 
Legendary Blues Artist John Hammond Jr. began his Australian tour at Ruby's Lounge in Belgrave, Victoria on Thursday, November 3, 2011. John Hammond Jr. is a 2011 Blues Hall of fame inductee, Blues Music Award winner 2011, 2004, 2003 for best acoustic artist of the year, 2002 for Best Acoustic Album for his Tom Waits produced Wicked Grin and 1985 Grammy award winner, John Hammond Jr, is arguably the best exponent of acoustic blues guitar in the world. His music career spans nearly 50 years, has released over 30 albums, scoring a soundtrack along the way, (Little Big Man - starring Dustin Hoffman) and the freight train, that is John Hammond Jr., keeps barrelling along. “He's a great force of nature. John sounds like a big train coming. He chops them all down.” - Tom Waits Hammond has earned the respect of many blues legends like John Lee Hooker, Roosevelt Sykes, Duane Allman, Robbie Robertson, and Charlie Musselwhite, all of whom have contributed their musical talents to Hammond's records. He is the only musician to boast having Jimi Hendrix and Eric Clapton in his band at the same time - even if it was only for a short time. John plays solo and acoustic; a National Steel, Guild 12-String and Stubbs 6-String guitars and harmonica. “John Hammond is a master… a virtuoso, a conjurer… a modernist… he's in a very small circle of men with a guitar and a harmonica. Jimmy Reed, Howlin' Wolf, Bob Dylan. The guitar is an orchestra.” - T Bone Burnett
Multichannel Hybrid SACD John Hammond Rough & Tough  [SACD346] 
  RR-120SACD ~ BRITTEN'S ORCHESTRA Kansas City Symphony Michael Stern, conducting Received the Award in Category 94. Best Surround Sound Album. For vocal or instrumental albums. Albums only. Producer David Frost also Received the Award in Category 96. Producer Of The Year, Classical 
 DSL-90911 ~ QUINCY PORTER: COMPLETE VIOLA WORKS Leslie Ann Jones, Kory Kruckenberg & David Sabee, engineers (Eliesha Nelson & John McLaughlin Williams) Received the Award for Category 95. Best Engineered Album, Classical
RR-120SACD ~ BRITTEN'S ORCHESTRA Kansas City Symphony Michael Stern, conducting Nominated in Category 94. Best Surround Sound Album. For vocal or instrumental albums. Albums only. Producer David Frost has also been Nominated in Category 96. Producer Of The Year, Classical The Grammy® Awards will be anounced February 13, 2011
DSL-90911 ~ QUINCY PORTER: COMPLETE VIOLA WORKS Leslie Ann Jones, Kory Kruckenberg & David Sabee, engineers (Eliesha Nelson & John McLaughlin Williams) Nominated in Category 95. Best Engineered Album, Classical Category 101. Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with Orchestra) Category 103. Best Chamber Music Performance 
DSL-92115 ~ MARC' ANTONIO E CLEOPATRA  DSL-92106 ~ 20th CENTURY HARP SONATAS Sarah Schuster Ericsson Nominated in Category 102. Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (without Orchestra) 
DSL-92116 ~ R GNATTALI: SOLO & CHAMBER WORKS FOR GUITAR The Grammy® Awards will be anounced February 13, 2011
Six of the CDs listed for Ledin & Ledin were released by Dorian / Sono-Luminus.  DSL-92101 • Dave Brubeck: Songs Of Praise (Lynne Morrow, Richard Grant, Quartet San Francisco & The Pacific Mozart Ensemble)  DSL-92102 • Cascade Of Roses: A Piano Bouquet DSL-92116 • Radames Gnattali: Solo and Chamber Works for Guitar (Marc Regnier)  DSL-92103 • If I Were a Bird: A Piano Aviary DSL-90911 • Quincy Porter: Complete Viola Works Viola Works (Eliesha Nelson & John McLaughlin Williams) DSL-92106 • 20th Century Harp Sonatas The Grammy® Awards will be anounced February 13, 2011 
Opus 3 artists The Swedish Jazz Kings, also known as The Tomas Örnberg Blue Five, accompanied by British trombone legend Roy Williams toured Australia during October, 2010 and featured at the Wangaratta Jazz Festival.
Two of their most successful albums
 CD 22101 [ Hybrid SACD ] A Selection from Tomas Örnberg's Blue Five & The Swedish Jazz Kings CD 22013 
Conductor Sir Charles Mackerras dies at the age of 84.Born November 17, 1925; died July 14, 2010 Everyone at Linn Records is very sad at the news of the passing of Sir Charles Mackerras. Although it was known that he was ill, he took a very sudden turn for the worse and his death came as a shock, especially given his joie de vivre and love for life. Even at 84 he had immense personal charisma and endless energy. Although we had enjoyed his performances for many years before, Linn Records' professional association with Sir Charles began in 2002 with the recording of the Mozart Requiem with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra. This was the beginning of a musical adventure everyone at Linn Records would all enjoy. 2008 Archive 2007 Archive 2006 Archive 2005 Archive 2004 Archive  |