The Invitations

British crossover jazz, funk, and pop outfit Shakatak are a sophisticated ensemble who have enjoyed a long career. With a sound steeped in contemporary jazz and R&B, they found success with both instrumental albums and pop vocal productions. Formed in London in 1980, Shakatak originally featured keyboardists Bill Sharpe and Nigel Wright, guitarist Keith Winter, bassist Steve Underwood, and drummer Roger Odell. The group quickly scored an underground hit with its debut single "Steppin'." The following year, they cracked the British Top 50 with the singles "Livin' in the UK" and "Brazilian Dawn," both of which were included on their debut album, Drivin' Hard.

Rebekka Hartmann is the winner of several national and international awards. Her international concert activities brought her together with conductors such as Christoph Eschenbach, Justus Frantz, Salvador Mas Conde, Esa Pekka Salonen, Jukka Pekka Saraste and Enoch zu Guttenberg. Her repertoire comprises the complete spectrum of violin literature from early Baroque to contemporary music and new compositions, of which she has also performed some first recordings and world premieres like works for solo violin by Håkan Larsson and Anders Eliasson. In 2012 Rebekka Hartmann was awarded the ECHO Classic-Prize in the category “Best solo recording of the year” for her album “Birth of the Violin.”

Identical twins Adam and David Moss of The Brother Brothers bring their blood harmonies and real-life observations to carry on the folk tradition for a new generation. With minimal instrumentation, meaningful lyrics, and their incredible harmony blend, the siblings draw on the energy and creativity of Brooklyn, New York, for their full-length debut album, SOME PEOPLE I KNOW. Growing up in Peoria, Illinois, they sang along as children to their father’s record collection of the Kingston Trio, the Everly Brothers, the Beatles, and the Beach Boys. After earning music degrees at the University of Illinois in Urbana- Champaign, the brothers set off on separate musical journeys. This project emerges from the number of years the brothers traveled across the country, both separately and together, playing in other ensembles and sometimes settling in separate cities. Reunited in Brooklyn, they were soon accepting invitations to open tours with Sarah Jarosz and Lake Street Dive. They’ll join I’m With Her for an extensive fall 2018 tour in the US.

Warner Music Group - X5 Music Group Presents Essential Northern Soul contains the defining tracks of the decade and features some of the biggest hits from artists including Frankie Valli, Chuck Wood, Gloria Jones, Archie Bell And The Drells and many more.

Warren Haynes et Allen Woody, tous deux ex-Allman Brothers, forment Gov't Mule en 1994 et livrent un premier album éponyme dès 1995, certificat de naissance d'un groupe naviguant entre rock sudiste, hard rock et blues avec un fort penchant psychédélique et une tendance aux jams aussi longues qu'enfièvrées. C'est ainsi sur scène que Gov't Mule dévoile tout son potentiel et bâtit sa réputation, comme en témoigne le nombre de disques live à son catalogue de Live at Roseland Ballroom (1996) à Mulennium (2010) en passant par Live…With a Little Help from Our Friends (1999) ou The Deepest End (2003). En outre, nombreux sont les musiciens de renom à avoir répondu aux invitations du groupe, parmi lesquels Billy Gibbons, Flea, Bootsy Collins, The Black Crowes, Steve Winwood ou encore Dr John, attestant du potentiel illimité de l'entreprise.

American songwriter Tim Easton was born on the Canadian border in upstate New York and spent his formative years living in Tokyo, Japan and Akron, Ohio. Traveling early and often, he learned the ways of the road and rails and spent 7 years as a bonafide troubadour, making his way around Europe, playing the streets and clubs, living in Paris, London, Madrid, Prague, Dublin, and wherever he laid his hat. It was this period of time when he developed his songwriting style - folk based storytelling and personal traveling tales, often peppered with bold confessions or "tell it as it is" reality. Rolling Stone Magazine praised him as "having a novelist's sense of humanity."

The long running Jazz/Funk group Shakatak throw off the shackles of electricity with this acoustic greatest hits collection!