Tune in Tuesday April 11 from 6-7 PM as Houston rapper Fullmetal stops by talking about his FOR 3 EP Release Party. EP Release Party goes down Saturday April 15th at Satellite bar. AINT NOTHING LIKE IT! THAT’S THE REVELRY REPORT FOR YA!! WITH DJ NURSIC!
https://www.facebook.com/events/210746252737050/?ti=cl
Mahalakshmi is a rare combination of various talents – an entrepreneur, professional singer, RJ, trained dancer and part-time model. She has a Masters in Economics and an MBA from Chicago, USA. After working as Senior Manager for a large mortgage firm in the U.S. for over a decade, she decided to quit her very successful corporate career to pursue her passion for singing.
She received her initial training in Carnatic music from her mother Smt. Sharada Krishnan, daughter of Shri Yogacharya Sundaram who was an ace composer in his time. He has over 800 compositions to his credit mainly known for its richness in poetry and tamil literature. Currently, she is learning music from Smt. Lalitha Sivakumar in Chennai.
Learn more about MahaLakshmi’s music school ShreeKrithi.
Mahalakshmi has given over 150 stage shows and has performed live with leading playback singers such as Padmashree Yesudas, P.Susheela and Hariharan. She was also featured as an anchor and as a singer in the popular music show thullaadha manamum thullum in Chennai TV (doordarshan).
Tune in Thursday morning 6-8 AM on April 6 to catch an interview with ALLAH-LAS. They performed at Walter’s Downtown April 3 and our own Lisa Martin was there to speak with the group before the show. What better way to start off your day!?!
1 – bonobo – migration – ninja tune
2 – thundercat – drunk – brainfeeder
3 – priests – nothing feels natural – sister polygon
4 – honey bucket – magical world – metal postcard
5 – honus honus – use your delusion – new neighborhood
6 – segall, ty – s/t – drag city
7 – squires, matthew – tambaleo – already dead tapes
8 – the xx – i see you – young turks
9 – room thirteen – roccopulco – s/r
10 – nouvelle vague – i could be happy – kwaidan records
11 – v/a – polyvinyl plays polyvinyl – polyvinyl
12 – gallo, ron – heavy meta – new west
13 – dollie barnes – caught in a phase – s/r
14 – japandroids – near to the wild heart of life – factor
15 – postcard from the badlands – s/t – s/r
16 – justice – woman – genesis
17 – kitchen – town – drunk with love
18 – thievery corporation – the temple of i & i – in grooves
19 – handsomebeast – the badass future – wonky power
20 – rearview – pot of gold – s/r
21 – gravy murphy – the world is your moisture – metal postcard
22 – homeshake – fresh air – sinderlyn
23 – shinyribs – i got your medicine – s/r
24 – young mammals – jaguar – odd hours
25 – whetzel – beatology vol. 1 – s/r
26 – rose ette – jungle / skin – s/r
27 – dig, the – bloodshot tokyo – roll call
28 – evil triplet – otherworld – super secret
29 – sampha – process – young turks
30 – garzon-montano, gabriel – jardin – stones throw
31 – zavala – fantasmas – fake four inc
32 – carl – moon pools and petrleum play – pay to play records
33 – parker, evan / nauseef, mark / gouband, toma – as the wind – psi
34 – mr. elevator & the brain hotel – when the morning greets you – rad cat records
35 – hoop, jesca – memories are now – sub pop
Talented actor Anjul Nigam from *Growing Up Smith* will be at ktru for a live interview scheduled on Sat 4/22 @ 10am.
The heartfelt, coming-of-age, family comedy GROWING UP SMITH, directed by Frank Lotito and starring Jason Lee (My Name is Earl) and Anjul Nigam (Bad Words and True Detective), has been slated for a release in Sugar Land, Texas, on Friday, April 21st, @ AMC 24, First Colony Mall.
Click here for the trailer.
“The film has accidental topicality now with the debate over immigration swirling, but you don’t need to burden it with politics to be touched by its tale of a child who is pulled by two very different cultural worlds.” – New York Times Review. NPR’s This American Life says – Growing Up Smith “Shines with stellar performances.”
