Albany Music Distribution

Various Artists: Italy [Albany Music]

1 CD / Albany Music Distribution / 2012-01-10

Artists: Various Artists

Albanians have settled in the southernmost tip of Italy in the region of Calabria since the 1400s. Known as Arbëreshé, their common ancestry includes music....continue...

Lisa Kirchner: Something to Sing About *

1 CD / Albany Music Distribution / 2011-05-10

Tracks: In Autumn; Prince of the City; Cloisters: Fort Tryon Park, The; Sigh No More Ladies; Suicide in C Minor; Early in the Morning; I Was Looking and the Ceiling and Then I Saw the Sky: Leila's Song; Craz...
Artists: Lisa Kirchner

This cd presents songs by some of America's reigning composers, many known for their cross-genre writing, including jazz, pop, classical, folk and art songs written...continue...
Liner Note Authors: Anthony Legge; Lisa Kirchner.

Recording information: Avatar Studios, N.Y. (08/10/2010/08/12/2010).

Photographers: Tyler Hartman; Anthony Legge; Robert Del Tredici; La...continue...

Brent McMunn/Darryl Taylor: How Sweet the Sound: A Charm of Spirituals

1 CD / Albany Music Distribution / 2011-01-11

Tracks: Peter, Go Ring dem Bells; Steal Away; Amazing Grace; Mary Wore Three Links of Chain; I Cannot Stay Here by Myself (A Slave's Lament); Son of Man (I Got to Lie Down); Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherles...
Artists: Brent McMunn/Darryl Taylor

Countertenor Darryl Taylor and pianist Brent McMunn have assembled a superb selection of classics from the still growing corpus of spirituals, including a number of...continue...
Audio Remasterer: Peter Nothnagle.

Liner Note Author: Jared Sexton.

Recording information: Jeanette MacDonald Recital Hall, USC Thornton School of (06/21/2010-06/22/2010).

Editor:...continue...

Lisa Kirchner: In the Shadow of a Crow

1 CD / Albany Music Distribution / 2009-03-10

Tracks: Very Thought of You, The; When the Dream Is Over; Baby Take a Chance with Me; Parapluis de Cherbourg; More Than You Know; Blue by the River; Shut Down the Moon; Que Reste-T-Il?; I Don't Believe in Ro...
Artists: Lisa Kirchner

For her third recording on Albany Records, Lisa comments: "This album presents a number of songs I wrote both on my own and in partnership...continue...
Audio Mixer: Frankie Fischer.

Liner Note Author: Lisa Kirchner.

Recording information: Diego Losa Studio, Paris, France; Lucky 8, Paris, France; Studio El Gaucho, Columbes.

Photog...continue...

Hope Koehler/James Douglass: John Jacob Niles: The Lass From the Low Countree

1 CD / Albany Music Distribution / 2008-06-10

Tracks: Lass from the Low Country, for voice & piano, The; Go 'Way from My Window, for voice & piano; Black is the Color of My True Love's Hair, for voice & piano; Wild Rider, for voice & piano, The; Black D...
Artists: Hope Koehler/James Douglass

An American original, John Jacob Niles was a composer, performer, and author. Born in Louisville, Kentucky in 1892, he came from a musical family. While...continue...

Gary Smart: American Beauty: A Ragtime Bouquet

1 CD / Albany Music Distribution / 2008-06-10

Tracks: Ragtime Nightingale, for piano; Laramie Rag, for piano; Grace and Beauty, for piano; Two Flowers Rag, for piano; American Beauty, for piano; Cracker Rag, for piano; Cataract Rag, for piano; Peanut Bu...
Artists: Gary Smart

The collection of classic and original rags offered by Gary Smart on this recording celebrates the lyrical side of this quintessentially American music. The ragtime...continue...

Various Artists: Actionable Offenses: Indecent Phonograph Recordings From The 1890s

1 CD / Albany Music Distribution / 2007-09-01

Tracks: Learning a City Girl How to Milk - Various Artists; Tapeworm Story, The - Various Artists; Gimlet's Soliloquy - Various Artists; Rascal Detector, The - Various Artists; Whores' Union, The - Various A...
Artists: Various Artists

This CD presents exquisitely scarce recordings, in their uncut and uncensored entirety, of what was considered obscene material in the 1890s. Some of this is...continue...

Various Artists: Shalom: Folks Songs & Dances of a Young Nation

1 CD / Albany Music Distribution / 2006-01-01

Tracks: Work(s); Mayim; Los bilbilicos; Hinei Achal'la Bachalili; Rounds of Israel; Saleinu Al Ktefeinu; Hinei Ma Tov; Ba'a M'nucha; Mi Ze Hidlik; Hana'ava Baba Not; Ayil Ayil; Erev Shel Shoshanim; Jerusalem...
Artists: Various Artists

AB2: Journeys

1 CD / Albany Music Distribution / 2005-09-01

Tracks: Things from Our Past; Lost (A Maze); Spirit Dance; ("Out") In the Streets; Her Embrace; Journey Within; Black Stripes!; Song for Philly; Looking for Love; Journeys; Blues for Ann; Brooke's Way; Groov...
Artists: AB2

AB2: Bill Banfield (guitar); Tim Adams (percussion).

Liner Note Author: Tim Adams.

Photographer: Andy Marino....continue...

