Click play to check out new Jeff Skunk Baxter radio tracks from Speed of Heat (Renew / BMG), released June 17, 2022. List icon on right opens the song list, down arrows download the tracks.
Two new tracks from guitar legend Skunk Baxter. “Bad Move” with vocals by Clint Black, and a fresh take on the Steely Dan classic “My Old School”
Click play to check out new Lyle Lovett radio tracks from 12th of June (Verve), released May 13, 2022. List icon on right opens the song list, down arrows download the tracks.
The title song, "12th of June," is available for radio now in three versions ... the album track plus alternate bluegrass and live band takes.
You Wanted To Be The Shore But Instead You Were The Sea
An Album of Strength, Insight, and Beauty – A Record of Its Time That Is TimelessTo Be Released April 22nd on First Blood Recordings. Exclusive Radio Sampler Impacts April 4th
“[D-Napoleon’s] new album is both revealing and revelatory, a catharsis of sorts that frees her from the despair & disappointment that had been bottled up inside her… the music she makes becomes liberating in a very real way” – Goldmine
“You Wanted to Be the Shore but Instead You Were the Sea’ is audacious, assured, disarming, and even vulnerable” – Pop Matters
“…This album showcases an artist who set herself a task and then went and exceeded all of her own expectations” – Around the Sound
Having spent 25 years playing music and a decade living & performing in California, Natalie D-Napoleon decided to return to her native Western Australia. She had just been awarded her country’s prestigious Bruce Dawe National Poetry Prize and was subsequently offered a scholarship to undertake a PhD in Poetry. But before she said goodbye to her American band, she decided to record her latest collection of songs.
The result is the 12-song album – You Wanted To Be The Shore But Instead You Were The Sea – captured live in a century old wooden chapel nestled in the hills behind Santa Barbara with a single microphone. The aim of this recording session was to capture the beauty and spontaneity of each song’s performance when it was fresh and new, and the sonic beauty and joy of her rustically orchestrated four-piece band playing music together.
Speaking of the session, D-Napoleon says, “I went into the room with Dan Phillips, Jim Connolly, and Doug Pettibone, some faith and trust in each other and, damn, the music gods delivered.”
You Wanted To Be The Shore But Instead You Were The Sea is Natalie D-Napoleon’s surrender to music – a place where it’s okay to be vulnerable and courageous, fierce, and kind, and to stand your ground yet still be forgiving all at the same time.
The first single of Jeff “Skunk” Baxter’s CD, Speed of Heat, to be released on June 22nd on Renew Records is now available on Apple Music and Spotify. Radio tracks coming soon!
Baxter had always wanted to do a harder rock version of “My Old School” since his time with Steely Dan. This single not only features his driving guitar, it also has Baxter doing the vocals.
Featuring: Bruce Springsteen, Jimmy Buffett, Katy Perry, Earth, Wind & Fire, and many others.
Film opens May 13 in NY and LA, followed by more markets to be announced soon. Stay tuned for details on radio content to help you promote this exciting new film.
The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival presented by Shell, aka “Jazz Fest,” is the signature annual music and cultural event of the city and has been called America’s greatest festival. Celebrating the music, food, and arts and crafts of all of Louisiana since 1970, Jazz Fest is an essential showcase of the rich heritage of the region, and hundreds of thousands attend the event each year. Local music heroes are joined on 14 stages by some of the most important figures in entertainment, highlighting the connections between Louisiana culture and the world.
JAZZ FEST: A NEW ORLEANS STORY weaves together live performances and interviews from the 50th anniversary of the iconic festival, featuring some of the biggest names in the music industry, along with a wealth of archival documentary footage from the past half century. This film not only captures the Festival in all of its beauty and glory, but also delves deep into the rich culture of The Big Easy.