1 – bonobo – migration – ninja tune
2 – children of pop – what does 69 mean? – #veryjazzed
3 – priests – nothing feels natural – sister polygon
4 – honey bucket – magical world – metal postcard
5 – al sarah and the nuba-tones – manara – wonderwheel records
6 – ishito, ayumi – view from a little cave – s/r
7 – thundercat – drunk – brainfeeder
8 – honus honus – use your delusion – new neighborhood
9 – segall, ty – s/t – drag city
10 – squires, matthew – tambaleo – already dead tapes
11 – sims – more than ever – doomtree
12 – the xx – i see you – young turks
13 – nouvelle vague – i could be happy – kwaidan records
14 – room thirteen – roccopulco – s/r
15 – v/a – polyvinyl plays polyvinyl – polyvinyl
16 – twink – dust bunny – disques de lapin
17 – japandroids – near to the wild heart of life – factor
18 – gallo, ron – heavy meta – new west
19 – gravy murphy – the world is your moisture – metal postcard
20 – handsomebeast – the badass future – wonky power
21 – postcard from the badlands – s/t – s/r
22 – dollie barnes – caught in a phase – s/r
23 – flesh frog – s/t – s/r
24 – justice – woman – genesis
25 – kitchen – town – drunk with love
26 – thievery corporation – the temple of i & i – in grooves
27 – rearview – pot of gold – s/r
28 – whetzel – beatology vol. 1 – s/r
29 – young mammals – jaguar – odd hours
30 – evil triplet – otherworld – super secret
31 – shinyribs – i got your medicine – s/r
32 – dig, the – bloodshot tokyo – roll call
33 – parker, evan / nauseef, mark / gouband, toma – as the wind – psi
34 – mr. elevator & the brain hotel – when the morning greets you – rad cat records
35 – carl – moon pools and petrleum play – pay to play records
Tune in Tuesday March 28 from 5-7 PM as we play ONLY Euphoria Music Festival artists. We will also air an interview with BOB MOSES. The festival goes down April 6-9, 2017 at Carson Creek Ranch (Austin, TX) and we have ONE PASS UP FOR GRABS! All you have to do is tune in, hear some sweet tunes, and wait until prompted to call 713-348-5878. THAT’S THE REVELRY REPORT FOR YA!!
Tune in Monday March 27 as local group A SUNDAE DRIVE talks about their album release party for Versailles! It all goes down April 1st 8 PM at White Oak Music Hall. Glass The Sky is on the bill ALSO RELEASING AN ALBUM. Plus THE WHEEL WORKERS and THE EX-OPTIMISTS. THIS AIN’T NO JOKE.
Jazz icon Thelonious Monk once said “writing about music is like dancing about architecture.”
Sometimes the music’s so good, you can’t help but dance.
On April 22, for Record Store Day 2017, Resonance Records will release for the first time ever, Thelonious Monk’s complete 1959 studio recordings made for the French film “Les Liaisons Dangereuses.”
The cover alone gives us goosebumps.
“Thelonious Monk’s soundtrack to Les liaisons dangereuses, the provocative French film directed by Roger Vadim, will be released as a double album this spring. Arriving in a year of centennial tribute to Monk, the genius pianist and jazz modernist, it registers as a fresh discovery: while this music was recorded in 1959, it has never been available outside the context of the film, which is out of print.” – NATE CHINEN at wbgo.org (read their whole piece HERE)
You can listen to the track “Rhythm-a-Ning,” courtesy of wbgo.org, HERE.
Two Tenors: L-R Charlie Rouse & Barney Wilen
The session for the record took place at Nola Penthouse Sound Studios on West 57th Street in New York, in the summer of ’59. The group is Monk’s working Quartet of the time, with his right arm, tenorman Charlie Rouse, along side bassist Sam Jones and legendary drummer Art Taylor. The twist here is that French tenor player Barney Wilen joins in as well. Wilen, only 23 years old at this point, is less known to American audiences, but a great player, well respected in his time and leader on a number of classic sessions. And good enough to get studio time with the High Priest himself.
