Grass.2018

They're a monstrous rock n roll power trio with three lead singers and a dazzling classic touch. The group effortlessly draws their influence from the greatest musical ideas from when Rock Ruled The World; it's as if they truly ARE from that Golden era. But their gift to us in The Now, and it is an epic, soulful, and hard-hitting maelstrom of feel-good, anthemic and tough swinging sounds. When you listen to THE GOLDEN GRASS, it's no surprise feel as if you're at The UFO Club, or watching Germany's Beat Club or at the legendary Fillmore East because these boys transport you to that PLACE and TIME, earnestly, truthfully, and with a style and flare wholly their own. It's all in there too; the throbbing shuffle of the Blues, the deep haze of wild Psychedelia, the American flavored Southern Rock, the mind-warping fantasy of early Progressive/Jazz Rock, the pulsating British Freakbeat/Mod sound, heavy doses of Proto-metal power, and the funky/soulful touch of Northern Soul to seal the deal. Is this really possible ? Could a band really BE this? Well on their newest and most astonishing album, insistently titled "Absolutely", you'll be the one to find out! Go on now, drink from the Golden cup of life and bathe in sonic goodness. THE GOLDEN GRASS is playing your song.

On GRASS ROOTS—out now on Compass Records—Leftover Salmon continue to expand on their acoustic/newgrass/jam band with collaborations with jam scene icons Billy Strings, Oliver Wood, and Darol Anger. With the recent addition of Jay Starling on resophonic guitar, lap steel and keys to the band’s official lineup, Leftover Salmon has all the instrumental firepower needed to deliver hard driving versions of bluegrass standards and grassed-up versions of songs from Bob Dylan, David Bromberg, and the Grateful Dead. And as co-founder, guitarist and lead singer, Vince Herman says, “when you think of an album title as good as that, that hasn’t been used in our genre, you pretty much have to make the record.”

Grass Valley has unveiled version 8.53.3262 of EDIUS Pro, is the perfect finishing tool for professional productions, including documentary and 4K theatrical productions.

Improvisations On An Apricot is a 2018 album by Akron, Ohio duo The Aqueduct Ensemble. As one description says, no apricots were used in the creation of this recording. This was released by Last Resort.

Like his compatriot and close contemporary Abdullah Ibrahim, Hugh Masekela has a 24-carat discography which stretches back six decades and digs deep into the taproot of jazz. Ibrahim is still with us—he has a new album scheduled for June 2019—but Masekela passed in January 2018. Among the several solid Masekela compilations on the market, this 3-CD set is the most welcome. It deals with the most prolific phase of Masekela's career and brings back into circulation material from landmark albums which have either never been reissued or which were last reissued twenty or thirty years ago. Two of the most important albums—Introducing Hedzolleh Soundz (Chisa/Blue Thumb, 1973) and I Am Not Afraid (Chisa/Blue Thumb, 1974)—are included in their entirety. If Masekela '66—'76 did no more than make these titles available again it would justify its existence. But it does much more.