Whaddya mean you don't know Takeru Muraoka And The Bossa Nova Group

Takeru Muraoka And The Bossa Nova Group's stylishly packaged bossa gem from '68 features wordless vocals from Kayoko Ishu.

Punk Talks event focuses on Hamilton's Star Records @ The City & City Books, Sept 2

Hamilton vinyl emporium Star Records is discussed by Chris Houston, Rob Sweeney and Paul Kobak for a new Kire Paputts film.  

Here's the scoop from filmmaker Kire Paputts...

Hey everybody,

I’ve been making a new film this summer about Paul Kobak. He opened Star Records in Hamilton in 1975.

I’m putting together a free punk panel consisting of Paul Kobak, Chris Houston (Forgotten Rebels), and Rob Sweeney (Durango 95, Purple Toads). Hosted by Liz Worth. We’ll be chatting about Star Records (Hamilton/Oshawa), Teenage Head, and the early days of punk rock in Hamilton. This event will be filmed and featured in my new film. If you come to the event there’s a good chance you’ll be in the film 🙂

If you’d like to hear some old Hamilton punk stories while helping my film at the same time, I’d love your support. 

This will be a public event. Please feel free to share it with others.

The City & City Books (181 Ottawa St. N, Hamilton) 

Wednesday, September 2 

Doors (7pm)

Panel (7:30 - 9pm)

Hopefully you can make it out

Poster by Liz Worth. 

Margo Price sez check out Ween's 12 Golden Country Greats LP!

Margo Price thinks you should grab the vinyl reissue of Ween's 12 Golden Country Greats on the double!

Writes Margo...

"WEEN makes better country records than half the clowns in this this town 🤡 best pick up “12 Golden Country Greats” on vinyl if you know what’s good for ya!"

 Watch the accompanying clip on FB.

Get a copy of Ween's 12 Golden Country Greats (Deluxe Edtion) and/or their Golden Wastes EP right here: https://linktr.ee/weeninfo. Preview the deluxe edition of 12 Golden Country Greats followed by an interview with Dean & Gene and a performance in Nashville from 1998. 

Remembering Brazilian pianist/composer João Donato on his birthday

Raising a glass to the amazing João Donato with some interview and performance footage worth checking. 

R.I.P. influential music writer Dave Marsh, 1950-2026

Sadly, Dave Marsh – who championed 50s & 60s rock and R&B at Creem and wrote four Bruce Springsteen books – passed away at 76. He'll be greatly missed.

Simon Spillett's "Further Shadows" chronicles rise of British modern jazz

Simon Spillett's new book on the rise of British modern jazz comes with a limited edition 2CD set of unissued material. 

Here's the scoop...

A heads-up on where things are with Jazz In Britain’s next book… Further Shadows: Essays on British Modern Jazz 1950-1975 by Simon Spillett… which will come with a double-CD capturing the music behind the words…

The plan is to launch the book as a pre-order next week, at which point we will announce the publication date. Now here’s the thing… this book plus the music (and the CDs will only be available with this book and not sold separately)… is in a very limited edition of ONLY 300 COPIES.

The double-CD includes 22 tracks (19 of them PREVIOUSLY UNISSUED) and features artists including Tubby Hayes, Ronnie Scott, Jimmy Deuchar, Stan Tracey, Peter King, Harry South and Dudley Moore, with tracks by bands as diverse as the Spontaneous Music Ensemble and the Bebop Preservation Society.

The book itself records the ups and downs of many of London’s leading jazz voices of the day – Ronnie Scott, Tubby Hayes, Stan Tracey and Jimmy Deuchar among them – together with the tales of heroes perhaps less widely sung, such as Harry South, Allan Ganley and Peter King. Within this span we encounter populism (Dudley Moore), hard-core idealism (the Spontaneous Music Ensemble) and even something close to nihilism (the story of forgotten drummer Benny Goodman). There is revisionism too, with detailed examinations of legendary bands, such as the vaunted Rendell/Carr Quintet and Bebop Preservation Society, and classic albums (Stan Tracey’s ‘Under Milk Wood’). The framework around players and performances is provided by studies drawing in iconic Soho venues including the first Ronnie Scott’s club and the Flamingo, as well as an in-depth account of the work of the pioneering Tempo record label, and overdue tributes to such influential movers and shakers as promoter Bix Curtis and producer/compère Tony Hall.

The book is being printed in, and will ship from, the UK, and international shipping costs will be the same as our last hardback Keith Tippett biography… in other words… ‘significant’. However, we are expecting two US outlets as well as some EU-based retailers to take copies; in fact we will press them next week to commit to this, so it will be worth checking back about that.

When launched, the pre-orders will be available here: https://jazzinbritain1.bandcamp.com/merch

Rhett Miller (of The Old 97s), Country Flash @ The Horseshoe, August 16

The Old 97s frontman Rhett Miller returns to The 'Shoe for a solo show Sunday with Nichol Robertson's Country Flash opening! 

Tickets for Rhett Miller's solo gig at The Horseshoe are $25 – get 'em here. For other shows go here.