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Walter Booker

Walter Booker was born in Prairie View, Texas in 1933 and moved with his family to Washington, D.C. in the mid 1940s. Amazingly, it wasn't until 1959, at the age of 26, that Bookie began playing the bass while in the Army (serving side-by-side in the same unit with Elvis Presley). more...

Jazz Blues

Steve Davis & Larry Willis

Steve Davis & Larry Willis

"Steve Davis is one of my favorite trombone players of all time. I like his sound, I like the way he writes. He is a very special musician," according to Jackie McLean. more..

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Drink Small

Drink Small

Hailing from Bishopville, South Carolina, Drink Small has the biggest, deepest bass voice in the blues. His amazingly expressive sound falls right in between B.B. King and Bo Diddley. But Drink's got a little something extra. more...

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Rhythms & Rock Celtic

National Razor

National Razor

A surly, uncontrived blend of the Ramones, Stiff Little Fingers, the Beatles, Johnny Cash and the Clash. I hear National Razor as a thinking man’s punk band. more...

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Diplogenesis

Carlo Pezzimenti & Aaron Cotton

Playing my favorite-ever piano melodies, Satie's Gymnopedies, this exquisite-sounding classical guitar duo took my breath away. more...

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Celtic Singer / Songwriter

The Man Behind The Box

Joe Derrane

I love the warm, reedy sound of the traditional wood-case button accordion. To me, it's the most joyful sound in Irish (or Cajun) music. more...

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Fallen Angels

Fallen Angels

Here’s our first rock CD. If you like “Desperado” or “Hotel California”-era Eagles, I think you’ll dig the Fallen Angels too. more...

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Gospel / Spiritual Country / Bluegrass

The ARC Choir

The ARC Choir

The most powerful and moving a capella choir I’ve ever heard. Thirty-two voices strong, the Addicts Rehabilitation Center Choir is burning-with-faith gospel from Harlem. more...

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Danny Knicely and Will Lee

Danny Knicely & Will Lee

You didn’t know there was great country before Nashville, before bluegrass? Will’s rockin’ banjo locked-in with Danny’s dazzling mandolin and their mesmerizing close harmony singing will open your ears! more...

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World Music Live

Brother Ah

Brother Ah

Brother Ah (Robert Northern), the most sought-after jazz French hornist of the '60s, gave up his horn in the early '70s to explore his vision of merging traditional music from all continents. more...

Patience Higgins

Patience Higgins

If you like your jazz uptempo and overflowing with vitality, look no farther. Patience is a cooking, muscular-toned tenorman somewhere between Coleman Hawkins and Sonny Rollins more...

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