Band Weblogs

Introducing…Jack McManus. See Jack McManus at his piano, and it’s hard to imagine man and keyboard apart. The musical hooks fly in from all corners on his debut album, ‘Either Side of Midnight’ …

Rachel Z and the Department of Good and Evil is a new direction for modern jazz. It’s rooted firmly in tradition, yet leaps forward by blending pop and rock in unexpected ways. Respected by traditionalists and modern music fans alike …

I woke up this morning with Eddie Floyd’s “634-5789″ soul song going around my head. Better than a hangover, that’s for sure. Last night he and a few others performed on Later with Jools Holland for the traditional Hootenanny New Year’s Eve show on the BBC …

Alicia Keys has once again come up with the goods with her new video for hit single, “No One”. The single is off of her third studio album, ‘As I Am,’ set for release on November 13th, 2007 on J Records [...]

Joni Mitchell’s latest album ‘Shine’ has thankfully fallen into my hands and I’ve been taking my time, savoring her songs for this review [...]

Check out one of the most exciting jazz pianists on the scene – Rachel Z and her new band the Department of Good and Evil. They’re heading out on tour and possibly coming to a town near you [...]

It all started with a piano teacher named Ms. Bump and a desire as a youngster to make music. By the time Nate Harasim was sixteen, he was enrolled in the Flint Insititute for Music in Flint, Michigan and had formed the group, MoJazz [...]

New York label, Graffiti Productions, has announced that pianist/composer Paul Serrato will be in concert September 15, 2007 in Japan. The piano solo event will be in Toyota City at Nohgakudo Concert Hall. This new hall which was completed in 2003 and seats 1000 is also a renowned center for Noh Drama Theatre.
Serrato will be [...]

A musical prodigy Jessy J began her journey on the piano at age four, and she enjoyed an active career as a competitive artist, traveling to perform at major conferences, competitions, and festivals. By the age of 15, Jessy was named Piano State Champion at the Bela Bartok Festival in California. At the same time, [...]

Indie record label SFR has released a great new sound coming from the West Coast. “Movin’ Thru L.A.” by pianist Gary Farr.
Movin’ Thru L.A. is a dedication of tracks to the life style in and around Los Angeles. This is a piano based musical journey with brass overtones and orchestral arrangements coloring the gliding fingers [...]

Two new CDs from composer and singer/songwriter Donald Rubinstein are due out from Rhombus Records on April 17, 2007.
Tangled Up in Bob is Rubinstein’s score for the documentary film by Mary Feidt and detailing Natalie Goldberg’s quest for the “real” Bob Dylan in his hometown of Hibbing, Minnesota. Rubinstein composed and performs the 15 tracks [...]

Although On Eagles Wings was released in 2004 the music remains bright and relevant at any time, simply because what the intent and meaning was behind producing it the first place. This kind of Christian new age instrumental sound is for ears that want some relief of daily demands.
Donna Sammarco goes solo with her piano [...]

Born in Guildford, England in 1986, this self-taught musician began playing piano at the age of 12. By the time Rupert Leighton was 14, he was irreversably hooked on blues and jazz.
At the tender age of 16, Leighton was a professional musician on the local club circuit and left school to set up his own [...]

PianoTricks.com is the collaboration of Jon Broderick, webmaster, and Christopher Schlegel, piano instructor. Jon and Christopher work in a successful partnership on the popular guitar instruction site guitartricks.com. They decided to expand their reach into cyberspace in 2006 by offering an innovative online piano lesson resource with modern video lessons. Because of the popularity of [...]

The long time team of Laurel Zucker & Mark Shapiro unite once again on a selection of compositions from influential composers Cesar Franck, Gabriel Faure, Claude Debussy, Franz Schubert, and Maurice Ravel on Master Music for Flute & Piano.
The title of the recording befits the 19 compositions covered on this comprehensive outing. Schubert gets extensive [...]