Roxanne Howe Murphy

20 brand new recordings of solo guitar magic from Steve Howe, world-famous guitarist of Yes and Asia fame. Recorded with no overdubs, this breathtaking album will be eagerly awaited by his hardcore fanbase and those interested in cutting-edge guitar playing.

For nearly 40 years, Steve Howe has been at the forefront of rock music as a model and inspiration for other guitarists and musicians. While perhaps best known for his work in the progressive rock band Yes, he has found the freedom to explore his own personal musical journeys in his solo career, which is now updated with the release of Homebrew 4 following the success of 3 previous Homebrew albums. His talent as one of the most expressive and defining guitar players is prominently exposed on the album especially highlighted through the bareness of the acoustic tracks such as Georgia's song. The fourth album succeeds in living up to the quality of the previous Homebrews, a real treat for Howe fans.

Mark Murphy's 2005 Verve album, Once to Every Heart, focused on the veteran jazz vocalist's rare, even singular ability with ballads and torch songs. Produced by Till Brönner, the great flügelhorn player, it was an album that brought Murphy's name back toward - if not into - the jazz mainstream and offered another side of his work to the ever hip European DJs who revere his catalog. Love Is What Stays is a deeply satisfying and, in places, even astonishing reflection on time and its passage. Memory, reverie, regrets, victories, hipster mysticism, and wonderfully canny theatrically poetic wordplay all come to bear in these songs. Released 50 years after his debut - when he was already being hailed as one of the music's great singers - it is more adventurous and downright wily in its aims than anyone could have hoped for. And those aims? They are reached with relative ease. The group of players is no less wide ranging: Lee Konitz makes an appearance…