ARTIST FAN DISCOUNT
James Carter fans can get $10 off general admission tickets for Fort Adams State Park events by buying on-line with promo code NJFMUS by Monday, April 30, 2012. Go here to get this discount
GRAMMY win! – Boardwalk Empire score with Rob Morsberger
“Boardwalk Empire Volume 1 : Music From The HBO Original Series” (Elektra) won the GRAMMY® award in the category of Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media. Featured among the album’s tracks is Loudon Wainwright III’s take on the traditional “Carrickfergus”, with arrangement and accordion by AIA’s Rob Morsberger. Congratulations, Rob, on this tremendous achievement!
Rob is currently touring select venues, and you can see his schedule here.
New James Carter Videos from Mariachi Moscow
See James here in videos from Mariachi Moscow, courtesy Dmitry Semaev
Nick DeRiso reviews “Ghosts Before Breakfast”
“Morsberger animates these songs with a nervy intellect, sounding at times as angry and gruff as Tom Waits, then as absurdly prescient as Randy Newman and then as darkly solipsistic as Bob Dylan.”
Early raves for Rob Morsberger’s brilliant new CD
Respected critics have weighed in with early raves for esoteric rocker Rob Morsberger’s brilliant new CD ‘Ghosts Before Breakfast.’
In her USA TODAY Listen Up Music Pick, Elysa Gardner highlighted the mournful song “Cobblestones,” praising it as an “exquisitely plaintive postcard from a lonely foreigner”
And, in his expansive write-up via syndicated tastemaker outlet BLOGCRITICS, veteran critic Jack Goodstein said the album is nothing less than “true art.”
Please see his full review here
- Seth Cohen
“Boardwalk Empire” soundtrack with Rob Morsberger receives Grammy nomination
“Boardwalk Empire Volume 1 : Music From The HBO Original Series” (Elektra) has been nominated (along with soundtracks from “Glee” and “True Blood”) for a Grammy award in the category of Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media. Featured among the album’s tracks is Loudon Wainwright III’s take on the traditional “Carrickfergus”, with arrangement and accordion by AIA’s Rob Morsberger. Congratulations, Rob!
Rob Morsberger’s “Ghosts Before Breakfast” available for digital download
Rob Morsberger’s new album “Ghosts Before Breakfast” is available now as a digital download through all outlets. Get details and order here. Be sure to watch the great video of Rob talking about the new album.
Download the press release here
“Noel! Noel!! Noel!!!” featuring Madeleine Peyroux now available
12 iconic artists remember the songs that lit up Christmas in their childhood. From “Vive Le Vent (Jingle Bells)” through “Silent Night” to “Santa Baby”, Michel Legrand has revisited the greatest Christmas songs. He created the arrangements and directed the symphonic orchestra with an accompanying jazz big band, recording the album in New York.
Along with Madeleine appear: Jamie Cullum, Rufus Wainwright, Iggy Pop, Caral Bruni, Teddy Thompson, Mika, Emilie Simin, Ayo, and Imelda May – a dream cast for an exceptional Christmas! Read more here!
Madeleine Peyroux NPR Song of the Day
Madeleine’s rendition of “Wild Card In The Hole” is NPR’s Song of the Day. Listen here
Saxophone Virtuoso James Carter & His Organ Trio Celebrate 10th Anniversary With “At the Crossroads”
One of jazz’s most acclaimed, distinctive improvisers, virtuoso saxophonist James Carter returns to a favored format and simpatico colleagues with At the Crossroads, his 15th CD as a leader and the third showcasing his long-standing Organ Trio. Emarcy Records will release the CD on October 4.