Archive for April, 2009

Brunch Playlist 4-26-09

Sunday, April 26th, 2009

This week’s feature CD is Spyro Gyra’s latest - Down The Wire - which will be in store son 4-28 and is available for pre-order at most online retailers and from the band’s website SpyroGyra.com You can also preview tracks from the CD and read about it there.

Boney James – Lily
Jonathan Cain – Elegance on The Catwalk
Rippingtons – Paris Groove
Sharon Robinson - Invisible Tatoo
Restless – Bob James
Steve Oliver – High Noon
Shaker Song – Spyro Gyra
Diana Krall - My Love Is
Earl Klugh – By the Sea
Darren Rahn – Talk of The Town

Rick Braun – Missing In Venice
Kem – I get Lifted
Fourplay – Cinnamon Sugar
Euge Groove – Mr. Groove
Jay Soto – Just Like That
Whispers In The Night – Shakatak
Spyro Gyra - A Distant Memory
Corner Club – Gregg Karukas
Pat Metheny Group - Follow Me
Norah Jones – Sunrise

Jeff Kashiwa - Hyde Park
Peter White – Venice Beach
Najee – Out Of A Dream
Nyee Moses- Vanilla
David Sanborn – Rikke
Norman Brown – Dancin In The House
Spyro Gyra- A Flower For Annie Jeanette
Al Jarreau – Moonlighting
Rippingtons – Carribean Breeze
Eric Darius – Joy Ride

Nick Colionne – Catch Me
Basia – Blame It On Summer
Kenny G – Sade (Live)
Catch The Wind – Cindy Bradley
Chuck Loeb – Sarao
Fade To Grey – Slim Man
Bob James – Raise The Roof
Riders of the Ancient Winds – Russ Freeman and Craig Chaquico
Down The Wire - Spyro
Sting – Shape of My Heart

Acoustic Alchemy – Same Road, Same Reason
Paul Taylor – Free Fall
Nils – Pacific Coast Highway
De’Nate -Still Be Strong
Kim Waters – The Ride
Paul Brown – Foreign Exchange
Sherry Winston – Morning Star
Caribbean Blue – Enya
Spyro Gyra - Unspoken
Chieli Minucci – Stars in Your Eyes

Rick Braun Concert live stream tonight

Friday, April 24th, 2009

You can catch Rick Braun live in concert tonight without leaving your house..the show will be streaming live

LIVE-Streaming of Rick’s “Concert at the Claremont” tonight, Friday, April 24th starts apx 7:30pm pacific. Concert begins at 8pm. This means that if you are in the Eastern or Central time zone and have plans for the early evening you’ll still be able to catch the gig at 11pm Eastern or 10pm Central..

Pre-show Live Chat is already open on the stream-site now at http://www.weva.com/rickbraun
This concert is a special, one-time LIVE-Stream event, and will not be shown again. If you can’t be there in-person, be there online tonight!

Correction to earlier message ~ in the Band tonight will be:

RICKY LAWSON - Drums
RANDY JACOBS - Guitar
JIMMY ROBERTS - Sax
NATE PHILLIPS - Bass
GREGG KARUKAS - Keys

thanks to Roy Chapman, Lisa Randall and Dan Argenas
from the Rick Braun Friends & Fans Facebook group for passing this info along

Brunch Playlist 4/5

Saturday, April 4th, 2009

Today’s feature CD is Laws of Attraction, Will Donato’s third CD. Donato has done a lot of gigs in Florida over the past 10 years, first as the sax player for Steve Reid’s Bamboo Forest then as a solo artist and with Steve Oliver and Blake Aaron. This CD is packed with strong songs. Check out the review @ smoothviews.com
Laws of Attraction is available on iTunes and at Amazon.com and CDBaby.com

Inettes Forest- Freddie Ravel
Pat Metheny – Sunlight
Steve Cole – Got it Goin’ On
Steve Oliver – You Rescued Me
Will Donato – Moon Goddess
George Benson – Cruise Control
Jeff Lorber – Come on Up
Basia – Blame It On Summer
Paul Taylor – When The Morning
Tony Darren – Sun Song
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Shakatak – Street Level
Kevyn Lettau – Another Season
Russ Hewitt – Lydia
Rippingtons – Moonlighting
Tim Bowman – Hi Def
Slim Man – Shelter From A Storm
Will Donato – Laws of Attraction
Greg Adams – One Night In Rio
Doc Powell – Sun Goddess
Chaka Kahn – Love Me Still
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Jim Brickman – Angel Eyes
Pamela Williams – Destined 2 Be
Boney James – BackBone
Sade – Never As Good As The First Time
Norman Brown – Lets Take A Ride
Joe Sample – Born To Be Bad
Richard Smith – Never Too Much
Al Jarreau – We Got By
Will Donato – Head over Heels
Jay Soto – Just like That
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Eric Darius – Goin All Out
John Meyer – Clarity
Craig Chaquico – Cafe Carnival
Spyro Gyra – Ariana
Nestor Torres – Sin Palabras (w/o words)
Lynn Fiddmont – Holiday
Acoustic Alchemy – Until Always
Will Donato – Earth Shakin
Peter White-Rick Braun-Long Ride Home
Enya – Ornico Flow
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Fourplay – Eastern Sky
Brian Culbertson – Always Remember
Keiko Matsui – Black River
Nyee Moses – Between Us
Grover Wahsington – Take Another Five
Steve Oliver – Chips and Salsa
Dave Koz – Tother Again
Mindi Abair – Every Time
Rippingtons – Age of Reason
Nick Collione – Steppin Out