Renaissance has released a Blu-ray/DVD/2CD set featuring their 50th Anniversary Concert at The Keswick Theatre in Glenside PA filmed on October 12th, 2019. Celebrating the bands widespread touring and recording during the past half century, this 11-song set debuts their first ever high-definition concert film and Blu-ray release and features their own 10-piece Renaissance Chamber Orchestra with special guest Renaissance co-founder Jim McCarty. The set includes a retrospective of their classic songs, a few which have never been orchestrated before, including the most notable “Ashes are Burning.” Featuring lead singer Annie Haslam, the group performed an impressive concert alongside a magical… Continue Reading

Patrick Gleeson is a Grammy nominated 18th Century English literature PHD professor turned Master Synthesist of Apocalypse Now and Herbie Hancock’s legendary Mwandishi septet. Fourever is a 4 song 33 minute, 33 and 1/3 second album exploring the edge of minimalist jazz in quadraphonic sound, designed specifically for vinyl, but also available in Dolby Atmos. In the analog realm, the LP has been encoded using dublab’s Quadraphonic Universally Accessible Resource Kit (QUARK). QUARK enables semi-binaural via standard 2-channel listening or 4-speaker listening via Involve Audio hardware decoders, vintage Regular Matrix quadraphonic receivers, Dolby Pro-Logic II receivers, or any multi-channel… Continue Reading

The final edition of "Genji Monogatari Illusion" (aka The Tale of Genji: Symphonic Fantasy) by Isao Tomita was recently released in the Japanese market. Originally released in November 2000, "Genji Monogatari Illusion Symphony" has been revisited and evolved many times by Isao Tomita. The legendary live performance on this Blu-ray with Sachio Fujioka and the Kansai Philharmonic Orchestra at Izumi Hall in Osaka was recorded on April 3, 2015, using the latest technology, in high-resolution format 3D audio. This album is a work that represents Japan in the 21st century not only by combining orchestral formation and traditional Japanese musical instruments, but also by collaborating with… Continue Reading

Back in 2007 James Taylor and Carole King returned to the Troubadour for three nights to celebrate the famed venue’s 50th anniversary. This 500 seat West Hollywood club continues to play a central role in the discovery of new artists and especially played an important role in both of these artists’ early solo careers. Returning for the first time together in almost 40 years, King and Taylor celebrated their enduring friendship as they accompanied each other on their classics including, “You’ve Got a Friend,” “Fire and Rain,” “Blossom” and “I Feel the Earth Move.” When James Taylor arrived in Los Angeles as a 21 year old rising singer-songwriter in 1969 he met songwriter Carole King, a… Continue Reading