CABALLERO REYNALDO RELEASES A SECOND ANTHOLOGY ALBUM

Also available on CD in a limited edition of 50 copies, so don't wait too long.

BILLY HULTING - THE HUNDRETH MONKEY

• billy hulting: the hundreth monkey
      (1998, cd, usa, truemediajazzworks)

Billy Hulting, who played percussion in the Zappa Plays Zappa band, made solo album in 1998.
http://billyhulting.com/music/bio/

Strings on Nothing Is Sacred and On My Return :

• Jean Sudbury, Harry Scorzo – violins
• Novi Novag – viola  (assuming this is Novi Novog) !!!
• Stefanie Fife – cello

-- info  : Jan van Kemenade

DAI KAHT - DAI KAHT

• dai kaht : dai kaht
      (2017, cd, finland, private release)

I was happy to get introduced to the first album of Dai Kaht last week.

Discogs adds: "Finnish Zeuhl progressive avant rock band".

Here's the trailer for their second album.

ANOTHER ZAPPA RADIO SHOW CONCERT ALBUM

I thought I had seen this one before, but when it comes to all these so-called radio show concert album, it all becomes a bit blurry...

"Live In Montreal 1971", got released last week on the Mind Control label.

A KLANGGALERIE RECORD LABEL UPDATE

Two new releases on the Klanggalerie label

THE RESIDENTS Eyeful

UZ JSME DOMA & RANDY Moravian Meeting

NEW ALBUM BY STARING INTO NOTHING FEATURES TREY GUNN AND MIKE KENEALLY

from GlassOnyon PR

Prog Ensemble Staring Into Nothing To Release Second Album “Love” With Guest Appearances By Trey Gunn and Mike Keneally

Produced by Ronan Chris Murphy

Southern California based Staring Into Nothing wields a foundation of melodic progressive rock to explore new musical and thematic terrain. Founders Steve Rogers (keys and vocals) and Kurt Barabas (bass, vocals and guitars) take a Steely Dan-esque approach to music creation, using the studio and a revolving cast of world class collaborators to create music that observes and scrutinizes the human experience.

Staring into Nothing’s latest album “Love” probes the multiplicity and evolution of romantic love. The album was produced and mixed by Ronan Chris Murphy (King Crimson, Steve Morse, Ulver) and features an awesome line up of collaborators including Gregg Bissonette (David Lee Roth, Santana, Ringo Starr) on drums, Victor Bisetti (Los Lobos) on percussion, Mike Keneally (Zappa, Steve Vai, Joe Satriani) on guitars, Trey Gunn (King Crimson, John Paul Jones) on Warr Guitar, Dave Nachmanoff (Al Stewart) on background vocals/acoustic guitar and Danny T. Levin (Iggy Pop, Twenty One Pilots, Vampire Weekend) on horns. With this album, Murphy and the band sought to refine the melodies and structure of the songs even further than the previous album and provide ample room for the various collaborators to bring their voices to the album. While the compositions by Rogers and Barabas make up the core of the music on “Love,” the music was completely transformed by all the collaborators. The creative process allowed everyone involved to mold its final sound and spirit, and created space for stunning contributions, most notably several remarkable solos by Keneally and Gunn.

Says Steve, “We were trying to explore the varieties of romantic experience from a mature perspective that recognizes its not all good and not all bad, but its all we have. In the end, the message is uplifting because over time love endures and transitions into something even more fulfilling when it becomes legacy and a common set of memories and values. We recorded this album differently than our first one. We worked more closely with the producer, Ronan Chris-Murphy, during the actual arrangement of the songs and benefited from his insights, ideas and contributions. Ronan also brought a commitment to making the best album we could by bringing top shelf musicians to the project like Mike Keneally, Trey Gunn, Gregg Bisonette and Dave Nachmanoff. Also most of this album was recorded in our own studio in Costa Mesa California.”

Staring Into Nothing have crafted their own sound, but their love of strong melody and virtuosic musicianship has drawn comparisons to artists such as Marillion, Porcupine Tree, Flying Colors, early Genesis, Pink Floyd and Rush. Bassist Kurt Barabas is a veteran of the progressive rock scene. He was a founding member of Magna Carta Records artist Under the Sun as well as Amaran’s Plight with Nick D’Virgilio (Genesis, Peter Gabriel, Spock’s Beard). Kurt was also a founding member of Roswell 6, who recorded the album “Terra Incognita” that accompanied a science fiction novel of the same name written by Kevin J. Anderson. “Terra Incognita” featured a who’s who of musicians, including James LaBrie (Dream Theater), Michael Sadler (Saga), John Payne (Asia), and David Ragsdale (Kansas).

