STREET DATE: OCTOBER 16, 2015 OCTOBER NEW RELEASE GUIDE NEW RELEASE GUIDE OCTOBER 2015 ( 2) NEW RELEASE GUIDE OCTOBER 2015 Welcome!! Welcome!! Focus your orbs on pages 9-11 for the Invisible Hands Music catalogue, a new addition to our family of distributed labels with some notable names on their roster. Taj Mahal has been on the scene since the early 60s in Boston, garnered nine Grammy nominations (winning two) and is revered by Check out Beg & Borrow from the Battlefield Band laden with guests both his peers and his fans. We are proud to offer a two disc CD Live joining Irish and Scottish musicians together; Canada’s great Rockabilly recording from Taj and the Hula Blues Band. Taj will be featured in a band, Cousin Harley led by the brilliant guitarist Paul Pigat, return with major BBC/PBS series, American Epic, in January. a live album; and Pete Kennedy (sans Maura, his partner in The Kennedys) engages the City of New York on his first solo effort in We distribute Adam Levy. We distribute Adam Levy. Yep---we had to twenty years. say it twice because we do indeed distribute two separate artists named Adam Levy. For the last decade plus, we’ve offered Adam Levy, the fine Twenty years in and a double-digit number of LPs and EPs later, the guitarist known for his work with Norah Jones and Tracy Chapman. innocence mission has returned with another personal album of And now we are proud to offer Adam Levy, the singer-songwriter from everyday observations of life. Cold Moon is a joint collaboration the Minneapolis roots rock legends the Honeydogs with his latest solo between Alela Diane and Ryan Francesconi whose working together release, Naubinway. As a side note, Adam told me that he and Adam freed them both from their simultaneous writer block last Winter. have twice performed together (NYC and Twin Cities) just for the sake of their shows being billed as Adam Levy and Adam Levy! 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Pete Kennedy, Heart of Gotham CD Guitarist and songwriter Pete Kennedy, known for his work with Maura Kennedy in husband-and-wife CAT: duo The Kennedys, steps out with his first project as a roots-rock frontman in two decades. Harder edged TK1213 than the duo's jangly, Byrds-inflected sound, Heart of Gotham is an all-original song cycle that showcases LABEL: The Kennedys his talents as a songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and singer, with a voice that is gritty but with a strong UPC: 700261426532 ring of truth. Ultimately it's the lyrics, film-noir vignettes dealing with life in his hometown, New York City, PRICE: $13.99 that bring this long- anticipated project to a redemptive fullness. BLUES Taj Mahal, Taj Mahal and the Hula Blues Band: Live From Kauai CD February 6, 2015, Kauai, Hawaii: Under a 6000 sq. ft. pavilion, Taj Mahal assembled a score of musicians CAT: next to lapping waves of the Pacific. Some were friends from the Hula Blues Band, others, jazz legends KM-2-2015 who, like himself, are at the top of their game. Two sold-out concerts packed with ecstatic audiences who LABEL: Kuleana Music swayed, danced and rocked out with that sweet, powerful aloha spirit brought yet another wonder. The UPC: 616892326441 acoustics of the open tent pitched there next to the ocean, created an extraordinary sound quality. The PRICE: $15.99 recordings were terrific! Two CDs are necessary to share the harmony of those events. So what will you hear? Taj's powerful voice, old-school country blues w/ R&B, reggae, calypso, jazz riffs on vibes, steel and flute, rockin' 12 strings and ukulele, 4-part voice harmony, all Hawaiian laced. Taj Mahal is a two-time Grammy winner (nine nominations) who has been active during the last six decades. CHILDRENS Red Yarn, Deep Woods Revival Vinyl Deep Woods Revival is the second album by Portland family performer Red Yarn. He delves deeper into CAT: the American folk canon, weaving an original narrative and lyrics into traditional animal folksongs. RYP03 Recorded at Type Foundry Studios with renowned producer Adam Selzer, a band of local luminaries, and a LABEL: Red Yarn Productions choir of friends, Deep Woods Revival is a lush and lively folk-rock song cycle about childhood freedom and UPC: 678277248717 discovery in the wilderness. PRICE: $19.99 Various Artists, Smiles Ahead CD It’s easy to smile and feel right about the world while rocking along to this compilation of sunny, feelin' CAT: groovy music for the whole family. Smiles Ahead is the inaugural release from Mighty Mo Productions and MMP--SA--2015 features 13 of the coolest indie kids artists and includes never-released cuts by The Verve Pipe and LABEL: Mighty Mo Productions Caspar Babypants and the debut single from Katydid. UPC: 888295311267 PRICE: $10.99 ( 5) NEW RELEASE GUIDE OCTOBER 2015 ELECTRONIC Devin Millar, I'm A Celebrity CD Introducing Devin Millar, a self-taught, multi-talented, 15-year-old whiz kid from Yacolt, Washington. CAT: Millar began studying piano at age 5. By age 6 he was already toying around with digital audio and video VDR 1506 editing software. As an adolescent inspired by Daft Punk, Lady Gaga and musicians in his own family, it LABEL: Voodoo Doughnut was only a matter of time before Millar's influences and creative passions coalesced into his own self- Recordings composed, self- produced EDM tracks. On his debut album, I'm a Celebrity, Millar's sounds come off as UPC: 616892331940 quirky but confident and steeped in classic teenage concerns ranging from footwear to fast moves on the PRICE: $10.99 dance floor. "Never compare yourself to others or try to be someone that you're not," Millar says in terms of his musical philosophy. "Just be yourself, and don't worry about negative opinions." Nightspace, Untrue CD Nightspace is an intoxicating blend of music and immersive performance wrapped up in glam punk CAT: geisha drag. Onstage, Nightspace's Bailey Skye transcends the moment and his surroundings to channel a FFR008CD visceral and challenging blend of darkwave-spacewave-dreamcore electronica. Thematically Nightspace LABEL: Flat Field Records evokes the dark part of your consciousness wrapping its fingers around and opening up for you to take a UPC: 019962169007 look inside. The in-between times. From the moment we wake up, many of us are already looking forward PRICE: $8.99 to climbing back into bed. Into warmth, into safety and the odd comfort of suspension where time seems to stretch just as much forward as it does back. NEW AGE Montreaux, Sign Language CD/DVD The group Montreux was considered the "all-star-band" of the Windham Hill label, comprised of four of CAT: its most illustrious artists: Darol Anger (violin), Mike Marshall (mandolin/guitar), Barbara Higbie (piano), AM1097 2 and Michael Manring (bass). Sign Language marks the group's first studio recording, having been LABEL: Adventure Music preceded by a well- received live recording, and was built upon the deep bond that Higbie and Anger had UPC: 823421109721 already developed in a series of earlier releases such as Tideline and Live at Montreux. The group was PRICE: $16.99 made up of close friends who had spent time together on individual projects, experimenting and jamming. Joining the core four on Sign Language are guest musicians Will Kennedy (drums), Andy Narell (steel pans), Benjy Wertheimer (tabla) and Frank Holder (percussion). The track "To Be" was nominated for a Grammy. ROCK/POP Alela Diane & Ryan Francesconi, Cold Moon CD Singer/songwriter Alela Diane and guitarist/composer Ryan Francesconi (Joanna Newsome) have CAT: uniquely collaborated to create Cold Moon. At a friend's show in October 2014, the two chatted about how RBR004 they were both experiencing creative standstills. Ryan lacked inspiration to make more instrumental LABEL: Rusted Blue Records music, and Alela was at a loss for how to start writing a new record after the birth of her daughter.