Lovett had always intended to record country music, blues, ballads, gospel and church songs, rockabilly songs, folk songs, Western swing tunes, and songs with big-band arrangements, but he didn't think he could get away with having records devoted to a single classification, so he put them together, usually with half of a record devoted to a particular style.
LUKE'S On the basis of a recent Sony Classical recording devoted to his works, the sixteen-year-old musical phenom Jay Greenberg has the technical skills of a professional composer but not yet the voice with which to mold them to a compelling purpose.
In 2010 he released the album Fé Na Festa, a record devoted to forró, a style of music from Brazil's northeast.
Vieaux said that he wanted to do something other than a recording devoted to one or two composers, which is standard for classical recordings.
Yet Ms. Petri's latest record, devoted to short pieces from Scandinavia, is disappointing, marred by poor repertory choices, leaden arrangements and bad engineering.
Few musicians can claim swing credentials as potent as those held by bassist Christian McBride – so what's he doing on a a trio record devoted to compositions by avant garde legend John Zorn?
The Ponderosa Stomp festival was started in New Orleans by a record collector devoted to the obscure and the untamed: Ira Padnos, an anesthesiologist who also calls himself Dr. Ike and who introduced bands on Wednesday night wearing scrubs and a fez.
The record, which was devoted to the songs of Jules Shear, marked the beginning of a productive period during which Matthews recorded in Austin, Texas with classy musicians including Mark Hallman and Bradley Kopp, and revived Plainsong.
Under the leadership of Antoni Wit, its music director since 2002, the Warsaw Philharmonic has recorded valuable series devoted to the works of prominent Polish composers like Witold Lutoslawski and Krzysztof Penderecki, as well as representative works by Henryk Gorecki and other contemporary figures.
Sadly, much of that record, "Traveling Miles," was devoted to the dreamy folk rock on which -- judging by "Belly of the Sun" -- she now appears to be staking her reputation.
