Mike Monford

Next weekend, Creed II officially invades theaters, as Michael B. Jordan will be looking to take over the box offices again. Well, with the project just a few days ago, Mike WiLL Made-It has been tapped to handle the major film’s official soundtrack, which has essentially become his own solo project. The Atlanta musician-entrepreneur has tapped the likes of Rae Sremmurd, Eearz, Pharrell, Nas, 2 Chainz, Lil Wayne, Rick Ross, ScHoolboy Q, Young Thug, Kodak Black, Gucci Mane, YG, Quavo, Juicy J, Nicki Minaj, Vince Staples, and Ella Mai among others for the project.

Monster Mike Welch, one of Boston’s best-loved guitarists, presents «Just Like It Is», a very bluesy album including 11 Mike’s songs out of 13, and certainely one of his finest to date. «Just Like It Is» was recorded the same way than the previous Mike’s opus («Cryin’ Hey!») with musicians Mike is very comfortable with (drums : Mark Teixeira - bass: Brad Hallen – keyboards: Anthony Geraci) and very quickly, in two days, like a live in studio without any overdubs.

Finedog Records and VizzTone proudly present triple threat guitarist, singer and songwriter Mighty Mike Schermers 7th album, BAD TATTOO. Its an instant classic 12 smart, hook-laden original songs. Recorded and mixed at Kid Andersens Greaseland in San Jose CA, the album showcases Schermers mastery of nearly every style of American music. Mighty Mike can play the blues like nobodys business, but he can also write and sing soul music, R&B, rock and roll, country and Americana with the best in the business.

Internationally recognized solo artist and songwriter MIKE TRAMP presents his new compilation record “Everything Is Alright”, at a time when the title-track – an honest number written directly from the heart – has been announced as the song with which Tramp will take part in the competition to find the Danish entry for the Eurovision Song Contest.

Mike's lyrical playing & musical hospitality inspire a bandstand vibe that opens up to vital performances. To A Star combines a studio session & a live date at Frankie's Jazz Club in Vancouver feat. bassist John Lee & drum legend Carl Allen. Allen's specialty is playing in the chordless trio format and arguably no one does it better. A perceptive and spirited outing by a Canadian treasure.

Twenty-eight years ago, in March 1994, Mike Melito's fellow Rochesterian, Chuck Mangione, presented a traveling festival in upstate New York. He hired Roy McCurdy to play with Nat Adderley - with whom McCurdy had played on 7 leaders, plus another 19 with Cannonball Adderley, between 1966 and 1979 - in a band that included pianist Don Menza and Rochester guitar stalwart Bob Sneider. He assigned Melito to the other act, James Moody, in a unit including then up-and-coming pianist Danilo Pérez.

On his second solo album, Mike Park sings about life, politics, and his Korean heritage. Unpretentious indie rock featuring guest musicians Rob Kellenburger (drums), Pat Ford (bass), Jason Flaks (guitar), and Jenny Choi (cello).

Pianist Mike Jones leads a unique trio with bassist/magician Penn Jillette and master drummer Jeff Hamilton on a playfully swinging new album Are You Sure You Three Guys Know What You’re Doing? In the case of this sparkling new album, the inquiry is aimed at a piano trio, two-thirds of which at least can answer assuredly in the affirmative: Mike Jones is an accomplished and acclaimed straight-ahead pianist who studied at Berklee and plays with the soulful virtuosity of heroes like Oscar Peterson and Art Tatum; Jeff Hamilton, meanwhile, is one of the most revered drummers on the modern mainstream jazz scene, co-founder of the Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra and collaborator with everyone from Monty Alexander to Diana Krall, Ray Brown to Michael Bublé.