By now you probably know about Record Store Day – “an annual event inaugurated in 2007 and held on one Saturday every April to celebrate the culture of the independently owned record store.” Record labels distribute store-only copies of special releases, encouraging fans to get offline and back into brick & mortar shops. It’s worked in a lot of ways. And while some releases feel a little forced, some are pretty exciting. Never-before-heard live recordings, or demos or long-out-of-print albums being brought back to light.
This early Modern Jazz Quartet LP on Savoy Records was re-released for RSD 2016
For us jazz fans though, Record Store Day can often feel pretty damn thin. There’s been some cool stuff over the years. Curtis Fuller’s “Blues-Ette” on Savoy a few years ago is one that flew under a lot of people’s radar, and it’s a brilliant album; one of the best of the 50’s (there’s still plenty of copies floating around locally, for cheap). The Coltrane 10″ of Roulette recordings last year was cool, if a bit short. The Charlie Parker Story was an essential you need for your jazz library. If you were lucky or smart enough to get a vinyl copy of Resonance Records’ absolutely brilliant Bill Evans release, “Some Other Time,” a previously unreleased studio recording from 1968, you’re doing good on margin. The LP retailed for around $35 on RSD. Currently on discogs.com, a near-mint copy can be had for around $200 or more. So some of these are just good value-plays. (The 2xCD copy can be easily had for cheap on Amazon, and it is absolutely worth it, KTRU Sunday Jazz-approved).
A lost studio recording by the 1968 version of the Bill Evans Trio, arguably one of the finest jazz releases in years.
But what made that Evans release so special in the end, were a few factors:
1) An important, even iconic artist
2) A full-length studio recording – not a poor quality live show bootleg – but studio quality recordings. Hi-Fidelity.
3) Never-Before-Heard until now. Music that even the most ardent fans, haven’t yet heard.
The Evans release was special. We just don’t get these kinds of treats very often.
It’s these same factors that make the news of the new Thelonious Monk release so exciting.
Monk in the studio slugging a cold beer, with his dear friend and muse, Pannonica de Koenigswarter (center)
While the Record Store Day LPs will surely disappear quickly, the CD is scheduled for wide release this May.
We will be watching the clock waiting for one more month to pass. But in the meantime, here’s some Monk to help get you through the week:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twriNk0N9qQ
1 – jacuzzi boys – ping pong – mag mag
2 – children of pop – what does 69 mean? – #veryjazzed
3 – thundersoul orchestra – 528-0728 – suite 28
4 – bonobo – migration – ninja tune
5 – al sarah and the nuba-tones – manara – wonderwheel records
6 – honey bucket – magical world – metal postcard
7 – priests – nothing feels natural – sister polygon
8 – ishito, ayumi – view from a little cave – s/r
9 – sims – more than ever – doomtree
10 – honus honus – use your delusion – new neighborhood
11 – the xx – i see you – young turks
12 – squires, matthew – tambaleo – already dead tapes
13 – segall, ty – s/t – drag city
14 – nouvelle vague – i could be happy – kwaidan records
15 – room thirteen – roccopulco – s/r
16 – twink – dust bunny – disques de lapin
17 – v/a – polyvinyl plays polyvinyl – polyvinyl
18 – pioulard, benoit – the benoit pioulard listening matter – kranky
19 – flesh frog – s/t – s/r
20 – gallo, ron – heavy meta – new west
21 – jim james – eternally even – ato records
22 – gravy murphy – the world is your moisture – metal postcard
23 – postcard from the badlands – s/t – s/r
24 – thundercat – drunk – brainfeeder
25 – handsomebeast – the badass future – wonky power
26 – dollie barnes – caught in a phase – s/r
27 – young mammals – jaguar – odd hours
28 – japandroids – near to the wild heart of life – factor
29 – thievery corporation – the temple of i & i – in grooves
30 – evil triplet – otherworld – super secret
31 – rearview – pot of gold – s/r
32 – justice – woman – genesis
33 – whetzel – beatology vol. 1 – s/r
34 – kitchen – town – drunk with love
35 – garden medium – s/t – >x<
