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The Hands of Time by Denatale, Jesse

Denatale, Jesse

The Hands of Time
Blue Arrow

***Jesse DeNatale's new album The Hands of Time, is, in a word, reverential. It is at times, symphonic and at other times pulsing forward with a rawness and power of rhythm he says stems from his Mexican/Italian roots. The California native says when it came to this record, it was about cutting through the noise, not over-planning the production, but rather chasing the mystery and fragile reality that is in a kind of recovery-mode from the pandemic. Though the ten songs on the record range in topics from love and gratitude to sorrow and to the horrors of gun violence. It's the notion of time itself, with its power and irreversibility, that appears in every song. Jesse DeNatale's music has been described as evocative and hopeful, a combination of poetry and storytelling. His records include the critically acclaimed Shangri-La West Soul Parade and The Wilderness. Over the years his love of various musical genres has inspired him to expand his ideas of songwriting as he continues to find a way to reflect the realities of being alive. Rich with imagery, intelligence and passion, his music remains timeless. Its soulful accessibility is what has garnered him praise from other artists and has kept his devoted fans listening. Features contributions form Tom Heyman, Paul Olguin, Nino Moschella, Alisa Rose and The Zemlinsky Quartet.

CD $13.75

07/14/2023  

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***Yatasamaroun, a word in Arabic that means lovers talking softly together in the moonlight. Tommy Larkins plays drums on all songs. Nick Augustine plays bass on all songs. Nicole Montalbano plays tamboura on "Yatasamaroun." Jerry Harrison plays piano on "En La Discoteca Reggaeton." Percussion and vocals on "Yatasamaroun" are Khalid El Boujami and Anton Sheverjiev and that lead vocalist is Mehdi Zouhri. "I'm In A Dancing Mood" was written by Delroy Wilson.

CD $9.25

05/19/2023  

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***The double vinyl LP from 1X4X9, leaving, is a project conceived by LA-based musician GREG WOOTEN in collaboration with a dozen musician friends stretching from the West to East Coasts. 1X4X9's leaving is a collection of 23 primarily instrumental soundscapes. leaving was created "out of necessity," as Wooten says, as a way of navigating through a period of profound personal loss as well as our collective struggle with isolation. Tapping into the creative spirit with his cluster of remarkably talented friends yielded this emotionally and sonically diverse collection of songs.

2XLP $35.95

12/09/2022  

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The black, streamlined Commodore Vanderbilt Hudson locomotive emerges from the long tunnel of memory and circles endlessly on the three-rail track of nostalgia. The rails glisten in the rain, the throbbing engine brushes gobbets of water from overhanging branches and hunkers down with a low-pitched whining groan. Sparks sputter from under the wheels in a blue-and-white arc of recall. The long, majestic iron horse rushes down the straightaway against the wall of the house we lived in when we were 10, whistling and chugging bravely. “I’ve ridden on a lot of trains,” says Ethan Daniel Davidson, a native Michigander. “To jump on one, you try to be sure you can see each bolt. Once they all start to blend together, the train is going too fast to jump on. I’m too old to jump on trains now, but I can still write about them.” On “Stranger”, his most poignant ballad is the quivering, shuddering “My Train Got Lost”. The title comes from an anthem by a Minnesota troubadour who has written dozens of songs about the coming and going of coachmen, station masters, tramps walking along the rails, conductors, steam whistles, railroad men, railroad gin and railroad tracks. Other tracks of recorded sound on “Stranger” owe debts to Public Image Ltd. (the post-punk “Even Bad Seeds”), The Band (the prophetic “There was a Famine in the House of Bread”) and Echo & The Bunnymen (the existential “My Jail”). Of the folk music staple “Dink’s Song”, Davidson says, “It’s pretty self-explanatory:...

LP $19.00

09/30/2022 733102728083 

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MP3 $7.92

09/30/2022 733102728083 

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FLAC $8.99

09/30/2022 733102728083 

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Cold Pizza & Other Hot Stuff by Richman, Jonathan

Richman, Jonathan

Cold Pizza & Other Hot Stuff
Blue Arrow

***Cold Pizza & Other Hot Stuff features six songs from Jonathan Richman & Tommy Larkins. "Cold Pizza" emerged from the Just A Spark, On Journey From The Dark episodes, as did the reimagining of the classic song "New Kind Of Neighborhood." New songs, "Guitar In Orange, Drums In Pale Purple" and "Everybody Loves Dolly" round out this EP. Features original cover art by Richman.

CD $9.75

06/17/2022  

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Want To Visit My Inner House? by Richman, Jonathan

Richman, Jonathan

Want To Visit My Inner House?
Blue Arrow

***A brand new album from the legendary JONATHAN RICHMAN. Ten tracks strong. "I'm very happy with this release on Blue Arrow Records. JERRY HARRISON, NICOLE MONTALBANO and I produced this album, as well as SA (2018). To us, the two albums are related in the sense that Want To Visit My Inner House? suggests where SA was starting to head."—Jonathan

CD $9.75

02/04/2022  

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LP $19.00

06/24/2022 733102727918 

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Just A Spark, On Journey From The Dark by Richman, Jonathan

