According to Undercover, the band America films til today their concerts in Sydney to release a live DVD: "America Live at the Sydney Opera House" for a worldwide release. Director Peter Ots has captured the event using 8 cameras and record the audio in 5:1 surround sound.
Some tracks on it:
Sisten Golden Hair - A Horse With No Name - Ventura Highway - Don't Cross The River, and more and more...
A two-CD Barry Manilow live package (entitled "2 Nights Live!" with 6 unreleased songs before, was recorded in August 2002 at New Jersey's PNC Bank Arts Center) and a two-DVD package (entitled "Ultimate Manilow" taped in 2003 at Kodak Theater in Los Angeles) will be released on April 6 by BMG Strategic Marketing in The States.
Earth, Wind & Fire, Carlos Santana and Brian McKnight are just a few names of great artists that will play during the 46th Grammy Awards ceremony that will take place February 8 in Los Angeles and broadcast live on CBS.
In addition, a two-song tribute to Luther Vandross featuring Richard Marx, Alicia Keys and Celine Dion will be in the show too.
According to Billboard, Jackson Browne has just left Elektra Records and is looking for a new label.
His last album entitled "Night Ride Home" has sold 139,000 copies in The States.
Jackson will be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in March and is now currently writing material for a new album, but he is also focused on a series of audio DVDs that he plans to release through Warner Strategic Marketing this spring.
Singer/songwriter Melissa Manchester has wrapped work on her first album since 1995's "If My Heart Had Wings." Due March 9 from Koch, "When I Look Down That Road" is led by the single "After All This Time" featuring blues guitarist Keb' Mo'. A North American tour is in the works in support of the set.
After a string of hits in the 1970s and '80s, Melissa Machester stopped recording regularly in favor of appearing on Broadway, writing for film soundtracks and working in film and television. Her last new album of any kind was the 1998 holiday set "Joy."
"When I Look Down That Road" also features the Beth Nielsen Chapman co-write "Lucky Break," "When Paris Was a Woman" and "A Mother's Prayer," inspired by the 1999 Columbine High School massacre.
David Pack is writing and recording songs for his new Peak/Concord CD.
He has also given Vince Gill a song "Almost Mine" that he co-wrote with Victoria Shaw (Garth Brook's The River) and Cliff Downs, for a possible guest vocal on the upcoming David Benoit/Russ Freeman smooth Jazz project, also on Peak.
Here you can hear "Just For You", the first single from Lionel Richie's upcoming album release.
The legendary band Little Feat is currently on tour in Jamaica, and will begin an US Tour in February.
Jamaica Tour
Fri. 01/30 - Negril, JAM - Little Feat Fan Excursion
Sat. 01/31 - Negril, JAM - Little Feat Fan Excursion
Sun. 02/01 - Negril, JAM - Little Feat Fan Excursion
US Tour
Sat. - 02/21 - Galveston, TX - Mardi Gras Galveston
Wed. - 04/14 - Seattle, WA - The Triple Door
Thu. - 04/15 - Seattle, WA - The Triple Door
Sat. - 04/17 - Longview, WA - Columbia Theatre
Tue. - 04/20 - Idaho Falls, ID - Colonial Theatre
Sat. - 04/24 - Cedar Rapids, IA - 3rd Street Live
Tue. - 05/04 - Nags Head, NC - Kelly's
Wed. - 05/05 - Richmond, VA - Innsbrook Pavilion
Thu. - 05/06 - Roanoke, VA - Jefferson Center
Fri. - 05/07 - Spotsylvania, VA - Oakley Farm
Sat. - 05/08 - Harrisburg, PA - Whitaker Center
Sat. - 06/19 - Chattanooga, TN - Riverbend Festival
Mon. - 09/06 - Denver, CO - Taste Of Colorado
Dan Siegel will release his new CD, "Inside Out", March 9. The first single, "In Your Eyes" is out and features Boney James and Lenny Castro. The CD will also feature Jeff Kashiwa and Brian Bromberg.
The Jazz Crusaders featuring Wayne Henderson has released a new CD on January 27 titled "Soul Axe-s" on True Life Records. Wilton Felder appears, but Joe Sample does not.
The first single "Clima Suave" features Roy Ayers and Ronnie Laws. Other big artists on the disc include Everette Harp, Bobby Lyle, Herman Jackson, Nathan East, Larry Kimpel, Dwight Sills, Phillip Ingram and Tony Moore.
Ronnie Laws new CD, "Everlasting" is due out March 9 on HDH Records. The title track will be the first single.
Hubert Laws is set to release his new album, "Moondance" on February 24 on Savoy Jazz Records. Playing on the LP includes Herbie Hancock, Chris Botti, Brian Culbertson and Jeff Lorber.
Jeff Lorber has contributed the cover version of the Debarge classic "All This Love" to the upcoming Valentine's Day compilation CD due out from Narada Jazz.
That's all folks ;-)
The multi-instrumentalist Brian Culbertson is back in the studio working with Maurice White of Earth Wind & Fire on his next solo album.
Culbertson enters in Canadian chart this week with a second single in the top 25 which is a cover of the legendary bands "Serpentine Fire."
Culbertson will also appear on Steve Cole and Michael Lington's next projects as well on a special Luther Vandross tribute album featuring some smooth Jazz acts.
Also look for Culbertson on the road in the next few months. The multi-instrumentalist will appear on opening night at the Berks Jazz Festival in Reading, Pennsylvania and the City of Lights Jazz Festival in Vegas in April with BWB (Rick Braun, Kirk Whalum, Norman Brown), Mindi Abair, Bobby Lyle among others, and the Playboy Jazz Festival at the Hollywood Bowl in June. Culbertson is also charting with "Say What" from his seventh album, "Come On Up."
Brian Culbertson has just turned 31 on January 12th.
Brian Culbertson's Tour Dates during this semester:
2/13 - Seattle, Washington - Benaroya Symphony Hall w/Najee and more
2/14 - New York City, New York - Beacon Theater w/Dave Koz
2/27 - Sacramento, California - Hyatt Regency w/Norman Brown
3/11 - Annapolis, Maryland - Ramshead On Stage
3/12 - Reading, Pennsylvania - Berks Jazz Festival Sovereign Center for the
3/13 - New Haven, Connecticut - John Lyman Center
3/20 - Long Beach, California - Long Beach Terrace Theatre
4/18 - Lancaster, California - Lancaster City Park
4/24 - Las Vegas, Nevada City of Lights Jazz Festival - Desert Breeze Park
5/13 - Harrisburg, Pennsylvania - Sunoco Performance Center
6/19 - Hollywood, California - Playboy Jazz Festival - Hollywood Bowl