
Jan 12, 2021 | Gearbox Records - Releases, Press Releases
Hear the album in full via Brooklyn Vegan HERE Praise for Binker and Moses: Appeared on Later… with Jools Holland (WATCH A CLIP HERE) No.1 urban album of the year 2017 // No.17 album of the year 2017 No. 2 jazz album of the year 2018 – Mojo Binker & Moses,...
Nov 20, 2020 | Gearbox Records - Releases, Press Releases
Standard-setting portable turntable earns rave reviews The vinyl-led London-based Gearbox Records has cemented itself as a leading indie label for jazz, funk, and more, recently surpassing fifty full-length releases and twelve years in operation. What started out as a...
Nov 3, 2020 | Chris Milam - Releases, Press Releases
NLE Highlights of 2020 Here are the 2020 highlights from Nick Loss-Eaton Media’s roster. Click here to hear or follow the Nick Loss-Eaton Media playlist on Spotify. In alphabetical order: Xanthe Alexis – The Offering – private stream, please do not post or share...
Oct 23, 2020 | Chiminyo - Releases, Press Releases
“Breathin’” music video out tomorrow Chiminyo’s debut I AM PANDA, his debut out now on Gearbox Records has earned him rave reviews, airplay from BBC Radio 1, BBC6 and BBC1Xtra, and over 150,000 spins for singles “See Me,” which also features K.O.G. and...
Sep 29, 2020 | Bible & Tire - Releases, Press Releases
An interview with WKNO, Memphis’ NPR station, is forthcoming Bible & Tire Recording Co., the new sacred soul label from Bruce Watson of Fat Possum, has released ‘The Last Shall Be First: The JCR Records Story, Vol. 1’ to rapturous reviews. An interview with WKNO,...
Sep 10, 2020 | Hanging Tree Guitars - Releases, Press Releases
Accompanying music album Hanging Tree Guitars to be released September 25 Rolling Stone hailed new book Hanging Tree Guitars, out last week by Freeman Vines with Zoe Buren and Timothy Duffy on Bitter Southerner and Music Maker Relief Foundation, as “haunting” as...
Aug 24, 2020 | Bible & Tire - Releases, Press Releases
Brooklyn Vegan premieres first single “Keep On Pushing” by the Calvary Nightingales Bruce Watson’s acclaimed Memphis, TN-based label Bible & Tire Recording Co. has confirmed The Last Shall Be First: The JCR Record Story, Volume 1, out September 18. The...
Aug 20, 2020 | Press Releases, Xanthe Alexis - Releases
Alexis to perform via Spin’s Twitch account Sept 18 as Talkhouse streams full album Xanthe Alexis, a vulnerable indie-folk voice of empathy out of Colorado Springs, CO, is earning reverent reviews for her sophomore album The Offering, out tomorrow. Talkhouse has...
Aug 18, 2020 | Press Releases, Vincent Cross - Releases
Cross confirmed for April Brooklyn Folk Fest NYC Irish-American folksinger Vincent Cross, who is confirmed for April’s Brooklyn Folk Festival, is seeing great reviews for his new album ‘The Life & Times of James ‘The Rooster’ Corcoran, based on the life is his...
Aug 7, 2020 | Hanging Tree Guitars - Releases, Press Releases
Liner notes for Hanging Tree Guitars released Freeman Vines made his first guitars because he was searching for a sound. Assembly line Fenders and Gibsons were too conventional to give voice to the music he imagined. He has worked with all kinds of materials: the...
Aug 4, 2020 | Charles Tolliver - Releases, Press Releases
Connect earning glowing reviews NYC jazz trumpet legend Charles Tolliver’s new album ‘Connect’ (Gearbox Records / July 31), recorded in London with Binker Golding and his first album since 2009, has earned exemplary notice from NPR Music, NY Times, and beyond. Here’s...
Jul 21, 2020 | Hanging Tree Guitars - Releases, Press Releases
Companion album to book of the same name (published on Bitter Southerner) on the guitars and artwork of Freeman Vines Music Maker Relief Foundation has confirmed the release of a new compilation album sacred soul and blues Hanging Tree Guitars, out September 25, to...
