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ALMIGHTYGREEN'S It Is What It Is and Unjust: The Movie. Both will be in stores late 2008/early 2009.
COFFEY "SOUTHERNMAN" ANDERSON'S Inspiration Vol. 1. The American Idol vet's album presents a mix of praise and worship, R&B, Hip Hop and Country.
KRIS "DOC SIZZLE" BELL'S production on BRYAN WILSON'S2 nd Coming. Sizzle has credits with Gospel legend John P. Kee.
BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME'S fifth album Colors on Victory Records. The record yields eight new tracks and a fresh perspective from the North Carolina-based rockers.
BLACK FORTRESS OF OPIUM'S self-titled debut album. Martin Bisi produced the record and has worked with Herbie Hancock, John Zorn, Sonic Youth and others.
PETER BLAST'SA Plush Horse…with a Monkey on a String on Poptown Records. The album features performances by NY Doll member Steve Conte and Brian Wilson's bassist Bob Lizik.
ROYCE CAMPBELL'S mainstream jazz album Roses & Wine on Philology Records featuring Campbell on guitar.
BETH NIELSEN CHAPMAN'S double CD set Prism, filled with songs of different languages, cultures and spiritual traditions.
WILL CLIPMAN four-time Grammy nominee's album Pathfinder on Canyon Records. The multi-faceted Clipman sports an eclectic mix of exotic wind instruments, melodic percussion and vocal chants on 13 new tracks.
KP DEVLIN'S sixth album, Year of the Snake, is out now.
WILL DOWNING'SAfter Tonight, his 13 th album and first on Peak Records featuring Kirk Whalum on tenor sax and Roy Ayers on vibes. The Grammy nominated Jazz/R&B vocalist recorded the album while battling Polymyositis, a chronic muscle disease.
BARRY DROGIN'S album of the 1988 dance-theatre score Typhoid Mary and 1998 Paris studio recording of Alamo! A scena for a capella voice and Bible (King James version).
ART "BUDDY" EDWARDS' second novel, Ghost Notes, and first solo album, Songs From Memory, at the same time in 2008.
CHERYL B. ENGELHARDT'S Craving The Second. In 2004, she won VH1 and Billboard Songwriting Awards as well as Unsigned Artist of the Month in Keyboard Magazine.
FEAR THE STATE'S recording process on YouTube tracking the creation of their next album.
MARK FISH'S arrangement of Joseph-Maurice Ravel's Ma Mére L'oye (Mother Goose Suite) for cello and piano by Editions Durand, Paris.
MICHAEL GANDOLFI'S world premiere recording of the expanded version of The Garden of Cosmic Speculation with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra on Telarc Records. Following the world premiere of the original version at Tanglewood in 2004, many orchestras including the ASO, which commissioned Gandolfi to write additional movements, performed the work.
BRIAN GARI'S production of the Late Night Comic benefit featuring Larry Hichman's original Broadway orchestrations.
GARNETTA'SStacking Blocks. Garnetta is a new Chicago house artist who has been performing since 1985.
JOHN GORKA'S double DVD set The Gypsy Life on AIX Records, showcasing John's 20-year plus career. The two discs feature live concert footage, rehearsals and interviews, as well as a two-hour documentary about the singer/songwriter's illustrious career.
JEFF GREENE'S Dark Nite of the Soul and four CD singles from the album on the Aurora Label. The album was recorded in Dublin, Nashville and London.
SEAN GRISSOM'SSong's Without Word. The "Cajun Cellist" recently performed at the Kennedy Center's Millennium Stage and is currently working on a CD/book of Beatles arrangements.
EDWARD WALKER IKARD'SYou Need To Love Everybody, which was written and recorded by him and is available at CD Baby. He also released Shine Your Love Light. His song "You Need To Love Everybody" was well received in Australia.
JAHSON ITES' Forward Outta Babylon on Sick Donkey Records. It is the conscious dancehall artist's debut album and features the Dub Championz and Bill Ortiz (of Santana) on trumpet.
J. MUSAK'S Winter Chords on his own label. The album contains hard rock secular and hard rock Christian songs.
J. PHOENIX'SMasterpiece on September 25, 2007. He is featured on The Best of 2Pac, Part 2: Life, which was released in December, 2007.
MOKER JARRETT'S country/pop album Cut This.
SONYA KNIGHT'S D'Zin'r Original, her debut album. The album is urban inspirational music.
JUDITH KRASNOW'SRudolph, Frosty, And Captain Kangaroo, a memoir about Judith's father, Hecky Krasnow.
SUNNY LEVINE'SLove Rhino. Levine is an accomplished producer who has worked with The Happy Mondays, Mickey Avalon, Hugh Masekela, The Sylvias and Pete Yorn.
FRED ONOVWEROSUOKE'SLandscapes of Africa: Music for Orchestra in late 2007. His Fanfare for Strings was premiered to rousing applause by the Chicago Sinfonietta on October 29, 2007 at Orchestra Hall at Symphony Center. Fred's Tribute to Great African Composers No. 1 was premiered by the Ghana National Symphony Orchestra in August.
WILLIAM PERRY'S music for trumpet and orchestra including his "Trumpet Concerto" and "Two Dance Pieces for Trumpet and Orchestra." The composer conducts the Slovak Philharmonic with Armando Ghitalla as soloist. .
BRUCE PIEPHOFF'S 16 th album, The Chestnut Tree, in January 2008 on Flyin' Cloud Records.
CHRIS PO'S second mixtape, Potency is Deadly, hosted by DJ Envy.
KEVIN ROBERTSON'S self-titled debut on Bull Intensity Records.
VIVIAN SHAW'S Missing You in May 2008. Shaw aka Lady Love wrote and produced the album.
BENNETT SIEMS'Empire at Twilight, a release of contemporary concert music that fuses classical, jazz and textural sound design.
THE SKYCHURCH EXPERIENCE'SNew Rising Sun on November 27, 2007. The Seattle band's record features twelve instrumental rock fusion tracks.
SLANT 6 & THE JUMPSTARTS' 6 Pack Vols. I-IV, which is comprised of four CDs of six tunes each filled with comedy originals, parodies and seasonal songs.
SOONER THAN LATER'SLife. The group is signed to L7 Music Publishing.
THE STEELDRIVERS' self-titled debut on Rounder Records. The album is a blend of traditional bluegrass with their own set of rules.
CHRIS TEDESCO'S band, The Ranchhands, have released their third album, Driven, and are touring throughout the US and Europe.
VOCAL ESSENSE and MONROE CROSSING'S performance on The World Beloved: A Bluegrass Mass on Clarion Records.
YAHALOMA'S "The Lord's Prayer," a song in Aramaic and English with a smooth R&B twist. She was also a featured artist in CCM Magazine.
CHRIS YALE'SWell Enough Alone. The South Carolina performer considers himself a rock car with country tires.
DONNY YARDAS' self-titled album was released in late 2007.
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