Girl in Room Number 105

Kritzerland is proud to present a new world premiere limited edition soundtrack release: A DRY WHITE SEASON. Music Composed and Conducted by Dave Grusin. Made in 1989, A Dry White Season, a searing indictment of South Africa under apartheid, was a superb, riveting film that audiences simply did not want to see, despite excellent reviews. Perhaps it was because South Africa was still in the final throes of apartheid and the film was just too uncomfortable to watch. Sometimes people need distance and one suspects that if the film had come out even a decade later it would have probably been more successful. As it is, over the years people have discovered it and been truly affected by its portrayal of racial turmoil in a country divided and the way the film was able to put the politics of apartheid in meaningful human terms. The score as used in the film is quite short. However, some cues went unused, some were truncated, so this CD uses the cues as they were originally written and recorded, which results in a longer playing time and in a more satisfying musical presentation. We’ve included two bonus tracks – alternate versions of two cues and two cues of great Grusin source music.

Austin is no stranger to a number of diverse mood-centric venues. It’s rare to see an artist versatile enough to blend amongst them. Country artist David Touchton did just that while recording his upcoming double live album, B Sides and Suicides, on March 22nd and 23rd. Taking stages at Taylor’s The Black Sparrow Music Parlor and East Austin’s honky-tonk, The White Horse, residents of both rooms responded to Touchton cut the stage with brooding blues. With two EPs (self-titled and The Cigarette Sessions) under his belt, Touchton’s music is self described as honky-tonkin’ and old-school country blues, which is certainly revealed when performing with his Nowhere Band.