Hallelujah, indeed. 

Just nine months after the release of her critically acclaimed 2014 album Runaway’s Diary, Amy LaVere has a sweet surprise for fans – Hallelujah  I’m A Dreamer, recorded with husband and noted guitarist Will Sexton, is out April 7 via Archer Records.
Hallelujah is a sonic portrait. In these 11 tracks, Amy and Will have captured the immediacy of the live show they’ve developed on the road together, reveling in a more stripped-down sound and celebrating the freedoms and limitations that come with it in stunning form.

Recorded to magnetic tape (with the help of engineer Daniel Lynn and longtime band mate guitarist Dave Cousar) in the course of a few afternoons at Music+Arts Studio, the arrangements are lithe and uncluttered, allowing Amy and Will’s disarming harmonies to rise to the top. At times their voices blend so well you can hardly find the place where they split – it’s a dance matched only by the complimentary guitar work of Sexton and Cousar. 

The gems of the album are its new tunes – the playful and evocative “Cricket (At Night I Can Fly)” and “It’s the Thing to Do,” a co-write with Will – plus a new almost sunny take on the macabre “Red Banks,” which originally appeared on Amy’s 2011 studio album Stranger Me and a sublime cover of David Egan’s “Hallelujah I’m A Dreamer,” the album’s namesake.

Hallelujah I’m A Dreamer is immediate and striking, a masterfully played (and curated) mix of old, new and reimagined. 


Last Rock N Roll Boy To Dance

From the album SEALAND / Pianocean Project.
Song written by Lhasa de Sela & Joe Grass. Recorded on board the sailboat Lady Flow, Feat Piers Faccini & Ronàn O'Snodaigh.
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Island Song/ Lhasa De Sela . Feat Piers Faccini & Ronàn O'Snodaigh

Tango Till They're Sore

Melody Gardot - Ain't No Sunshine

Integrantes: 

   - Andrés Torres        ( Acordeón )
   - Gerardo Roque      ( 2a Guitarra y armónica ) 
   - Ricardo Ariceaga   ( Bajo ) 
   - Oscar Espinosa     ( 1a Guitarra )
   - Carlos de Santos   ( Clarinete )
   - Miguel Fajardo        ( Violín )


Agradecemos a: Jose Luis Batres (Logo), Adan y Ricardo Irak (Fotos e imagen), Fitos (Grabación); a la Cervería San Luis II, a la Facultad de Música, a nuestras familias, a nuestras parejas, amigos, Buchi, P-18, Italiannis Plaza San Luis, clientes ¡y a toda la gente que nos ha apoyado desde el primer día!

Amelie - Minor Swing (Yann Tiersen/Django Reinhardt)

jockey full of bourbon - tom waits

Non Voglio

Brazzaville - Peach Tree

Hindi Zahra-At the same time

10 Ne Me Quitte Pas

Setting Of The Sun [Sandman Single]

Vocalist Kellylee Evans continues to evolve her distinctive sound with her newest release Nina. This Juno and Gemini Award nominee received accolades for her first two albums, Fight or Flight and The Good Girl, which seamlessly fuse jazz and her own unique style of "soul pop". Nina, her new release, is a beautiful tribute to one of jazz's greatest vocalists and pianists, Nina Simone.

The Canadian singer was approached by French label Plus Loin Music, who had discovered her through her 2nd place win at the Thelonious Monk Jazz Vocals Competition. After several years of discussion, they invited her to France in November of 2009, where she spent two days in the studio. "They said I could do whatever I wanted as long as it was standards" Evans recalls. "I had always wanted to do a Nina Simone tribute. She was one of my mom's favourites, and my husband's, and I love her too. So I chose her and they were really gung ho."

Evans' love and respect for the original recordings of the music shines through, but, even in taking on some of Simone's most iconic repertoire, the twelve tracks on the album showcase Kelly's own versatility, creativity and innate musicality. She is reunited with guitarist Marvin Sewell (Jason Moran, Cassandra Wilson), who appeared on her first album, and joined by bassist François Moutin (Moutin Reunion Quartet, Rudresh Mahanthappa), and drummer André Ceccarelli (Dee Dee Bridgewater, Biréli Lagrène).


10 Ne Me Quitte Pas

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