Joel Brown: Christmas Cedar & Spruce

1 CD / Albany Music Distribution / 2005-09-01

Tracks: Angels we have heard on high; Greensleeves; Silent Night; Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, BWV 147: Jesu bleibet meine Freude "Jesu, joy of man's desiring"; Joy to the World; In the bleak mid-winter;...
Artists: Joel Brown

Angela Brown: Mosaic: A Collection of African-American Spirituals With Piano and Guitar

1 CD / Albany Music Distribution / 2004-11-01

Tracks: Ev'ry time I feel the Spirit; Roun' about de mountain; Lord, I just can't keep from cryin'; My soul's been anchored in the Lord; City called Heaven; Give me Jesus; O, Glory; Come down angels; And He ...
Artists: Angela Brown

Arthur Kreiger: Arthur Kreiger: Meeting Places

1 CD / Albany Music Distribution / 2003-11-01

Tracks: Meeting Places, for sextet & tape; Caprice, for percussion quartet & tape; Voyage, for electronics; Uncommon Bonds, for clarinet & electronics; In Short Crystal Moments, for electronics; Close Encoun...
Artists: Arthur Kreiger

"... after a generation of familiarity with electronic sound, the technique is no longer paramount, and what we are left with is music of tremendous...continue...
Personnel: Linda Quan (violin); Christopher Finckel (cello); Jayn Rosenfeld (flute); Jean Kopperud (clarinet); Stephen Gosling (piano); Daniel Druckman (steel drum, percussion).

Recording infor...continue...

Dawn Holt Lauber: Something Borrowed, Something Blue: Music to Marry By

1 CD / Albany Music Distribution / 2002-12-01

Tracks: Mystical Songs (5): no 4, The call; Last Songs (4): no 3, Hands, eyes and heart; Ellens Gesang III, D 839/Op. 52 no 6 "Ave Maria" - (Latin); Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, BWV 147: Jesu bleibet mei...
Artists: Dawn Holt Lauber

Lisa Kirchner: When Lights Are Low

1 CD / Albany Music Distribution / 2002-11-01

Tracks: Out of This World; Street of Dreams; You Don't Know What Love Is; Manha de Carnaval; I'm Beginning to See the Light; Angel Eyes; Ruby and the Pearl, The; I Concentrate on You; You've Changed; When Li...
Artists: Lisa Kirchner

Personnel: Lisa Kirchner (vocals); Xavier Davis (piano); Ron Jackson (guitar); Marcus McLuarine (bass); Dwayne Broadnax (drums).

Personnel: Lisa Kirchner (vocals); Xavier Davis (piano); Marcus ...continue...

Lisa Kirchner: One More Rhyme

1 CD / Albany Music Distribution / 2000-10-01

Tracks: Autumn Leaves; Coracao Vagabundo / Berimbau; But Beautiful; Dez Anos (Diez Anos); Padam, Padam; One More Rhyme; Blue by the River; Joana Francesa; All or Nothing at All; Danca da Solidao; Ne Me Quitt...
Artists: Lisa Kirchner

Personnel: Lisa Kirchner (vocals); James Weidman (piano); Ron Jackson (guitar); Marcus McLaurine, Yosuke Inoue (bass); Dave Gibson, Jimmy Madison (drums).

Principally recorded at Tom Tom and Ar...continue...

Sarah Johnson (Violin): Fiddler's Galaxy

1 CD / Albany Music Distribution / 2000-10-01

Tracks: American Pieces (3) for violin & piano: Early Song, flute & piano version; American Pieces (3) for violin & piano: Dedication, flute & piano version; American Pieces (3) for violin & piano: Composer'...
Artists: Sarah Johnson (Violin)

Recording information: 1999-2000.

Winston Salem, NC, is located at the very beginning of what might be considered the foothills of the Appalachian mountains. And although it might come as news ...continue...

William Moylan: William Moylan: Origins

1 CD / Albany Music Distribution / 1999-04-20

Tracks: Dawn, for soprano, flutes, double reeds, harp, percussion & violin; Stolen Child, for soprano, clarinet & piano, The; Mother Earth: Her Whales, for soprano, alto, woodwinds, harp, piano, percussion, ...
Artists: William Moylan

Personnel: William Moylan (vocals); Marka Young (vocals, violin); Anne Moyls (vocals, oboe, English horn, horns); Thomas Stumpf (vocals, piano); Jean Danton, Bobby Newsome (vocals); Marianne Lementec ...continue...

Various Artists: Fi-Yer!: A Century of African American Song

1 CD / Albany Music Distribution / 1999-03-01

Tracks: Song(s); Song(s); Song(s); Song(s); Song(s); Song(s); Song(s); Song(s); Song(s); Song(s); Song(s)
Artists: Various Artists

Bill Crofut (Singer/Songwriter): Red, White & Blues

1 CD / Albany Music Distribution / 1995-11-29

Tracks: Introduction; San Francisco Bay Blues; Way Out There; Cowboy Song, The; Old Joe Clark; Ash Grove, The; Bouree; In Just Poem; Morning Has Broken; Little Birdy; Unsquare Dance; Music Makes the World Go...
Artists: Bill Crofut (Singer/Songwriter)

Personnel: Bill Crofut (vocals, 12-string guitar, banjo); Peter "Madcat" Ruth (vocals, whistling, harmonica, Jew's harp); Joel Brown (vocals, guitar, acoustic guitar, classical guitar); Chris Brubeck ...continue...

Jenni Frost: Songs from the Heart

1 CD / Albany Music Distribution / 1995-08-01

Tracks: Scotch Fir, for voice & piano, The; Weeping Willow, for voice & piano, The; Silver Birch, for voice & piano; Tree of Knowledge, for voice & piano, The; Day Dreams, for voice & piano; Dear Eyes, for v...
Artists: Jenni Frost

Recording information: Studio P, Bala Cynwyd, PA (10/31/1994-01/02/1995)....continue...