Richman, Jonathan

Just A Spark, On Journey From The Dark
Blue Arrow

***A new CD featuring six episodes from Jonathan Richman's 2020 Bandcamp music series. Includes a 12" x 9", full-color, 10-page companion booklet featuring writings and drawings Richman did for the series. CD content has been edited from the original epsiodes for time. "I got the idea for this series of musical episodes late last summer. A show on Bandcamp where I could sing my new songs to the people who might be interested. The idea keeps changing as I do it and now I've made an illustrated companion to the series."—Jonathan Richman

BK W/CD $26.50

10/15/2021  

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BK W/CD $26.50

10/15/2021  

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***Running the gamut from the western swing of "The Best Punishment" to the twelve string California cool of "Back Here On This Throne" and on to the barroom anthem "Drinkin' Lots of Wine," the sound on Honky Tonkin' Beauty Supreme is reminiscent of old school Bakersfield records and was recorded with old RCA & Neumann microphones to capture the magic. Produced with Grammy and Emmy nominated producer David Mayfield at his Sweetside Recording Company studio in Canton, OH, The Playboy Scouts back guitarist, songwriter and vocalist Cory Grinder with a vibrant live feel that resonates throughout the record. Turning it up for hard driving tunes and slowing it down for two-steppin', Cory Grinder & The Playboy Scouts aim to please.

LP $19.00

07/02/2021  

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CD $9.75

07/02/2021  

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Jesse DeNatale has been writing songs for as long as he can remember, which is evidenced by the seemingly effortless crafting of the twelve songs that create The Wilderness. DeNatale's keen observations make for evocative and resonant lyrics while still keeping the album hopeful and optimistic. The Wilderness is a collection of songs that seem both timeless and specific. De Natale's rich vocals and musical arrangements recall a time past while the references to California wildfires and police shooting place him firmly in today's context.   "Now it seems that all the best ones have been driven underground. If there's a leak in the boiler room, it's the music of Jesse DeNatale, a unique and original American Voice."—Tom Waits

CD $12.00

12/18/2020 195269045722 

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Reeling, the new full-length album from Pittsburgh's STUTTER STEPS carries on the tradition of their previous releases in the creation of a vibrant atmospheric environment, lush with resonant guitars & melodic vocals. BEN HARRISON, a curator at the Andy Warhol Museum, collaborated with ANTHONY LAMARCA (WAR ON DRUGS, THE BUILDING), who Harrison says "helped push the edges and brought an expansive energy to these new songs." Their successful collaboration is apparent in the formation of the 12 masterfully crafted songs that make up Reeling. Imbued with a sense of intimacy & nostalgia, they occupy the rare space of sounding both fresh and familiar.

LP $19.00

07/31/2020  

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***BACK IN STOCK!!!  A new album from Jonathan Richman! SA, the root note in Indian Ragas was what Ramakrishna, the much beloved mystic, told his spiritual students to search for underneath all things of this world. Richman co-produced the record alongside wife Nicole Montalbano and former Modern Lovers and Talking Heads member Jerry Harrison. Contributing players include Tommy Larkins, Jake Sprecher, Jerry Harrison, Rachel Hoiem, Indiana Hale, Bob Thayer, David Menendez Alvarez, Aishlin Harrison, Tracy Blackman, Lynn Asher, Elizabeth Edmonds, and Jesse De Natale. SA follows Richman’s most recent full-length, Ishkode! Ishkode!, which was released in 2016.

LP $19.00

04/26/2019 647603404677 

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CD $9.75

10/19/2018  

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***Veteran Cleveland rock collective PART-TIME LOVER return with the kaleidoscopic 3-song EP. Airy tandem harmonies float overtop dewy guitarwork with the incandescent glow of warm synth, mellotron and organ. A perfect soundtrack for summer's waning nights, full of swirling sun-kissed '60s pop and hazy '70s AM radio sounds.

7" $9.25

12/14/2018  

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A Penchant For The Stagnant by Richman, Jonathan

Richman, Jonathan

A Penchant For The Stagnant
Blue Arrow

***BACK IN STOCK!!!  The latest release by JONATHAN RICHMAN, Features JERRY HARRISON (MODERN LOVERS, TALKING HEADS) and JOHNNY "BEE" BADANJEK (MITCH RYDER). Side A: "A Penchant For The Stagnant." Side B: "Not So Much To Be Loved As To Love." Pressed on colored vinyl!

7" $9.25

12/11/2018  

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***NOW AVAILABLE!!! The first full-length album by BAD LUCK JONATHAN (JON LANGFORD). The band features members of THE MEKONS, WACO BROTHERS, WHISKEYTOWN and JESUS JONES, Self described as “VOODOO SOCIALIST SPACE ROCK”, BLJ’s first album is a fantastic example of what happens when you put five extremely talented musicians with a penchant for rowdy, raucous music/behavior on an island in the Pacific North West and leave them to their own devices. 2016 release.

LP $13.50

04/06/2018  

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***BACK IN STOCK!!! JONATHAN RICHMAN releases Ishkode! Ishkode! his first full length album in five years with his new label Blue Arrow Records. Ishkode (ish-ko-dey), means “fire” in the Native American Ojibwe language. 2016 release.

LP $18.25

04/06/2018  

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CD $9.75

07/19/2019 767870658327 

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***NOW AVAILABLE!!! JONATHAN RICHMAN's first release with Blue Arrow Records. Cover art on front and back of sleeve created by Jonathan Richman. This 7-inch 45 rpm single is pressed into opaque sky-blue vinyl. Side A: “O Sun. Side B: “Wait Wait.” 2015 release.

7" $9.75

04/06/2018  

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