Following the break-up of Under the Sun, Barabas starting wring new material with longtime Under the Sun fan Steve Rogers. The two found they had instant and synergistic creative chemistry and set to work creating a trilogy of concept albums that delve into the complex facets of the human experience. They released their first album “Power” in 2017, which explores the many ways power is used to manipulate, control and subjugate people. It was produced and mixed by Mark Needham (The Killers, Elton John) and features drumming by Matt Chamberlin (A Perfect Circle, David Bowie, John Mayer).

CO LIVE PRESENTS STEVE VAI

Here's the playlist for the recent Steve Vai special that Co de Kloet did on Dutch NPO Radio during his Co Live radio show.

CO LIVE June 6, 20.00-21.00 Steve Vai Birthday Collage

1. Steve Vai Co Live station Call
2. Steve Vai- Candle Power (private sv recording/world premiere)
3. Steve Vai- Freak Show Access
4. Steve Vai/ Metropole Orkest – Lotus Feet NTR recording
5. Steve Vai- The Attitude Song (live in Nijmegen, 7/3/2000) NTR recording
6. Steve Vai Co Live Podcast Call
7. Frank Zappa – Moggio
8. Steve Vai- Fire Garden Suite
9. Steve Vai/ Metropole Orkest- For The Love Of God NTR recording
10. Steve Vai- Candle Power

KARL HECTOR AND THE MALCOUNS - NON EX ORBIS

• karl hector and the malcouns: non ex orbis
      (2019, lp, usa, now-again records)

A quick search on Karl Hector And The Malcouns says "Afrobeat / jazz-funk / Krautrock / Space Jazz..."
Can't argue with that.

If my info is correct, it looks like this is the third album by Karl Hector And The Malcouns.
Even more important: it sounds great.

THE VEGETARIANS - SPIRITS WILL COLLIDE (DEVIN TOWNSEND)

Devin Townsend's "Spirits Will Collide", performed by The Vegetarians.



Performed by Hans Annellsson with John Tabacco (lead vox), Robin Schell (harmony vox) and Morgan Ågren (drums).
Produced by HA, mix and mastering Janne Brovall Studio Loftet.

TODD RUNDGREN TO LANCH LIVE VIRTUAL TELEVISION SERIES

From GlassOnyon PR

Todd Rundgren To Launch Live Virtual Television Series “The Todd's Honest Truth”

Todd Rundgren, dubbed “Rock's Renaissance Man” in 1972 by Rolling Stone, will be premiering his bi-weekly live interactive virtual television series “The Todd's Honest Truth” on his 72nd birthday, June 22, 2020 at 6pm PDT/9PM EDT. A new episode will then go live every other Friday beginning July 3 in the same time slot.

Famously outspoken and opinionated (he was among one of Bill Maher's most frequent guests on the original “Politically Incorrect”), Rundgren will host the show live from his Kauai property, interlaced with his throwing to pre-recorded packages shot in front of a green screen to provide mood-appropriate settings (a recurring segment dubbed “The Word of Todd”, in which he will be waxing eloquent on any number of topics). He will also be answering audience questions in real time, there will be a live chat window open for viewers to interact, and Todd will encourage audience members to submit content which he will curate in between shows and select standouts for inclusion on upcoming episodes.

“Forty years ago I reserved a transponder on a satellite, hoping to broadcast to homes across the world. Apparently, that satellite got lost or blew up or something so a dream was put on hold… until now! And I don't even have to leave my house!!!”, Rundgren explained.

The virtual box office to purchase tickets for “The Todd's Honest Truth” episodes is open as of today: https://onlocationlive.com/category/honesttruth .

The series is being produced in partnership with Future Beat, the leading company producing VIP package experiences for concert tours — futurebeat.com. Todd's longtime manager, Panacea Entertainment chairman Eric Gardner, is executive producing. In addition to an unlimited number of “general admission” tickets priced at $15 per episode (which includes access via VOD for anyone who missed a live stream), forty virtual one-on-one meet and greet packages will be available for $95 per episode, which will include shipping of an item of exclusive series-related merchandise.

In other news, Todd Rundgren and some well known guest artists are re-recording his 1973 anthem “Just One Victory” and giving it away for free to the Democratic National Committee for use by candidates throughout the US running for public office this fall. Participants include Joe Walsh and Paul Shaffer, along with Don Was, who is co-producing with Todd.

Born and raised in Philadelphia, Rundgren began playing guitar as a teenager, going on to found and front Nazz, the quintessential '60s psychedelic group. In 1969, he left the band to pursue a solo career, recording his debut offering, Runt. But it was 1972's seminal Something/Anything?, on which he played all the instruments, sang all the vocal parts, and acted as his own producer, that catapulted Todd into the superstar limelight, prompting the press to unanimously dub him “Rock's New Wunderkind.” It was followed by such landmark LPs as The Hermit of Mink Hollow and A Wizard, A True Star; evergreen hit singles include “I Saw The Light,” “Hello It's Me,” “Can We Still Be Friends,” and “Bang The Drum.”